One character out of the number two hundred and twenty-two, who looked languid and interesting, and drove home at four in the morning, (as connected with our history,) must here be sketched. It was Colonel Lord Couleuvre; a man much too weak to be virtuous, but bold enough for vice; one bearing the name of a soldier, but more famed in love than known in war; a person of whom it was usual to say, on his entering the room, "Ah! here he comes, looking nothing dis mayed by the last affair!" and the eyes of many a lady turned to glance at the seducer of every woman who was weak enough to be captivated by his person or manners. The former was elegant, and the latter graceful; and as he was neither deficient in talents, wit, nor polish, besides possessing rank and wealth, it is not surprising that he was a creature often gazed upon by the vain and unreflecting female votaries of fashion, who set profligacy at nought when crowned by a coronet. Couleuvre was that kind of degraded mon er described by the poet,-a man lost to every ing but the gratification of his passions : "By dangerous softness long he min'd his way, By sharing what corruption shower'd profuse; He had ruined many a wife and daughter, and roken the hearts of more parents than even he in his bold depravity now dared to reflect upon; but we must leave the dark shades of the picture and proceed with the story. CHAPTER III. Through the wild waves as they roar, GRAY. IN professional life it frequently happens, that appointments which have been as eagerly solicited as often denied, arrive at periods when they are comparatively valueless; but though the enthusiasm and spirit of the members of a public service be weakened by such denials, and the flood-tide of ambition checked in its spring, yet, on the whole, the individual man is rendered more rational by being disappointed in unreasonable expectations. This, however, is a philosophy which, though difficult to attain, we recommend to the consideration of our eaders, and proceed with the narrative. Harold had not been married more than three months, and seemed to enjoy that happy state f connubial felicity, "which unites pleasure with reason," when he was appointed to command one of his Majesty's ships. The parting of the affectionate pair, at such ■period of their married life, must be left co the married to describe; but the call of duty was to be obeyed, and our hero, leaving his lovely wife in the charge of her venerable parent, set out to perform it, accompanied by Sam, who, ever ready to follow the fortunes of his benefactor, was presently initiated in his former post in the ship as captain's servant. A few months afterwards, this beautiful, though small ship of war lay becalmed, out of sight of land, in the regions of the West Indies. The day was sultry in the extreme, and the officers and crew, oppressed with the scorching rays of an almost vertical sun, sought re CHAPTER III. Through the wild waves as they roar, GRAY. IN professional life it frequently happens, that appointments which have been as eagerly solicited as often denied, arrive at periods when they are comparatively valueless; but though the enthusiasm and spirit of the members of a public service be weakened by such denials, and the flood-tide of ambition checked in its spring, yet, on the whole, the individual man is rendered more rational by being disappointed in unreasonable expectations. This, however, is a philosophy which, though difficult to attain, |