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PRINCESS VICTORIA'S VISIT TO THE MAR- QUIS OF ANGLESEY. Can any one tell me whether it is the fact that the late Queen Victoria as a child, and her mother the .Duchess of Kent, visited the Marquis of Anglesey, and had to put up at an inn or hotel for some reason (drains ?) ? If so, when, and where, was this ? L. V.

Edinburgh.

DUCHESS OF YORK, 1820. The other day for literary purposes I wanted to read the will of the Duchess of York who died in July, 1820 ; but I could not find it in the Somerset House Registers under Y. The Registers were not kept then in the splendid way they are kept now ; for instance, the unfortunate Queen Caroline is registered under " Q." I tried "D " without success. Can any of your readers tell me where the will is to be found ? I know that the will of the sovereign is not proved in the ordinary way, but this does not apply to royal princes or princesses. WILLIAM BULL.

House of Commons.

MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER STEWART : BRIGADIER-GENERAL ALEXANDER LESLIE. I should greatly appreciate any information about these two generals their parentage, affiliation, marriage, and children, if any. The information I give below is taken from Appleton's ' Dictionary of American Bio- graphy.' Neither general is to be found in the ' D.N.B.'

Maj. -General Stewart was born in England about 1740 ; died Dec., 1794. In 1761 was Captain in 37th Foot ; Colonel in 1780 ; commander of British forces in South Caro- lina, May, 1781, succeeding to Lord Rawdon ; defeated the American General Greene at Eutaw Springs, 8 Sept., 1781 ; Major- General in 179(?).

Brigadier-General Leslie was born in England about 1740 ; died 27 Dec., 1794. He commanded the light infantry at the battle of Long Island, Aug., 1776 ; served at the capture of Charleston, May, 1780; invaded Virginia 16 Oct., 1780, with 3,000 men ; joined Lord Cornwallis in North arolina, Dec., 1780 ; led the British right

wing at the battle of Guildford Court-House ; at close of the war, 1783, was Commandant at Charleston, South Carolina.

EL SOLTERO. Eagle Pass, Texas.

WESTCOTT AND WADDESDON, BUCKS. Which manor was it that included Westcott, near Waddesdon ? The records of the manors of Benthams, Muttons, and Green End indicate that Westcott was not included within their limits ; yet Westcott was always considered a part of Waddesdon. The Feudal Aids show that even so early as 1316 Westcott and Waddesdon constituted " una villa " and belonged to Hugo de Courteney. JOHN Ross DELAFIELD.

25, Broad Street, New York City.

JANE AUSTEN AT SOUTHAMPTON. I should be grateful if any one could inform me whether any local directories for South- ampton exist for the years 1806 and 1807, or what local newspaper existed at that time. Though, according to her biographers, Jane Austen is said to have lived at Castle Square, Southampton, from the end of 1805 to early in 1809, it is tolerably certain from her letter to her sister dated 1 July, 1808, that the Austens did not leave Bath till the summer of 1806, and consequently did not go to Southampton till the autumn of that year ; and further, it would seem most likely from the letters written at the beginning of 1807 that the family, although then living in Southampton, did not move into Castle Square till March, 1807. It would be interest- ing to find out where the Austens lodged at first in Southampton. R. A. A. L.

WILLIAM AND ANDREW STRAHAN. In a foot-note to his preface to * Letters of David Hume to William Strahan ' the late Dr. Birkbeck Hill mentions the existence of " a large and curious collection of letters written to William and Andrew Strahan by men of letters and publishers, chiefly Scottish." They then belonged to Mr. F. Barker, of 43, Rowan Road, Brook Green, but were threatened with dispersion. Can any one tell me what has happened to them ?

R. A. A. L. 1

" SWALE," ITS AMERICAN MEANING. I'll push to north'ard through forest and swale, The whole Manasquam district inviting !

These lines occur in a poem by Dr. Henry N. Dodge, entitled ' John Murray's Land- fall ' (ed. Putnam, 1911, p. 159). Dr. Dodge s an American, living at Morristown, New Jersey.