Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER XV.

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Correspondence. Lord Mayor's feast. Speeches. Caricatures. Dangers of a fog. English society. Middle classes. Critical position of the Aristocracy. Freedom of the press. Newspaper extracts. Dinner at Mr. Canning's. Concert. Easy manners. Liston. The Areopagus. Rev. R. Taylor. Almack's. Rapid travelling. Prince Schw----. House of Commons; Messrs. Peel, Brougham, Canning. House of Lords; Duke of Wellington, Lords Goderich, Holland, Lansdowne, Grey. Value of a ticket for Almack's. Lady Politicians. Indian Melodrame. Sir Thomas Lawrence. Portuguese eyes. Prince Polignac. London season. Duchess of Clarence. Countess L----'s ball. English horsewomen. Breakfast at the Duke of Devonshire's. The new Venus. Crush of Carriages. Dinner at the Duke of Clarence's. Fitzclarence family. English-French. Dinner at Mr. R----'s. Marchioness of L----. Marquis of L----. Bishops' aprons. Concerts of ancient music. Ambulating advertisements. Mr. R----. Aristocracy in Religion. Dream......130