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i6 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. (2.) Nov. 4, 1715, No. XII.: — A repetition of the above verbatim. (3.) Nov. II, 1715, No. XIV.: — "The London letter of Thursday, Nov. 3 . . . There are certain advices from France that the late D. of Ormond embark'd himself privately at Cherburg, with a number of arms on board, and some officers : and it is now agreed that he was in that ship which was formerly mentioned to have put into Torbay, and made the signal of firing 3 guns : but finding himself disappointed there as well as at other places on the Western Coast, where he expected to find encouragement to land, he is returned to the coast of Normandy." (4) Nov. 18, 1 715, No. XVI, page 3 : — There are advices from France that the late D. of Ormond has not been heard of since he sailed from that Coast in a ship with 5000 Arms for the West of England so that 'tis supposed he is cast away." Page 5 : — " There are repeated Accounts from France that the Betty Galley on Board which the late Duke of Ormond embarked at Cherbourg in Normandy, has been cast away." These accounts state that the Duke endeavoured to land at Brixham where William of Orange landed. They do not say that he actually landed anywhere, though the interval that elapsed before he returned to France would have enabled him to try several other ports on the Devonshire coast. It is interesting to note that he is always described in these accounts as the late Duke — presumably because of his attainder in England. I have endeavoured to bring fresh contemporaneous evidence to bear on the point, but can find no definite proof that he landed anywhere in Devonshire. Did the Duke of Ormond land in Devonshire in October or November, 1715— and If so where? If he did, this year contains the bicentenary. F. W. Morton Palmer, f.s.a. [This article was sent in for publication in the October, 1915, issue, but owing to pressure on our space we were, much to our regret, compelled to hold it over. — Eds.] II. Commander Kennicott (VIII., par. 169, p. 208). — If A.R. would address the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London, officially for the information he seeks, I feel almost assured he would secure the same. Failing Admiralty ability to furnish the information required through