The First Iron Bridge. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE WILLEY SQUIRE MEMBER FOR WENLOCK. 



The Willey Squire recognises the Duties of his Position, and 

 becomes Member for Wenlock — Addison's View of Whig 

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

 — "Fiddle-Faddle" — Local Improvements — The Squii^e Mayor 

 of Wenlock — The Mace now carried before the Chief Magistrate. 



There is an old English, maxim tliat " too mucli of 

 any tiling is good for nothing;'' the obvious meaning 

 being that a man should not addict himself over 

 much, to any one pursuit ; and it is only justice to 

 the WiUey Squire that it should be fully under- 



