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 12 3. HI. OCT., 1917.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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" Lady Bolton and Mrs. Comyns went home that night, but the rest all remained at Swaffham for a dance given next night by Mr. Day."

A glimpse of the same party at the coursing ball in 1808 occurs in a letter* from George Matcham, jun., written to his mother (Kitty Nelson) while on a visit to his " Aunt Bolton at Cranwich " :

" The coursing ball was held on Thursday. All the Boltons were there, and Lady Bolton introduced me to some of your Norfolk friends .... I was first made known to two comely dames who sat in state at the end of the room Mrs. Day and Mrs. Suckling. The former asked me many questions concerning you. I was also introduced to Mrs. Bolfe, a plain woman with a cast in her left eye. She likewise made particular inquiries. Our cousin Robin Rolfe graced the room ; he is about to be married to a Miss Rose .... Among the company were Mr. Antony Hamond with his sons and two daughters, the youngest very pretty. Likewise Mr. Mott, the High Sheriff, with his lady, a pleasing-looking woman studded with diamonds. I also . observed there Mrs. Yonge and her daughters, the former a great beauty in decay."

Mrs. Suckling was " Kitty Framingham," a sister of " Mrs. Day," and wife of Mauriee William Suckling, who had served in the Boreas and Agamemnon under Nelson. " Mrs. Rolfe " must have been the widow of " poor Edmund Rolfe," who died Rector of Cockley Cley in 1795 ; and the mother of Robert Monsey Rolfe, the future Baron Cran worth (born 1790, died 1845).

In October, 1810, Mrs. Bolton, in writing to Lady Hamilton, said :

" Eliza Yonge is shortly to be married to Mr- Dolingnon, a young clergyman of good prefer- ment and fortune."

And in March, 1811, she again remarked : " We have had a marriage at Swaffham of Eliza Yonge, a sad crying wedding. All the sisters went to church with her, but they say she is so happy."

After the death of William, Earl Nelson, the advowson of Hilborough was sold to Mr. Dolingnon, who died rector there in 1857. By Eliza Yonge (who died in 1843) he had an only son, W. J. Dolingnon, who graduated at Balliol College, Oxford, and was Rector of Cockley Cley in 1879.

Charlotte Yonge (born 1789, died 1872) married the Rev. William Dowell, and was mother of the late Admiral Sir Montague Dowell, whose wife was his first cousin, viz., Caroline, daughter of Capt. J. Pyke, R.N., by Caroline Yonge, another daughter of the archdeacon. Emily Yonge (1793- 1880) married the Rev. George Montague,

by M. Eyre Matcham (John Lane).
 * From ' The Nelsons of Buraham Thorpe,'

Rector of South Pickenham, whose residence was at a place called Caynton in Swaffham until his death in 1865. Agnes Yonge became the wife of Admiral George Knyvet Wilson in 1837. He was a son of the Rev. George Wilson, Rector of Didlington, who lived at Cranwich during the time of Thomas Bolton's residence there. They would, of course, be among the friends privileged to read those copied letters from the Bacchante, which ceased about the time of Mrs. Bolton's death in 1813, when her husband and daughters moved to Burnham Westgate, where Mr. Bolton died on Oct. 17, 1834. Meantime Sarah Yonge, Countess Nelson, who was seven years her husband's senior, died on April 13, 1828, and the Earl, desirous of an heir, remarried within the year, only to be disappointed of his hope. He died on Feb. 28, 1835, and was succeeded in his title and estates by his nephew, " young Tom Bolton," who followed him to the grave within a few months, leaving a son Horatio, who succeeded as third Earl, and would have cordially greeted the discovery of the "little trunk" that has so long guarded the letters from H.M.S. Bacchante. F. H. S.

Romsey.

WHEBLE'S ' LADY'S MAGAZINE ' (12 S. iii. 359). This magazine was founded by Mr. John Coote, a bookseller, who employed as printer John Johnson, and as pxiblisher Mr. John Wheble. It was issued to the public, from its commencement in August, 1770, as printed for J. Wheble of 20 Pater- noster Row, to whom letters for the editor were to be sent. The venture was success- fid ; and after it had been running seven months Mr. Coote sold his interest in the magazine to Robinson & Roberts for 500Z. The transfer of this interest, and con- sequently change of publisher, was made without intimation to Wheble, who, feeling aggrieved, continued to issue subsequent numbers as a continuation of the original undertaking. Messrs. Robinson Roberts brought an action against Wheble- on July 8, 1771. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield in his charge to the special jury stated there was not a colour for property in the title, but that the offence woiild consist in con- necting his magazine (Xo. 9) with the original publication. The jury brought in nominal damages one shilling, and Wheble continued publication for a considerable period under the original title.

In October, 1771, appeared the first prize poem ; and such competitive pieces con-