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Lieut. -Col. Charles Townshend Wilson, of the Coklstream Guards, \vlio died in 1887. See Burke' s ' Commoners,' ii. (1837), 513, under ' Owen of Bettws ' ; Rev. J. E. Auden's ' Shrewsbury School Register, 1734- 1908,' p. 99 : and The Times of Feb. 17, 1887, pp. 1, 8.

Being then the husband of Anne Towns- hend, the Richard Wilson I have been writing about cannot have had a marriage with a daughter of Lord Rodney in 1789, even if he be the Richard Wilson who had an elopement with her.

As the correspondence began with MR. HORACE BLEACKLEY'S question, Who was the " Dick Wilson," an early friend of the great Lord Eldon ? I should like to inquire, Who was the " Dick Wilson " to whom Lord Grey once said that " nothing in life would give him so much pleasure as to see Eldon hanged in his rcbes"? See 'The Creevey Papers,' ii. 299-300. H. C.

" LOKE " (12 S. i. 510 ; ii. 18). I lived as a boy near, and indeed adjoining, a loke in Norwich, and that loke is still in situ. It is a narrow way impassable for wheeled traffic, but is not a cul-de-sac, nor ever was.

T. J. WOODROW.

City Carlton Club, St. Swithiu's Lane, B.C.

See 7 S. vi. 128, 191.

JOHN T. PAGE.

GEORGE BARRINGTON (v. sub ' Elizabeth West, Thief,' 12 S. i. 448). I am far from being able, without searching through fifty volumes of manuscript notes, covering the history of metropolitan crime from Jeffreys's recordership to the death of William IV., to give off-hand all I have come across relating to Barrington, but here are some, at least, of his " previous convictions " or acquittals and never was there a luckier prisoner :

Old Bailey, January, 1777. Larceny at Drury Lane playhouse from Ann Dudman. Was committed to Tothill Fields Bridewell. A very plausible defence. Guilty. Three years' " hulks."

Old Bailey, April, 1778. Larceny (he was capitally indicted for privately stealing from the person) from Elizabeth Ironmonger ; coram Sir W. Blackstone. Five years' hulks, and property forfeited to the City of London.

Old Bailey, January, 1783. Not fulfilling the terms of his Majesty's pardon (a con- ditional pardon that he should " banish himself " wherever he chose ; not very

uncommon). He was ordered back to the hulks.

Old Bailey, February, 1784. Privately stealing from the person of Sir Godfrey Webster; coram Sir Henry Gould (junior) A very artful defence, such as Barrington never failed to make. Not guilt y.

Old Bailey, September, 1788. Barrington moves for leave for his counsel and solicitor to inspect the proceedings against him.

Old Bailey, December, 1789. Privately stealing from the person of H. Le Mesurier ; coram Ashhurst, J. " Not guilty, and did not fly for the same." (A record of out- lawry against him had been quashed at some earlier date.)

Old Bailey, September, 1790. Tried before Lord Chief Baron Eyre, for larceny. The- judge remarked : " This ought to have been a capital indictment." Not guilty.

Barrington is appointed High Com- missioner of the settlement of New South Wales, and " administers justice with im- partial hand" ('Annual Register,' 1793,. pp. 28, 29). ERIC R. WATSON.

' NORTHANGER ABBEY ' : " HORRID "

ROMANCES (12 S. ii. 9). I sent a query on this subject to ' N. & Q.' in December, 1912,. and as other people take an interest in the question, it may be useful to summarize the information which I obtained from several obliging answers, together with what little I have added by my own researches. But I have never been so fortunate as to find a copy of any one of these novels.

' The Castle of Wolfenbach,' a German story, 2 vols., by Mrs. Parsons. Nothing seems to be known about this lady, nor about the date of publication.

' Clermont,' by Regina Maria Roche, 1798. Miss Roche was the authoress of ' The Children of the Abbey,' which is mentioned in ' Emma,' and was a fairly well- known writer of the school of Mrs. Radcliffe. Her style is said to have been more senti- mental and less sensational than that of her model There was also a novel by Madame de Genlis called ' Clermont.'

' The Mysterious Warning,' a German, tale in 4 vols., by Mrs. Parsons.

' The Necromancer of the Black Forest.' This novel has not been clearly identified. MR. RALPH THOMAS suggests that it may have been ' John Jones, or the Necromancer,' or that it was a play, ' The Necromancer,' written by Miss Scott and produced at the Sans Pareil theatre in 1809.