•*  I  was  a  member  of  the  Alfred,  too,  being  elected
while  in  Greece.  It  was  pleasant;  a  little  too  sober
and  literary,  and  bored  with  ♦  •  and  Sir  Francis
D'lvernois;  but  one  met  Peel,  and  Ward,  and
Valentia,  and  many  other  pleasant  or  known  peo-
ple ;  and  it  was,  upon  the  whole,  a  decent  resource
in  a  rainy  day,  in  a  dearth  of  parties,  or  parliament,
or  in  an  empty  season.
**  I  belonged,  or  belong,  to  the  following  clubs  or
societies: — to  the  Alfred;  to  the  Cocoa  Tree;  to
Waiter's;  to  the  Union;  to  Racket's,  (at  Brighton);
to  the  Pugilistic;  to  the  Owls,  or  '  Flv-by-uight ; '
to  the  Carnbridae  Whig  Club ;  the  Harrow  Club,
Cambridge ;  and  one  or  two  private  clubs ;  Hamp-
den (political)  Club;  and  to  the  Italian  Carbonari,
&c.,  5:c.,  &c.,  'though  last,  not  least*  I  got  into
all  these,  and  never  stood  for  any  other — at  least  to
my  own  knowledge.  I  declined  being  proposed  to
■everal  others,  though  pressed  to  stand  candidate.
