8vo. 24pp. Six bifolia pinned together. Inked inscription 'Gaisford' to head of marked title, scattered spotting, final four leaves heavily stained, loss to gutter of terminal leaf - touching text without loss of sense.

The second located copy of the first edition of an anonymous satire, presented in the form of a stage play, on the ineffectiveness of Paisley Town Council, published in the midst of the devastating 1841-1843 economic crisis, during which 67 and the town's 112 manufacturers were made bankrupt, and the Council itself forced to declare insolvency. In his The Dramatic Writers of Scotland (1868), Ralston Inglis attributes the work to Edward Polin (1816-1843), sometime sub-editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. A second, equally scarce edition appeared later the same year.

OCLC records a single copy (NLS); COPAC adds no further.