"Dicky's new chair! the charming'st thing in

town,

"Whose poles are lacker'd, and whose lining's

brown!"

But see, he enters with his shuffling gait; "Lord," says her Grace, "how could you be so late?"

"I'm sorry, madam, I have made you wait," Bateman reply'd; "I only stay'd to bring

"The newest, charming'st, most delightful thing!"

"Oh! tell me what's the curiosity!

"Oh! show it me this instant, or I die!"

To please the noble dame, the courtly 'squire
Produc'd a tea-pot, made in Staffordshire :
With eager eyes the longing Duchess stood,
And o'er and o'er the shining bauble view'd:
Such were the joys touch'd young Atrides' breast,
Such all the Grecian host at once exprest,
When from beneath his robe, to all their view,

Laertes' son, the fam'd Palladium drew.

So Venus look'd, and with such longing eyes, When Paris first produc'd the golden prize. "Such work as this," she cries, "can England do? "It equals Dresden, and outdoes St. Cloud : "All modern China now shall hide its head, "And e'en Chantilly must give o'er the trade: "For lace let Flanders bear away the bell, "In finest linen let the Dutch excel; "For prettiest stuffs let Ireland first be nam'd, "And for best-fancy'd silks let France be fam'd; "Do thou, thrice happy England! still prepare

This clay, and build thy fame on earthen-ware." More she'd have said, but that again she heard The knocker—and the General appear❜d.

The Gen'ral, one of those brave old commanders,

Who serv'd through all the glorious wars in Flanders;

* General Churchill was a son of an elder brother of the great Duke of Marlborough; he commanded the 2nd regi

Frank and good-natur'd, of an honest heart,
Loving to act the steady friendly part:

None led through youth a gayer life than he,
Cheerful in converse, smart in repartee.
Sweet was his night, and joyful was his day,
He din'd with Walpole, and with Oldfield* lay;

ment of Guards, afterwards, the 10th regiment of Light Dragoons for twenty-two years; and, perhaps, died in 1745, Lord Viscount Cobham being appointed Colonel of that regiment at this time.

* Mrs. Oldfield was taken into the house on the recommendation of Sir John Vanbrugh; she first acted the part of Ulinda in "The Pilgrim reviv'd;" afterwards, Leonora, in "Sir Courtly Nice," where she showed all the innate powers of a good actress, which proceeded from her own excellent understanding: from the uncommon perfection of her action, and from her personal manner of conversing, she made many sentiments in the character of Lady Betty Modish, in "The Careless Husband," originally her own, or only dressed with a little more care than when they negligently fell from her lively humour: had her birth placed her in a higher rank of life, she had certainly appeared in reality, what in this play she only excellently acted, an agreeable gay woman of quality, a little too conscious of her natural attraction. Women of the best rank might have borrowed some part of her behaviour without the least di minution of their sense or dignity; the variety of her powers could not be known till she was seen in variety of characters,

But with old age its vices came along,
And in narration he's extremely long;
Exact in circumstance, and nice in dates,
On every subject he his tale relates.

If you name one of Marlbro's ten campaigns,
He tells you its whole history for your pains:

which, as fast as they fell to her, she equally excelled in. In the wearing of her person she was particularly fortunate: the last new character she shone in, was Lady Townly; she had one especial mark of good sense; her excellence was never ata stand; she was continually endeavouring to improve herself to the last year of her life. Upon her extraordinary acting in "The Provoked Husband," the managers made her a present of fifty guineas more than her agreement: in the last two months of her illness, she declined receiving her salary, Ob. 1730. She had one son by General Churchill, who lived in Lower Grosvenor-street, which house she left him; he married Lady Mary Walpole, a natural daughter of Sir Robert Walpole, by whom he had a very beautiful family; his daughter Mary was married to the late Earl of Cadogan, by whom he had likewise a very beautiful and accomplished family. Lady Emily married the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley; Lady Charlotte married the Right Hon. Sir Henry Wellesley, which marriage was dissolved by Act of Parliament, and she re-married the present Marquis of Anglesea; likewise four heroic sons; Colonel Henry was slain at Vittoria; George, Captain in the Royal Navy, and other issue.

And Blenheim's field becomes by his reciting, As long in telling as it was in fighting:

His old desire to please is still express'd;

His hat's well cock'd, his periwig's well dress'd:

He rolls his stockings still, white gloves he

wears,

And in the boxes with the beaux appears;
His eyes through wrinkled corners cast their

rays;

Still he bows graceful, still soft things he says: And still rememb'ring that he once was young, He strains his crippled knees, and struts along. The room he enter'd smiling, which bespoke Some worn-out compliment, or thread-bare joke (For not perceiving loss of parts, he yet Grasps at the shade of his departed wit.) "How does your Grace? I hope I see you well? "What a prodigious deal of rain has fell! "Will the sun never let us see his face?

"But who can ever want a sun that sees your

Grace?