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< 1830-38). It was purchased for the In- stitution by subscription. The maker is mentioned in the ' D.N.B.,' where his name Is given as Siborne (or Siborn), William

< 1797-1 849).

The Daguerreotype (in the same query) was exhibited at No. 7, Piccadilly, on Friday, 13 September, 1839, by M. St. Croix, after- wards at the Argyll Rooms, Regent Street.

R. A. POTTS.

The ' D.N.B.,' under 'Siborne, Wil- liam,' tells the story. Capt. Siborne's model, executed by desire of the Com- mander-in-Chief, was completed in 1838, and publicly exhibited afterwards. It had cost 3,OOOZ.. and Capt. Siborne never saw again most of the money he had spent on it. G. C. MOORE SMITH.

There is a model of the battle in the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, made by Capt. Siborne. It represents the final defeat of the French with the onset of the Prussians, and the celebrated charge of the Old Guard.

In the Irish International Exhibition held in Dublin in 1907 there was another model - also by Capt. Siborne showing the repulse of the First Corps of the French Army by the English division of heavy cavalry, and Sir Thomas Picton's division of infantry. I do not know where this model is at present.

J. ARDAGH.

40, Richmond Road, Drumeondra, Dublin.

The model is in the Museum of the United Service Institution, Whitehall, to which the public are admitted on payment of a small fee. FRED. C. FROST, F.S.A.

THE LORD OF BURLEIGH AND SARAH HOGGINS (US. viii. 6, 319). COL. FYNMORE is no doubt right when he says that Capt. Thomas Hoggins (the Countess of Exeter's brother) wa.s killed in a duel in the vicinity of Brabourne Lees, near Ashford, Kent. He joined the 85th Regiment (or Bucks Volun- teers) as Captain in April, 1805, and he re- mained in the same regiment until 1810, after which year his name disappears from the Army List. He had joined the 64th (or 2nd Staffordshire) Regiment as Lieutenant, 1 June, 1798. In 1802-3 Capt. Thomas Hoggins; presumably the same person, of the 71st Foot (Gordons) appears on a list of officers placed on half - pay. I have copies of two very interesting letters written by Capt. Thomas Hoggins from Spanish Town, Jamaica, dated 30 March, 1805, and 30 December, 1805, addressed to his

relations in England. He describes the life in Jamaica, and says a good deal about his regiment. I have also a third letter, which, as it is written from Brabourne Lees, the place where he fell in the duel, and is very short, I will transcribe. It is as follows : Brabourne Lees, June 29th, 1809.

DEAR JOHX, I have just time to say I received your letter, and allso to say we march from here tomorrow morning for Portsmouth, there to embark for Foreign Service in the Expedition now fitting at this place. I w r ill write to you when I am abroad, and tell you how and where I am, if I am not killed in landing. God bless you and your Family, and may every good wish, and fortune attend you. I remain in haste Your sincere brother

THOS. HOGGINS.

[Endorsed :] John Hoggins, Esqr., Micclewood, Longnor, near Shrewsbury.

Can COL. FYNMORE or any correspondent tell me what is " the Expedition " referred to in this letter ? Also, with whom, and on what date, did Capt. Hoggins fight the duel in which he lost his life ?

W. G. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A.

Oxon Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

"TRAPS" (11 S. viii. 347). In the ' Dickson Manuscripts,' now being published by the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, Series " C," p. 866, the following sentence occurs in a letter written on 4 April, 1813 :

" The rest is for the Jolly Captain's shirts and stockings, &c., besides a mule for his other traps." An explanatory foot-note is given :

" Slang. Goods and chattels of any kind, but especially luggage and personal effects. Prob- ably a contracted form of ' trappings.' "

" Cleaning traps " is always used by soldiers as meaning the various materials which they use for cleaning their equipment, harness, &c. J. H. LESLIE.

' THE DICTIONARY ^ OF MUSICIANS ' OP 1822-7 (11 S. iv. 487). It may interest readers of ' N. & Q.' concerned with old books on music to know that a subsequent auction - sale brought to light part of the particulars required. The following lot (No. 100),

" Autograph Letters, &c., relating to a Bio- graphical Dictionary of Musicians, with a few brief MS. Autobiographies (ca. 1823-4) ; Various A.L.'s, &c., in 2 quarto albums," from the collection formed by the late Charles Letts of Bartlett's Buildings, Hoi- born, was sold by auction at Hodgson's Rooms, Chancery Lane, E.C., on 31 Oct., 1912. A perusal at once revealed the fact that T. Sainsbury (the publisher) himself was the editor, and his principal assistants