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The Times of Aug. 8 will be found an account of the exhibition in the Somerset village of Pill, of a hoard of between four and five thousand Roman coins

just been supplied with an aluminium leg. Do any other Zoological Gardens contain animals with an artificial limb?

Two Hundred Years Ago.

From

MIST'S WEEKLY JOURNAL.

SATURDAY, AUgust 12, 1727.

We hear from Paris, that the Lord Dumbarton, late Lieutenant Colonel of Clayton's Regiment, going thro' France, in order to embark at Marseilles for Gibraltar, thought fit to ftop at Paris, and having laid afide his Honour, is retired to a Convent about eighteen Leagues from that City, where he has taken upon him the Habit of a Benedictine Monk.

found three years ago in a field at Clapton-
in-Gordano by Mr. R. Egerton Godwin.
They have been cleaned and classified and
annotated by the British Museum experts,
and are now arranged in glass cases in the
Church Room of the village. Fifteen Em-
perors are represented-most abundantly
Victorinus and Tetricus. A considerable
number of coins are not recorded in Cohen's
'Médailles de l'Empire,' and the British
Museum authorities have picked out some
thirty of them to fill gaps in the Museum
collection. Most of them are of bronze, but
a few are of an alloy of silver and copper,
and experts say they were minted in Gaul.
Other objects found on the site suggest that
this was the centre of some industry, but
the purpose of the hoard remains obscure.
THOSE who are interested in Peter the
Wild Boy and other children reared by
animals will have noted the communication
of the Johannesburg correspondent of the
Morning Post printed on Aug. 9. This des
cribes the "baboon boy," known as Lucas,
who was found among baboons about twenty
five years ago in the wilds of the South East
Cape Province by two troopers of the old
Cape Police. He has been surprisingly
brought back to humanity by life and train
ing on a farm, where he now dwells as a
useful worker, having nothing to say, to
baboons, though he is willing to relate
circumstances of his early days among them.
In intelligence he has not quite caught up
with his fellows, but in industry, reliability
and physical strength he is their superior.
He has given his heart, it would appear,
to children, and delights in taking charge
of his employer's, with whom he is all gentle-Order
ness and devotion. A curious characteristic

is his total lack of sense of time.

THE Leipzig correspondent of the Irish

Times relates that at the Leipzig Zoological Gardens there is a crane who has

There is an Account from Paris of an odd Prophecy which makes a great Noise amongst the People there: About two Months fince, a Perfon of Quality, who is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Troops, defired to fpeak with Cardinal Fleuri, who being admitted, he told him, he thought himself under an Obligation of acquainting him with what was reveal'd to him by God, which was, that the Queen fhould be delivered of Twins, and both die; that her Majefty would also die of her lying-In, and fome Months after the King would ficken Duke of Orleans fhould fucceed to the Crown, of the Small-Pox and die likewife; that the which would be follow'd by Domestick Troubles in France. The Cardinal telling him that giving out fuch Reports was feditious; he anfwer'd, the Cardinal might do what he pleas'd, but he fhould not him to be carry'd to the Baftile. retract; upon which the Cardinal order'd When he him feveral Rooms, defiring him to take his was arriv'd, the Keeper of the Prifon fhew'd Choice; he anfwer'd, he did not care which, for he fhould ftay but one Night; the Keeper repli'd, he believ'd that was more than any Body knows; yes, replies the Prifoner, it is more than you know, or the Cardinal himfelf, for he has not yet refolv'd. They add further, that the Cardinal confidering him rather as a Perfon difordered in his Senfes, than malicioufly given, fent

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carry'd to the Byzette, a Place appointed for the next Morning for him to be

the Cure of the Mad.-We are advised that one of the young Princeffes, of whom the Queen was deliver'd, is dead, and the other not very likely to live.

Literary and Historical

Notes.

OLD SIGNS IN THE STRAND.

FROM extracts from a draft of a Lease

(to found a Release in 1719), which I have, of an estate in the Strand belonging to the Duke of Dorset in 1694, I have taken the following list of shop-signs, which, as the then current annual rent is also given, should prove interesting to the London historian and topographer.

I ought to mention that, with the exception of a few, none of these is given in the late F. G. Hilton Price's almost exhaustive Signs of the Old Houses in the Strand in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries,' privately printed circa 1910.

Judging from the locality of one or two well-known signs mentioned, I should imagine the shops were on the south side of the Strand, between Somerset House and what is now Wellington Street.

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The Rising Sun, John Cleaver, Haber-
dasher of Small Wares. £32 2. 6.
The Orange Tree, formerly called The
Seven Starrs and King's Arms," Henry
Edwards, Grocer, £32 0. 0.

The Unicorn, Isabella English (no trade given), £31 13. 4.

The Golden Fleece and Flower de Luce,

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The Golden Fleece, formerly occupied by Richard Dayrell and latterly by Charles Singleton (no trades given), £90 0. 0.

(Hilton Price gives "Golden Fleece, near Somerset House, 1693-Capt. St. George, 1705-Mrs. Dayrell, Hosier.") The Patten, Francis Russell, Hosier, £34 0. 0.

The Golden Boddice, Elizabeth Crofts, Widow (no trade given) £48 0.. 0. (Hilton Price gives "Golden Bodice, Somerset House, 1685, Robert

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Crofts.")

The Two Catts, Peter Vanderbruell, Linen Draper, £39 0. 0. (Hilton Price gives "Two Cats, near Somerset House, 1700, Edmund Taylor.")

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The Three Nunns, "" next adjoining to the said messuage called The Two Catts, Andrew Pamell, Haberdasher of Small Wares, £39 0. 0.

The Seneca's Head, Vareen, Bookseller, £39 0.0. (Hilton Price gives "Seneca's Head, near Somerset House, 1710, Mr. Varenne, bookseller, advertised the famed Purging Sugar Plumbs.'"') The Hen and Chickens, "and after that The Indian Queen, and now The Seven Starrs," Thomas Greengeorge, Mercer, £37 1. 8.

The Spread Eagle, Dennis Sullivan, Victualler, £16 16. 8. (A fine engraved trade card was issued from this Inn.) "House next ye Spread Eagle," (no sign given), Peter Hammett (no trade given) £6 0. 0.

The Three Kings, formerly called The Three Black Lyons," Robert Shilley, Woollen Draper, £37 1. 8.

The Angell, Samuel Bridger, Mercer, £40 0. 0.

The Ship and Starr, Robert Powney, Stationer, £28 0. 0. (Hilton Price gives

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Ship and Star, against Katherine Street, 1705–1745, Robert Powney, Stationer.")

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The Dial,-Davis, Mercer, £33 0. 0.
The Ship and Ball "and now called The
Shakespeare's Head," Jacob Tonson,
Bookseller, £34 0. 0.

This is the most interesting entry of all and is worthy of the complete extract, which reads,

And all that peice, etc., of Ground And the Messuage, etc., thereupon built called the Ship and Ball, now called the Shakspeare's Head, in the Parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, otherwise Savoy aforesaid, formerly in the Occupation of John Hall his Assigns or Under-tenants hy Lease to him made by the said Earl Dorsett, etc., by Indenture dated the 20th day of July, 1701, for 91 years from Midsummer 1695 at the yearly rent of £34 0. 0, and which last Messuage, etc., are now in the Occupation of Jacob Tenson, Bookseller, or his Assigns.

Hilton Price gives

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Shakespeare's Head. Opposite Catherine Street. Afterwards 141, Strand. 1712-Jacob Tonson lived and died here 1736, possessed of a large fortune. In 1697 he removed from Judge's Head, Fleet Street, to Shakespeare's Head, Gray's Inn Gate, whither he came here in 1712. After 1736 it became the Buchanan Head, the occupier being Andrew Millar, a bookseller. Lloyd's Evening Post, 27th April, 1767, says Tonson, the bookseller, died worth 200,000, which he left entirely to his brother (a few legacies excepted), which are incon

siderable.

TheD.N.B.' says Tonson set up in business at the Judge's Head, Chancery Lane, in 1677, later moved to Gray's Inn Gate and then to the Shakespeare's Head in 1710.

Then follows the last entry in this lease which refers to "all that peice &c. of ground &c. thereupon built called The Peacock, in the Parish of St. Mary le Savoy, otherwise Strand, &c. the yearly rent being £8 0. 0., but it does not give name or trade of the then tenant. Hilton Price gives

Peacock-Next Somerset House. 1696, Mary Turberville, oculist, sister of Dr. Turberville, lodged here at a bodice shop. 1772-Newnham and Thresher, hosiers. Now [1910] Thresher and Glenny; No. 152.

Mr. Charles F. Glenny, of this well-known firm, kindly informs me that he has an agreement of 1795, whereby Richard Thresher of the Peacock took over the lease and business of a hosier at 1, Panton Street, Haymarket, obviously to start one of his sons in business." From the above draft upon which this article is founded, it appears that the Peacock premises in 1703 had been leased by the Duke of Dorset to Thomas

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THIS family, a branch of the O'Connor Sligo, owned considerable property in CO. Galway. Malachy (Melaghlin) Loughlin O'Connor, the first of the family of whom I have any record, was seized of the lands of Sellehane, Trinibane, and Beagh, co. Galway.

The following particulars of him and his descendants were compiled some years ago in collaboration with the late Mr. Valentine John Hussey-Walsh, and for copies of the Wills, Exchequer Bills, &c., the originals of which were destroyed in the holocaust of the Dublin Record Office, we are greatly indebted to Mr. Martin J. Blake, formerly of Lincoln's Inn, London.

Melachy or Loughlin O'Connor, d. July, 1680. Will dated July 14, 1680. Proved Apr. 20, 1681 at Tuam. Exemplification dated 22 Jan, 1705. Of Kilcuney and Sylan. Was seized of lands of Sellehane, Trinibane and Beagh, co. Galway. He married Mabel dau. of O'Rourke of Brefni, and by her had issue:

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Dermot or Darby O'Connor, d. 1691, being killed at the second siege of Limerick. Of Sylan, Co. Galway, and Sellehane and Beagh. A Captain in Col. Dominick Browne's Regiment in the Irish Army of James II. He married Alice, elder dau. of Isidore Lynch of Drimcong, co. Galway (post-nuptial settlements dated 14 Jan., 1677) and had issue:

I. Malachi or Loughlin O'Connor, died unmarried Jan. 22, 1705 or -7. Of Sylan, Lieut. in Col. Dominick Browne's Regiment in the Irish Army of James II.

II. Mathew O'Connor, d.s.p. 1700.

III. Terence or Turlough O'Connor, d. ante 1700. A Lieut, in Col. Dominick Browne's Regiment.

IV. Hugh O'Connor, d. 1736. Of Beagh, co. Galway, and Pollagh. Claimed in 1700. He was twice married; his second wife was Agnes dau. of Browne (and widow of James Tully of Girrah, co. by whom she had a dau. Christian Tulley). Marriage settlements dated Apr. 12, 1718. She died 1763 (her will dated March 21 was proved Apr. 26, 1763) having had issue an only son, Andrew O'Connor, who was living in the Isle of Man in 1750, and died unmarried. Hugh O'Connor's first wife, whom he married in 1709, was Jean or Jane, dau. of Valentine Browne of Galway, by whom he had issue:

Dermot or Darby O'Connor, b. 1710; d. Dec. 12, 1793 (M.I. St. Jarlath's Cemetery, Tuam, co. Galway). Of Beagh and Woodquay, co. Galway. J.P. co. Galway, appointed August, 1761. He married ante 1746, Mabel second dau. of Edmund O'Flynn (he died ante 1750) of Turlough, co. Galway. She died Oct. 3, 1757* at Galway (M.I. in St. Jarlath's Cemetery) having had issue:

Capt. in

1. Edmund O'Connor, d. 1787. the Green Horse, now the 5th Dragoon Guards.

2. Thomas O'Connor (Most Rev.) D.D., b. 1754; d. Feb. 18, 1803. Will dated Nov. 1, 1802; proved Dec. 13, 1803. Of Woodquay, co. Galway. Left lands of Silane and Trinibane to his sister Mabel Donelan. Consecrated R. C. Bishop of Achonry Dec. 9, 1787. Titular Archbishop of Tuam, 1803 (Quaere).

3. Ann O'Connor, married John Melville, and had issue Dermot and two other sons. 4. Mabel O'Connor, d. May 19, 1820, married July 2, 1771 at Tuam, Thomas Donelan (d. 1813) of Peterswell, co. Galway. (See Family of O'Connor Donelan of Silane)

and had issue

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i. Bryan Blake. Will entered 1807 in Dublin. Of Antigua, West Indies. Married Lydia, dau. of Alexander Brodie of Windyhills, Antigua, of the family of Brodie of Milton Brodie, Morayshire. She was born Mar. 14, 1775 in Antigua, was married secondly Oct. 27, 1803 to Malachy O'Connor (q.v.), and d. Feb. 20, 1868 at 21 Royal Crescent, Bath, having had issue by her 1st husband, Bryan Blake:

(1) Cecilia Blake, b. 1797; d. Aug. 22, 1838 at Bath, aged 41. (M.I. in Bath Abbey).

(ii) Martin Blake, b. 1799; d. Apr. 22, 1826. Aged 26. (M.I. in Bath Abbey). Ot Mount William in Island of St. Vincent.

Hugh O'Connor, the son, was bur. May 10, 1783, with his wife.. Will dated Dec.

12, 1779. Proved May 29, 1783. Of Galway, afterwards of Douglas, Isle of Man, and Batchelor's Walk, Dublin, merchant. married, Feb.

He

1742, Honoria Browne, dau. of Valentine Browne of Galway, whose will was proved P. C. Dec. 7, 1735. She died 1771 on the Batchelor's-quay and was bur. Dec. 6 in St. James's Parish Churchyard, Dublin, having had issue:

I. Valentine O'Connor, b. 1744, d. Jan. 18, 1814+ and bur. Jan. 22 with his wife. Will dated Nov. 10, 1813. Proved Feb. 3, 1814, merchant, of Batchelor's Walk, afterwards of Dominick Street, Dublin, which latter house he owned, as also Oakley Lodge in Stillorgan Park, co. Dublin.

He was

proprietor of two-thirds of the sugar estate called Mount William in the Island of Saint Vincent in the West Indies. He married, June 10, 1775,† Mary, eldest

"On the Batchelor's-quay, Mrs. Connor, Wife of Mr. Hugh Connor, an eminent Merchant." (Freeman's Journal, Vol. ix. No. 44. Tues. Dec. 10, 1771).

"1814. Jan. 18th. In his 70th year, Valentine O'Connor, Esq., Merchant of Dublin." (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. lxxxiv. p. 299).

"Mr. Val. Connor of the Batchelor's-walk to Miss Mary Moore of Mount Brown." (Freeman's Journal, No. 1520, Tues., June 13, 1775).

dau. of Edward Moore of Mount Brown, co. Dublin (see Pedigree of Moore, cxlix. 439), by his wife, Jane, eldest dau. of Thomas Reynolds of Dundrum Castle, co. Dublin, and 16 Ash Street, City of Dublin (see Pedigree of Reynolds, cli. 204, et seq.); and by her who d. May 8, 1783 and was bur. in St. James' Parish Churchyard, Dublin, had issue:1.

Jean O'Connor, b. 1776.

2. Honora O'Connor, b. Oct. /Nov., 1779. 3. Mary O'Connor, d. July, 1810, having married Aug. 4, 1803, Maurice Blake of Towerhill, co. Mayo, who d. May 7, 1847, and was bur. in the R. C. Parish Chapel at Carnacon, co. Mayo, having had issue: i. Isidore Blake, b. Oct. 1806, d. 1810. ii. Valentine O'Connor Blake, b. Jan. 1, 1808, d. Aug. 9, 1879, at Bray, CO. Wicklow, and bur. in R. C. Chapel at Cornacon, co. Mayo (M.I. there). Will dated 26 June, 1878. Proved Oct. 6, 1879. Of Towerhill, co. Mayo, and Carnmore, co. Galway. He married Jan. 7, 1836, Margaret, only dau. of Charles Austen, 3rd Baron ffrench of Castle ffrench, co. Galway, and by her who died July 16, 1869, had issue.

iii. Mary Blake, marriage settlement dated Aug. 3, 1824, married Denis O'Connor Don, eldest son of Owen O'Connor Don of Clonalis, co. Roscommon, and by him who died July, 1847 had issue, for which see Pedigree of Moore, cxlix, 439.

iv. Honoria Blake, married May 5, 1834, Edward O'Connor, second son of Owen O'Connor Don of Clonalis. He died March 30, 1838.

4. Hugh O'Connor, b. 1781/2. Drowned March 1815* at Oxford whilst boating, and was interred in the R. C. Church in Marlborough Street, Dublin, where there is a mural tablet to him. Of Dublin and Bath. Will dated Jan. 14, 1815. Proved 1815. Owned town and lands of Benmore in co. Galway.

II. Malachy O'Connor, b. 1753, d. June 20, 1820, at Bath. Will dated Proved Aug. 20, 1820 in London. Of Dublin, afterwards of Bath. Married Oct. 27, 1803 at Clifton, Lydia, dau. of Alexander Brodie of Windyhills, Antigua, and widow of Bryan Blake of Antigua (q.v. ante), and she dying Feb. 20, 1868, left issue by Malachy :

** "1815 (about March). At Oxford, in his 34th year, Hugh O'Connor of Dublin, only son of the late Valentine O'Connor, Esq. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. lxxxv. p. 378).

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Monica O'Connor, the eldest daughter, Admin. granted Oct. 27, 1812. Married Dec. 22, 1765, Hugh O'Connor of Ballintubber, co. Roscommon, afterwards of London. Only son of Dominick O'Connor of Ballintubber, who was second son of Terence O'Connor of Tuomona, Co. Roscommon. Hugh O'Connor was b. 1730, d. in London and was bur. Dec. 14, 1801 at St. Pancras. He was a merchant in London, living at 17 Crutched Friars as partner of Charles O'Connor, wine merchant from 1765 to 1770, then at 11 Rood Lane from 1770 to 1777, in which latter year he was made a bankrupt. From 1780 to 1784 he lived at 34 Winchester Street. From 1784 to 1790 at 6, Smith's Buildings. From 1790 to 1797 at Sugar-loaf Court, and from 1797 to 1800 at Bury Street, St. Mary Axe. In 1786 he was made a Freeman of the City of London and is described as the son of Dominick O'Connor of Ballintobber, co. Roscommon. He was also enrolled as a Member of the Wheelwrights' Company. By his wife Monica O'Connor he had issue:

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