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of 1753, or thereabouts, printed upon " True Blue Paper " ; but the regimental name, or nickname, would hardly have its origin in political complexion. W. B. H.

PRINCIPAL LONDON COFFEE-HOUSES, &c' (12 S. vi. 29, 59, 84, 105, 125, 143, 162). Among the addenda (ante, p. 164), it may be permissible to suggest the inclusion of the Bell Inn, Wallbrook, and the Crown Inn, Kensington, both mentioned in the Calendar of State Papers (Treasury) under date 1701 (? about March), on p. 476. M.

There may be added these three taverns in Shug Lane (now Davies Street, Berkeley Square) ; the dates are those of which I have record : White Hart, 1752-66 :' George, or George and Dragon, 1765-67 ; Black Horse. 1767-82. W. B. H.

THE REV. JOHN GUTCH, ANTIQUARY AND DIVINE (12 S. vi. 170). I learn from a pedigree that his mother's name was Anne Goff ; but it gives no further information.

JOHN R. MAGRATH.

Queen's College, Oxford.

" THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. CONDUITT " (12 S' v. 321). As L. G. R. does not give any date for this expression it is permissible to con- jecture that it refers to the beautiful wife of John Conduitt, Master of the Mint, M.P. for Whitchurch 1721-34, and Southampton Borough 1734-37, when he died.

A great deal about her is to be found in 'N. & Q.,' 1 S. iii. 328, 434; iv. 11; vii. 144; viii. 258, 429, 543, 590; ix. 18, where she appears under her maiden name of Barton, being a daughter of Robert Barton and Newton's half-sister, Hannah Smith. The most important note is that by PROF. DE MORGAN at the sixth reference, s.v., 'Lord Halifax and Mrs. [=Miss] Catherine Barton.' John Conduitt was buried in Westminster Abbey May 29, 1737, as was his widow, Jan. 29, 1739/40. See Col. Chester's ' Westminster Abbey Registers,' pp. 348, 354, where are interesting notes.

Catharine, only daughter and heir of John Conduitt by Catharine his wife, married, July 8, 1740, the Hon. John Wallop, eldest son of John, Viscount Lymington. The latter was created Earl of Portsmouth 1743, when the Hon. John Wallop became by courtesy Viscount Lymington. His wife, Viscountess Lymington, died April 15, 1750, aged 28, and was buried in West- minster Abbey. Viscount Lymington died, in the lifetime of his father, Nov. 19, 1749.

His eldest son succeeded his grandfather as second Earl of Portsmouth. See ibid.,. p. 378.

As to the beauty of Catharine Barton, later Mrs. Conduitt, I may quote Mark Noble's ' Biographical History of England,' 1806, vol. i., p. 252, s.v., ' Charles Montague,. Earl of Halifax ' :

" Having- no child by Ann, countess dowager of Manchester, and disappointed in a second con- nection, he solaced himself with the Platonic friendship of the gay and beautiful, Catherine, . widow of Col. Barton Young, whom at his death, he enriched, in return for ' the pleasure and happiness he had had in her conversation.' Itti the poem of the Travesters is this epigram :

Beauty and wit strove each in vain, To vanquish Bacchus and .his train ; But Barton with successful charms, From both their quivers drew her arms ; The roving God her sway resigns, And cheerfully submits his vines."

Possibly " her " in the fifth line should be- " his." Noble is mistaken in describing the lady as ' ' wido w of Col. Barton Young ' ' (see above and 'N. & Q.').

I may add that the Conduitt monument in the Abbey is more than a tablet. It consists of a pedestal and small sarcophagus, above which is a pyramid, on which is a medallion containing the head of Conduitt in profile, supported by a cherub ; above is another cherub. The inscription on the medallion is : " Johannes . Conduitt . Rei . Monet : Praef." Under the sarcophagus is a coat of arms in colours, Conduitt impaling Barton.

In the epitaph it is recorded that the widow of Conduitt had intended to erect this monument, but that it was consecrated in memory of both her parents by their daughter, wife of the Hon. John Wallop, eldest son of John, Viscount Lymington.

The epitaph is given by James Peller Malcolm in his ' Londinium Redivivum,' 1803-7, vol. i., p. 176. In his copy there are only three errors of any importance, viz. : (f>iXa.vdpm-!rwv for <&tXavdp(DTriav ' " annus natus " (as to the age of John Conduitt) for annos natus ; 1730 (as to the date of death of Catharine Conduitt) for 1739.

It may be noted, on the authority of the epitaph, that Mrs. Conduitt's Christian name was Catharine not Catherine.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

' A NEW VIEW OF LONDON, 1708 ' : AUTHORSHIP (12 S. vi. 168). I am. able to give fairly good proof that Edward Hatton was the author. The following is a note