The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

SCENE V.—Tile PRESENCE HALL.
A Throne and Three Banners respectively inscribed with
the letters P.P.C.—P.D.A.—and D. 1.0.
Greene and DELEGATES discovered in conversation.
Glatt. His Excellency comes ! prepared you see
For travelling :—be sure you speak the speech
As I propounded it; and stand aside
In deferential order as I taught. ( The Delegates arrange
themselves on each side of the Throne.)
Enter Vlcaaoy and 'TURTLE; SERVANTS following with
trunks, carpet-bays, band-boxes, and various packages : his
Excellency stands in front of the Throne.
lit DELEE ATE. May't please your Lordship,—we are
Sorry that you are off so soon.
()MINES. indeed we are!
Ist DEL. The rumour met us as we hither came,
Like cries of " Fire!" repeated through the town,
Spreading alarm, and breaking epe in haste
The copious water-plugs of all our eyes, [flent (Mmes.]
Yet scarce believed we, till assembled here
Those symbols of leave-taking we beheld. [points to the
banner.'
Agh who bas been so busy with our grief,
To blaze it thus before the general eye?
Tuar. My Lord, I am dumb-foundered at the sight,
And ne'er till now perceived the sad intent
Of those initials valedictory.
But know the meaning I alesivied; far this [points to P.P.C.]
Reads .‘ Patrice, Populi Gusto,"—
VICE. [sharply.] Gaoler? Eh ?
TORT. No,—Guardian, Sire! And this [points to P.D.A.]
" Preesidium,
Decut, Auxilium:—anct " D. LO."
Is pregnant with a twin significance;—
" Durham, Imperio Opiler."—or thus
Read "butaurator Orbis!" [Uproarious cheers from the
Delegates.]
V ICE. [valde commolus.] Good, my friends!
'Tis true I would have been all this, and more,
If more were needed and permitted. Nay!
I had not shrunk to take the world in hand,
If that my country called me thereunto.
I did assume the government of these
The Provinces of North America,
With predetermination to provide for all
Future prosperity and welfare; and,
Naught doubting, in three little months have I
Restored—such as it is—tranquillity:
Substantial justice—though it was not Law—
I have administered; and now was I
-Upon the point to promulgate such laws
As would the Natives have astonished quite,
And saved the British interests—and our own.
In this ,I trust, most useful course, a branch
0' tie' British Parliament bath INTERFERED;
(I need not tell you 'twas impertinent !)
Th' responsible advisers of the Crown,
In such a meddling interference have
Deemed right to acquiesce: se I resign
That POWER which now is into WEAKNESS turned,
And rendered totally inadequate
To th' grave emergency that called it forth. [Groans from
the Delegates.]
'Twas not surprising that Lord Brougham, and those
Who act with him, should try to mar my schemes.
But, Sirs, I've been put down and sacrificed,
Yea! by say FRIENDS!—by those who should have stood
In my defence against mine euemies. [weeps.]
For Ministers, in persecution's hour,
'Twas duty to support me, NOT TO JOIN
MY BITTER FOES IN STRIKING AT MY HEAD.
(ShoteS of the populace without, cries of ' Durham !"
" Vice le Gouverneur !"—" Down with the House of Lords !"
—"Vise milord Brum !"—" Victoria for ever!"—"Sacre
bleu!" —" Huzzah fur England;"—" Vive la Nation Cana-
dienne !"—A window beinu thrown open, the V IcEntri pro-
ceeds to address the PEOPLE.)
My friends and ever loyal Colonists !
I'm off !—tor all my acts are d—d,—decreed
By the whole British Senate, and confessed
By William Lamb, to be illegal : aye
And I'm insulted with indemnities.
Yet nothing disrespectful do I mean
To either Ministers or House of Lords.
But you have been so kind, I can't withhold,
From gentlemen like you, the honest truth,
Secure that, in your weil tried loyalty
And warm attachment to the British Crown, [cries without
" Vive la Liberte !")
You never will abuse my confidence.
I came not hither unassured—the Queen
Did delegate to rue despotic power :
And much I deemed it would conduce to good,
My free unfettered Will should stand for law,—
For sound substantial policy, my Fiat.
For what could mean my sounding titles less—
" Governor-General," " High Commissioner,"
" Dictator," and the Lord knows what beside--
What less could all these mean than despot power ?
Yet when I "tried it on," it would not tit. [lronical cheers
from the French snob.]
My expectations have been disappointed
Most painfully ; for woful ignorance rules
At home, where to incessant criticism
My most minute details have been exposed,
My powers by system all depreciated.—[Cries without, " Vive
milor de Bruminag.ein ?"]
Then the State Prisoners troubled me : not mine
Of such canaille to have the odious care :
But I resolved to make short work of them.
Judicial process would have vexed afresh
The public mind, have shown the sympathy
Of multitudes with bold rebellion,
And given assurance of impunity
For guilt nolitical; the disaffect
Seen; the leaders free, would look on them
As innocent victims to vindictive charge, [cheers from the
French Ingb.l
And false imprisonmenl These mischiefs I
Was bound t' avert, and would have done it too ;
But I was thwarted: mischief light on them
Whose acts permit the traitors to return
Aud raise another row ! Not mine the fault : [Cries without,
" Vive la liberte !"]
Not I encourage fresh rebellion, no'
-1 ow But if it comes,—it comes : I wash my hands
way
Of what ensues: I've striven to cement
British connexion : loose it now who will. [Cries, " Vive le
put
citoyen Lambton !"]
belt
I've gained approval of th' United States
felt (A gratifying compliment !) ; I have
The plaudits of my conscience and of you. [Cheers and
bee
tot groans intermixed.]
Britain alone condemns what all commend.
met Observe, I say it not—l do not ray,
inut That Britain is unworthy now
£2 Of your allegiance ;—no ! I say it not.
Bair The Queen's Advisers and the Senate all
the Are henottrahleonen ; yea. all-an most
Most honourable men !—but me and you
of rbalr
They've treated vilely.—Yet I tell you this,
Ne'er from the Mother Country separate I
N " The anchor's weighed, or I would tell ye more." [Con-
tiOß fused hubbub and cheers. CURTAIN FALLS.]
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