"When Dido found Æneas did not come, She wept in silence, and was--di-do-dum." Who was the author of the above well-known bit of philology? A. A. D. 302. _Pegs and Thongs for Rowing: Torture among the Athenians._--Dr. Schmitz (in Smith's _Antiq._, article SHIPS) speaks of "the pegs, σκαλμοί, _between which the oars move[d]_, and to which they were fastened by a thong, τροπωτήρ." What is the authority for two pegs, _between which_, &c? A single peg and thong, as still in frequent use, would be intelligible! Dr. Smith observes (ap. id. p. 1139.) that the decree of Scamandrius, which ordained that no free Athenian should be tortured, "does not appear to have interdicted torture as a means of execution, _since_ we find Demosthenes (_de Cor._ 271.) reminding the judges that they had put Antiphon to death by the rack." Does it not escape him that Antiphon was _then an alien_, having suffered expulsion from the Lexiarchic list. (See Dem. _l.c._) A. A. D. 303. _French Refugees._--Where is the treaty or act of parliament to be found which guaranteed compensation to the French refugees at the end of the war? Is it possible to obtain a list of those who received compensation, and the amount paid; and if so, where? S. QUARTO. 304. _Isabel, Queen of the Isle of Man._--In Charles Knight's _London_ mention is made, amongst the noble persons buried in the church of the Grey Friars, of Isabel, wife of Baron Fitzwarren, sometime queen of the Isle of Man. Will you or some of your correspondents be so kind as to tell me who this lady was, and when the Isle of Man ceased to be an independent kingdom? FANNY. 305. _Grand-daughter of John Hampden._--According to the _Friend of India_ of 4th September, 1851, there is at Cossimbazar the following inscription:-- "SARAH MATTOCKS, Aged 27. Much lamented by her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN MATTOCKS. Was the grand-daughter of the Great JOHN HAMDEN, Esq., Of St. James's, Westminster." In the following number (dated 11th September, 1851), the editor offers an apology for having omitted the date of the decease of Mrs. Mattocks, viz. 1778; and then remarks that-- "As she was twenty-seven years old at her death, she must have been born in 1751; it was therefore impossible that she should have been the grand-daughter of the great John Hampden, that died in 1643, one hundred and eight years before her birth." Query, Can any of your correspondents give me any information respecting the subject? SALOPIAN.