21 MARCH 1914, Page 15

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[To me Eamon or rue "Srsemoz."]

Sia,—Eighteen years ago, in the course of my ministerial visitations in the City of London, I came across an old sailor who had a distinct recollection of seeing Napoleon Bonaparte on board the 'Bellerophon' in Tor Bay, in July, 1815. Should I live to be twice my age (a thing by no means impossible), I shall be able to say, in 1959, that as a clergyman, Sm., Itc. If age has not been blurred by dotage, it will probably rank among my proud anecdotage.—I am,

Sir, &a., HUGH POWELL. Sion College, Victoria Embankment, E.C.