BARONESS DOWAGER DOVER.

A glorious ending at its birth
Was to that planet given:
For never will it set on earth,
Till earth is lost in heaven.

Fling wide the ancient city's gates
The hours of night are past,
And Christ the Conqueror awaits,

Earth's holiest, and her last.

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THE BARONESS DOWAGER DOVER.

LADY DOVER, the second daughter of the late lamented Earl of Carlisle, and the sister of the present earl, and of the Duchess of Sutherland, belongs to a family eminent alike by its rank, and by the moral and intellectual endowments of its members. Her ladyship, whose mother was the eldest sister of the Duke of Devonshire, and the daughter of that celebrated and fascinating Duchess of Devonshire, whose loveliness of person, animated manners, and intellectual powers, obtained for her, towards the close of the last century, an acknowledged supremacy in the fashionable world, and a large share of political influence, was born in the year 1804, and was distinguished, very early in life, by her beauty, her talents, and her accomplishments. On the 7th of March, 1822, she was united in marriage with the Honourable Agar Ellis, the son of Viscount Clifden, and a man of amiable character and large literary acquirements; subsequently she became the mother of several children, who, together with the personal advantages, inherit much of the ability which has ever distinguished the house of Howard.

In 1831 the Honourable Agar Ellis was created Baron Dover; and, on his death, on the 10th of July, 1833, her ladyship, who, with hereditary taste, had fully participated in his admiration and patronage of the fine arts, became a widow.

This branch of the Howards is descended from the celebrated Lord William Howard, who was Warden of the Western Marshes, and who is known in border minstrelsy as "Bold Willy," or " Belted Will Howard," and famed in ballad verse as having been "a generous foe." The private apartments of this Lord William Howard, and, in particular, his oratory, remained undisturbed at Naworth Castle in Cumberland, till that noble family seat was, some few years ago, partially destroyed by fire; and with various family relics, may still be seen there in their restored condition. Charles Howard, the grandson of this "Belted Will," of border memory, represented the county of Cumberland in parliament in the year 1650; and in 1661 was created Earl of

Carlisle, as a mark of royal gratitude for his loyal adherence to the cause of the crown during the great rebellion.

The late Lord Carlisle, father of Georgina, Baroness Dover, was the sixth Earl of Carlisle, and the guardian and kinsman of the late highly-gifted but most unhappy Lord Byron; who would appear to have entertained for him a sincere affection and esteem; and who inscribed to him one of the earliest efforts of his genius.

Castle Howard, the seat of the Earls of Carlisle, is situated in the North Riding of Yorkshire, about six miles from Malton. It is a noble pile of building, six hundred feet in length; and was erected upon the plan, and commenced in the year 1702 under the personal direction, of Sir John Vanburgh. The extensive park in which it stands has also several ornamental buildings, chiefly designed in the taste of Vanburgh, whose success in the projecting and building of this splendid structure, not only recommended him as an architect to many noble families, but also caused him to be selected by the government to build the magnificent palace which the national gratitude bestowed upon the conqueror of Blenheim.

In the mausoleum erected by Sir John Vanburgh, within the precincts of the park of Castle Howard, were deposited, on the 17th of October, 1848, the mortal remains of the late Earl of Carlisle; on which occasion the great bell of York Minster announced to the surrounding country the solemn ceremony. The mausoleum at Castle Howard, is circular in its plan; and is surmounted by a dome, and surrounded by a Doric colonnade. During the advance of the funeral procession, the rain fell heavily; but before it reached the mausoleum, a rainbow was visible; and beneath that "Arch of Hope," all that was mortal of George, sixth Earl of Carlisle, the father of the Baroness Dover, was laid to rest.

THE TOURNAMENT.

BY L. E. L.

His spur on his heel, his spear in its rest,
The wild wind just waving the plumes on his crest,
The young knight rides forward—his armour is bright
As that which it mirrors, the morning's clear light.

His steed it is black as the raven that flies
'Mid the tempest that darkens its way through the skies;
From his nostril the white foam is scatter'd around;
He smelleth the battle, and spurneth the ground.