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  name on the list (his Excellency Comm. Francisco Ignacio de Carvalho Moreira) he was interrupted by the aristocratic comment from the gallery, "All that at once!" And the announcement of Henry Taylor's name was followed by the not very complimentary enquiry, "Who is he?" I felt myself somewhat honoured by being permitted to inform a veritable Master of Arts that Henry Taylor was the author of "Philip Van Artevelde."

I think I never saw so glorious-looking a man as Henry Taylor. His head is large and finely formed, with massy silvery hair, a long waving lock in front being quite golden. His forehead is broad and lofty, his eyes full, his cheeks inclining to florid. The lower part of his face is covered by a long flowing beard, which similarly befits his noble countenance beaming with an expression of mingled power and benevolence. General Outram, who appeared to be suffering from pain, wears a dark beard, has bushy eyebrows, and, I scarcely need say, a face highly bronzed. Lord Palmerston looked remarkably hale and well: as he brushed past where I was standing I could not help admiring the animal spirits mantling his cheeks—more like the glow of youth than