k place; the Tories were driven from, and the Whigs placed in, office,
both events being brought about by the Radicals coalescing with the
Whigs, over whom they possessed great influence for the services which
they had rendered. When the writer next visited his friend he found him
very much altered; his opinions were by no means so exalted as they had
been--he was not disposed even to be rancorous against the Duke of
Wellington, saying that there were worse men than he, and giving him some
credit as a general; a hankering after gentility seeming to pervade the
whole family, father and sons, wife and daughters, all of whom talked
about genteel diversions--gentility novels, and even seemed to look with
favour on high Churchism, having in former years, to all appearance, been
bigoted Dissenters. In a little time the writer went abroad, as, indeed,
did his friend; not, however, like the writer, at his own expense, but at
that of the country--the Whigs having given him a travelling appointment,
which he held for some years, during which he is said to have received
upwards of twelve thousand pounds of the money of the country, for
services which will, perhaps, be found inscribed on certain tablets when
another Astolfo shall visit the moon. This appointment, however, he lost
on the Tories resuming power--when the writer found him almost as radical
and patriotic as ever, just engaged in trying to get into Parliament,
into which he got by the assistance of his Radical friends, who, in
conjunction with the Whigs, were just getting up a crusade against the
Tories, which they intended should be a conclusive one.

A little time after the publication of 'The Bible in Spain,' the Tories
being still in power, this individual, full of the most disinterested
friendship for the author, was particularly anxious that he should be
presented with an official situation in a certain region a great many
miles off. 'You are the only person for that appointment,' said he; 'you
understand a great deal about the country, and are better acquainted with
the two languages spoken there than anyone in England. Now, I love my
country, and have, moreover, a great regard for you, and as I am in
Parliament, and have frequent opportunities of speaking to the Ministry,
I shall take care to tell them how desirable it would be to secure your
services. It is true they are Tories, but I think that even Tories would
give up their habitual love of jobbery in a c