CHAPTER XXII.
SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE,
CALLED
“Politics and Poetry;” or, “The
Decline of Science.”
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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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.
- HON. MRS. FUBSEY, sister of the Countess.
- WHIGS:—
- LORD A., Prime Minister.
- CLOSEWIND, First Lord of the Admiralty.
- SHIFT, Secretary at War.
- SMOOTH, Secretary for the Colonies; also M.P. for Shoreditch.
- TORIES (Members of the Conservative
Club):—
- LORD GEORGE,
- LORD CHARLES,
- MARQUIS OF FLAMBOROUGH,
- DICK TRIM, a former Whipper-in,
- SHOREDITCH ELECTORS:—
- HIGHWAY, a Radical.
- GRISKIN, Colonel of the Lumber Troop.
- TRIPES, his Lieutenant.
- 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 Episcopizing Mathematician, Dean of Canterbury.
- BYEWAYS, a Calculating Officer.
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- 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. {277}