Punch (7.1844)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

same time ; however, I will send you all particulars of my further
—.._ „ ., „ „, „ . doinirs, and am.,

THE PILGRIM BUCKINGHAM. b' Yours, whilst the Bank of England lasts,

, „ „ , » , J. Silk Buckingham.

wards the end ot last month,

fl!:',IJA,ME!.?A.LK„?U„^ PS' 1 have caused myself to be placarded as " Ma. Buckingham,

the Oriental Traveller;" it has struck me, that as Mehemet
Ali is making a stir just now, if I were to dress myself in the very-
dress in which he purposes to visit Mecca, it might draw. Your
opinion on such a point is worth something. What do you think ?

Ingham, with an en-
thusiasm akin to that
of Peter the Hermit,
quitted the luxury of his
soft-bottomed fauleuil in
Hanover Square, and
with staff in hand and

oyster-shell in gossamer, PAY YOUR GAMEKEEPERS,

wandered into the pro-!

vinces for the o-lorious What is sport to country gentlemen, is death it seems, or at least

destruction, to the farmers. The Brighton Herald, of August 3, contains
the following paragraph :—

purpose of enlightening
the rustic " clergy, professional men, naval and military officers,
gentlemen and their families," by coaxing them to become sub-
scribers to the British and Foreign Destitute. Great is the philan-
thropy of Buckingham ; for already hath he in divers places delivered
a public lecture on " the great advantage and convenience" of the
asylum in Hanover Square. Punch hath received a dozen hand-
bills, industriously circulated in various towns by the pilgrim ; and
subjoins an extract from one of the documents.

" The purpose of this Lecture is to develope and explain the origin, nature, and object
of a Public Institution recently established in London, of great advantage and convenience
to the Clergy, to Professional Men, to Naval and Military Officer*, and to Country
Gentlemen and their Families visiting the Metropolis in the Season.

"The Institution was opened by His Royal Highness the Prince Albert in person, as
Patron, accompanied by the Right Honourable the Earl of Devon, the President, and a
iong list of Noblemen as Vice-Presidents, who were received by about sou Ladies and
Gentlemen, members of the game; the number having since increased to about 1,200
persons.

"The Inaugural Lecture was delivered by Mr. Buckingham, at the Queen's Concert

" We are glad to see that the Game Laws have excited a very general and strong
feeling against them in all parts of the country. It is seen that the supply of hares is
kept up, not for the landlord's s/>ort, but for his profit—the hares being' fed at the
expense of the tenant-farmer. Five hares, it is well known, consume as much food as a
sheep, and we know of an instance in this county where the damage done to one piece of
wheat only is estimated at between 40/. and 50/."

Hence, it would seem that Game conducts itself pretty much like Ver-
miu. But, " Fiat justitia ruat cailum," a phrase which we translate for
the benefit of country gentlemen, because it is to them we would address
ourselves—" Do justice, though at the sacrifice of rent." Whatever your
game may eat up, do not let it eat up your tenants. Game must be pre-
served, we know.—True, Poaching must coexist with its preservation.
The peasantry must consequently be demoralised, gamekeepers every now
and then shot, a man or two hanged occasionally, aud hundreds imprisoned
and transported. All this is very lamentable ; but it cannot be helped ;
and the man who would sacrifice the pleasures of the field to the welfare
and happiness of his fellow-men, is unworthy the name of a British

Room, i„ London, before an assemblage of more than a thou"°d auditor, jading j ,g . But, good gentlemen, behave as such-Pav for the keep of your
Ladies of the highest rank m society, as well as Gentlemen, by whom ic was entliusiusti* | ^ j.a o > . " ,, ,

cally received) and it is believed that the nature of the Association requires only to be game—Allow lor it at your audits —Why do you not actually sell the
made generally known to insure its favourable reception by the higher classes, for whose animals which your farmers feed ! But perhaps you are right. Then
pleasure and accommodation it was chiefly established." \ why not, at once, turn your horses, cattle, swine, poultry, into your

Now, if any composer would adapt the above to music, let us tenants'fields ? You are the law-makers ; pass an act for the abolition of
humbly suggest the air to which the landlady of old sang— pounds—all but your own. At least be consistent; at present you are

, „ . , , , , , , , .„ , „ doing both things and persons by halves.

" Ducky, ducky, ducky, come and be killed,

(with this slight variation of words)—

" The Buckinghams are waiting, their bellies must be filled." PRINCE ALBERT'S MILITARY PRIMER.

We, however, regret to state, that the pilgrim has not met with j His Royal Highness Prince Albert is very actively engaged in rubbin*
that vast success which his hardihood evidently merits. This much up hig mifitarv education—which had hitherto been much neglected—bv
we gather from a letter written by the pilgrim himself,—a letter reviewing his own regiment previous to the expected arrival of the King o'f
which, in the handsomest manner, has been handed to us for pub- the French at Windsor. Her Majesty is very anxious that the Prince
licatiou :— should not appear at a loss in his capacity of colonel, when Louis Philifps

is present as a guest at the castle, and his Royal Highness daily reads from
TO GEORGE JONES, ESQ., BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. a book the words of commaud, and watches the movements of the men,

"My Dear Jones Cowes Aug 19 so that he may ascertain what is the meaning of the various evolutions.

« What can have come to the people ! Is it the march of H« has Sot 115 as, ""7 «ms-wMch he is practising to pronounce as
. , • ., i n c j.x l j i i " Carry hums t under the tuition of an able drill Serjeant,

intellect, or—worse than all—is it the malevolence or that scoundrel i * *

Punch 1—for at my lecture this morning at the Town Hall, I bagged 1 ====^^==========r-

but six ; and as I have to deduct from the half-dozen the housemaid

of my printer and the wife and eldest son of the bill-sticker, you will IRELAND TO WIT.—IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT,

at once perceive that the receipts are ruinous. However, nothing Sia Robert Peel, having determined to do his utmost to remedy the
•daunted, I dwelt with my usual eloquence on the advantages of the eviis 0f Ireland, has decided on rendering a Bill, having that object, a
Institute; spoke of the height of the footmen ; the beauty of the lec- ! matter of open competition. A Prize of 1000/ will be awarded to the
tures j the breadth of the sandwiches ; and the vivacity of our ginger-j successful competitor. Candidates for the Prize Bill are to send in
beer. Thinking that a parson was among my hearers, I took a flight their measures on or before the 1st of January next, to the office of Mr

upon our fine crusted port; but to my dismay discovered that the
wretch was nothing more than a bagman. Although I professed
myself ready to book names of members, and in the finest spirit of
liberality offered to commute the annual 51. 5s. for fifty guineas
down,—such, my dear Jones, is the perversity of human nature at
Cowes,—no man heard me speak of money that he did not imme-
diately button his pocket. I have had no better luck at Dorchester,
at Sherborne, or at Poole. However, I attack the natives to-morrow
at Ryde, aud the next day at Portsmouth.

I had almost forgotten to observe that, as I have had to follow in
the immediate wake of two brother lecturers, I may possibly suffer
from competition. But so it is. Mr. Holloway has a person here
lecturing on his ointment—Dr. Morrison has another on his pills ;
and therefore, though the Institute has quite as good a claim as
either the ointment or the pills upon the patronage of the world,and as
I take equally respectable means to make its merits known, neverthe-
less, I fear, I suffer from a crowded market. You may have observed
vjiat, even at a fair, people will not patronise three fire-eaters at the

Punch, who has been authorised by Sir Robert Peel to take and receive
the same. Each documeut to be accompanied by a motto, and a sealed
envelope containing the name of the author. The decision between their
respective merits will rest solely with Sir Robert Peel and Punch, and
if Punch and Sir Robert cannot agree, it has been arranged that they
should toss up.

Fashionable Removals.

The papers announce that that old sinner Mehemet Ali is about
to retire from public life and devote himself to a religious retirement at
Mecca, where he will repent of his sins and adore the holy Stone. Here
is a subject for the accomplished author of " Palm Leaves" to exercise his
poetical powers. It is vacation, and we promise the honourable member
for Pomfret an insertion of his poem in the columns of Puruih.

Another hint too maybe advantageously addressed here to a well-known
individual. There is a certain law-lord who ought to be tired of the
vauity of public life by this time: let us hear of his departure to the
Holy City, and of the edifying repentance and austerities of Hadjee
Brougham.