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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th S. VII. MARCH 30, 1901.

Castle. At the Restoration he sought refftge near Maes-y-Garnedd, in Uwchlaw r-Coed, a farmhouse in the parish of Llanenddwyn. His mock funeral took place at the church close to Dyffryn Station, about five miles north of Barmouth. On 17 October, 1660^ he was hanged at Charing Cross. H. G. H.

[There is a biography of Jones in the 'D.N.B.' (vol. xxx. p. 125). It states that at the Restoration he made no attempt to fly, but "was arrested on 2 June, 1660, as he was quietly walking in Fins- bury."]

THACKERAY.

(9 th S. vii. 188.)

THE legend that the original portrait of the Marquis of Steyne was withdrawn because Lord Lansdowne was offended at the likeness which it bore to him (which it undoubtedly did) has already appeared in 'N. & Q.' It occurred to me to refer the matter to pro- bably the one person now alive who could speak authoritatively on the subject, viz., my aunt, Lady Louisa Howard, Lord Lans- downe's only daughter. Her answer is so interesting that I think it deserves to be recorded in full in the pages of ' N. & Q.' :

Hazelby, Newbury, March 15, 1901.

DEAR SHERBORNE, I am sorry I did not answer your letter at once about my father, as no one who knew my father could have believed it for a moment, but I waited to see if I could recollect anything that might have led to such an absurd idea. 1 never myself met Thackeray at Lansdowne House, or heard of him there, but a friend of mine tells me she did so several times in his later years, and I feel sure the acquaintance began long after ' Vanity Fair ' was published. My brother lent us the early numbers to read as they came out, but I did not finish it till the edition of 1849 which I imagine was the first but I never heard a word of any supposed likeness to my father in any of the illus- trations. If any such was pointed out to him, he would have only laughed and taken no further notice, and I am sure never imagined that the character of Lord Steyne, if he had read it, could be pointed at him. I remember hearing at the time that Lord Hertford was supposed to be suggested : certainly no part of it suits my father, except perhaps a taste for pictures and the title.

I wonder who started the idea in Notes and Queries, and what it was founded on. I have been looking at the illustrations in my copy of ' Vanity Fair,' in hopes of seeing a likeness or my father, which would be curious, as in the caricatures of the day he was never a real likeness, only a conven- tional sort of face.

I hope some one will take up and answer in Notes and Queries, but the lapse of time reduces the number of his friends and contemporaries over forty years since his death, and I am older than he was.

Your affectionate aunt,

L. HOWARD.

Thus it remains a mystery why Thackeray really did withdraw the first woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne. Perhaps there may be some one still alive who, on seeing this letter, may be able to give the real reason.

SHERBORNB.

BISHOPRIC OF MONS MARANUS (9 th S. vii. 208).- This place is described as "Ville des Hirpins, auj. Monte Marano, dans le Napoli- tain (Princip. Oltra)," in the l Dictionnaire de Geographie,' par un Bibliophile (Paris, Firmin Didot Freres, 1870) a good book to consult before writing to * N. & Q.'

JULIAN MARSHALL.

Montemarano is a small city of the pro- vince of Naples, in the Principatp Ultra, marked on the map about twelve miles east- ward of Avellino. It was made by Gregory VII. a bishopric under the Metropolitan of Bene- vento. F. ADAMS.

[Other replies are acknowledged.]

DAISY NAMES (9 th S. vii.^8, 53). SIR HER- BERT MAXWELL'S interesting reply hardly touches local derivation. Crazy may well be a corruption of Christ's eye, and it would not be inappropriate to the daisy ; but how about the following Bets ? If any reader from the counties mentioned knows the derivation of the names (for ox-eye daisy),

and Dutch Morgan (Isle of Wight), and will communicate it, I shall be grateful.

MEGAN.

CONFIDENTIAL DISPATCHES IN TIME OF WAR (9 th S. vii. 208 .During the retreat on Torres Vedras in 1810 Wellington wrote to Lord Liverpool, complaining of the informa- tion given to the enemy through the publi- cation in the newspapers of his dispatches. Lord Liverpool replied, agreeing with Lord Wellington about the disadvantage of pub- lishing everything, and requesting him to prepare duplicate dispatches, one set for the Cabinet only, the other for publication.

HERBERT MAXWELL.

MARIOLE " IN A CHARTER (9 th S. vii.

47, 95). MR. LIVESEY'S query is not likely to elicit a reply. If he cannot evolve the meaning of ance mariole with the context before him, is it reasonable to expect that others will be able to guess it without such help 1 Let us have the context.

F. ADAMS.

"FouR-AND-FiVE" (9 th S. vii. 149). This mystic Orientalism was invented by Mr. Le Gallienne to rime with the word " alive." It was suggested to him by quatrain No. 120