notwithstanding title and great expectations in life, was not without many of her days being embittered:-Her heart and mind were softened by the too often experiencing humiliating events, disappointments, and afflictions. She was related to Lord Bleffington and Lady Tyrawley, and was niece to Lady Granard, and bred up under her care. Her eldeft fon, young Lord Forbeș, as he ripened into manhood, by frequent intercourse with his lovely relation, foon became a willing flave to the irrefiftible qualities of his captivating coufin: She gave him grace for grace, and love for love, yielded to his entreaties, and they were privately married

-The maid that loves

Goes out to fea upon a shatter'd plank,

And puts her truft in miracles for fafety,

trufting, as many young couples do, when the irrevocable knot was tied, that fubmiffion and intreaty, with a promife of forgiveness,-This once, and I will do fo no more: But age, on these occafions, is either foon foftened, or, like the everlafting flint, is hard and obdurate; and, in that inftance, was fo to fuch a degree, as rendered fupplication, tears, and remonstrance, only incentives to increase inftead of leffening the vengeance denounced. That fteeled character, on that occafion, was exemplified in the feverest degree, and

executed with a Roman ftrictnefs-For the Earl of Granard not only banished his fon, Lord Forbes, from his presence for ever, but, on the cruel fuppofition that Lady Granard had connived at the match, he, in the moft ftern and fudden manner, feparated himself from her Ladyship, and never after faw or fpoke to her; all mediation of families, no matter of what rank, were vain :-In this he was fixed, and acted as refolutely as our stage Count of Narbonne.

Lady Granard, to prove her disapprobation of the match, and to regain the affections of her Lord, instead of confolation and comfort to her niece, Lady Forbes, in her then calamitous fituation, vowed never to behold her more; and in this determination fhe was as refolute as a Roman matron, and proved fhe poffeffed as fteeled a mind as her inexorable Lord.-In one point only the female breaft gave way to natural feeling :Young George the faw, cherished, and adored; and often had him, while young, at her house in Argyle Buildings, near Soho-fquare:-But the grandfather never yielded to the ties of affinity; he lived chiefly retired, at his own feat of Castle Forbes in Ireland.

Lord Forbes was generally with his regiment at Gibraltar, or with the regiment on its return to Ireland :—He had a house in Stephen's-Green,

Dublin, and occafionally made a secret excurfion
to England to vifit his wife and fon, who chiefly
refided at her houfe in Richmond Buildings,
Dean-ftreet, Soho. The fon was, at or before
feven years old, put to a Mr. Black's boarding-
school at Chifwick, where I was often taken as a
vifitor.-When turned of eleven, her Ladyship
and fon received orders to repair to Dublin: On
this occafion her Ladyfhip took with her a carpet
for her drawing-room, esteemed beautiful, the
work of my mother, and I dare fay it is in the fa-
mily to this day, with feveral elegant worked.
skreens, in tent ftitch, executed by the fame good
ingenious hand.

About the age of thirteen he was brought back to England to finish his education, and then to be placed in his Majefty's Guards. Our meeting, on his arrival in England, as may be imagined, was very joyous; he was placed under the care of a Mr. Gibfon, a rigid Scotchman, alfo under the eye of his uncle Admiral Forbes. He was foon fent to Harrow-school; I was eager to follow him, and in another year that with was accomplished; of which a particular account will occur in the Theatrical Hiftory, and it will claim a fhort attention.

But of the young hero I am now fpeaking, when about fixteen he was in poffeffion of his. Majefty's colours, and often on guard at the

Savoy; he grew very diffipated, while under the direction of a Mr. Durel, (when not on duty) at his academy in King's-ftreet, Golden-square; but as he could not be kept within bounds, Lady Forbes, from the accounts tranfmitted to Ireland, being greatly alarmed, and fearful he should incur the displeasure of his father, intreated his Lordfhip to grant her, the infpection and guardianship of her fon in London, till he grew nearer a proper . time of life to be trusted to the care of himself; this point was fettled, and an houfe once more taken. in the old spot, Richmond Buildings.

At first all seemed to promise fair, and a Mrs. Wilfon, who had for many years been companion to Lady Forbes, (a fifter of Mrs. Kelly, wife of honest old Cornelius Kelly, now living in Dublin,) was the perfon appointed to hint any private displeasure to our young Captain. The fond mother feemed intoxicated with the profpect of happiness before her delighted imagination; but of a fudden, on the non-appearance of George for a few days, the experienced the most alarming anxiety, which, after fruitless enquiries, was at last cleared up by a young couple from Gretna Green imploring her bleffing. Her fortitude forfook her, and her exclamations of grief, furprife, and terror, for the confequences with Lord Forbes, and the dread of every horrid indignation from the old

Earl, overwhelmed her with the most poignant distress; for fhe well forefaw that every ill that fatally occurred, would be attributed to her needless affumption of refiding in London-and, instead of preventing, would be accused of encouraging her fon in every false step. Nor had the presence of mind, nor fortitude fufficient at the first shock, to enquire who this daughter was; but as foon as Reason could resume its feat, dreading an increasing tale of woe, yet obliged to require information; which being truly given, mitigated her uneasiness, and was most happily relieved on being pleasingly informed he had married a daughter of Sir Nicholas Baily, tho' her expectations of fortune, on enquiring, were but fmall: She proved a young lady of promife, fit to adorn any exalted station in life. Matters were ill received in Ireland; but by degrees his Lordship became better reconciled than could be expected. By this amiable young lady, the family were bleffed with the prefent Earl of Granard, now in Dublin, 1789, but the foon after fell into a decay, and, like a lily drooping, died. It was during this part of their history the reader will fuppofe, when I hereafter speak of Lady Forbes, (that young gentleman's mother) that I received: fuch favours when firft acting in London.

Soon after the death of that amiable young lady, the Earl of Granard died, but not before