1872] PRESENTATION TO TOM LEEDHAM. 307 



hundred horsemen formed around an open carriage, iu 

 which Lord Vernon had taken his stand, and near which 

 was posted the veteran huntsman, Tom Leedham, " the 

 observed of all observers." The square was closed up by 

 a variety of handsome equipages occupied by the ladies, 

 whose presence graced the affair, and whose elegant 

 toilettes contributed much to the beauty of the scene. In 

 and out were the " foot people," who, on such occasions, 

 always appear to trust implicitly to the good nature of the 

 horses, amongst whose legs they perseveringly thrust them- 

 selves. The sun, shining brightly upon the group, brought 

 out a picture of great interest and beauty, and it is much 

 to be regretted that no enterprising photographer was 

 present to catch the fleeting shadow and fix it for the 

 future reference of many who would have gladly possessed 

 a memento of " The Last Meet." 



Amongst the company present we noticed. Lord Bagot, 

 Lord Berkeley Paget, Lord Alexander Paget, Lord Water- 

 park, Lord Vernon, Sir William FitzHerbert and Miss 

 FitzHerbert, Hon. E. K. W. Coke, Colonel Colvile and 

 Hon. Mrs. Colvile, M. A. Bass, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Bass and 

 Miss Thornewill, Godfrey Meynell, Esq. (Meynell Langley), 

 Colonel Reginald Buller, Miss Chandos-Pole, Hamar 

 Bass, Esq., P. Bott, Esq., N. C. Curzon, Esq., Robert 

 Curzon, Esq., T. W. Evans, Esq., W. T. E. Cox, Esq., 

 Major Fountain, Major Levett and Lady Jane Levett, 

 Captain C. R. Levett, Oswald Mosley, Esq., and party, 

 Walter Boden, Esq., Captain Gough, Captain Walter 

 Coyney, Richard Sale, Esq., John Bailey, Esq., J. Broad- 

 hurst, Esq., H. Allsopp, Esq., C. AUsopp, Esq., A. Rodney 

 Blane, Esq., Henry Evans, Esq., T. Smith, Esq. (Clifton), 

 John Smith, Esq., William Bass, Esq., G. Mitchell, Esq. 

 (Newton), C. Tennant, Esq., A. W. Lyon, Esq., J. Gas- 

 coyne, Esq., G. H. Gascoyne, Esq., Messrs. John Leedham, 

 Charles Leedham, Potter (Barton), Sampson (Langley), 

 Smith (Langley), W. Ault (Derby), and many other well- 

 known hunting men of Derbyshire and Staffordshire. 



Lord Vernon said : " I do not know whether my voice 



