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NOTES AND QUERIES, no s. vm. AUG. 24, 1007.

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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 answers may be sent to them direct.

MAHONY OR O'MAHONY FAMILY. I should be glad to know of any painting or engraving of Count Daniel O'Mahony, the hero of Cremona, and known in France as " le fameux Mahoni." He died in January, 1714, at Ocana, and was then a lieutenant- general, Count of Castile, and Commander of the Military Order of St. Jago. He mar- ried as his first wife Cecilia Weld, daughter of George Weld, and had issue by this marriage two sons :

1. James (baptized as Joseph, 5 Nov., 1699, at the old chapel of the castle St. Germain-en-Laye), a lieutenant-general in the Neapolitan service, Knight of San Januarius, and a Count of France. He married as his first wife Marie Magdeleine Marzo de Zuniga, Comtesse de Heruias ; and as his second wife Anne Clifford, eldest daughter of Thomas Clifford, by the name of James Joseph, 22 Dec., 1739, at the church of St. Sulpice, Paris.

2. Demetrius O'Mahony, Count of France, Conde of Castile, Ambassador of Spain at Vienna, ob. s.p.

Count Daniel O'Mahony was appointed a lieutenant in the Earl of Lichfield's Regi- ment, 25 Sept., 1688. He married secondly Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. Henry Bulkeley, and widow of Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare.

Any information as to the ancestry of Count Daniel O'Mahony would also be wel- come. PEIBCE GUN MAHONY,

Cork Herald.

Office of Arms, Dublin Castle.

" ABBEY," according to Webster, means " a monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy. Also the monastic building or buildings." According to Skeat, " a religious house."

It may be worth noting that in this part of Switzerland the word Abbaye, though retaining the meaning of an association or club, is par excellence a Rifle Club, the only club resembling our sporting clubs known in this country. Was the word in English ever applied to associations other than religious societies ?

J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC.

Schloss Rothberg, Switzerland.

Miss WATSON: MARRIED WOMAN'S SETTLE- MENTS. In discussing the origin of the restraint against anticipation commonly imposed on a married woman in settlements of property, Lord Eldon said in a case before him in 1805 (Parkes v. White, vol. xi. p. 221 of Vesey's ' Chancery Reports ') that the words " and not by anticipation " were inserted in Miss Watson's settlement,. in which Lord Thurlow was a trustee. In another case in 1811 (Brandon v. Robinson* vol. xviii. p. 434 of Vesey's ' Chancery Reports ') Lord Eldon said :

" It was not before Miss Watson's case that these words 'not to be paid by anticipation,' &c., were introduced. I believe these were Lord Thurlow's own words, with whom I had much conversation upon it."

Can any one inform me who the Miss Watson referred to by Lord Eldon was, and what was the case in which she was concerned ? He refers to it as if it were well known at that time. WALTER G. HART.

27, Chancery Lane, W.C.

COURT LEET IN PORTLAND, DORSET. Can. any one tell me the origin of the Court Leet as held in the island of Portland, or of the Reeve stick, and how the record of payment of taxes is kept, by nicking the stick or rod ? How is land transferred from one person to another in Portland by registering in the church ? and what sort of document is handed over to the purchaser after the register is made ? J. HOLLAND.

[Nearly all the information desired will be found at 9 S. viii. 81, 134, 234, 432, under the heading ' Transfer of Land by " Church Gift." ']

CANNING : COSTELLO : SCOTT. In 1768 George Canning married Mary Ann Costello, and in 1770 their son, the great statesman, was born. In 1771 George Canning died, and his widow in 1773 made her first appearance on the stage at Drury Lane. She acted there for a year or two in various characters. In 1775 she was acting at Bristol, and con- tinued acting in the provinces for some time. She married Reddish, an actor, and after his death a Mr. Hunn, a silk mercer of Plymouth. See Bell's ' Life of Canning,' p. 27 et seq. I want to know whether there is a portrait of this lady, in or out of theatrical costume. I have been informed that there is one by Daniel, an engraver, but it cannot be traced.

On 8 Juty, 1800, Canning married Joan Scott. On his death in 1827 she was created Viscountess Canning. I want to knew whether there is a portrait of this lady. In Bell's ' Life of Canning,' p. 174, reference is made to a picture containing