_les femmes peuvent tout, parce-qu'elles gouvernent
ceux qui gouvernent tous_. A meeting took place in
Grosvenor-square, and, amid the interchange of doux yeux,
the ---------l arrived: a desperate scuffle ensued; the
intruder was banished the house, and, as he left the door,
is said to have whistled the old French proverb of _Le bon
temps viendra_. This affair has created no little amusement
among the _beau monde_. All the dowagers are fully agreed on
one point, that _l'amour est une passion qui vient souvent
sans qu'on s'en appercoive, et, qui s'en va aussi de meme_.

~183~~

Who play _de prettee_ flute,
Who charm _une petit_ English ninnie,
Till all the Joueur J------'s guinea
Him _pochee en culotte_.
Who follows? 'tis the Signor Tori,
'Bout whom the gossips tell a story,
With some who've gone before:
"The bird in yonder cage confined
Can sing of lovers young and kind,"
But there, he'll sing no more.

~184~~

Lord L------looks disconsolate,{}43
No news from Spain I think of late,
Per favour M--------i.
Ne'er heed, my lord, you still may find
Some opera damsel true and kind,
Who'll prove less coy and naughty.
"Now by the pricking of my thumbs,
There's something wicked this way comes,"
'Tis A-'s false dame,{44}
Who at Almack's, or in the park,
With whispers charms a clucal spark,
To blight his wreath of fame.
Observe, where princely Devonshire,{45}

43 His lordship, though not quite so deeply smitten as the
now happy swain, had, we believe, a little __penchant for
the charming little daughter of Terpsichore. "What news
from Spain, my lord, this morning?" said Sir C. A. to Lord
L------"I have no connexion with the foreign office,"
replied his lordship.--"I beg pardon, my lord, but I am sure
I met a Spanish messenger quitting your house as I entered
it." On the turf, his lordship's four year old (versus five)
speculations with Cove B-n have given him a notoriety that
will, we think, prevent his ruining himself at Newmarket.
Like the immortal F-e, he is one of the opera directors, and
has a great inclination for foreign curiosities. Vide the
following extract.--