e is good-looking and has a sensible Austrian countenance.
In dancing she fell down and hurt her face, was frightened and
bruised, and went away. The King was very kind to her. Our little
Princess is a short, plain-looking child, and not near so
good-looking as the Portuguese. However, if nature has not done
so much, fortune is likely to do a great deal more for her. The
King looked very well, and stayed at the ball till two. There
were very few people, and neither Arbuthnot nor Mrs. A. were
asked. I suspect this is owing to what passed in the House about
opening the Birdcage Walk. It puts the King in a fury to have
any such thing mentioned, not having the slightest wish to
accommodate the public, though very desirous of getting money out
of their pockets.

[17] [Donna Maria II. da Gloria, Queen of Portugal, on the
abdication of her father, Don Pedro, succeeded to the
throne on the 2nd of May, 1826. She was born on the 4th
of April, 1819, and was consequently but a few weeks
older than the Princess Victoria.]

The day before yesterday there was a review for the Duke of
Orleans, and the Marquis of Anglesey, who was there at the head
of his regiment, contrived to get a tumble, but was not hurt.
Last night at the ball the King said to Lord Anglesey, 'Why,
Paget, what's this I hear? they say you rolled off your horse at
the review yesterday.' The Duke as he left the ground was
immensely cheered, and the people thronged about his horse and
would shake hands with him. When Lord Hill went to the King the
day before to give him an account of the intended review and the
dispositions that had been made, he said, 'Hill, if I can throw
my leg over your Shropshire horse, don't be surprised if you see
me amongst you.'

The new law appointments have just been announced, and have
created some surprise.[18]

[18] [The Attorney-General, Sir Charles Wetherell, had
resigned in consequence of his violent opposition to
the Catholic Relief Bill, and was succeeded by Sir
James Scarlett (afterwards Lord Abinger). The
Solicitor-General, Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, was
raised on the 9th of June to the Chief Justiceship of
the Common Pleas; and was succeeded in the
Solicitorship by Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden
(afterwards Lord St. Leonards). The vacancy in the
Common Pleas was caused by the resignat