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W^m ANO QPEBJES, 



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were valid, he ■would probably consider childreii 

 born before tbe marriage as legitimised by it, and, 

 in any case, we need not suppose that he would 

 haye much delicacy in acknowledging illegitimate 

 issue. 



A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine for this 

 month (April, 1858, p. 428.) speaks very confi- 

 dently on this matter, thus ; — 



" She," Matilda, " was the wife of another man, Gorbod, 

 tlio avoue of St. Bertin, when William fell in love with 

 licr, and she had three children prior to her divorce from 

 her first husband : Gerbordo, afterwards Earl of Chester, 

 i'rederic, and Gundrada wife of William de Warenne." 



Although the above is probably truth, one would 

 have liked to have seen so positive a statement 

 supported by references to the authorities on 

 wpjch it is based, and some notice taken of those 

 that tell the other way. 



It will be remembered by many of your readers, 

 that in the year 1845, the remains of William de 

 Warenne and his wife were discovered in the 

 ruins of Lewes Priory. The lid of the leaden 

 coffin in which Gundrada's bones had rested was 

 exhibited before the Society of Antiquaries in the 

 following year. Where their dust is now scat- 

 tered is unknown to me. K. P. D. E. 



49;]^^ VWP^^ WU'I'IAM m. : FOREIGN TROOFS, 



(2»^ S. V. 81. 235.) 



In reply i,o your Exeter correspondent, A. C. 

 M., I have to state that J know of no complete 

 list of the army (with the names of the of- 

 ficers, &c.) that accompanied William from Hol- 

 land. Tfiat there were many more besides the 

 Bentincks, ToUemaches, &c., is certain : the Van- 

 sittarts and the Van Straubenzies for example, 

 the descendant of the latter being our present 

 Commander in Chief in China. I can, however, 

 add to the information contained in my former 

 communication by giving the names of all the 

 commanders of regiments (besides the guards 

 under Lord Auverquerque and the Earl of Port- 

 land) which served William as foreign auxiliaries, 

 and the total cost of these foreign troops to this 

 country between 1688 and 1697. 



The particulars are from An Apology of Mr. 

 Jacob Vander Esch, late Paymaster of his late 

 Majesty's Dutch and other Forces, dated October 21, 

 1703, from the Hague. The names of the follow- 

 ing commanders of regiments appear : — Horse. 

 Count of Nassau, Count Waldeck, Marquis of 

 Mompouillan, Earl of Athlone, Mons. Gravemoer, 

 Earl of Rocheford, Count Flodorps, Mons. Ob- 

 dam, Count Lippes, afterwards Col. Nyenhuys and 

 Vittinghof, Brigadeer Shack, Col. Oyens, after- 

 wards Bar. Recheteren, Bar. Riet-Ezel, afterwards 

 Count Steenbok, Bar. Boncour, Col. Benting, and 

 Bar. Heyden. — Dragoons. Col. Afarwit. — Foot. 



Prinpe of BIrckefeld, Maj.-Cfen, Ma<'kay, Col. Sid- 

 ney, afterwards Lord Cuts, Col. Wijnbergen, Col. 

 Hagedoorn, Count Nassau, Courit Carelson, after- 

 wards Col. Groben and Wilkes, Col, Fagel, Col, 

 Balfour, afterwards Col. Lauder, Prince of Bran- 

 denburgh, Col. Tolraach, afterwards Col. Lloyd, 

 Col. Ramsay, and Col, Babington, afterwards 

 Prince of Hessen. The pay of the Horse was from 

 Dec. 21, 1688, to (in most cases) Dec. 31, 1697; 

 and of Dragoons and Foot, from January 1, 1689, 

 to different periods, the earliest being March 15, 

 1689, and the latest March 25, 1699; and the 

 total charge was 2,885,731^. 6«. 2d. ; add Danish 

 forces from April 1, 1692, to Oct. 13, 1694, the 

 Saxe-Gotha forces from April 1, to Nov. 1, 1692, 

 and incidental expences, and the total cost of the 

 foreign troops under William was 3,254,740Z. 3s. 6d. 

 Wm. Duerant Cooper. 

 81. Guilford Street, Russell Square. 



The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists com- 

 pared (2"'* S. V. 340.) — In what year did this book 

 first appear? Lowndes says 1749, 1751-2, 8vo. 

 G. N. quotes an edition 1751-2. My own copy, 

 in 2 vols. 12mo., bears the date of 1754, but it is 

 not described as the second edition. Another im- 

 pression, with notes, introduction, and appendix, 

 by Richard Polwhele, was published in 8vo. in 

 1820. G. N. may turn to Southey's Life of Wes- 

 ley (ii. 334.), who tells us that Wesley, who in all 

 his other controversies preserved a gentle tone, 

 "replied to Bishop Lavington with asperity — the 

 attack had galled him ; he could not but feel that 

 his opponent stood upon the vantage ground." 



There is a beautiful passage in Wesley's Journal 

 alluding to a meeting in Exeter Cathedral on a 

 very solemn occasion between the controversial- 

 ists, when they doubtless were in perfect charity 

 with each other. J. H. M. 



Bird's-eye Views of Towns (2°* S. v. 299.) — 

 There are many curious old views of Glasgow 

 scattered among different publications, which I 

 am not aware are to be found in any collected 

 form. In the edition of the History of Glasgow, 

 by M'=Ure, published 1736, there were a number 

 of these. The new edition by Mr. Vean, 1 830, has 

 two plates (I think a reproduction) of the city, 

 from the S.E. and N.E., both 1693. Some in- 

 teresting local engravings were done about a cen- 

 tury ago in the Fine Art Academy of Robert and 

 Andrew Foulis, printers ; and of the san)e nature, 

 in street views and puijlic edifices, a series by 

 Denholm in History of Glasgow, 1804; and per- 

 haps the latest, an ornamental quarto work by 

 Joseph Swan, engraver. The late Bailie Bogle 

 of Glasgow several years since, at his private 



