OR COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES, No. XXIV., FOR DECEMBER, 1826. EMBELLISHMENTS. A Portrait of the Right Honourable CHARLOTTE GEORGIANA LADY RODNEY, engraved by J. THOMSON, from a Painting by PICKERSGILL, R. A. A beautiful coloured whole-length Portrait Figure, in a Walking Dress. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. The SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER to the Fourth Volume of the present NEW SERIES of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE will be published on Monday, the 1st of January next. It will contain an Address to Subscribers and the Public;-An Historical Retrospect of Polite Literature for the last Six Months;— A Summary of Fashions for the last Half-Year ;—A Title-Page and Index to the Volume, &c. WE have the pleasure of announcing the receipt of " Marriages, No. III." The author of "The Third-Night-Awn-Hinde" shall receive from us a private com munication. Leila," a Sketch, by "B. B. B.," has safely reached us, and is reserved for early insertion. Thanks to our friend "W. C. S." His favour, however, we have not yet had time to peruse. He shall hear from us shortly on various points. Thanks, also, to MRS. H- -" for her “Stanzas,” and for her “Lines on Viewing some Ruins of Great Antiquity.” We are always glad to hear from "H. B." His "Spirit of the Lyre," will most probably appear on the 1st of the ensuing month. We hope that "J. B." of Yoxford, has not forgotten his promise. “S. A.” of Bungay, is less regular in his correspondence than we could wish, We hope that the lady from whom we received for perusal "A Tale of the Convent, or the Legend of the Seven Chapters," has duly received a note from us on the subject. Has our valued friend and correspondent "C. H.," the author of "Conversation," &c., received her packets from Southampton Row, Bloomsbury? Our best thanks are tendered to "L. N." for his obliging offer, of which we shall be most happy to avail ourselves. PRINTED BY J. L. COX, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS. DECEMBER, 1826. Phoushed by GB Whittaker for La Belle 4semblee new series N° 24, for Dec. 1826 The Froots by M Colnaghi 23 Cockspur Street. LA BELLE ASSEMBLÉE, FOR DECEMBER, 1826. ILLUSTRATIVE MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE of October, 1792, he was elevated to the rank of Baronet of the United Kingdom. He served in four parliaments as representative of the county of Brecon ; and on his retirement, in 1805, he received the unanimous thanks of his constituents. In Fe THE portrait of Lady Rodney, which we have here the honour of introducing in our Picture Gallery of the Female Nobility of Britain, is from Pickersgill's admirable painting of her Ladyship, somewhat altered and improved in the head-dress since it appeared in the exhibition of the past sea-bruary, 1806, he resigned his high legal apson, at Somerset House.* Charlotte Georgiana, second daughter of Sir Charles Gould Morgan, Bart., was married, on the 27th of February, 1819, to Lord Rodney, the grandson and present representative of the celebrated Admiral Lord Rodney, one of Britain's most distinguished naval heroes. This lady is maternally descended from the Morgans, of Tredegar,|| in the county of Monmouth; a family which, for many generations, has been renowned for its wealth, high character, and extended influence, in Wales and in Monmouthshire. For more than a century, the county of Monmouth has been almost constantly represented in Parliament, by a member of the name of Morgan. King Gould, Esq. married a lady of the name of Shaw. The issue of this marriage was the Right Hon. Charles Gould, LL.D., &c., who was created a Baronet in the year 1792. This gentleman was bred to the law, and called to the bar when young. In June, 1762, he was appointed Judge Advocate General, and Judge Marshal of the Forces; in April, 1779, he received the honour of knighthood, and was appointed one of His Majesty's Privy Council; and, on the 30th * Vide LA BELLE Assemblee, vol. iii. p. 272. No. 24.-Vol. IV. || pointments, and was succeeded by the Right Hon. Nicholas Bond.-Having married Jane, the eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan, of Raperra, in the county of Glamorgan, he had issue by that lady, who died in February, 1796 1. Sir Charles, the present Bart., father of Lady Rodney ;-2. John, a midshipman in the Royal Navy, killed in Admiral Rodney's memorable engagement with Le Compte de Grasse, in 1782;-3. Jane, married Samuel Humphrey, of Merthyr, in the county of Glamorgan, Esq.; 4. Elizabeth, married Rowley Lascelles, Esq., second son of Lieut. General Lascelles. Sir Charles, in pursuance of the will of his brother-in-law, John Morgan, Esq., from whose family he derived considerable property, obtained the royal license to assume the name and arms of Morgan, He died in December, 1806. His son, Sir Charles Gould Morgan, the present Baronet, was a soldier in early life. He served seventeen years in the Coldstream regiment of Guards. During the two last parliaments he sat as M.P. for the county of Monmouth; and, at the late general election, he was again returned as one of the representatives of the same county. Sir Charles married, in April, 1791, 2 N |