Descend on our B-tt-rw-rth's biblical head, Come, shade of Joanna, come down from thy sphere, Nor blush, Saint Joanna, once more to behold Who also by tricks and the Seals1 inakes a penny. Thou, too, of the Shakers, divine Mother Lee !2 The heathen, we know, made their gods out of wood, Stand forth, Man of Bibles-not Mahomet's pigeon, When, perched on the Koran, he dropped there, they say, Great Galen of souls, with what vigour he crams Down Erin's idolatrous throats, till they crack again, Bolus on bolus, good man!-and then damns Both their stomachs and souls, if they dare cast them back again. Ah, well might his shop-as a type representing Bound neatly, and lettered Whole Duty of Man.' As to politics-there, too, so strong his digestion, Having learned from the law-books, by which he's surrounded, The rinsing of any old Tory's dull noddle, Made radical-hot, and then mixed with some grains A great part of the income of Joanna Southcott arose from the Seals of the Lord's protection which she sold to her followers. 2 Mrs. Anne Lee, the chosen vessel' of the Shakers, and 'Mother of all the children of regeneration.' s Toad Lane in Manchester, where Mother Lee was born. In her Address to Young Believers, she says that it is a matter of no importance with them from whence the means of their deliverance come, whether from a stable in Bethlehem, or from Toad Lane, Manchester.' Canonize him!-by Judas, we will canonize him; Call quickly together the whole tribe of canters, Yea, humbly I've ventured his merits to paint, Jump high, all ye Jumpers! ye Ranters, all roar ! NEW CREATION OF PEERS. BATCH THE FIRST. 'His 'prentice han' He tried on man, And then he made the lasses. 'AND now,' quoth the minister (eased of his panics, 'Tis pleasant-while nothing but mercantile fractures, Some simple, some compound, is dinned in our earsTo think that, though robbed of all coarse manufactures, We still keep our fine manufacture of Peers ;— 'Those Gobelin productions, which Kings take a pride The plan being fixed, raw material was sought, And first-to begin with-Squire W-rt-y, 'twas thought, Next came, with his penchant for painting and pelf, For purchasing pictures, and selling himself,- Beside him come L-c-st-r, with equal éclât, in ;- Sir John after nature, Sir Charles on the Treasury. But, bless us !-behold a new candidate come- And he asketh a seat 'mong the Peers of Great Britain! Forbid it,' cried Jenky, 'ye Viscounts, ye Earls! And the strawberry-leaves were by rhubarb supplanted ! Next to bearing a coronet on our own brows, Is to bask in its light from the brows of another; Choose between them, Cambridge, pray; Each the same conclusion reaches; G-lb-rn foolish in his speeches. Choose between them, Cambridge, pray; Which is weakest, Cambridge, say. Each a different foe doth damn, When his own affairs have gone ill; G-lb-ru damneth Dan O'Connell. Plays with Truth a traveller's pranks; 1 Among the persons mentioned as likely to be raised to the Peerage are the mother of Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, etc. Choose between them, Cambridge, pray; | So, whichever first shall bray, Which is weakest, Cambridge, say. Once, we know, a horse's neigh Choose him, Cambridge, for thy own. Choose him, choose him by his bray; Thus elect him, Cambridge, pray. Fixed the election to a throne; COPY OF AN INTERCEPTED DESPATCH. FROM HIS EXCELLENCY DON STREPITOSO DIABOLO, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO HIS SATANIC MAJESTY. St. James' Street, July 1, GREAT Sir, having just had the good luck to catch Ready booted and spurred, with a black-leg despatch, From the Hell here, at Cr-ckf-rd's, to our Hell below I write these few lines to your Highness Satanic, Well knowing how dear were those times to thy soul, And caused in thy realm such a saving of coal, From their all coming down, ready grilled by each other; Remembering, besides, how it pained thee to part We could plainly perceive the fine touch of thy claw ; I thought, as we ne'er can those good times revive Could we get up a thundering No-Popery cry; That yell which, when chorused by laics and clerics, So, having sent down for the original notes Of the chorus, as sung by your Majesty's choir, Of myself and some others, who sing it with fire,' 1 Thought I, if the Marseillais Hymn could command Con fuoco-a music-book direction, Such then were my hopes; but, with sorrow, your Highness, The truth is, no placeman now knows his right key, At the York music meeting, now think it precarious. Even some of our Reverends might have been warmer— Altogether, however, the thing was not hearty;- And when next we attempt a No-Popery party, But, hark, the young Black-leg is cracking his whip- But, till then, I'm, in haste, your most dutiful DEVIL. MR. ROGER DODSWORTH. To the Editor of the Times. SIR, -Living in a remote part of Scotland, and having but just heard of the wonderful resurrection of Mr. Roger Dodsworth from under an avalanche, where he had remained, bien frappé, it seems, for the last 166 years, I hasten to impart to you a few reflections on the subject. Yours, etc., LAUDATOR TEMPORIS ACTI. WHAT a lucky turn-up!-just as Eld-n's withdrawing, To bring thus to light, not the wisdom alone Of our ancestors, such as we find it on shelves, Oh thaw Mr. Dodsworth and send him safe home,- This reverend gentleman distinguished himself at the Reading election. |