But the softest note that soothed his ear Was the sound of a widow sighing; [For the incident of the "broken bridge" Byron was indebted to the pages of the Morning Chronicle of November 8, 1813. A corporal of sappers blew up the bridge between Leipsic and Lindenau, before the ap pointed time, whilst part of Napoleon's army was still on the other side. A panic ensued. "Prince Poniatowsky darted into the water and appeared no more. The Emperor was not informed of this disaster until it was too late to remedy it."] 'Aha!" quoth he, "what have we here? 'Tis a new barouche, and an ancient peer!" 12. So he sat him on his box again, And bade him have no fear, 1 ["Vetus" [Edward Sterling] contributed a series of letters to the Times, 1812. 1813. They were afterwards republished. The purport of the "Letters" was to inflame popular feeling against the French, and to advocate war to the knife" with Napoleon.] 2 [Charles Howard (1746-1815), eleventh Duke of Norfolk, known as "Jockey of Norfolk." Wraxall says that "he might have been mistaken for a grazier or a butcher by his dress and appearance. He figures largely in Gillray's caricatures. See e.g. "Meeting of the Moneyed Interest," December, 1798.] Papers" "Insurrection of the "Last night I toss'd and turned in bed, But could not sleep- at length I said, 'I'll think of Viscount C-stl-r-gh, And of his speeches - that's the way.""] [George Rose (1744-1818) was at this time Treasurer of the Navy. It was commonly believed that he used language merely "for the purpose of concealing his thoughts."] 3 [Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover, fifth son of George III., was gazetted as Field-Marshal November 27, 1813. His "wounds," which, according to the Duke's sworn testimony, were seventeen in number, were inflicted during an encounter with his valet, Joseph Sellis, a Piedmontese, who had attempted to assassinate the Prince (June 1, 1810), and, shortly afterwards, was found with his throat cut. A jury of Westminster tradesmen brought in a verdict of felo |