Author: Anon

Publication: Glasgow Courier

Published: 28 February 1832

Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland

Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical

Featured individuals:
Henry Brougham (1778-1868)
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (1791-1860)
James Graham, Baronet of Netherby (1792-1861)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845)
William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (1779-1848)
John Lambton, Earl of Durham (1792-1840)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1782-1845)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840)

No full copy of this poem is available.

Archive/Library: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Classmark(s): Hard copy: BX 32A
Pages(s): 4

This is a poem which satirises the Cabinet of the Whig government, comparing it to a tree.  Each politician is associated with a part of the tree, for instance, Grey is at the 'root', while Althrop is associated with the sap.  The poem does not directly refer to franchise reform, although the 'tempest of anarchy' sweeping through the land is no doubt a reference to the momentum gathering for reform, which was opposed by this conservative title.  Several more obscure politicians are referenced too, including Goderich and Lord Landsdowne.  This poem is attributed to Age, an unidentified publication.