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Rutland, Buccleuch, Beaufort, Bedford, and Cleveland ; the 

 Marquises of Salisbur}-, Londonderr)*, Hastings, and Tavi- 

 stock ; Earls of Derby, Harewood, Ducie, Chesterfield, Scar- 

 brough, Lonsdale, Fitzwilliam, Fitzhardinge, Radnor; Lords 

 Anson, Middleton, Southampton, Forester, Petre, Yarborough, 

 Hawke, Elcho, Portman, Gifford, Althorpe, Hastings, Glasgow, 

 Kintore, John Scott, Bentinck, Redesdale, Suffield, Parker, 

 Galway, and others, whose names do not occur to us at this 

 moment. 



Many of the above hunted to great ages, and lived all their 

 lives in enjoyment of excellent health, from the invigorating 

 pursuits of the chase. Lord Lonsdale, we believe, rode till he 

 was near eighty, the late Duke of Cleveland hunted his own 

 hounds till he was well up to sevent}', and the late Lord 

 Harewood may almost be said to have died in the saddle, 

 somewhat turned of that age. Lord Evergreen might pass for 

 fifty, though he has not much change to take out of sixty. 



But let us take a glance at the " order "' generally. Though 

 the style and magnificence of our nobility is very imposing in 

 London, still it is in the country that they should be seen to 

 appreciate their true influence and importance. In London 

 there are too man\- of them ; they are too closelj- packed, to 

 say nothing of being over-ridden by the dazzle of the Court, for 

 them to shine singly in their individual lustre. In the country 

 they rule despotic. They are the great stars of their respective 

 hemispheres. Greatness stretches itself out, and grandeur has 

 room to shake and show itself. Indeed, we believe there is 

 more uniform state — more constant show in the country than 

 in London, where recent years have confined the state 

 equipages and liveries to levee and drawing-room days. 

 Greatness has been cropped a good deal, too, by the intro- 

 duction of railways. Coach and four succeeding coach and 

 four, and saddle and carriage horses, accompanying servants' 

 van, all tended to keep up the character and importance of the 



