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CHAPTER XXII.
scene from a new after-piece,
called
"Politics and Poetry'" or, "The Decline of Science."
dramatis personæ.
PEOPLE OF FASHION:—
Turnstile, a retired Philosopher, M.P. for Shoreditch.
Lord Flumm, a Tory nobleman of ancient family.
Countess of Flumm, his wife.
Lady Selina, their daughter.
WHIGS:—
Lord A., Prime Minister.
Closewind, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Shift, Secretary at War.
TORIES:—
Lord George, | Members of the Conservative Club. | |
Lord Charles, | ||
Marquis of Flamborough, | ||
Dick Trim, a former Whipper-in, |
SHOREDITCH ELECTORS:—
Highway, a Radical.
Griskin, Colonel of the Lumber Troop.
PHILOSOPHERS:—
Sir Orlando Windfall, Knt. R. Han. Guelph. Order, an Astronomical Observer.
Sir Simon Smugg, Knt, R. Han. Guelph. Order, Professor of Botanism.
Atall, an Episcopising Mathematician, Dean of Canterbury.
Other Lords—Conservative and Whig.
The Scene is laid in London; principally at the West-end of the Town.
The time is near the end of May, 1835.