43 His lordship, though not quite so deeply smitten as the now happy swain, had, we believe, a little __penchant for the charming little daughter of Terpsichore. "What news from Spain, my lord, this morning?" said Sir C. A. to Lord L------"I have no connexion with the foreign office," replied his lordship.--"I beg pardon, my lord, but I am sure I met a Spanish messenger quitting your house as I entered it." On the turf, his lordship's four year old (versus five) speculations with Cove B-n have given him a notoriety that will, we think, prevent his ruining himself at Newmarket. Like the immortal F-e, he is one of the opera directors, and has a great inclination for foreign curiosities. Vide the following extract.-- "The New Corps de Ballot at the Opera this season, 1823, is entirely composed of Parisian elegantes, selected with great taste by Lord L---------, whose judgment in these matters is perfectly con amore. In a letter to a noble friend on this subject, Lord L--------says that he has seen, felt, and (ap-) proved them all------to be excellent artistes with very finished movements." Certain ridiculous reports have long been current in the fashionable world, relative to a mysterious family affair, which would preclude the noble duke's entering into the state of matrimony: it is hardly necessary to say they have no foundation in truth. The duke was certainly born in the same house and at nearly the same time (in Florence) when Lady E. F-st-r, since Duchess of D-, was delivered of a child--but that offspring is living, and, much to the present duke's honour, affectionately regarded by him. The duke was for some years abroad after coming to his title, owing, it is said, to an unpleasant affair arising out of a whist party at a great house, which was composed of a Prince, Lords L------and Y------th, another foreign Prince, and a Colonel B-, of whom no one has heard much since.--A noble mansion in Piccadilly was there and then assigned to the colonel, who at the request of the -e, who had long wished to possess it as a temporary residence, during some intended repairs at the great house, re-conveyed it to the------. On the receipt of a note from Y- the next morning, claiming the amount of the duke's losses, he started with surprise at the immense sums, and being now perfectly recovered from the overpowering effects of the bottle, hastened with all speed to take the opinions of two well-known sporting peers, whose honour has never been questioned, Lords F-y and S-n; they, upon a review of the circumstances, advised that the money should not be paid, but that all matters in dispute should be referred to a third peer, Earl G-y, who was not a sporting man: to this