LADY HOWARD DE WALDEN is daughter of the present Duke of Portland, a nobleman whose immediate ancestors have been eminently distinguished in the later periods of English history.

William Bentinck, the first and celebrated Earl of Portland, was a younger son of Henry heer Van Diepenham, in Overyssel, where his family had flourished for ages. In his youth William Bentinck was made page of honour to WILLIAM OF ORANGE, and thence advanced to the post of gentleman of the bedchamber. In 1670, Mr. Bentinck accompanied the prince into England, and was then, together with his master, complimented with the degree of doctor of civil law by the university of Oxford. His Highness shortly after falling ill of the small-pox, Mr. Bentinck attended him with the most affectionate care and assiduity. This service, which William never forgot, paved the way for the future greatness of the favourite. In 1677, Bentinck came again to England, deputed by the prince, his master, to demand from King Charles II., the hand of the Princess Mary, eldest daughter of the Duke of York. His next mission to the Court of London was after the accession of James, when the Prince of Orange made a tender of men and money to his royal father-in-law, to oppose the designs of the Duke of Monmouth, who had just then effected a descent upon England, and raised the standard of rebellion. He was received, however, coldly; James commanding him to acquaint the prince, that

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their common interest required that his Royal Highness should remain in Holland. With the memorable expedition of 1688, the name of Bentinck is closely interwoven. In surmounting the many difficulties attending that bold project, he displayed all the prudence, dexterity, and sagacity of a consummate statesman, and to him is entirely due that unparalleled celerity with which the preparations for the enterprise were conducted. Bentinck sailed to England in the same vessel with the hero of the revolution, and was by his side when he placed his foot upon the beach at Torbay. After the disbanding of King James's army, Bentinck, pursuant to the order of William, arrested the Earl of Feversham, and wrote the celebrated letter which permitted the dethroned monarch to return to Rochester, from whence he embarked for France. On the same day that William was proclaimed King of Great Britain, his favourite was appointed first lord of the bed-chamber, groom of the stole, privy councillor, &c., and on the 9th of April following, was raised to the honours of the peerage, as Baron Cirencester, Viscount Woodville, and Earl of Portland. The newmade Earl attended King William into Ireland, was present at the battle of the Boyne, where he displayed much valour, and eventually proved of great service to his Majesty in the subjugation of that unhappy country. During the subsequent wars in Flanders, the Earl, as usual, was the constant companion of the king, and, in 1697, he was

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accredited ambassador to the court of Versailles. To the hour of his death, William retained his esteem for the Earl, who witnessed the king's last moments. After the demise of his royal master, Portland retired to Holland, and although he again returned to England, took no further part in public affairs. He died on the 23d March, 1709. Dauntless in the field, and able in the council, the Earl of Portland ranks with the first men of his era. As a soldier, less renowned than his great contemporary Lord Dundee, he rivals that heroic follower of the Stuarts in loyalty and devotion to the cause he had espoused-virtues which, now that the prejudices of party are with the partisan in the grave, do more than all his deeds in establishing for him the admiration of posterity. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

In 1721

HENRY, second Earl, and first Duke of Portland. This nobleman, whilst a commoner, had represented the town and county of Southampton in two successive parliaments. In 1716 he was created Marquis of Titchfield, and Duke of Portland. he went to Jamaica as Captain-General and Governor of that island, where he remained to the time of his decease, which took place at St. Jago de la Vega, July, 1726. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM, Second Duke of Portland. This nobleman dying in 1762, left his honours to his eldest son,

JOHN WILLIAM HENRY, third Duke of Portland, born April 14, 1738. This nobleman holds a conspicuous rank among the statesmen of the reign of George III. In the early part of his political career, he sided with the opposition against Lord North. In 1782, under the administration of Lord Rockingham, he accepted the office of Viceroy of Ireland, which he resigned the same year, in consequence of the death of the premier. On

the 5th April, 1783, he became First Lord of the Treasury, in the memorable coalition ministry, of which, however, Fox was virtually the head. Resigning the seals the following December, he, from that time, acted with the Whig opposition, until, alarmed at the horrors of the French revolution, he followed the example of Burke in seceding from his party, and joining the government. On the dismissal of Lord Grenville and his colleagues, in 1807, the Duke was once more placed at the head of the Treasury, and there continued until his death in 1809. By his marriage, in 1766, with Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only daughter of William, fourth Duke of Devonshire, he left, with other issue, his successor,

WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH, present and fourth Duke, who has assumed the additional surname of SCOTT. This nobleman, who was born 24th January, 1768, espoused, 4th August, 1795, Henrietta, eldest daughter and co-heir of the late General John Scott, and sister of Viscountess Canning, by whom he has issue,

William John, Marquis of Titchfield, born

12th September, 1800.

Major Lord William Cavendish, born February, 1802.

Lord Henry William, born June, 1804.
Lady Henrietta.

Lady Charlotte, married to John Evelyn
Denison, Esq. M. P.

Lady Lucy, now Lady Howard de Walden.
Lady Mary.

LADY LUCY CAVENDISH BENTINCK espoused, on the 8th November, 1828, Charles Augustus Ellis, Baron Howard de Walden, in the county of Essex, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary, at the court of Stockholm, and has issue, a son, the Hon. Frederick George, born 9th August, 1830, and a daughter, the Hon. Harriet Georgiana.

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CHAPTER I.

CONTAINING A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN A PHYSICIAN AND HIS

PATIENT.

DR. DE SCHULEMBOURG was the most eminent physician in Dresden. He was not only a physician; he was a philosopher. He studied the idiosyncrasy of his patients, and was aware of the fine and secret connection between medicine and morals. One morning, Dr. de Schulembourg was summoned to Walstein. The physician looked forward to the interview with his patient with some degree of interest. He had often heard of Walstein, but had never yet met that gentleman, who had only recently returned from his travels, and who had been absent from his country for several years.

When Dr. de Schulembourg arrived at the house of Walstein, he was admitted into a circular hall, containing the busts of the Cæsars, and ascending a double staircase of noble proportion,was ushered into a magnificent gallery. Copies in marble of the most celebrated ancient statues were ranged on each side of this gallery. Above them, were suspended many beautiful Italian and Spanish pictures, and between them, were dwarf bookcases, full of tall volumes in sumptuous bindings, and crowned with Etruscan vases and rare bronzes. Schulembourg, who was a man of taste, looked around him with great satisfaction. And while he was gazing on a group of diaphanous cherubim, by Murillo, an artist of whom he had heard much and knew little, his arm was gently touched, and turning round, Schulembourg beheld his patient, a man past the prime of youth, but of very distinguished appearance, and with a very frank and graceful manner. “I hope you will pardon me, my dear sir, for permitting you to be a moment alone," said Walstein, with an ingratiating smile.

"Solitude, in such a scene, is not very wearisome," replied the physician. "There are great changes in this mansion since the time of your father, Mr. Walstein."

""Tis an attempt to achieve that which we are all sighing for," replied Walstein-"the Ideal. But for myself, although I assure you not a pococurante, I cannot help thinking there is no slight dash of the common place."

"Which is a necessary ingredient of all that is excellent," replied Schulembourg. Walstein shrugged his shoulders, and then invited the physician to be seated. "I wish to consult you, Dr. Schulembourg," he observed, somewhat abruptly. "My metaphysical opinions induce me to believe that a physician is the only philosopher. I am perplexed by my own case. I am in excellent health, my appetite is good, my digestion perfect. My temperament I have ever considered to be of a very sanguine character. I have nothing upon my mind. I am in very easy circumstances. Hitherto, I have only committed blunders in life, and never crimes. Nevertheless, I have, of late, become the victim of a deep and inscrutable melancholy, which I can ascribe to no cause, and can divert by no resource. Can you throw any light upon my dark feelings? Can you remove them?"

"How long have you experienced them ?" inquired the physician.

"More or less ever since my return," replied Walstein; "but most grievously during the last three months."

"Are you in love?" inquired Schulembourg.

"Certainly not," replied Walstein, "and I fear I never shall be."

"You have been ?" inquired the physician. "I have had some fancies, perhaps too many," answered the patient; "but youth deludes itself. My idea of a heroine has never been realised, and, in all probability, never will be."

"Besides an idea of a heroine," said Schulembourg, "you have also, if I mistake not, an idea of a hero?"

"Without doubt," replied Walstein. “I have preconceived for myself a character which I have never achieved."