Author: Anon [A. S.]

Publication: Reformers' Gazette

Publisher: Muir, Gowans, & Co.

Published: 16 June 1832

Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland

Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical

Featured individuals:
John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751-1838)
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

No full copy of this poem is available.

Archive/Library: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Classmark(s): Reel Number: 3089; Pressmark: SNMU 175/98
Pages(s): 457

A satirical lament, where the Tories express their loss of power on account of the Reform Bill.  The poem is preceded by a quote from William Shakespeare's Henry VIII: "Farewell - a long farewell, to all my greatness!".  The speaker expresses regret that 'knowledge has now grown so common' and that the Press tells people 'what it should not tell'.  The poem also includes a note 'Edinburgh, June, 1832' - presumably where and when the poem was written.   The poem previously appeared in the Caledonian Mercury on 11-06-1832.