4th. Because “he entered the navy in 1808.”
5th. Because “he brought home Lord Aylmer in the Pique, in 1835.”
6th. Because “he ran the Pique aground in the Straits of Belleisle.”
7th. Because “after beating there for eleven hours, he got her off again.”
8th. Because “he brought her into Portsmouth without a rudder or forefoot, lower-masts all sprung, and leaking at the rate of two feet per hour!” ergo, he is the fittest man for the representative of Westminster.—Q.E.D.
THE ENTIRE ANIMAL.
LORD LONDONDERRY, in a letter to Colonel Fitzroy, begs of the gallant member to “go the whole hog.” This is natural advice from a thorough bore like his lordship.