Lord Stowell would sometimes make a sharp retort. When a
late celebrated Dutchess bantered the Consistory Judge, and inquired, " How his Court would manage if he himself should be guilty of a faux pas?" be answered, with a gallantry becoming the question, " That the idea of such an embarrassing situation had only occurred to him since he had become acquainted with her Grace."—Lato Ma- gazine. The intention of erecting a monument in Lichfield Cathedral to tho late Bishop Ryder, representing him in the act of confirmation, has been abandoned by the advice of Sir F. Cbantrey, who is engaged to execute a simple statue of the Bishop. The Globe says, that on Thursday stock to the amount of 300,000/. was purchased for the Queen of Spain's favourite, Munoz; on whose account also a large quantity of Spanish Bonds were sold. This looks like an intention to decamp.
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