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"Well, no matter, Dennis!' says he, go in and get your dinner,' says he; 'and maybe we'll discover all about it, some other time,' says he.

66 "So, by the powers! (seeing as how the pig was a dog, and that there was no use in talking,) in myself went; and maybe I didn't get the best of aiting and of dhrinking, and plenty of it, and, by Gorra! a fellow wid a powdered head to attind to me; and then, sure, after that was over, I had to take the dirty little baste, and put him back into the sack, and come away wid him as fast as ever my two legs could carry me; and so, here I am agin, by the piper.

"And now," continued Dennis, “just to convince yous that I'm only after spaking the truth-Tim Casey, will you just bring in the little spalpeen here (sack and all), till I just shew him to yous, if you plaise."

After a short delay, the sack was accordingly brought in; and "Now," exclaimed Dennis, as soon as he had untied the mouth of it,-"Now, watch!-there! did you ever see the likes of that afore?" and as he uttered the last word, he shook the sack, and turned out of it-not a dog, but a really very fine young pig!

To describe Dennis's aspect, as he drew back, scratched his head, and stared at this second transformation, would require the

graphic pencil of a Cruikshank. His revery was, however, of short duration; for the pig, almost immediately upon his enlargement, squeaked, grunted, twisted his tail, and, after scuttling round the room, finally took shelter under a huge, oldfashioned case of drawers.

"O, Tim, Tim, darlint!" shouted Dennis, "saize him! blood-an'-agers! will you saize him for me, the thief o' the world! or, by the powers of love! may be he'll be after vanishing entirely on me!"

"Here he is here he is!" said the landlord, replacing the grunter, vi et armis, in Dennis's wallet; you see, yourself, he's nothing but a pig, Dennis, after all-you must have made some stupid mistake, Dennis, for you see that—”

"O I see, I see," interrupted Dennis, "I see he's a pig now! and the divil thank him for that same!"

The emphasis which Dennis laid on the "now," forcibly demonstrated his obstinate determination to adhere to his own opinion touching the pig's metamorphoses. Nor indeed could he ever afterwards be persuaded that he had been made the victim of a "righte merrie jest," or that the animal had remained a true pig, when reconveyed to his lordship's domicile-a destination to which he was next morning forwarded by one of Tim Casey's post-boys: for Dennis had positively refused to be his bearer any longer, exclaiming energetically, "If I did, by the table o' war! I'll bet he'd be a dog again!"

Scott has deemed it better to leave the machinery by which the White Lady was enabled to effect her miraculous exits and entrances, for ever a mystery to his readers. Now (if we may be forgiven for comparing a pig to a white lady,) in the present case, it is equally inexplicable by what secret agency the canine changeling was substituted for Dennis's well-fed porker; unless, indeed, the reader may be inclined to suspect that my worthy friend, Tim Casey, had been at one of his old tricks, and, during Dennis's parlour carousal, had simply substituted the one for the other.

P. E. B.

LADY CATHARINE LONG is youngest daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Earl of Orford, and wife of HENRYLAWES LONG, Esq., of Hampton Lodge, in the county of Surrey, and of East Barnet, in the county of Herts.

The house of WALPOLE may feel no less pride in the antiquity of its origin, than in the number of great men that have added such lustre to its name. The family is said to have existed in England prior to the Norman Conquest, and to have derived their appellation from WALPOL, in Norfolk, where they were enfeoffed of lands belonging to the see of Ely. In the time of King John, Henry de Walpol took part with the Barons against the Crown, and being made prisoner, was forced to purchase his deliverance at the price of one hundred pounds. Henry de Walpol was succeeded by

SIR JOHN DE WALPOL, who had been also involved in the baronial contest, and had also returned to his allegiance in the reign of Henry III. He had by Isabel, his wife, with other issue,

HENRY, his successor. Ralph, Bishop of Norwich, and subsequently of Ely. This eminent churchman died 20th March 1837. SIR JOHN DE WALPOL was succeeded by his eldest son,

SIR HENRY DE WALPOL, who married Isabel, daughter of Sir Peter Fitz Osbert, and heir to her brother Sir Roger Fitz Osbert, (which lady, after his decease, espoused Sir Walter Jernegan, of Stoneham Jernegan, ancestor of the Jerninghams, Lords Stafford, and brought the lordship of Somerley-Town, and other lands,

into that family). From this Sir Henry de Walpol, directly descended

THOMAS WALPOLE, Esq., who had a grant from William Fawkes, and others, of lands in Houghton, in the 1st Henry VII., and he had subsequently further grants of lands in the same reign. He married, first, Jane, daughter of William Cobb, Esq., of Sandringham, and dying 14th Jan. 1514, was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

EDWARD WALPOLE, ESQ., who married Lucy, daughter of Sir Terry Robsart, and heiress of her grandfather, the celebrated Sir John Robsart, K.B. and K.G., (in consequence of the decease of her brother, Sir John Robsart, and his daughter AMIE, (the Amie Robsart of Sir Walter Scott), the wife of Sir Robert Dudley, afterwards Earl of Leicester, without issue), and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JOHN WALPOLE, Esq., whose great great grandson,

ROBERT WALPOLE, Esq., M.P., married Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir Jeffery Burwell, Knight, of Rougham, in the county of Suffolk, and had with other issue,

ROBERT, his successor.

Horatio, a diplomatist of distinction during the administration of his brother. He was elevated to the Peerage on the 4th June, 1756, as Baron Walpole, of Walterton, in the county of Norfolk. His Lordship was father of HORATIO, Second Baron Walpole, of Walterton, who succeeded his cousin, Horace, fourth Earl of Orford, in the Barony of Walpole, of Walpole.

Colonel Walpole died in 1700, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

ROBERT WALPOLE, born 26th August 1674. The history and celebrity of this statesman, are too well known to require lengthened notice here. Suffice it to say, that he was first returned to Parliament for the Borough of King's-Lynn, in 1700; that in 1705, he was Treasurer of the Navy, and Secretary-of-War; that in 1709, on the change of Ministry, he was removed from all his employments; that in 1715, on the downfal of the Tories, he rose to the premiership; and that, one short interval excepted, he held his high office during a long and eventful era until 1741. On the 6th Feb. 1742, he was elevated to the Peerage as Baron of Houghton, Viscount Walpole, and Earl of Orford. By his first wife, Catherine, daughter of John Shorter, Esq., of Bybrook, in Kent, the Earl of Orford left, with other issue, a son and successor, in 1745,

ROBERT, Second Earl. This nobleman married in 1724, Margaret, Baroness Clinton, daughter and sole heir of Samuel Rolle, Esq., of Heanton, in the county of Devon; and, dying in 1751, was succeeded by his only son,

GEORGE, third Earl, who died unmarried, 5 Dec. 1791, when the honours reverted to his uncle,

HORACE WALFOLE, fourth Earl, the celebrated novelist, poet, historian, and biographer, born in 1717. His Lordship had a seat in the House of Commons for several years, but was more distinguished in literature than in politics. He died unmarried, 2nd March 1797, when all the honours of the family expired except the Barony of Walpole, of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk, which devolved, according to the limitation, upon his first cousin,

HORATIO, Second Lord Walpole, of Wolterton, born 12th June, 1723. This nobleman was created Earl of Orford 10th April 1806. He married, 12th May 1748, Rachael, third daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire, and, dying 24th Feb. 1809, was succeeded by his eldest son,

HORATIO, Second Earl, born 24th June, 1752, who married, first, 27th July, 1781, Sophia, daughter of Charles Churchill, Esq., and grandaughter maternally of Sir Robert Walpole, K.G., first Earl of Orford, by whom he left issue,

HORATIO, present Earl of Orford.

John, a Lieut.-Col. in the Army, and Consul-General in Chili.

Charlotte.

Maria, widow of Sir William Hoste,
Baronet.
Georgiana-Mary, married 6th Feb.
1827, to the Rev. Joseph Wolff.
CATHARINE.

His Lordship wedded, secondly, 28th July 1806, Mrs. Chamberlayne, widow of the Rev. Edward Chamberlayne; but by her, who died in 1807, he had no issue. He died 15th June, 1821.

The Lady Catharine Walpole, the youngest daughter of the late Earl, was married the 25th July, 1822, to HenryLawes Long, Esq., of Hampton Lodge, in the county of Surrey, and has four daughters,

Charlotte-Caroline-Georgiana.
Catharine-Beatrice.
Emma-Sophia.
Mary-Elizabeth.

The family of Long is of Wiltshire origin, where various branches of the name * have been established for several centuries. The immediate ancestor of the Longs of Hampton Lodge, SAMUEL LONG, second son of Timothy Long, and grandson of John Long, of Netheravon, was born at Wroughton, in 1638. He accompanied the expedition under Penn and Venables, which conquered Jamaica, in 1655, and received large grants of land in that Island, where he became a Colonel of Horse, Chief Justice, Speaker of the Assembly, and one of the Council. He died in 1683, and was succeeded by his son,

CHARLES LONG, Esq. of Longville, Jamaica, and of Hurts Hall, in Suffolk, born in 1679, who married first, in 1699, Amy, eldest daughter of Sir Nicholas Lawes, Knight, Governor of Jamaica; and secondly, in 1703, Jane, daughter and heir of Sir William Beeston, knight, and relict of Sir Thomas Modyford, Baronet. his first wife, Amy Lawes, Charles Long, of Longville, was direct ancestor of the present HENRY-LAWES LONG, Esq., of Hampton Lodge; and from his second, Jane Beeston, descends Charles, LORD FARNBOROUGH.

By

The principal family of the name was very early seated at South Wraxall, and Draycot, and a branch at Pottern and Cheverell, which became the male ancestry of the present Walter Long, Esq., of Rowd Ashton, in Wiltshire, M.P, and of the present Walter Long, Esq., of Preshaw.