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garret in his house in Dublin, It remains
totally undetermined whether Mr. H. is to
write a letter declaring her innocence, or
to make a verbal declaration in the presence
of a chosen company to that purpose, or
what is to be done to satisfy his Lordship.
Colonel Molesworth has been engaged in a
Court Martial for these three days past,
and has not been able to see Lord Newtown.
The town is brimfull of this affair, and in
great wrath against Mr. H. How it will
end I cannot say but probably much to the
discredit of Lord N.
Pray burn this directly.
6 th March 1764.
Mr. Hamilton has written a letter to Colonel Molesworth declaring Lady N's entire innocence and his perfect regard for the Noble Family s of Belvedere and Lanes - borough and so I apprehend this whole affair will end.
The Lady Newtown herein mentioned was Lady Jane Rochfort, only daughter of the first Earl of Belvedere. She was born 30 Oct., 1737, and married, 26 June, 1754, Brinsley Butler. Lord Newtown (born 4 March, 1728), afterwards second Earl of Lanesborough. They had two sons and six daughters. On the death of her brother the last Earl of Belvedere (13 May, 1814) she inherited the Belvedere estates, which passed to her grandson Lord Lanesborough.
R. USSHER. Westbury, Brackley.
PEPYS'S ' DIARY ' : AN ERROR IN TRAN-
SCRIPTION. On 27 May (Lord's Day), 1660,
Pepys dined alone in his own cabin, " where,
among other things, Mr. Dunn brought me
a lobster and a bottle of oil, instead of a
bottle of vinegar, whereby I spoiled my
dinner" (Pepys's 'Diary,' vol. i.). In Mr.
Wheatley 's edition (vol. i. p. 165, 1893)
an error occurs in this passage, and the name
of the person responsible for this little
tragedy is rendered as " Drum." It is
difficult to see how the mistake was made,
for the word " Dunn " in the original is
quite clear, being written, like most of the
proper names, in ordinary letters. No
" Drum " is mentioned anywhere in the
' Diary,' but Dunn is mentioned frequently
under the varied spellings Dunn, Dunne, Dun,
and Donne. That these were all ways of
rendering the same name is well established,
for John Donne, the poet, appears variously
in contemporary writings as Donne, Dunn,
Dunne, Dun, and Done.
The " Dunn " of the ' Diary ' was evi- dently an official in the Navy, employed, at the time of the King's home-coming, on special service as a bearer of dispatches. Later (20 Aug., 1660) he goes to sea, and we find him sending Pepys back the clothes which he had left in his cabin. On 14 July, 1662, he is back in London, and calls on Pepys, and stays to dinner with him and some other friends. He was apparently, then, more than a mere " messenger," and there is no evidence for identifying him with Thomas Danes, of the Admiralty.
Last July the writer of this note was, by the courtesy of the Librarian, spending a happy morning in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and, on opening at random the first volume of the
- Diary,' chanced to see his own name.
This led to the discovery of the mistake in transcription. S. G. DUNN.
ENGLISH GRAVES AT AVIGNON : J. S. MILL AND HIS WIFE. Just outside the Porte St. Lazare is the municipal cemetery, and in the corner, to the right on entering (Avenue No. 9, Ouest), are several graves of English people. The grave of John Stuart Mill is here, and it bears this inscription, in large lettering, on the prone stone :
To the Beloved Memory
of
Harriet Mill The dearly loved and deeply regretted
Wife of John Stuart Mill Her great and loving Heart
Her noble soul Her clear powerful original and
Comprehensive Intellect Made her the guide and support
The Instructor in Wisdom
And the Example in goodness
As she was the sole Earthly delight [sic]
Of those who had the happiness to belong to her
As earnest for all Public good As she was generous and devoted
To all who surrounded her
Her influence has been felt
In many of the greatest
Improvements of the Age
And will be in those still to come
Were there even a few hearts and intellects
Like hers
This earth would already become The hoped-for Heaven
She Died
To the irreparable loss of those who survive her At Avignon Nov 3 1858
On one side of the stone slab is simply :
John Stuart Mill Born 20 May 1806 Died 7 May 1873.
