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4. Louis Andre de Grimaldi, Bishop and Count of Noyon, Peer of France, was born 17 Dec., 1736 ; consecrated Bishop of Mans, 5 July, 1767 ; transferred to Noyon, 1770 ; and died in London, 28 Dec., 1804. He was probably of the reigning family of Monaco. Where was he buried ?

5. Louis Fran9ois Marc Hilaire de Conzie, Bishoo of Arras, the subject of a notice in the ' Biographie Universelle,' died in London at 8 A.M. on 16 Dec., 1804. Where was he buried ?

6. The life of Jean Frangois, Comte de La Marche, last Bishop of St. Pol-de-Leon, who died in London, 25 Nov., 1806 (not 1800, as MB. HIBGAME stated), is given not only in the ' Biographie Universelle,' but also in vol. Ixxvii. pt. i. of The Gentleman's Magazine at considerable length.

7. The account of Arthur Richard Dillon, Archbishop of Narbonne, given in the ' D.N.B.' should be supplemented by refer- ence to ' The Annual Register ' for 1801 and 1806, and The European Magazine, vol. 1. p. 79.

8. Joseph Dominique de Cheyles, Bishop of Bayeux, was born in 1717 ; consecrated to Treguier, 1762 ; transferred to Cahors, 1766 ; and to Bayeux, 1776. He died in Jersey in 1797. Where was he buried ?

9. Joseph Fran9ois de Malide, Bishop of Montpellier, is in the ' Biographie Univer- selle.' He died in London, 2 June, 1812. Where was he buried ?

10. Henri Benoit Jules de Bethisy, last Bishop of Uzes, is also in the ' Biographie Universelle.' He died in London, 8 Aug., 1817. Where was he buried ?

11. Philippe Francois d'Albignac (de Castelnau), Bishop of Angouleme, was born 1742, and consecrated 18 July, 1784. He is said to have died in London in 1806. Where was he buried ?

12. Pierre Augustin Godard de Belbreuf, last Bishop of Avranches, was born in 1730, and consecrated 15 May, 1774. He landed at Hastings in 1793 after sensational ad- ventures, in the company of 75 other eccle- siastics, including the Dean of Rouen. He was living in London in 1801, and was alive 15 April, 1804, and is stated to have died in England. When, and where, did he die ? and where was he buried ?

13. Alexandre Henri de Chauvigny (de Blot), last Bishop of Lombez, was born 11 Jan., 1751, and consecrated 30 March, 1788. He is said to have died in London in 1805. Where was he buried ?

14. Emmanuel Louis de Grossoles de Flamarens, Bishop of Perigueux, was born

in 1735 ; consecrated Bishop of Quimper, 18 Jan., 1772 ; and transferred to Peri- gueux, 1773. He was living in London in 1801, and was alive 6 April, 1803, but appa- rently was dead in April, 1804. When, and where, did he die ? and where was he- buried ?

15. de Seignelay-Colbert (de

Gast-le-Hill ["? Castle Hill]), last Bishop of Rodez (called by Prof. Smyth and others- Bishop of Rhodes), was born in 1736, and consecrated 1781. He is said to have died in London. He was alive 15 April, 1804. What were his Christian names ? And when,, and where, did he die ? and where was he buried ?

16. Charles Eutrope de la Laurencie,. Bishop of Nantes, like all the other prelates above mentioned who were alive at the date of the Concordat, refused to resign his see. He was born 30 April, 1740 ; was consecrated 20 Dec., 1783 ; was in London in 1801 ; and died in Paris in 1815.

17 and 18. A Bishop de Champorcin, of Vannes, is mentioned among the French prelates resident in London in 1801 who refused to fall in with the Concordat. There must, however, be some mistake. The Bishop of Vannes in 1801 was Sebastien Michel Amelot, who was born in 1741, and consecrated 23 April, 1775. He was alive 15 April, 1804. Was he ever in England 2 Where, and when, did he die ?

On the other hand, there was a Bishop de Champorcin of this epoch. He was Etienne Frangois-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin. the last Bishop of Toul. He was born in 1721, and was consecrated Bishop of Semez in 1771, and transferred to Toul in 1773. He is said to have died in 1807. Was he ever in England ? Where did he die ?

19. Marc Antoine de Noe, last Bishop of Lescar, unlike all the prelates hereinbefore mentioned, resigned his see in accordance with the Concordat. He was born in 1724, and consecrated 1762. He was named Bishop of Troyes in 1802, but died in that year. Did he die in England ? If so, where was he buried ?

There were three other French prelates in England in 1801 who resigned their sees in accordance with the Concordat, viz. :

20. Jean-de-Dieu Raymond de Cice de Boisgelin, Archbishop of Aix, who became a Cardinal and Archbishop of Tours in 1802, and died 22 Aug., 1804. His life is told in the ' Biographie Universelle.'

21. Antoine Eustache, Baron d'Osmond, Bishop of Comminges, who is also in the