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the Widhill Chapel. I wish to ascertain in what way the John referred to above was related to Robert, who died without issue. Did the Jenners own the manor, and if so for what period ?

R. J. FYNMORE.

A COUSIN OF BOSWELL. In his 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1887, vol. v.

S87) Boswell refers to " My cousin, Miss alias, formerly of Inverness," who, he says, " was married to Mr. Riddocb, one of the ministers of the English chapel " at Inverness. Of course for " English " should be read " Episcopalian." I should be obliged for information es to the " cousin- ship " existing between Boswell and Miss Dallas, and should be glad also to learn moie of Mr. Riddoch. A. CALDEB.

WALTER R. BENJAMIN OF NEW YORK. Dr. Moncure Conway expressed himself as indebted to this gentleman for the loan of some of Hawthorne's letters. I should like to know how they came into his posses- sion, and whether he is a connexion of the late Judah P. Benjamin, Q.C., who, after serving with distinction in an administrative capacity during the great American Civil War (1861-1865), migrated to England and became a great figure at the English bar. M. L. R. BRESLAR.

RICE FOR THE COMPLEXION. In The Morning Post of 19 August, 1910, I read :

" In connection with the death of a young woman named Mary Cadwallader, it was stated before the Birkenhead Coroner yesterday that she had an inordinate appetite for raw rice. It was explained that many girls eat raw rice to improve their com- plexions, and in this case, the doctor said, the eating of so much rice had a good deal to do with the girl's death."

Is this habit grounded on some physiological fact, or on a legend or superstition of some sort ? Q. V.

THE BURNING OF Moscow. Some fresh light, it ii understood, has been thrown on this much disputed matter by an article in the ' Annales Politiques et Litteraires ' from the pen of a descendant of Rostopchin. Can any one give the reference ?

KOM OMBO.

REMARKABLE ECHOES. Is a list available of remarkable echoes at particular spots in the United Kingdom ? The information would be useful to tourists. I am aware of a beautiful and weird echo at Loch-an-Eilan, Rothiemurchus ; and Mr. Henry Bradley in an essay on ' English Place-Names '

mentions that a remarkable echo may be heard at Dwaraden, a small hamlet in South Yorkshire (see p. 30 of ' Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association,' Clarendon Press, 1910). T. F. HUSBAND.

" ROYAL BLUE " OMNIBUSES. This familiar feature of the locomotion of the London streets (Piccadilly, Bond Street, and Oxford Street) is to disappear finally in August, when the horses go for the autumn manoeuvres. I understand this line of omnibuses belongs to the London General Omnibus Company and the Victoria Omnibus Association. Why were they called " Royal Blue," and when did they start running ? JAS. CARTER, F.S.A.

DUTCHMEN IN PEMBROKE. I find this statement in Godfrey Goodman's ' Fall of Man,' 1616, p. 296 :

"In Pembroke-shire certaine Dutch-men being anciently permitted to inhabit, their posteritie vnto this day retaines the luxurie and riot (proper to that nation) and yet they haue forgotten their language."

If this be correct, there should be in that county some old families with " Dutch " names. The word " Dutchmen " may mean Germans. Perhaps some resident of Pern broke can throw light on this point.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

36, Upper Bedford Place, W.C.

LIEUT. -GENERAL RICHARD HAMILTON. I should be much obliged to any reader of ' N. & Q.' who could inform me whether there is a portrait of Lieut. -General Richard Hamilton of the Boyne in existence, and where it may be seen. D. C. BOULGER.

ATREBATUM. Where is " Atrebatum in Belgia " ? Cornelius a Lapide says the churchyard was much troubled by ghosts, but that they were driven away when lamps were kept burning all night. If a man was also kept to trim the lamps, and a big dog, the result seems credible ; but I cannot find the place. R. B. CLARK.

[The modern Artois.]

RICHARD BADDELEY, 1620. In or about 1620 a boy named William Perry, of Bilson, Staffordshire, was concerned in an imposture. The book describing the affair ' The Boy of

Bilson ' London, 1622, is anonymous,

but an address " To the Christian Reader " is signed " Rye. Baddeley," who says or implies that he knows the author. Some of the examinations conducted befoie Thomas (Morton), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, are attested by "Rye. Baddeley," Notary