Projects And Companies.
The Times, 1824-10-01T00:00:00

(From the Netw Monthly Magazine.) " Some were conlensing air into a dry tangiitle substance by cx. tracting the nitre, and letting the a,aue3us or tuid particles perco. late; others softening marble for pillows and pincushions- others petrifying the hoofi of a living horse, to prestrve them-from pounder. ing.'-Ghuliver' Tra,4cr. A Nation's wealth thateverfliws lVill sometimes in its course disclose Fantastical contortions; 'Tis like the rising of the Nile, Which fatst the soll, but breeds the while Strange monsters and abortions. Better our saperfiux to waste In peaceful schemes, bowe'er mlsplaced, 'rhan war and its abuses; But better still if we could guide, And limit the Pactolian tide To salttary uses. Our sireS, poDr unambitioue folks I Had but ati individual hoax, A single Soath.Sea bubble; Bach province our delusioa shares, From Poyais down to Buenos Ayres- To count them Is a trouble. ' Giving them gold that's ready made, Wve wisely look to be repaid 1y help of Watt and Boulton t Who from their mines, by patent pumps, Will rabse up ore, and lumps, and dumps, WVhence sovereigns may be molten I Others, the dupea of Ferdinand, By Royal roguery trepann'd, Find all their treasure vanishi Leaving a warning to the rash, That the beat way to keep their cash I snor to touch the Spanili. Some, urged by Christian zeal, will pluy The Jew with Greeks, if proper pay And interest they Dro ose us Or, an old debtor to befriend, Will to insolvent Francis lendl The money that he owes uts. Gilded by Eldorado dreams, No wonder if our foreign schemes Assume a tinge romantic; But c'en at home, beneath our eyes, What igre.sflad arise, Extravagant and antic! Bridges of' iron, stone, and wood, Not only, Thames, bestride thy flood, As if thou wert a runnel, But terraces must clog thv shore, While underneath thj bed we bore A subterranean tunnel. Nay, that our citizens may not, As heretofore, in seasons hot, To bathing places run down, Presto ! behold a companiy 'Which undertakes to bring the sea Full gallop up to London. Theirs thc tree English thought-a tank For Peers, with those of meaner rank Disclainiing all connexion; Knights of the Bath! together lave, 'Tis the best way, perchance, to save Plebelans from Infection. One sapient speculator. big With crazy projects, bids us dig New streets beneath the present, That we maysaunter undismay'd By fireman's pickaxe, gasmnan't spade, Or pipes a3n plugs unpleasant. With each new moon new bubbles rise, Each as it flits before our eyes Its predecessor quashblnrg All at their rivals freely tirow Their dirt, to whlich we doubtless owe The Cornpany for washing. liale laundresses I how grand to see Your treasurer, chairman, deputy, And A'!eabite directors, All in the suds, and some in doubts Vhat charge to make for children's clouts And nether-end protectors This, bending o'er the tub, directs The wash, the ntarch and blue inspects, The waste of soap denounces; That, ferrets unextracted dirt, Or shows what irons to insert In ladies' packer'd flounces. Away with the insidious plan, Which urges all-engro.sing man To rob his female neighbour! Already aye the means too few, By which our virtuous poor parsae The path of honest labour. These are but weeds; the rich manure Of overflowing wealth is sure To generate the thistle They who would learn its nobler uge, May Pope's majestic lines peruse, Tlhat cose his Fourth Epistle. B. PROJnvel A2Vt1 coMPA.AIsg.