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to Rider's ' British Merlin ' for 1764, p. 108, M. Zuccato, Resident for Venice, lived in Soho Square. Zuccato, who would not present Casanova at Court (' Memoires,' vi. 355, 358), remained in England till August, 1764, when he was succeeded by M. de Vignola. ( Gentleman's Magazine, xxxiv. 396.)

Another ambassador, whom the adventurer met while he was in London, was the Marquis Caraccioli, the Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Naples, who was introduced to George III. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1764. (' Memoires,' vii. 33, 44, 48 ; cf. Gentleman's Magazine, xxxiv. 43.) So he was in London with Casanova for about two months.

" Le celebre violon Giardini," mentioned in the ' Memoires,' vi. 478, was, of course, the famous Italian violinist Felice di Giardini, who was born at Turin in 1716, and died at Moscow on Dec. 17, 1796. At this period he was living in Suffolk Street, and was manager of the Italian Opera at the King's Theatre, Haymarket. (Vide The Public Advertiser, Aug. 4, 1763 ; ' Letters of H. Walpole ' [Toynbee], v. 403.)

I have not identified the Star Tavern mentioned in the ' Memoires,' vi. 377, 383 ; but perhaps that is impossible, for, according to a writer of the previous century, the name was a generic one, and all taverns of this description were of evil repute. ('History of Signboards,' Jacob Larwood, pp. 492, 501.)

Claude Frangois, Comte de Guerchy, at whose house Casanova met the Chevalier d'Eon (' Memoires,' vi. 356), was then (October, 1763) in temporary residence at Lord Holland's house, 14 Arlington Street, at the corner of Piccadilly, while Lord Bate- man's house in Soho Square was being pre- pared for him. (The St. James's Chronicle, Oct. 11-13, 1763 ; cf. ' The Squares of London,' E. B. Chancellor, p. 113.)

It may be not out of place to give a list of the residences of the distinguished Englishmen and Englishwomen whom the ad- venturer met during his stay in London, and at whose houses he was sometimes a guest : Caroline Fitzroy, Countess of Harrington, 8 Stable Yard ; Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland House, Charing Cross ; Lady Betty Germain, nee Berkeley, widow of Sir John Germain, Bart., 16 St. "James's Square ; Elizabeth Chud- leigh, Countess of Bristol, Kingston House, Knightsbridge ; Henry, tenth Earl of Pembroke, 4 Privy Gardens ; Charles, second Earl of Egremont, Cambridge House, 94 Piccadilly ; Richard, first Earl Grosvenor, 14 Grosvenor Place ; John, first

Earl Spencer, 10 St. James's Place; Evelyn Pierrepont, second Duke of Kingston,. 3 Arlington Street.

" The honest" Bosanquet ('Memoires,' vi 457, 480 ; vii. 63, 67) was probably one of the founders of the famous banking house ; but, although I have referred to all the obituary notices in The Gentleman's Magazine under this name, I have not enough evidence to identify Casanova's banker. Perhaps some one acquainted with the genealogy of the family can determine the point.

With regard to Salvador (see vii. 67) there appears to be less doubt. The principal representative of this famous family of Portuguese Jews then alive was Joseph Salvador of Upper Tooting. (The Public Advertiser, Aug. 16, 1766.) His chief title to fame was his association a few years later with the notorious Margaret Caroline Rudd,. " a forgotten heroine of the Newgate Calen- dar," who was tried for forgery at the Old Bailey on Dec. 8, 1775, in connexion with the Perreau frauds. (Cf. The Town and Country Magazine, vii. 481 ; The Morning Post,. Nov. 25, 1777 ; ' Authentic Records of the Life and Transactions of Mrs. Margaret Rudd ' [J. Bew, 1776], vol. ii. letters 2ft and 27.)

MESSRS. LTJCIEN WOLF and ISRAEL. SOLOMONS have kindly furnished me with many interesting particulars with reference to the Salvador family, from which I learn that this Joseph Salvador died at Charles- town, in North Carolina, on Dec. 29, 1786. At the time of Casanova's visit to England two of Joseph Salvador's nephews were living, i.e., Daniel and Moses Salvador, who may have been associated with him in business.

The name Vanhel (see ' Memoires,' vii. 67} may be a misprint for Vanhek, intended for Vanneck, as the name was sometimes spelt in the newspapers. Another banker,, named Leigh (see vii. 63, 66, 69), I have not yet identified. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

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