1 This lady was Anna Maria Brudenell, daughter of Robert, Earl of Cardigan. She survived both her gallant and her first husband, and was married, secondly, to George Rodney Bridges, son of Sir Thomas Brydges, of Keynsham in Somersetshire; she died on the 20th April, 1702.

grew angry at the absence of preparation, when in an instant, house, avenue, and grounds were brilliantly illuminated by innumerable lamps, which had been so arranged as to be lighted simultaneously. The King greatly enjoyed the surprise, and, as the rest of the entertainment was equally successful, Heidegger was abundantly complimented for his device. The following amusing anecdote of Heidegger is well worthy of reproduction :—

"William, Duke of Cumberland, is so associated in our "minds with the suppression of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, "that it is difficult to realise him as a practical joker and a "patron of sport. He was Jack Broughton's fast friend. "When that first of scientific boxers fought Slack, the butcher, "his Royal Highness is said to have staked £10,000 on the " event-and lost. He was once concerned with another "notorious scapegrace, the Duke of Montagu, in a practical "joke, which would be worth narrating if it were only for the "light it throws upon the free and easy manners of the period. "Heidegger being one night in company with the two dukes "just mentioned, was made helplessly drunk, and with the "assistance of the daughter of a Mrs. Salmon, who owned a wax"work show (the Madame Tussaud's of the time), they took a 66 cast of his features; from this was formed a mask which "exactly counterfeited his face; this, together with a wig and a "suit of clothes precisely the same in cut and materials as that "" worn by him, was put upon a man about his size, and on the "next masquerade night the contemplated joke was performed. "There were two bands on these occasions, and as the King "entered the house, one, conducted by the true Heidegger, "struck up the National Anthem; no sooner had the strains "died away than the other band, led by the false Heidegger,