t of that worthy's splendid sideboard. The
deer have appeared again too in the park of Armine, and many a haunch
smokes on the epicurean table of Cleveland-row.

Lady Bellair is as lively as ever, and bids fair to amuse society as
long as the famous Countess of Desmond,

Who lived to the age of a hundred and ten,
And died by a fall from a cherry tree then;
What a frisky old girl!

In her annual progresses through the kingdom she never omits laying
under contribution every establishment of the three families, in whose
fortunes she was so unexpectedly mixed up. As her ladyship persists in
asserting, and perhaps now really believes, that both matches were the
result of her matrimonial craft, it would be the height of ingratitude
if she ever could complain of the want of a hearty welcome.

In the daily increasing happiness of his beloved daughter, Mr. Temple
has quite forgotten any little disappointment which he might once have
felt at not having a duke for a son-in-law, and such a duke as his
valued friend, Lord Montfort. But Ferdinand Armine is blessed with so
sweet a temper that it is impossible to live with him and not love him;
and the most cordial intimacy and confidence subsist between the father
of Henrietta Temple and his son-in-law. From the aspect of public
affairs also, Mr. Temple, though he keeps this thought to himself,
is inclined to believe that a coronet may yet grace the brow of his
daughter, and that the barony of Armine may be revived. Soon after
the passing of the memorable Act of 1828, Lord Montfort became the
representative of his native county, and an active and influential
member of the House of Commons. After the reform, Mr. Armine was also
returned for a borough situate near the duke's principal seat, and
although Lord Montfort and Mr. Armine both adhere to the Whig politics
of their families, they have both also, in the most marked manner,
abstained from voting on the appropriation clause; and there is little
doubt that they will ultimately support that British and national
administration which Providence has doubtless in store for these
outraged and distracted realms. At least this is Mr. Temple's more than
hope, who is also in the House, and acts entirely with Lord Stanley. The
Montforts and the younger Armines contrive, through mutual visits and
a town residence during the Session, to pass the greater part of their
lives together; they both honestly confess that they are a l