the same paramount interest in the affairs of Parliament, or the council-chamber, that he took in the evolutions of an army, or the trappings of a regiment of horse. Like his brother Frederick, he was fond of women, and also delighted in the pleasures of the gaming-table and the race-course. Unlike his brother, however, he possessed a strength of mind which enabled him to resist the temptation of play, as soon as prudence warned him against further indulgence. It was much to his credit that, having on one occasion lost his pocketbook on the race-course at Newmarket, he declined making any bets, alleging that his losses were already sufficient for one day. When the races were over, the pocketbook was brought to him by a half-pay officer, by whom it had accidentally been picked up. The duke generously insisted on the officer keeping it. "I am only glad," he said, "that it has fallen into such good hands, for if I had not lost it as I did, its contents would by this time have been scattered among the blacklegs of Newmarket." The duke's admiration of women was exceeded only by the aversion which he showed for the marriage state. Men who, like himself (either from the possession of great worldly advantages, or from being gifted in a high degree with the power of pleasing), have made easy conquests among the fair sex, are naturally apt to form. an indifferent opinion of women in general, and |