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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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the Irish metropolis the benefit of that genius which was 

 not at first so promptly recognised in the English capital. 

 The importance of our citj', and the society at the Hot- 

 wells, may have tempted him to prolong his stay for a 

 few months — during which time it was only natural he 

 might have tried most of the organs here, as in that day 

 there were some very fine instruments in the Bristol 

 churches. But however this may be, Bristol can claim 

 the honour of at least having had him as a visitor." 



When, may I ask, did the great musician 

 honour Bristol with a visit ? Most certainly not 

 when he was proceeding to or returning from 

 Dublin. Nor, as far as we have any evidence, at 

 any other time. 



Handel witnessed the performance in London 

 of Galuppi's pasticcio, Alessandj-o in Persia, on the 

 1st of October, 1741. About the 4th of Novem- 

 ber, he set out for Ireland ; but being detained 

 by contrary winds at Parkgate, did not arrive in 

 Dublin until the 18th of the same month. He re- 

 mained in Ireland nearly nine months, leaving it 

 on the 13th of August, 1742. On the 9th of the 

 following September, he dates a letter from Lon- 

 don to his friend Charles Jennens, Esq., of Gopsal 

 Hall. In this epistle he apologises for not sta^'ing 

 on his road home to visit Lord Guernsey at Co- 

 ventry, from which it may be inferred that he 

 was anxious to arrive in London, which he pro- 

 bably reached some time before the end of August ; 

 at any rate he was at home, and writing to his 

 friend on the 9th of September. When, then, did 

 Handel visit Bristol ? Edward F. Rimbault. 



" BARATAEIANA." 



(2°3 S. viii. 95. 139.) 



I willingly comply with the request of Abhba, 

 that I should " furnish a tolerably accurate key 

 to the characters which figure in Baratai-iana." 



To the second edition of the book, published in 

 1773, there is appended the following so-called 

 "key"; but the difficulty is to recognise, at this 

 distance of time, the names which have been ini- 

 tialed, and to supply them. 



1. Sancho - - Lord T d. 



2. Goreannelli - - Lord A y. 



3. Don Francisco An-"i 



drea del Bumpe- >Rt. Hon. F s A s. 



roso - - -J 



*• ^°l£'°'S'° ^""-j Sir G e M y. 



Rt. Hon. A y U e. 



Rt. Hon. J— n H y H n. 



Rt. Hon. P p T 1. 



L. L s, now E. of E v. 



Rt. Hon. J— n P y. 



R 1 H n, Esa. 



carny 

 5. Don Antonio 

 (). Don John Alnagero 



7. Don Philip - 



8. Count Loftonso 

 y. Don John 



10. Don Helena - 



11. Donna Dorothea del) 



Monroso - - J 



12. Don Godfredo Lilly G y L 11, Esq, 



13. The Duke Fitz-> ^^ , .., 



royola - .j Dike of G- 



14. Cardinal Lapidaro The late Prim. S e. 



Miss M- 



-n. 



15. The Bishop of To-| Dr. J 1 B- 



ledo - - -j ofC k. 



16. DonEdwardoSwan-"^ ^ 



zero - - -J 



17. DonAlexandroCun- ) 



ingambo del Twee- > Surgeon C- 

 dalero - -J 



18. Donna Lavinia - Lady St. L 



19. Don Ricardo - - R d P- 



Ifite Bishop 



d S n, Esq. 



■r, Esq. 



The first named is, of course, George Viscount 

 Townshend, who became Lord Lieutenant of Ire- 

 land October 14, 1767, and continued in the 

 government until succeeded by Simon, Earl of 

 Harcourt, Nov. 30, 1772, 



2. Lord Annaly, Lord Chief Justice of the 

 King's Bench in Ireland. As John Gore he re- 

 presented Jamestown in Parliament for several 

 years; d. 1783. 



3. The Right Hon. Francis Andrews. He suc- 

 ceeded Dr. Baldwin as Provost of Trin. Coll., 

 Dublin, in 1758. Andrews had previously repre- 

 sented Dublin in Pai'liament ; d. 1 774.* 



4. Sir George Macartney, Knight f, born 1737 ; 

 Envoy Extraordinary to the Empress of Russia, 

 1764, and Plenipotentiary 1767 ; Knighted Oc- 

 tober, 1764. Received the White Eagle from the 

 King of Poland, 1766. In July, 1768, he was 

 elected for the borough of Armagh. In 1769 he 

 became Secretary to Lord Townshend, Viceroy 

 of Ireland. In 1776 Sir George Macartney was 

 raised to the Peerage. In 1779 we find him a 

 prisoner in France, and subsequently Governor 

 of Madras. I He married the daughter of Lord 

 Bute : hence the nickname Buticarny. 



5. The Right Hon. Anthony Mai one. For up- 

 wards of half a century an ornament to the Irish 

 Bar ; d. May 8, 1776. For a long account of him 

 see Hardy's Life of Charlemont (vol. i. pp. 133 — 

 139.; and Taylor's Hist, of the Univer. of Dublin 

 (pp. 395-6.); and Grattan's Memoirs, passim. § 



6. Right Hon. John Hely Hutchinson. In the 

 Directory of the day he is styled " Prime Serjeant 

 and Alnager of Ireland, Kildare St." He sub- 

 sequently became Secretary of State and Keeper 

 of the Privy Seal. For a long account of Hutch- 

 inson, see Hardy's Chai-lemont (i. 141.; ii. 185.). 

 Having obtained a peerage for his wife, he be- 

 came ancestor of the Lords Donoughmore.|| The 

 author of Sketches of Irish Polit. Char. (Lond. 

 1799) observes (p. 60.), " Lord Townshend said 

 of Hely Hutchinson that if his Majesty gave him 



* Taylor's Inst, of the Univer. of Dublin, pp. 251-2.; 

 Wilson's Dublin Diree. (1770), p. 41. 



t Vide "List of Privv Councillors," Dublin Direc. 

 (1770), p. 41. 



J Archdall's Lodge's Peerage, Dub. 1789, vol. vii. pp. 90 

 —92. 



§ In Wilson's Directory for 1770, Malone is styled 

 "King's 1st Counsel at Law, Sackville Street." 



jl Burke's Peei-age (1848), p. 315. For an account of 

 his regime as Provost of Trin. Coll. see Taylor's Hist, of 

 Univer. Dublin, p. 253. 



