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of great reputation as an orator and a wit, but of 

 small accomplishment in the former capacity) ; Mr. 

 Jekyll (the celebrated wit and brilliant barrister) ; 

 Mr. Hastings (Warren Hastings, the ever-memorable 

 ' oppressor of Begums ') ; Mr. Northey (whose mem- 

 bership may be considered almost certain, though it 

 is difficult to prove to demonstration, for the family 

 of Compton Bassett, Wilts, and of Epsom, Surrey, is 

 most prominent on the Turf from early times, and 

 one of them was owner of brood mares poisoned by 

 Daniel Dawson at Newmarket, 1809-11) ; Mr. Onslow 

 (afterwards second Earl of Onslow, whose prowess as 

 a ' whip ' is attested hi some doggerel, running, 

 ' What can Tommy Onslow do ? He can drive a 

 chaise and two. And can Tommy do no more ? He 

 can drive a chaise and four ') ; Mr. P . . . t (almost 

 certainly Admiral Pigot, a great gambler of the day, 

 whose daughter, or one of whose daughters, is most 

 scurrilously assailed by Pigott, and who was a brother 

 of the unfortunate Lord Pigot, already dealt with in the 

 1 First Period ') ; Mr. Pitt (the famous Prime Minister, 

 whose family were decidedly ' horsey ') ; Mr. Bobinson 

 (John Bobinson, Esq., of Wyke House, Middlesex, 

 Secretary to the Treasury, father-in-law to Lord 

 Abergavenny, and a holder of pensions to an extent 

 which gave rise to questions in Parliament) ; Mr. St. 

 John (the Hon. John, a younger brother of the 'Bully' 

 Lord Bolingbroke, and a writer of opera and tragedy, 

 as well as a man of fashion, one of the regular 



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