George Canning and his friends; . as entertained at a dinner, presided over by Mr. Wakefield, atwhich songs and skits against the Lowthers were produced, andconsiderable rowdiness prevailed, which, however, paled to insignifi-cance compared to the fight between the Blues and Yellows at thesame time at Carlisle, colours designating the Whigs and Torieswhich remain to this day. At Carlisle the Yellows were ducked, andtheir candidate, who had to take refuge in a weavers shop, wasforcibly given a lesson in weaving. In these days, although possiblya little of the bitterness of those violent contest
George Canning and his friends; . as entertained at a dinner, presided over by Mr. Wakefield, atwhich songs and skits against the Lowthers were produced, andconsiderable rowdiness prevailed, which, however, paled to insignifi-cance compared to the fight between the Blues and Yellows at thesame time at Carlisle, colours designating the Whigs and Torieswhich remain to this day. At Carlisle the Yellows were ducked, andtheir candidate, who had to take refuge in a weavers shop, wasforcibly given a lesson in weaving. In these days, although possiblya little of the bitterness of those violent contests may remain,Lowthers, Broughams, and Wakefields are, if not completely inpolitical accordance, by no means anxious to duck each other ortheir respective adherents in the ponds at election times. * Princess Elizabeth, third daughter of George III., marriedFrederick, Landgrave of Hesse Homburg. He became a partisan ofQueen Caroline in 1821, and incurred the displeasure of George IV.(Creevey, ii. 20). t Right Hon. Henry k/L . SoMiny. Q-iU^. Sm^^n^ll/oUtjcrS^h, ite i8i8] FITZROY SOMERSET 71 Wellington was present. He had been in chargeof the Embassy at Paris in the Dukes absence inthe early part of 1815, rejoining the Duke at Brusselsbefore Waterloo. Mrs. Wellesley Pole and herdaughter, Lady FitzRoy Somerset, were at Brusselsat the time, where a daughter was born to theSomersets a month before the battle, who is nowliving. Riding close to the Duke during the battle,Somerset was shot in the elbow, and had his rightarm amputated. After the operation, he called to theorderly who was taking the arm away to bring it back,as there was a ring on the finger which he following letter is beautifully written, in muchthe same hand as the one written just before an article in the Quarterly Review on Lord Raglanin 1856, much is made of the rapidity with which helearnt to write with his left hand, and the Dukeskindness in retaining him as Secretary after the l
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