J. H. B.
Sir Stephen Fox.—Chambers' Journal, No. 515., Nov. 12, 1853, p. 320., says:
"Charles James Fox, who died in 1806, at the age of fifty-seven, had an uncle who was paymaster of the forces in 1679, the year of the battle of Bothwell Bridge, and his grandfather was on the scaffold with Charles I."
After consulting several books on the subject, I find that this latter statement is just possible; but I cannot learn under what circumstances Sir Stephen Fox accompanied Charles I. to the scaffold. Can any of your readers give me the desired information?
N. J. A.
"Account of an Expedition to the Interior of New Holland."—Can any one tell me the name of the writer of a book with the title I have here given? It was edited by Lady Mary Fox, and published, in one vol. 8vo., by Bentley, in the year 1837. I may be mistaken, but I think I can recognise the style of a well-known writer.
Abhba.
Darwin on Steam.—Where are the prophetic lines by Dr. Darwin to be found, commencing:
"Soon shall thy power, unrivalled steam, from far
Drag the slow barge, and urge the rapid car."