PRESENT DUKE OF RICHMOND'S CHILDREN.

"Charles, Earl of March and Darnley .

born 1818

Lady Mary, born 1790; married, 1820, Lieut.-Col. Charles Augustus Grafton, nephew to the present Duke of Grafton.

Lady Sarah, born 1792; married, 1815, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B., &c. &c. &c.

Lieut.-Col. Lord John George, M.P., born 1793; married, 1818, Louisa Frederica, daughter of the Hon. John Rodney.

Lady Georgiana, born 1795; married, 1824, the brother and heir of the present Lord De Roos.

Lady Jane, born 1798; married, 1822, Lawrence Peel, Esq.

Lord William Pitt, born 1799.

Lord Sussex, born 1802; married, 1828, Hon. Mary Margaret, daughter of Lord Cloncurry.

Lady Louisa Madelina, born 1803; married, 1825, W. F. F. Tighe, Esq. Lady Charlotte, born 1804; married, 1823, Capt. M. F. Fitzharding Berkeley, R. N., brother to both the present claimants of the earldom.-See Lodge. Lord Arthur, M. P., born 1806.

Lady Georgiana, born 1765, Countess Berkeley."-Lodge.

"Creations.-Duke of Richmond in Yorkshire, Earl of March (a title derived from the Marches in South Wales) and Baron of Settrington, in the county of York, on August 9th, 1675, 27 Car. II.; Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, and Baron Methuen of Torbolton, in Scotland, on September 9th, 1675; and Duke of Aubigny in France, in January, 1683-4, 41 Louis XIV.

"Arms.-Quarterly, first and fourth, the arms of France and England, quarterly; the second, Scotland; and the third, Ireland (being the arms of Charles II.), the whole within a border compone, Argent and gules, the first charged with verdoy of roses of the second, and seeded proper: over all, in an escutcheon, the arms of Aubigny, viz. gules, three oval buckles, Or. "Crest. On a chapeau, gules, turned up ermine, a lion statant, guardant, Or, crowned with a ducal coronet, gules, and gorged with a collar gobone, charged as the border in the coat.

Supporters.-On the dexter side, an unicorn, Argent, armed, crested, and hoofed, Or. On the sinister, an antelope, argent, armed, maned, and hoofed, as the dexter. Each supporter gorged, as the crest.

"Motto.-EN LA ROSE JE FLEURIE."-Collins.

4.29

TUNBRIDGE-WELLS.

66 aquæ non ditior urna."

WE had originally undertaken to give an account of this pleasing and popular watering place, which, though not on the Coast of Sussex, forms an auxiliary to it, and is very frequently visited from Brighton and Hastings; and we had, as in the case of Worthing, a pleasing former association with it, inclining us not to omit it. Our notice must, however, now, from the great length to which we have already run, be of the briefest nature. We are now out at sea, to an extent which we had little calculated; we have, by the printer's logbook, wandered eighty miles (pages) beyond the designed end of our course. Whether we are approaching the "Cape of Good Hope," or may flatter ourselves, like Ariosto, with hearing, at a distance, the sound of bells and the voices of gratulation, Heaven only knows, and time alone will show. Many and various are the events which time brings in its train ;-it is sometimes the repairer of disappointments, and the redresser of wrongs.

It is scarcely necessary to inform our readers that a clever little work, on Tunbridge-Wells and its vicinity, has been lately published by Mr. Britton, one of the patriarchs of English antiquarian and topographical lore. There is, therefore, the less need for us to enlarge on its origin, or state the accidental discovery of its mineral virtues by a nobleman in the reign of James I., its subsequent occupation by the Court when London was devastated by the plague, as may be seen in detail in the dissolute Memoirs of Grammont; the queen, however, and others of merit and interest, being present; or the gradually increasing influence which it has attained until the present day, when amongst its most beneficial patrons it ranks the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria. On the subject of the celebrated Beau Nash, alone, by whom its

fashionable settlement was brought to its perfection, do we digress a little, for a reason which we shall speedily communi

cate.

Nash's history is more immediately involved in the annals of Bath than those of Tunbridge-Wells; still he was for a series of years the Arbiter Elegantiarum at the latter, the despotic though useful lord of its ascendancy possessing an absolute rule, founded on opinion and policy alone, to which the highest nobility and even princes bowed without demur or murmur. His external demonstrations of consequence at TunbridgeWells are said to have been very splendid, as he always travelled thither from Bath in a chariot and six grays, attended by out-riders with French-horns, &c. &c. We are of course far from offering this curious individual as a correct character; still he had some redeeming qualities of ardent good feeling and humanity, which are pleasing to meet with and relate. Some also of his good institutions did not die with him; the most important of them was the Free Hospital at Bath, which is still flourishing; and at his funeral he was mourned with unaffected tears by the poor to whom he had been ever an active benefactor, and it is said that in cases when he was unable to relieve distress it was accustomed to melt him to tears!

The following anecdotes are contained in a biography of Nash in our possession, written a few months after his death; we have never seen them quoted in any work (though we cannot answer for that not having been done), and are therefore induced to give them insertion.

"When he was to give in his accompts to the masters of the Temple, among other articles, he charged, for "making one man happy," 107. Being questioned about the meaning of so strange an item, he frankly declared, that, happening to over-hear a poor man declare to his wife and a large family of children, that 10%. would make him happy, he could not avoid trying the experiment. He added, that, if they did not choose to acquiesce in his charge, he was ready to refund the money. The Masters, struck with such an uncommon instance of good-nature, publicly thanked him for his benevolence, and desired that the sum might be doubled, as a proof of their satisfaction."

"When the late Earl of Td was a youth, he was passionately fond of play, and never better pleased than with having Mr. Nash for his anta

gonist. Nash saw with concern his Lordship's foible, and undertook to cure him, though by a very disagreeable remedy. Conscious of his own superior skill, he determined to engage him in single play for a very considerable sum. His Lordship, in proportion as he lost his game, lost his temper too; and, as he approached the gulf, seemed still more eager for ruin. He lost his estate; some writings were put into the winner's possession; his very equipage was deposited as a last stake, and he lost that also. But, when our generous gamester had found his Lordship sufficiently punished for his temerity, he returned all; only stipulating, that he should be paid five thousand pounds, whenever he should think proper to make the demand. However, he never made any such demand during his Lordship's life; but some time after his decease, Mr. Nash's affairs being in the wane, he demanded the money of his lordship's heirs, who honourably paid it without any hesitation.

"A gentleman of broken fortune, one day standing behind his chair, as he was playing a game of picquet for two hundred pounds, and observing with what indifference he won the money, could not avoid whispering these words to another who stood by: Heavens! how happy would all that money make me!' Nash, overhearing him, clapped the money into his hand, and cried, Go and be happy!

"Nash used sometimes to visit the great Dr. Clarke. The Doctor was one day conversing with Locke, and two or three more of his learned and intimate companions, with that freedom, gaiety, and cheerfulness, which is ever the result of innocence. In the midst of their mirth and laughter, the Doctor, looking from the window, saw Nash's chariot stop at the door.'Boys, boys,' cried the philosopher, to his friends, let us now be wise, for here is a fool coming.""

"Dr Cheney once, when Nash was ill, drew up a prescription for him, which was sent in accordingly. The next day the Doctor, coming to see his patient, found him up and well; upon which he asked, if he had followed his prescription? Followed your prescription!' cried Nash; 'No-Egad, if I had, I should have broke my neck; for I flung it out of the two-pair of stairs window.""

With these brighter traits there were undoubtedly, in this whimsical character, much folly and affectation, not unmixed with vice. In his old age, his wit too much degenerated into peevishness and satire, with this alleviating excuse, that he found himself in a reduced and saddened condition, having outlived many of his patrons, and having been treated with that ingratitude so sadly common in the world, thrown by as a neglected toy by those to whose pleasure he was less able to contribute. When he was, however, on the eve of want and despair, the Corporation of Bath stepped forward, and, as some token of gratitude for his great services to that city, allowed him an annuity of ten guineas a month, a sum which, though more

valuable then than that at the present day, was, to a man of his erratic and expensive habits, a bare subsistence. He died in the year 1762, and had a grand public funeral.

Tunbridge-Wells was also a favourite resort of Richardson, and was visited by Dr. Johnson and other eminent wits of the last century. One of its most distinguished settled inhabitants was Cumberland,

"the Terence of England-the mender of hearts,"

who laboured sedulously to infuse into his dramatic compositions as strong a bias to the interests of virtue and innocence as the nature of the subject would admit, in which praiseworthy course he doubtless acted a noble part in his generation. The plays he published whilst living are well known; but it is again to be lamented that even he was not in easy circumstances in the latter part of his life. His posthumous plays, published by his daughter, are not so well known, though they fully deserve it. Amongst the best, are-The False Demetrius-The Walloons-Alcanor-and Tiberius in Capreæ: the latter abounds with eloquent passages. His excellent and popular poem of Calvary, or the death of Christ, is an evidence of his sincere and genial piety. He was the intimate friend of Dr. Vincent, Dean of Westminster. Many farther particulars will be found in Mr. Britton's work.

Tunbridge-Wells, surrounded by beautiful and noble scenery, lies five miles from Tunbridge town, partly in that parish, and in those of Speldhurst and Frant, about 34 miles distant from London. Its site, on three hills, is almost as well known as that of Rome. One of these, however, Mount Pleasant, is inconsiderable. Mount Sion contains the principal part of the old buildings, exclusive of the Wells and Parade, whilst Mount Ephraim is ascended by one principal walk, with a variety of diverging ones up the romantic and beautiful common, covered in parts with rich furze, in others with trees, and diversified by rocks. This situation commands the most bracing air in the neighbourhood, and the view from it is beautiful. We could here favour the reader with a dozen pages of description