17 The female branches of the Sefton family are superior to the slightest breath of calumny, and present an example to the peerage worthy of more general imitation. 18 No member of the present royal family displays more agreeable qualifications in society than the heir presumptive.--Un-affected, affable, and free, the duke may be seen daily pacing St. James's-street, Pall-mall, or the Park, very often wholly un-attended: as his person is familiar to the public, he never experiences the slightest inconvenience from curiosity, and he is so generally beloved, that none pass him who know him without paying their tribute of respect. In all the private relations of life he is a most estimable man,--in his public situation indefatigable, prompt, and attentive to the meanest applica- tion. 19 A more lamentable instance of the profligacy of the age cannot be found than in the history of the transaction which produced this exchange of wives and persons. A wag of the day published a new list of promotions headed as follows,-- Lady B------n to be Lady A------r P-t,--by exchange--Lady P-t to be Duchess of A------e,--by promotion--Lady Charlotte W--y to be Lady P-t, vice Lady P-t, promoted. ~172~~ To see thee, cruel Lady J-,{20} Regret the golden Ball. Tis useless now:--"the fox and grapes" Remember, and avoid the apes Which wait an old maid's fall. Gay lady H-----e's twinkling star{21}