exhibited a lasting proof of his regard by a bequest in his will. But as he was not on one hand dazzled with success, so did he not on the other, like too many literary men, omit any fair opportunity of ascertaining and securing his independence. Accordingly, on the death of an elder brother, who we believe possessed the manor of Dartford, and carried on a celebrated manufactory of gun-powder there, he immediately succeeded him; and it is no small praise, perhaps, at least in time of war, that he who has so often extracted a laugh from a British audience, has not unfrequently brought tears in the eyes of their enemies! In fine, Hood, Howe, St. Vincent, and the Duke of Bronte, have all been indebted to this modern Salmoneus for their thunder.

Mr. Andrews does not appear to have turned his mind towards a seat in parliament until 1790, when he succeeded the late Lord Westcote for Bewdley, who was soon after created Baron Lyttleton of Frankley in Worcestershire. He has been uniformly re-elected for the same in 1796, 1802, 1806, and 1807, without any opposition, and has consequently sat during five successive Parliaments.

This gentleman, long known in the gay world, has lately purchased, ornamented, and fitted up

nobleman, (Thomas Lord L.) possessed perhaps greater talents than him, but died in the midst of a career of dissipation, else he might have been reclaimed. He thought, on his death-bed, that he saw an apparition, and was in hope, by outliving the prediction, to "jockey the ghost."

the noble mansion, recently built by Lord Grenville, which possesses a fine view of the Green Park, where he lives in an hospitable and elegant manner, and gives entertainments to the first people of fashion.

He was in habits of intimacy with the late Duke of Leeds, who exhibited a congenial turn for poetry, and during the present war has betaken himself, like most men of fortune in the nation, to a military life, being at present Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the St. Martin's, now called" the Prince of Wales's Volunteers."

Mr. A. possesses Bignore manor near Dartford, and is concerned, as has been already stated, in the great gun-powder manufactory carried on in that neighbourhood, which furnishes supplies to government to an immense amount, of that principal article in the long catalogue of those employed for the purpose of human destruction. * During the American war, the contractors, dreaming of nothing but close quarters, deemed it unnecessary that our cannon balls should have any effect at a distance; but they now prove fatal both far and near.

The member for Bewdley sometimes delivers his sentiments in parliament. In January 1797, when Mr. Pitt proposed his scheme for encreasing the assessed taxes, so as to raise a large sum of money within the year, it was considered by him as the best plan that had hitherto been devised.

*The firm of the house is Pugon and Andrews.

"He thought the bill before the House would be productive of much good, as it had a direct tendency to preserve the credit of the funds. The burden was certainly great, but in our present situation strong measures were absolutely necessary. The French rulers had avowed an hostility against the existence of our constitution, and we had no alternative; we must either exert ourselves or perish. The enemy had chosen the road-the road was war : war was now our only road to peace. Government had twice

tried to obtain that blessing by negotiation.

Should we now by

tame and abject submission sue for peace? Should we allow them to enslave us under the pretext of giving us liberty?

measure.

"He was not in habits of intimacy with his Majesty's ministers, but he could not help observing, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer evinced his patriotism by bringing forward the present It was much against his (Mr. Pitt's) personal convenience, and by it he risked at least his existence as a minister. This bill created no friends, but gave his enemies many opportunities of employing their devices against him. He was well disposed however to the principle of the bill, and he thought it would have been happy for the country if this system had been adopted long ago; for then it would have been impossible for the ambition and folly of any minister to have carried on any war so long as wars had been carried on, as by recurring to the funding system, a fatal facility was afforded to the commencement of and perseverance in hostilities."

In the course of this speech, he paid many compliments to the patriotism of the people, and trusted that there was not an arm in this island, capable of wielding a sword, that would not be proud to do it against such a foe."

In 1802 we find his name in the list of the minority, who voted in favour of the Prince of Wales' claims to the revenues of the duchy of Cornwal during his minority, and also on the Additional Force Bill, June 18, 1804.

But it is chiefly as a member of the Bon Ton, that Colonel Andrews has rendered himself conspicuous, and in this point of view he is not eclipsed by any one in the higher circles of fashion, His house is occasionally thrown open to the first company, and no private gentleman perhaps has ever possessed a more elegant assemblage of Lords and Ladies, than have made their appearance at his routes. His noble with-drawing rooms, uniting with the brilliancy of an audience chamber all the effect of a conservatory, exhibit, amidst the severest rigours of winter, a parterre of blooming Duchesses, Marchionesses, Countesses, Baronesses, &c.; and had he realised his early inclinations, and repaired to the East, his Harem, even if he had become a Turkish Bashaw, would have turned pale at the sight of so many fine specimens of British beauty.

MR. FILMER HONYWOOD,

late Knight of the Shire for the County of Kent.

THAT the minds of the English are continually occupied with political discussions, and that they debate with an honest ardor on all events, connected, even in a remote degree, with the happiness or prosperity of the nation, is a fact well known to every native, as well as to every foreigner who has visited this country. In the capital, the great interests of the empire are freely, and oftentimes ably discussed. Our connexions with allied states; our disputes with hostile ones; the rights and claims of

neutral and belligerent powers; the pretensions of rival statesmen; the conduct of ministers and of opposition; all these by turns engage the attention and excite the lucubrations of the politicians of our metropolis.

Those who reside at a distance from the centre of information, revolve within an humbler orbit, and are content to occupy themselves with speculations of a more limited nature. The merits or demerits of a knight of the shire with them become a fit subject of discussion, and not unfre quently, of enmity; the name of a favourite candidate is a prefix for a whole family; red, blue, and orange ribbands serve as the symbols of affection, and petty feuds are carried to such a length, that during a hard-fought election, the zeal of friendship ceases to operate, the ties of blood no longer bind, and commerce itself, in a great measure ceasing, even the clamours of interest (the deity worshipped by the English of the present, as by the Dutch of a former day!) are for a while suspended.

The county of Kent has long stood eminently conspicuous in this, as it is in almost every other point of view. Situate in the vicinity of the metropolis, abounding with men of enlightened minds, and possessing every possible inlet to knowledge and to wealth, no other district, of equal extent, in the kingdom, can compare with it. It was the first portion of England that attained civiliza