n P. xii. SEPT. 4, i9i5.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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List of the Children of the deceased
Thomas Scott.
W.O. 43/20/3270.
Copy of the List of Children which accom- panied the Casuality Return on the 25 th February, 1823.
Names. Age.
Mrs. Major Huxley* . . 21 years. Miss Ann Scott . . 19 years.
Mr. Walter Scott . . 16 years. Miss Eliza Scott . . 12 years.
[* In a letter, dated 20 Feb r > r , 1830, from Canterbury, Mrs Huxley signs it as Jessie Huxley.]
Birth Certificates of Anne Rutherford Scott and Eliz. Charlotte Scott.
W.O. 43/20/3270.
Thomas Scott, Esq r , W.S., and Elizabeth M c Culloch, his Spouse, S fc Andrews Church Parish, a Daughter. Born 3 rd July, 1802. Xamed Anne Rutherford. Baptized on 7 July, 1802.
Extracted from the Register of Births & Baptisms belonging to the City of Edinburgh.
St. George's, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1810.
Sep fc 16 th . Elizabeth Charlotte, dau r of Tho* Scott & Eliza M c Culloch.
[The son's birth certificate was not fur- nished, as he had been provided for by being sent to India prior to 28 April, 1827.]
The following certificates and declaration relate to a similar petition on the part of Jessie Huxley, nee Scott, upon the death of her husband.
Death Certificate of Thomas Huxley. W.O. 42/H. 527.
Thomas. Huxley, late a L fc Colonel in the Army and an Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in Nova Scotia, on the Unattached Half Pay, who died at Halifax in Nova Scotia on the third day of November, 1826. Aged about 42.
Marriage Certificate of Thomas Huxley and Jessie Scott.
W.O. 42/H. 527.
Thomas Huxley, B fc Major, and Captain in the 70 Regiment, and Jessie Scott, Spinster, were lawfully married, by Licence, on the first of Nov r in t he year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
by me JOHN WILSON M.A.
This marriage was
made between us
Tho s Huxley.
Jessie Scott.
Tho 8 Scott.
Ch M c Grigor. I certify, that the above is a true copy of the Garrison Register of Kingston, Upper- Canada. JOHN WILSON.
In presence
of us
Certificate of Baptism of T. Scott Huxley.
W.O. 42/H. 527.
~ , ^ Thomas Scott, son of Thomas
tluxiey Huxley, Esq r , Captain in H.M.
Baptized / 70th ^ egt 2/ F ot & Major
in the Army, & Jessie his wife, was born June the twenty first, & baptized July the thirty first, A.D. 1822.
By me (Signed) JOSEPH LANGLEY MILLS,
Chaplain to H.M. Forces. A true Copy of certificate of Baptism
(Signed) W M HICKS, Magistrate for the County of Gloucester.
I hereby declare upon honor that I am left in distressed circumstances and in Want of the Compassionate allowance in aid of the Maintenance of my son.
(Signed) JESSIE HUXLEY,
Residing at Cheltenham^
E. H. FAIRBROTHEK.
A WEBSTER-MASSINGER PLAY.
- THE FAIB MAID OF THE INN/
(See ante, pp. 134, 155.)
ACT IV. sc. i.
THIS is the only scene as to the authorship of which I feel any doubt. It is certainly neither unalloyed Massinger nor unalloyed Webster, and I can find no positive indica- tion of either. It is worthy of note that though Boyle attributes the play to Massinger and Fletcher, " with some mixed scenes added by Rowley," it is the only scene in which he professes himself able to trace Fletcher's hand. It is probably a mixed Massinger and Webster scene. "As all the other scenes in which Biancha (here a pro- minent figure) appears are Webster's, it seems justifiable to assume that it is chiefly his.
ACT IV. sc..n.
The Host is enlarging upon Forobosco's skill in magic before a motley assemblage of his would-be clients, amongst whom figures a " Dancer." The dancer expresses surprise
