The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-20 00:00:00

THE TOTAL ECLIPSE.

I CLAM D POLITICO ASTRON OSIICA L PIIRNOIIRNOM.

WHICH OCCURRED IN /11l YEAR I:420.

Under the above title has recently appeared a hn,
Muurons satire, of which. the following is an extract :
Scarce had the Sure o'er TAXLVID ris'n
Emerging from its murky prison;
Nearer had the Suv'n Ems s morning light
Roll'd back the dusky folds of night :
Than's cheerless rays, with faint attraction,
Noxious vapours can'tl int' action ;
Shapeless clouds, portending wrath,
In hideous folds beset his path.
Old Tyranny, with visage grim,
Hypocrisy in holy trim,
Which means, althoulh't the Gospel preaches.
Axes, cannon halls, and leeches;
Rueful Signs obseur'il the skies, and
t'has'd each other to the horizon.
Thus iironniun Slane reign set is,
Each Tazlaider held up his chin,
And thought. no doubt, 'twos errs odd
Such things should come grace of God."
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Strong breezes soon the clouds dispell'd,
The Tazianders again beheld
Great Sluts' face once more laid hire,
And gleaming through the nnthient air :
But, what was their !nowise and grief,
On b'holding their anointed chief,
Beset at either cheek and thin
With Fones and Fie AI'D anti Deadly S tYr
Ready :o slide before his face.
And blacken Taxiaiiii with disgrace
All plainly saw was coining on
That wonderful phenomenon
Which pos'd the learned and the wise.
ho thought, whate'er in earth or skies.
()retired, they must know all about it.—
None but vulgar folks could doubt it ;
On them the vulgar turned their back:,
And laid aside their almanacks.
The Planets now, with aspects evil,
11 if directed by the devil,
In circles dense and stendy pee.
Began t' obscure great S. 9t a' face.
And darken every gracious function
B. their horrible conjmis tiou ;
Smiling with satanic grin,
To have the world wrapped op in sin.
Home time before the tit nt was guar,
All knew the issue coming on :
Therefore, the wicked and the vile
F 01113.11 plans th' ununn to berii:e.
Like thieves and sharpers here in London,
Waiting until after sundown,
Brewing plans throuOtout the day.
Go forth at night and seize their prey
Or, like those datnes of easy virtue,
Who, at every turning, court you,
Breathing accents soft and luring,
Lead their dupes to death or rein.
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The Brigh►t9n Herald •ays, " We regret that the I
mania for leaving the churches, be-ause the Queen is
not prayed for, is spreading in all directions I and we
do trust that an immediate order from the Privy Coun-
cil will restore her Majesty's name to the Liturgy.
The clergymen of the establishment are very unities-
Stingy situated in this respect, acting, as many of them
do, against their own feelings, as well as In opposition
to the wishes of their parishioners."
We are very happy in being enabled to state, that it
is in agitation among several of the citizans of carlisle.
to present a Requisition to the Mayor, for the purpose
of calling a meeting of the inhabitants, to cougratulak
our illustrious Queen on the triumph she has obtained
over her relentless enemies—to petition the Ilonse of
Commons to inquire into the circumstances connected
with the 31ilan Commission ; and to address the King
to dismiss his Ministers, who have brought disgrace
upon the Crown and an indelible stain upon the country.
Five old women, of Sandwich, very humble indi-
viduals, last Sunday sent the Queen a very fine fat pig.
Her Majesty accepted it; and her answer throng),
Lady Hamilton, is a very affectionate one.
It has been matter of surprise that no public demon.
stration of sentiment, except in the way of illumination-
has been made respecting the Queen by the inhabi-
tants of those respectable parishes within the liberties
of Westminster, which comprehend the Strand and
parts adjacent. This simpresion may, indeed, be well
accounted for, in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields,
where the heads of the parish are such a personage as
the Duke of Nortl►umberland, Sod the chief Church-
Warden, such a man as silences St. Martin's bells on
an evening of rejoicing fur her 3lajesty's triumph.—
The silence of the parish of St. Mary le Strand will
also not be wondered at, when the magnitude of So-
merset-House, and its influence are duly considered.
Why supineness prevails in the parish of St. Clement
Danes in which resides number of persons distinguished
heretofore for their independence and public spirit, is
altogether inexplicable. We are happy, however, to
end, that in the parish of !.:t. Paul, Covent-garden,
some appropriate means at length are taken by the
housekeepers, to compensate for the long neglect. A
meeting of the inhabitants is to be held this evening,
to consider of the propriety of signing a Requisition
to the Church-Wardens, to call an early meeting of
the inhabitants of the parish, to vu'e an Address of
congratulation to her Majesty, and also any other
matters that may be submitted for their consideration,
regarding the present crisis of National Affairs.
An article is inserted in a foreign paper, under the
head of Carlsruhe, Bth November, gising what is said •
to be a copy of a letter from the Baron d'Ende to Mr.
Wizard, our Queen's Solicitor, explaining more fully
his reasons for refusing to come over to England. He
repeats the pretence of his health, being very ill—
being such as to require " his most serious cares ;" he
then pretends to have discovered, its a speech of Mr.
Brougham, something so very injurious to the memory
of the late Grand Duke, his master, that " he would
lose all esteem for himself, if he could lend himself
(el je ponrois ore peeler) to a cause in which they
bad dared to blacken so unjustly his late Highuess•s
noble manner of acting ;" and he sums up with say-
ing, that at any rate the testimony be could give would
nut be of that use to her Majesty which it is supposed.
If that testimony could possibly have injured her,
who imagines Baron d'Ende would have stayed
away?
•.• The fate of every Ticket and Share sold prior to
Wstorgsnal Lasr, the 13th Nov. was finaq decided
by the Drawing of THAT DAT. Those persons, there-
foto, who may have already purchased in the present
Lottery, are recommended to enquire the fate of their
Numbers, in order to exchange their small Prises for
undrawn Tickets and Sham, and secure a chance for
the Two £20,00t) Prizes and the other Capitals, all
of which mast be drawn on Tuesday week.