Dramatis Personæ + 

People of fashion:⁠— + 

Turnstile, a retired Philosopher, M.P. for Shoreditch. + 

Lord Flumm, a Tory nobleman of ancient family. + 

Countess of Flumm, his wife. + 

Lady Selina, their daughter. + 

Hon. Mrs. Fubsey, sister of the Countess. + 

Whigs:⁠— + 

Lord A., Prime Minister. + 

Closewind, First Lord of the Admiralty. + 

Shift, Secretary at War. + 

Smooth, Secretary for the Colonies; also M.P. for Shoreditch. + 

Tories (Members of the Conservative Club):⁠— + 

Lord George, + 

Lord Charles, + 

Marquis of Flamborough, + 

Dick Trim, a former Whipper-in, + 

Shoreditch electors:⁠— + 

Highway, a Radical. + 

Griskin, Colonel of the Lumber Troop. + 

Tripes, his Lieutenant. + 

Philosophers:⁠— + 

Sir Orlando Windfall, Knt. R. Han. Guelph. Order, an Astronomical Observer. + 

Sir Simon Smugg, Knt. R. Han. Guelph. Order, Professor of Botanism. + 

Atall, an Episcopizing Mathematician, Dean of Canterbury. + 

Byeways, a Calculating Officer. + 

Other Lords⁠—Conservative and Whig. + 

The Scene is laid in London; principally at the West-end of the Town. + 

The time is near the end of May, 1835. + 