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altar of the neighbouring basilica of St. An- drew, built by St. Syminachus in 498, which basilica afterwards became known as St. Gre- gory's. There the relics remained till Pius II. (Pope 1458-64) transferred them to the altar of St. Andrew at the eastern end of the northernmost aisle of St. Peter's. This altar remained till the reign of Paul V. (1604-21), when it was destroyed, and the relics were removed to the Capella Clementina, lately completed, where they now rest under the altar on the right. Mrs. Oliphant ('Makers of Modern Rome,' second edition, p. 180) ignores all these translations.

JOHN B. WAINE WEIGHT.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

J. TURIN, FRENCH CLOCKMAKER. Will any reader kindly tell me when a French clock- maker named J. Turin lived, and whether the firm still exists ?

EVELYN WELLINGTON.

Wonston, Micheldever.

"TWENTY THOUSAND RUFFIANS." What historian was it who described the Normans .who came over with the Conqueror as "twenty (?) thousand ruffians"? Was it Freeman, and was it " twenty " ? I should be grateful if any one would give me the actual words or a reference to where I can find them. R. A. H.

JOHN GORDON AND ZOFFANY. In Cham- bers's ' History of Norfolk ' it is stated that the Rev. William Gordon possessed several

Eictures collected by John Gordon, who gured in Zoffany's picture of the Gallery of Florence. Mr. Gordon, however, does not figure in the key-plate of the picture as exhibited in the British Institution of 1814. Who was John Gordon ? J. M. BULLOCH.

HUDDERSFIELD HISTORY. I am engaged in compiling a family history, but have met with an obstacle which stops further pro- gress. About 17G8 two persons were married in Huddersfield parish church. At their death they were interred in Buxton Road Old Methodist Chapelyard, Huddersfield. This chapel was taken down about 1837, the gravestones were destroyed, and, to make matters still worse, the registers are missing, not being in the possession of the chapel authorities or at Somerset House. I desire

to ascertain the date of the death of these two persons and their age. Is there any means that can be taken to accomplish this ?

C. X. V.

COURT POSTS UNDER STUART KINGS. Can any reader inform me what were the duties of persons holding the following posts ; also in what rank of life the holders would be ? Marshal of the Hall to James I. Yeoman of the Privy Chamber to James I. Yeoman de le lesh to James I. Page and Yeoman of the Bedchamber to Charles I. Is there any equivalent to these posts in the Court to-day ?

SUSSEX.

COMPOSER AND ORIGIN OF AIR. I am desirous of ascertaining the name, composer, and origin of an air, the first portion of which is as follows :

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W. MOORE.

DOLORES, MUSICAL COMPOSER. I should like to know whether the musical composer who wrote under the name of " Dolores" was her late Majesty Queen Victoria.

W. MOORE.

SON OF NAPOLEON I. Had Napoleon an illegitimate son at St. Helena ? The Times of 27 May, 1886, quoting the San Francisco World, tells an extraordinary story about the death in San Francisco, in the previous April, of a person calling himself "Gordon Bona- parte," who was alleged to be the natural son of Napoleon by an English housekeeper who had been sent out to St. Helena. She after- wards returned to London, and married a watchmaker named Gordon, who adopted the child. What truth is there in this story ? A Theodore Gordon, a watchmaker, who edited the Horological Magazine, and was associated with Vulliamy, had, I believe, a natural son. I wonder if this is the watch- maker referred to. Gordon Bonaparte is said to have had a remarkable likeness to his putative father. J. M. B

"GiMERRO." What animal is indicated in the following extract from Joseph Baretti's 'Account of the Manners and Customs of