became a convert to the Protestant faith.  Whether conviction, or ambition to serve his country as a legislator were his motives, it is not for man to judge:  but he is unlike his ancestor, Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, who, braving the power of Queen Elizabeth, disregarded her favour, and almost merited the title of martyr from the persecutions she heaped upon him for having abjured the Protestant worship, although educated in it by his father, the attainted Duke of Norfolk, in despite of Mary and her Spanish consort, who was likewise his sponsor.

[7] Several of these splendid emblems of the Roman Catholic faith the late duke gave to his worthy kinsman, the present possessor of C——­y Castle; and they decorate his house in London, amidst some chef d’oeuvres of the old Italian masters, which his good taste selected in Italy.

The late Queen Caroline.—­A servant entered in haste to induce me to go down to the sea-shore, and witness the embarkation of the P——­ss of W——­s.  I immediately sallied forth, and found her r——­l h——­ss seated on the shingles, the adopted boy at her feet; and on her left sat, with the skirts of his coat spread under his r——­l mistress, to protect her from the stones, our old ally Sir W——­m G——­l.  The frigate had arrived off Worthing some days previous, commanded by the handsome Captain K——­g; but her r——­l h——­ss was deterred from embarking there by a numerous assemblage of John Bulls, their wives, and babes, who were so rude and impetuous, as to terrify and induce her to take refuge on a less populous shore.  The lively and merry Lady C——­ L——­y, and the less pleasing Lady E——­ F—­s, with two foreign women, Major S—­r, and the odious S——­o, composed her suite.  Her r——­l h——­ss was habited in light green cloth, embroidered in silver, a Prussian cap of green satin, with a splendid plume of green feathers:  the crown of the cap was conical, giving her an air something resembling Mother Shipton.  Terror and dismay were depicted on her countenance, with all the varieties of unhappy feelings—­not a smile played over her features—­her voice was tremulous, and her brow contracted into one deep furrow—­she was highly rouged, and her eyebrows pencilled with a broad line of black chalk—­never was any person’s appearance less formed to inspire interest!

Sir W——­m forgot his usual indifferent manner on seeing me, and put on one of his comic expressions.  In the impulse of the moment, I was on the point of addressing him, but fortunately recovered my presence d’esprit, and did not commit such a breach of etiquette, although there was such a total deficiency of r——­l dignity in the group that I might almost have been excused.  In half an hour the cutter put off from the frigate:  Captain K—­g came from W——­ by land, and apologized for the delay.  Her r——­l h——­ss replied in a tremulous voice “Never mind!” A small group of persons kept a respectful distance and a profound silence.