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of it, and thenceforth it became known, generally, I think, as " the Wellington Arch," and this was shown in the second illustration. Burton from the first pro- tested vigorously against its erection, on the ground that it was not only out of scale with the arch, but out of keeping with the general design, since it faced sideways ; but in vain. He died in 1881, and it held its position until 1885, when it was sent to. Aldershot.

The third illustration showed the arch as it now appears, and I notice that in 'London Past and Present' (1909), the latest work on London, the author describes it, like Timbs before him, as " the Green Park Arch," which is probably as good a name as any, if " the Arch at Constitution Hill " is too long.

In the article above referred to a relative of Burton's also contributed some reminis- cences, which, as giving the latter's own opinion on this subject, may not be in- appropriate. He wrote as follows :

"I have the first rough sketch of the first idea which came into his mind with regard to the design. It was inked in by one of his clerks, and consists of Neptune driving his sea-horses. I told him that, as Britannia was the lady of the sea, I would have her driving the four quarters of the world. He laughed, and said he feared that would be tco bumptious. Then, later on, we said there

should be a fifth horse for Africa Burton had

intended a grand straight drive from the Palace, through the arch and screen, towards the Marble Arch ; but another architect, who had control of the Palace and grounds, was so jealous of him that he tried to mar Burton's plan by placing the reservoir in Const ; tution Hill, so as to force the road to turn as it does now I have a little col- lection of papers, letters, &c., from interesting persons concerning the 'disfigurement' of the arch, and their desire for the removal of the ob- noxious * little tin soldier,' as they called the giant horse in whose body, by the way, Burton, and I think seven others, dined, just before the

parts were put together Burton by his will left

3.000/. to pay the expenses of taking the statue down. However, he repented, and cancelled this clause, saying that if the British public were so unin- terested as to endure the sight, he did not think that he ought to rob his family of the 3,OOW. for their sakes, or words to that effect."

ALAN STEWABT.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND QUARTERLY (US. x. 281, 336, 396, 417, 458, 510; xi. 50, 74, 96, 138, 177, 232). In looking over this discussion I find that one reply of mine seems to have been lost in transmission, and as it concerns a matter of accuracy, I venture to repeat it. It regards the existence of territorial arms in the fourteenth century.

The arms of the Kings of Man, whether borne by Scropes or {Stanleys, can only

represent the Kings of Man, not the territory, As for the so-called arms of Ireland, three crowns and a border, I may refer to Dr. J. H. Round's article in ' Peerage and Pedigree/ vol. ii. p. 353, for the assurance that they have nothing to do with Ireland at all, were granted before Robert de Vere was made Duke of Ireland, and were, in fact, only the arms assigned to St. Edmund with a difference. D. L. GALBREATH.

Montreux, Switzerland.

CLERKS IN HOLY ORDERS AS COMBATANTS (11 S. xii. 10, 56, 73, 87, 110, 130, 148, 168, 184, 228).' The Catholic Who's Who and Year-Book ' writes of the present Bishop of Northampton, the Right Rev. Robert Brindle, D.S.O., that at Dongola in 1896 " he success- fully took a gunboat into action."

JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

MRS. GOOCH (US. xii. 220). The famous or infamous Mrs. Gooch the subject of MR. R. M. HOGG'S query was Elizabeth Sarah Villa Real, daughter and heiress of William Villa Real of Edwinstowe, Notting- hamshire, who married William Thomas Gooch, second son of Sir Thomas Gooch, third baronet, of Benacre Park, Suffolk, on 13 May, 1775, at St. George's, Hanover Square. She is said to have been 17 years old at the time of her marriage, and brought her husband a fortune of 30,OOOZ. Her father died when she was three years old, and in 1763 her mother married, secondly, Capt. T. Hutchinson of Egglestone, Durham, an officer of the Durham Light Infantry, who died in September, 1766 (Gentleman's Maga- zine, xxxiii. 565, xxxvi. 439). Elizabeth Villa Real's grandfather was Joseph da Costa Villa Real, " of Yorkshire and Notting- ham," said to have been of Jewish extraction; and her aunt, also named Elizabeth, married William, second Viscount Galway, on 12 Aug., 1747, and died on 2 Jan., 1792. Early in the year 1778 Mrs. Gooch was detected in an intrigue with Rauzzini, a popular musician of the period, at Bath, and a separation from her husband took place. During the course of the next two years William Gooch obtained a sentence of divorce against his wife in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London, and on 26 Feb., 1781, was divorced by Act of Parliament.

From 1778 to 1788 there are many para- _ hs scattered through The Morning 'ost and Morning Herald referring to Mrs. Gooch' s notorious amours. In the latter year she was imprisoned in the Fleet