senses seem to partake of the refinement around us, and we enjoy a luxurious repose, said Eugenia.

My regiment will for one year be stationed at Gibraltar, and I shall do myself the honor to call on you at Madrid. You have alluded to your beloved Madrid. Could you be induced by any circumstance to exchange Madrid for London? asked the General.

O, if father should remove to London, and if we should be settled here, I could pass my summers in London and my winters in Madrid very pleasantly. I have formed some very pleasant friendships in London. I shall regret leaving some ladies, and possibly some few, very few gentlemen, said Eugenia.

There are some very talented young Spanish noblemen attached to your father's Embassy. Do they return with you? asked the General.

I have never asked them, and I never shall. I do not think that I like my own countrymen very well-I do not like them as well as I did once. I have seen one I could like. Miss Mitford, you will undoubtedly visit the continent-will you visit me? asked Eugenia.

Shall I go alone? I have no brother, said Miss Mitford.

I know the man with whom you will some day visit, not Madrid only, but all the gay scenes, the brilliant courts, and the romantic spots that attract the most refined, said Eugenia, as she turned to join Mr. Rogers.

My Lord, some years ago the Duke of Orleans wrote me from Paris, and asked of me the performance of a singular service. He stated that with his two sons, the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Montpensier, then quite young, and under the care of Madame de Genlis, he had decided to take an English girl of equal age, and educate them together. The Duke you know was the richest man in Europe, and the brother of Louis XVI. now on the revolutionary throne of France.

I mentioned his singular request to my friend Sir William Rivers, the brother of Lord Rivers, and his daughter, Pamela Rivers, was sent to Madame de Genlis. While at school with the young princes, the Duke settled on her a large fortune, and she is now visiting London. Pamela is regarded in Paris as the handsomest girl in France, and her fortune is immense. She will probably visit Lord Ashburton, said Mr. Rogers. The fame of Miss Rivers preceded her, and more than one person is anxious for an interview, said Lord Fitzgerald.

My Lord, there is a rumor that I wish you to contradict. Some envious persons have connected her visit to London with the movement in Ireland, which is giving us so much anxiety. I well know that Miss Rivers has no such mission, and you will oblige me by correcting this report, said Mr. Rogers.

I shall certainly seek an interview, and learn the object of a visit from a personage of her distinction, said Lord Fitzge rald, as he withdrew.

Lady Grosvenor, my son Nicholas, you know, has a great taste for traveling, and he is now contemplating a voyage to America. What do you think of that country? Is the government a permanent one, or will they have a revolution, like France? Has civilization made any progress since we acknowledged their independence? asked the Duchess of Devonshire.

I have heard very favorable accounts from the United States. They already have colleges, and learning is making some progress, but the Catholics will undoubtedly be the majority, and will oppose all progress. My husband is sending all his tenants at his own expense, and is pleased to get them out of the way before we have any more difficulty—he is evidently alarmed. I should certainly send my son to New York if I had one of the age of your Nicholas, particularly if he were inclined to extravagant habits. In the United States I

am told the people all work, and form those habits that lead to self-elevation, said Lady Grosvenor.

Edward, you know, is not so careful of his money or his habits as the Duke his father thinks he should be: but as he will be the heir to half a million a year, as the oldest son, we can excuse him. Nicholas must rely upon his own talents; and to see him careless of his money, and neglecting the du ties on which his prospects in after life are to depend, gives us some anxiety. He is now twenty-one years of age, and we shall give him a few thousands, and allow him to try his fortune in that country, which seems at present to be filling the minds of all Europe, said the Duchess.

Does he leave immediately? asked Lady Grosvenor.

He will leave in the packet ship Washington. This vessel has acquired great reputation as a sailor, her average passages being short of forty days. You do not think there is any danger of his falling into bad company in that temperate and vir tuous country? I must admit to you in confidence, that he has committed some petty acts of impropriety which have deeply offended his father. If he could in that great country acquire habits of industry, and sustain a high character, it would reflect credit on us all, and would delight his father. His sisters feel for him a stronger attachment than for Edward. They oppose his leaving, but his father is willing to have him try his fortune abroad, and I shall not oppose my wishes to his, said the Duchess, as she withdrew.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am requested by Lord Ashburton to say that his friends are invited to his levee on Wednesday evening next, said Mr. Rogers.

LORD ASHBURTON was a man of eminent talents, and great wealth. He commenced business with capital, and by his marriage with Miss Bingham, became the inheritor of immense landed property in the United States. In the house of Baring, Brothers, & Co., he acquired a large property as a banker and commission merchant, and was twice in the Cabinet. At his house had assembled nearly five hundred persons, among whom were many of the first men in London. Lord Ashburton's talents were acknowledged by the most eminent statesmen of England, and he was raised by their request to the peerage by George IV.

At his house he constantly entertained, with princely hospitality, a select circle who possessed the highest claims to talent and to wealth.

There were present this evening the following eminent per

sons. Pitt, Sheridan, Burke, Romilly, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Liverpool, Dr. Herschel, Dr. Brewster, Dr. Buckland, Capt. Parry, Lord Minto, Lord Derby, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Miss Mitford, Lord Byron and daughter, Mr. Wiggin, Mr. Coutts, Sir Walter Scott, T. Moore, Emmett, O'Connor, McNevin, Mrs. Grant, Lady Morgan, Lord Jeffrey, Mr. Gifford, Rev. Sidney Smith, Mr. Chambers, Lord Brougham, Mr. Paley, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Curran, Mr. Peabody, Mr. Mitford, Col. Wellesly (afterward Lord Wellington) Lord Fitzgerald, and Miss Pamela Rivers.

Mr. Rogers advanced to Mr. Mitford, and offered him his hand.

Mr. Mitford, will you allow me a moment for private conversation with you? asked Mr. Rogers.

Certainly, said Mr. Mitford.

Mr. Mitford, how much of Samuel William's paper do you hold? asked Mr. Rogers.

Mr. Mitford looked confused!

It cannot be! You do not mean to intimate that there is any trouble with that eminent banking-house? said Mr. Mitford.

I have said nothing, and I hope he owes you nothing, said Mr. Rogers.

He owes me very largely !-very largely! What have you heard? asked Mr. Mitford.

I sold £50,000 of his paper yesterday, and I think I was fortunate. I did not own it all, but those who were part owners are highly pleased with the sale. Williams, you know, was originally from Boston, and has had the reputation of being worth two millions before he undertook to monopolize all the cotton of America. I do not say that he will not continue to pay a few days longer, but I have been told confidentially, that he is a lame duck, said Mr. Rogers.