_Finkle or Finkel_ (No. 24. p. 384.).--Is not "Finkle" very probably derived from _Finc_, a finch, in the A.-S.? _Fingle_ Bridge, which spans the river Teign, amidst some most romantic scenery, has the following etymology assigned to it by a local antiquary, W.T.P. Short, Esq. (vide _Essay on Druidical Remains in Devon_, p. 26.): "_Fyn_, a terminus or boundary; and _Gelli_, hazel, the hazeltree limits or boundary." But, Query, is not the second syllable rather _Gill_, akin to the numerous tribe of "gills" or "ghylls," in the North Countrie? J.M.B. * * * * * _Meaning of Finkle._--Referring to No. 24. p. 384. of your most welcome and useful publication, will you allow me to say, touching the inquiry as to the derivation and meaning of the word "Finkle" or "Finkel" as applied to a street, that the Danish word "Vincle" applied to an angle or corner, is perhaps a more satisfactory derivation than "fynkylsede, _feniculum_," the meaning suggested by your correspondent "L." in No. 26. p. 419. It is in towns where there are traces of Danish occupation that a "Finkle Street" is found; at least many of the northern towns which have a street so designated were inhabited by the Danish people, and some of those streets are winding or angular. Finchale, a place, as you know, of fame in monastic annals, is a green secluded spot, half insulated by a bend of the river Wear; and Godric's Garth, the adjacent locality of the hermitage of its famous saint, is of an angular form. But then the place is mentioned, by the name of Finchale, as the scene of occurrences that long preceded the coming of the Danes; and the second syllable may be derived from the Saxon "alh" or "healh," as the place was distinguished for a building there in Saxon times. W.S.G. Newcastle, May 4. 1850. * * * * * Your correspondent "W.M." ("_Finkel._" p. 384.) may not have recollected that there is a beautiful ruin on the river Wear near Durham, of which the name is pronounced (though not spelt) _Finkel_ Abbey. * * * * * _Christian Captives_ (No. 27. p. 441.).--As a very small contribution towards an answer to "R.W.B.'s" inquiry, I may inform you that Lady Russell mentions in her _Letters_ (p. 338., ed. 1792) that Sir William Coventry left by his will 3000l. to redeem slaves. C.H. * * * * * _Christian Captives_ (No. 27. p. 441.).--"R.W.B." may be referred to the case of "Attorney-General _v._ the Ironmongers' Company," which was a suit for the administration of a fund bequeathed for the redemption of the captives. See 2 _Mylne & Keen_, 576.; 2 _Beavan_, 313., 10 _Beavan_, 194.; and 1 _Craig & Philips_, 208.: all of which I mention to be Reports in Chancery, in case he be not a lawyer. A.J.H. * * * * *