CHAPTER II

1833

Arrival of “Dash” — Various lessons — At the Opera — _Kenilworth_ ballet — Life at Kensington — Recreations — Dinner party for the King; and the guests — The Opera and Taglioni — Somerset House Exhibition — The Duke of Orleans — Fourteenth birthday — Presents — A birthday ball — Alexander and Ernest of Würtemberg — Paganini and Malibran — Journey to Portsmouth — At Norris Castle — On board the _Emerald_ — Visit to the _Victory_ — Journey to Plymouth — Presentation of Colours — The Queen of Portugal — Spanish affairs — At Drury Lane — A lecture on physics 63–90