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Never had White's, that historic club, gathered beneath its roof a

uished company; dukes, royal and otherwise, elbow each

other on the stairs; earls and e snuff-boxes in corners, but one and

all take due and reverent heed of the flattened revers and the

innovation of the riband

Yes, White's is full to overflowing for, to-night, half the

Fashionable World is here, that is to say, the masculine half; beaux

and wits; bucks and Corinthians; dandies and macaronis; all are here

and, each and every, with the fixed and unshakable purpose of eating

and drinking to the glory and honor of Barnabas Beverley, Esquire

Here, also, is a certain "Mr Norton," whonizes by reason of his waistcoat and his whiskers And Mr Norton

is particularly affable and is graciously pleased to commend the

aforesaid flattened revers and riband; indeed so taken with them

is he, that he keeps their wearer beside him, and even condescends

to lean upon his arins and the air hu of corks; waiters hurry to and fro, dishes

corows, and the buzz of

talk swells louder