Punch (9.1845)

254 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

MRS. WELLINGTON AND THE MILITARY NURSERY.

The alteration in the habits of the Army proposed and recommended
by the general order of the Duke of Wellington is being carried out in j
several regiments. The Army Contracts will, in future, comprise five
thousand sacks of infant Soojie for the Infantry, and forty hundredweight
of Embcen Groats for the gruel of the heavy Cavalry. In addition to the
usual contract for the Foraging Caps, tenders will be received for two
hundred thousand Welsh Wigs for the Household Troops, and a million
worsted Comforters for the army in Canada. It is now ordered that the

officer in command at every barrack shall see his men properly drawn
up into position, with their feet in warm water, at least once a week,
and gruel is to be served out as part of the rations of every regiment.
The Articles of War are to be re-written, for the purpose of declaring the
smoking of a cigar to be an offence for which any officer may be brought
to a Court Martial. A Corporal smoking a mild Havannah is to be reduced
to the ranks, his epaulettes are to be torn off, and his sentence is to be
read from the top of a drum in the presence of every regiment.

A LEADER BY MRS. HARRIS OF THE STANDARD.

We have seen an announcement in the Times, which we do not
believe, but we cannot say that we can contradict the statement. If it is
true, we are very sorry for it, and must act as we think proper. We
believe it is not true, but we regret to add that we know nothing. We
have always endeavoured to. help the administration in our humble way ; ;
but if we have not done so, we cannot help it.

We do not see how the intentions of the Cabinet can be known out of I
the Cabinet; but if they are, we can only say we hope we know what is I
due to ourselves and to our own character. We stake the latter upon

the truth of the whole of the above article.

A Good Harvest.

The Ministry, after the many thrashings it has had, is at last to be
winnowed. Stanley, Ripon, Haddington, and others of a bad grain, are
all to be sifted, and thrown aside. In other words, the corn remains, and
the chaff is blown away.

CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES.

We throw out the following hint for the Managers of the London
theatres :_A capital change might be got out of Downing Street being
turned into the Anti-Corn Law League Office.