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garret in his house in Dublin, It remains totally undetermined whether Mr. H. is to write a letter declaring her innocence, or to make a verbal declaration in the presence of a chosen company to that purpose, or what is to be done to satisfy his Lordship. Colonel Molesworth has been engaged in a Court Martial for these three days past, and has not been able to see Lord Newtown. The town is brimfull of this affair, and in great wrath against Mr. H. How it will end I cannot say but probably much to the discredit of Lord N.

Pray burn this directly.

6 th March 1764.

Mr. Hamilton has written a letter to Colonel Molesworth declaring Lady N's entire innocence and his perfect regard for the Noble Family s of Belvedere and Lanes - borough and so I apprehend this whole affair will end.

The Lady Newtown herein mentioned was Lady Jane Rochfort, only daughter of the first Earl of Belvedere. She was born 30 Oct., 1737, and married, 26 June, 1754, Brinsley Butler. Lord Newtown (born 4 March, 1728), afterwards second Earl of Lanesborough. They had two sons and six daughters. On the death of her brother the last Earl of Belvedere (13 May, 1814) she inherited the Belvedere estates, which passed to her grandson Lord Lanesborough.

R. USSHER. Westbury, Brackley.

PEPYS'S ' DIARY ' : AN ERROR IN TRAN- SCRIPTION. On 27 May (Lord's Day), 1660, Pepys dined alone in his own cabin, " where, among other things, Mr. Dunn brought me a lobster and a bottle of oil, instead of a bottle of vinegar, whereby I spoiled my dinner" (Pepys's 'Diary,' vol. i.). In Mr. Wheatley 's edition (vol. i. p. 165, 1893) an error occurs in this passage, and the name of the person responsible for this little tragedy is rendered as " Drum." It is difficult to see how the mistake was made, for the word " Dunn " in the original is quite clear, being written, like most of the proper names, in ordinary letters. No " Drum " is mentioned anywhere in the ' Diary,' but Dunn is mentioned frequently under the varied spellings Dunn, Dunne, Dun, and Donne. That these were all ways of rendering the same name is well established, for John Donne, the poet, appears variously

in contemporary writings as Donne, Dunn, Dunne, Dun, and Done.

The " Dunn " of the ' Diary ' was evi- dently an official in the Navy, employed, at the time of the King's home-coming, on special service as a bearer of dispatches. Later (20 Aug., 1660) he goes to sea, and we find him sending Pepys back the clothes which he had left in his cabin. On 14 July, 1662, he is back in London, and calls on Pepys, and stays to dinner with him and some other friends. He was apparently, then, more than a mere " messenger," and there is no evidence for identifying him with Thomas Danes, of the Admiralty.

Last July the writer of this note was, by the courtesy of the Librarian, spending a happy morning in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and, on opening at random the first volume of the This led to the discovery of the mistake in transcription. S. G. DUNN.
 * Diary,' chanced to see his own name.

ENGLISH GRAVES AT AVIGNON : J. S. MILL AND HIS WIFE. Just outside the Porte St. Lazare is the municipal cemetery, and in the corner, to the right on entering (Avenue No. 9, Ouest), are several graves of English people. The grave of John Stuart Mill is here, and it bears this inscription, in large lettering, on the prone stone :

To the Beloved Memory

of

Harriet Mill The dearly loved and deeply regretted

Wife of John Stuart Mill Her great and loving Heart

Her noble soul Her clear powerful original and

Comprehensive Intellect Made her the guide and support

The Instructor in Wisdom

And the Example in goodness

As she was the sole Earthly delight [sic]

Of those who had the happiness to belong to her

As earnest for all Public good As she was generous and devoted

To all who surrounded her

Her influence has been felt

In many of the greatest

Improvements of the Age

And will be in those still to come

Were there even a few hearts and intellects

Like hers

This earth would already become The hoped-for Heaven

She Died

To the irreparable loss of those who survive her At Avignon Nov 3 1858

On one side of the stone slab is simply :

John Stuart Mill Born 20 May 1806 Died 7 May 1873.