Mr. Pitt was accustomed to relate very pleasantly an amusing anecdote of a total breach of memory in some Mrs. Lloyd, a lady, or nominal housekeeper, of Kensington Palace. "Being in company," he said, "with Mr. Sheridan, without recollecting him, while Pizarro was the topic of discussion, she said to him, 'And so this fine Pizarro is printed?' 'Yes, so I hear,' said Sherry. 'And did you ever in your life read such stuff?' cried she. 'Why I believe it's bad enough,' quoth Sherry; 'but at least, madam, you must allow it's very loyal.' 'Ah!' cried she, shaking her head—'loyal? you don't know its author as well as I do.'"
DR. JOHNSON IN LONDON.
The following were Dr. Johnson's several places of residence in and near London:—
| 1. | Exeter-street, off Catherine-street, Strand. (1737.) |
| 2. | Greenwich. (1737.) |
| 3. | Woodstock-street, near Hanover-square. (1737.) |
| 4. | Castle-court, Cavendish-square, No. 6. (1738.) |
| 5. | Boswell-court. |
| 6. | Strand. |
| 7. | Strand, again. |
| 8. | Bow-street. |
| 9. | Holborn. |
| 10. | Fetter-lane. |
| 11. | Holborn again; at the Golden Anchor, Holborn Bars. (1748.) |
| 12. | Gough-square. (1748.) |
| 13. | Staple Inn. (1758.) |
| 14. | Gray's Inn. |
| 15. | Inner Temple-lane, No. 1. (1760.) |
| 16. | Johnson's court, Fleet-street, No. 5. (1765.) |
| 17. | Bolt-court, Fleet-street, No. 8. (1776.) |
REGALITY OF GENIUS.
Gibbon, when speaking of his own genealogy, refers to the fact of Fielding being of the same family as the Earl of Denbigh, who, in common with the Imperial family of Austria, is descended from the celebrated Rodolph, of Hapsburgh. "While the one branch," he says, "have contented themselves with being sheriffs of Leicestershire, and justices of the peace, the others have been emperors of Germany and kings of Spain; but the magnificent romance of Tom Jones will be read with pleasure, when the palace of the Escurial is in ruins, and the Imperial Eagle of Austria is rolling in the dust."