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ptirsuing a course of blackmailing by sending
small forces against the Company's villages
and demanding money as the price o:
-retirement. Governor Collett of Fort
St. George consulted with Capt. Roach as
to possibilities, and finally dispatched him
with his 250 soldiers against the marauding
-enemy. After a fight, which lasted six
hours, with a force which was four or five
times larger than his own, Roach defeated
the memy at a place called Trivatore. For
this he was promoted Major, and received
other marks of appreciation from the loca"
Government and the Court of Directors
In 1716/17 Major Roach married Adeodata
Wheatley at St. Mary's, Fort St. George
(Genealogist, vol. xx. 58). She died in July
1719, and was buried at St. Thomas's Mount
(J. J. Cotton's ' Inscriptions '). If there was
a second marriage, it did not take place at
St. Mary's according to the Company's rule ;
consequently no record of it has been found.
After his first wife's death he was at his own
request transferred from military to civi]
work and admitted as a merchant. In
^consideration of his former good services he
was allowed to retain his command of the
garrison, in case his military assistance
should be again required ; but this without
pay. In 1727 he was admitted a member
of the Governor's Council, and in 1732 he
ranked next to the Governor. In or about
1730 he got into trouble with the local
'Government for abetting a young woman to
run away from her lawful guardians and
take refuge in his house. The offence was
regarded seriously by the Government of
Fort St. George, and Major Roach was fined
300 pagodas. In 1735 he went home, leaving
his reputed wife and children in charge of
the St. Mary's Vestry as their guardians and
trustees. Later in the year a passage home
was granted to her in the name of Mary
Roach, and presumably the children, in
one of the Company's ships. In 1738 he
died.
A reference to his will shows that he left the residue of his estate in trust for the benefit of the two children " commonly called Deodata Roache and Elizabeth Roache," to be paid to them on marriage or on arriving at the age of 21 years ; and provided that until one or other of these -events the children should be allowed yearly for their maintenance 100Z. What happened to the girls afterwards is a sad story, and is hardly worth dragging into the light of day. It was not the result of poverty. The story of their father's effort to provide for them and his gallant conduct
at Fort St. David and Trivatore is worth
remembrance. Major Roach was a brave
and determined soldier, who on two notable
occasions upheld the honour of his country
on the field of battle against superior
numbers. FRANK PENNY.
POWDERED GLASS (12 S. i. 169, 297). This was long believed to act as a poison, and was even known as " succession powder " ; over a hundred years ago ex- periments in varied form were made showing that it is harmless. Details are given in Dr. Cabanes's ' Les Curiosites de la Mede- cine,' pp. 146-8. The belief lingers in the Orient ; for instance, " powders " of finely pounded glass were in evidence at a murder trial in Agra reported in The Times, Dec. 19,
1912, p. 5. ROCKINGHAM.
Bos ton ,. Mass.
FOURTEENTH-CENTURY STAINED GLASS : EPISCOPAL RING (12 S. i. 267). Ecclesiastics, in common with other people in the fifteenth century, wore their rings on the first joint of their fingers. The custom was introduced into England by Margaret of Anjou, and it lasted for about a hundred years.
In New College Chapel, Oxford, the memorial brass of Thomas Cranley, 1417, Archbishop of Dublin, shows the ring at the first joint of the second finger ; and on that of John Yong, 1526, in the same chapel, a ring is depicted on each finger and thumb, and all on the first joint. He was titular Bishop of Callipolis. E. BEAUMONT.
Union Society, Oxford.
REAR-ADMIRAL DONALD CAMPBELL (11 S. xi. 401). As a result of further search, I find I can now answer my own query. Donald Campbell, whose seniority as Ad- miral is June 14, 1814, died, aged 67, at sea on his flagship Salisbury, Nov. 11, 1819, when Commander-in-Chief at the Leeward [slands station. He was buried in the Garrison Church at Portsmouth, Feb. 3, 1820, and mention of the obsequies is to be bund in The Hampshire Telegraph and The Times of the 7th and 8th of that month. A tablet to his memory is in the Garrison Church, erected by his son Lieut.-Col. Henry Dundas Campbell, who has also placed in he church a memorial tablet to his mother, Margaret Harriot Campbell, who died on Fan. 17, 1831, aged 65 years ; as well as ono .o his infant son Donald. Admiral Campbell yas born in Islay in 1752. I shall be grateful or any further information about him or iis family. A. H. MACLEAN.
14 Dean Road, Willesden Green, K.VV.
