do Lancey, in his Notes on Jones's History of New-York during the Revolutionary War, (i., 722,) has partly " let the cat out of the bag," by saying they " were sons of Emanuel Scrope Howe, second Viscount "Howe, by Mary Sophia, an illegitimate daughter of George I., by his " mistress, the Hanoverian Baroness Kilmansegge, and, consequently, "in point of fact, first cousins once removed of George III." But our friend appears to have gone a little astray, since George III. was the great-grandson of George I. ; and the children of a daughter of the latter could hardly have been "first cousins once removed" of the former. Besides, if our memory serves us correctly, the mother of the Howes, whomsoever she may have been, was a paramour of Frederic Lewis, son of George II., and father of George III., even after her convenient marriage with Viscount Howe ; and the very distinctive features and the peculiar physical ailments of the two brothers, which they shared with the King, very clearly indicated whose offspring they were, although they were born in wedlock and were, therefore, nominally, Howes. They were, in fact, half-brothers of the King.

a The extent of the authority of the brothers, Admiral and General Howe, as Commissioners for the restoration of Peace, in America, has been bo variously stated, that the careful reader will do well to refer to their Commission, which may be found in a most singular connection with a mass uf papers concerning the Expedition commanded by General Burgoyne, which appear to have been laid before the House of Commons, early in 1778. (Almon'B Parliamentary Register, London : 1778, viii., 308-311!.)