MR. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 2d April 1837.
Sra—While ull honest Reformers have been filled with disappointment at the late extraordinary conduct of Mr. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT relative to his promised motion for the repeal of the Septennial Act, by his postponing it again, at the request of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, some of the constituents of the right honourable gentleman believe that they have found a cause fur this ex- treme courtesy, on seeing that, just at the moment of its occurrence, the son of the honourable Member for Lambeth, a mere youth, was promoted by the Go- vernment to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy, over the heads of some hun- dreds of old Mates and Midshipmen, many of whom bad shed their blood for their country before this fortunate lad was born l But thus the Whigs bestow their patronage, to buy and sell all around them, in order to keep their places, whereby to serve themselves and their relations only to the best of the loaves and fishes, regardless of all their promises and boasted professions before they
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