214 REMINISCENCES OF 



Members. — Duke of Beaufort, Marquis of Staf- 

 ford, Earl Vane, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord Henry 

 Thynne, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, W. Morritt, C. 

 Leslie, Captain Baillie, Royal Horse Guards ; W. 

 Couper, W. Craven, ist Life Guards ; W. P. Thorn- 

 hill, J. T. Jones, Royal Horse Guards ; J. L. Bald- 

 win, L. Agar Ellis, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lord 

 Strathmore, Lord Chesterfield, Sir W. Carew, A. R. 

 Hughes, J. Lyon, 2nd Life Guards; Lord Burghersh, 

 F. Maguinis, Sir M. S. Stewart, J. Anstruther Thom- 

 son. 



I bought four little brown horses — " Contract," 

 " Creeper," "Cameron " and " Cracker " — and Martin 

 Corry(" Spicy Bill") lent me his coach, which he 

 always left at the coachmaker's in London. 



" DysART House, 2\&t September, 1857. 



"My Dear Mrs. Thomson, — 



" I cannot resist sending you the accom- 

 panying letter. The conquest of Pierrepoint is not 

 a new triumph, I am aware — even his ' old woman ' 

 knew him to be the humblest and most admiring of 

 your slaves ; but, as we all, like Surface in the 

 * School for Scandal,' when we go leave our char- 

 acters behind us, it is agreeable to know the impres- 

 sion we have made and what is said of us behind our 

 backs ; and it must be gratifying to you and your 

 ' young man ' to know how much you are missed, 

 and how much your absence is deplored. I only 

 fear that anything we can do to make Fife bearable 

 will be less availing than it otherwise might have been. 



