XVI CONTENTS. 



PAOE 



CHAPTER XII. 



SUCCESS OF THE SONG. 



Dibdin's Song — Dibdin and the Squire good fellows well met 

 — Moody a character after Dibdin's own heart — The 

 Squire's Gift — Incledon — The Shropshire Fox- hunters on 

 the Stage at Drury Lane 140 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE WILLEY SQUIRE MEMBER FOR WENLOCK. 



The Willey Squire recognises the duty of his position, and be- 

 comes Member for TVenlock — Addison's View of "Whig 

 Jockeys and Tory Fox-hunters — State of Parties — Pitt in 

 Power — " Fiddle-Faddle" — Local Improvements — The 

 Squire Mayor of "Wenlock — The Mace now carried before 

 the Chief Magistrate 147 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE SQUIRE AND HIS VOLUNTEERS. 



The Squire and his Volunteers — Community of Feeling — 

 Threats of Invasion — " We'll follow the Sqidre to Hell, 

 if necessary" — The Squire's Speech — His Birthday — 

 His Letter to the Shrewsbury Chronicle — Second Corps 

 — Boney and Beacons — The Squire in a Rage — The Duke 

 of York and Prince of Orange come down . . .154 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE WILLEY SQUIRE AMONG HIS NEIGHBOURS. 



The Squire among his Neighbours — Sir Roger de Coverley — 

 Anecdotes — Gentlemen nearest the fire in the Lower Re- 

 gions—Food Riots — The Squire quells the Mob — His 

 Virtues and his Failings — Influences of the Times — His 

 career draws to a close — His wish for Oid Friends and 

 Servants to follow him to the Grave — To be buried in the 

 dusk of the evening — His Favourite Horse to be shot — His 

 estates left to his cousin, Cecil "Weld, the First Lord 

 Forester — New Hunting Song 173 



Appendix . 189 



Index 201 



