Punch (10.1846)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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PUNCH'S VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

THE

YOUNG ROGUE'S CORRECTOR.

A correspondence has lately taken place between
Sir James Graham and Mil Serjeant Adams, on
the subject of the Punishment of Juvenile Offend-
ers, which, it seems, is a hard one to grapple
with ; but perhaps we may solve the difficult)-.

The juvenile offender may, for a slight trans-
gression, be placed in a corner, with his face to
the wall. This, perhaps, the corner being a warm
one, may not be a too heavy punishment for ring-
ing a muffin-bell.

He may be caused to stand for a certain short
time on a stool in public, with a bit of bread in the
one hand, and a slice of cheese or bacon in the
other, whidh he shall not be allowed to eat until
he pleases. Such would be an appropriate inflic-
tion for begging in the streets from destitution.

For graver offences he may be subjected to im-
prisonment. Boys from sev-.n to ten years oF age,
guilty of striking out slides, or trundling ho'ips
about the streets, might be sent to some charity-
school, and " kept in " during play-hours.

For picking pockets, and for larceny, committed
for want of knowing better, the same penalty may
be inflicted, coupled with a heavy imposition, to
consist of the whole of the Church Catechism, and
a selection from the Statute Book ; which, thougli
a severe, may be a salutary punishment for crime
perpetrated from mere ignorance. Should this
mode of correcting juvenile delinquency be adopted,
the following variation of a popular couplet may
perhaps supersede the original: —

"He who steals, will, when he's caught,
Be sent to School, and better taught."

TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY
CLANDESTINELY.

This is, perhaps, one of the most extraordinary localities of modern times for, though i In consequence of Serten inguryus Reports as
standing in the centre of a great city, at the top of a crowded thoroughfare, it has remained to | hLas got abroad Respectin the undersmed, and witch
this day a mystery, of which no one, except the horse of George the Fourth's Statue, can
make either head or tail. The base of the Nelson column is a sealed book, strongly done up in
boards.

If the Commissioners have exhibited a defiance nf public feeliDg, it has not been an open
defiance at any rate. By the constant hoarding up, we naturally presumed that the Commis- 1 Branchis of the Nobillety and Gentry, Military
sioners really had something to hoard.—some exquisite treasure too delicate for the vulgar eye, ! Oaptings, Kornits in the Gards, and Handsum
or some wealth too tempting to the light-fingered hand. We repaired, therefore, to the spot, a j Footmen, that he continues to carry on Bisnis, in
day or two ago, with the detprmination to unravel the mystery. We chose an early hour in the
morning, and went round to the side opposite to that on which the policeman stood,_that police-
man who looks up admiringly at the statue of Nplson, and fancies he hears the memorable
word?, "Eugiand expects that every man" (including every policeman, of course,) "this day
will do his duty."

threatns to Deprive Im of the Better Harf of his
Bisnis, it Havin bin sed that he has bin oblig'd to
Give Up his Trade of a Pass-On at Gretna Green :
he hearby Informs all Young Ladys and Yunger

both Branchis, in all respex as he always have, and
is reddy to Ty the nupshal Not or to shoo Hosses,
at a moment's Notis, as heartofour, and upon the
same moderate Turms. Any Lady or Genlman
wshin to be jined together iu wholly Matrimoney,

We dodged the zealous official, and giving a vigorous leap, succeeded in placing our hands on ! with Privasee and Dispach, will find him at his

lhe top of the hoarding, in the full expectation of looking down upon, ai we hinted above, a
mass of hoarded wealth. What however was our disappointment to behold the thistle and the
dandelion springing up luxuriantly among the grass that time had permitted to grow. The reader
may judge how we were nettled when a certain herb of stinging qualities came into conract
with the tip of our nose. While we looked, we fell into a strain of philosophy in which it is
our delight to indulge.

If we recoil from such very hard study as that of " Sermons in stones," we have a fine relish
for " books in the running brooks," which are very preferable to the excessively dry reading
we now and then have <o encounter. Indulging our love for philosophy, we commenced
mentally conjecturing what could be the meaning of the prospect before us, when suddenly it
occurred to us to be emblematical of the sepulchre of England's naval greatness. "Ah!"
thought we, while imagination drew a full-length portrait, which we soon squared to our own
melancholy frame of mind:—"Ah" said we to ourselves, "there is the figure of Britannia
mourning over the widowhood she has sustained in the loss of Nelson, to whom she was wedded
before the altar of national glory. Yes, yes, and those nettles—those thistles are all keeping
up the allegory,—as the showman once observed—Yes, they are emblematical of the fact
that Britannia, the d:sconsolate widow, has literally gone into weeds! " At this stern and
Sterne-like conclusion we had just arrived, when we received a tap from that pink of polite-
ness, the Policeman—if anything can be called the pink when it is perfectly blue —who observed,
in a tone of sorrow rather than of anger : " Come, sir, this is against the orders—you must move
on, if you please." We were so riretted to the spot, that we did not stir, when he pulled us
down and conducted us away from the hoarding. We need not say that we went away,
powerfully moved.

Horse Laoqhino.—The last bulletin of Marshal Buoeaud contains the account of Abd-el-
kadkr s horse having been shot under him. In this instance the bulletin would have been
more acceptable to the French for the addition of a Rider.

Poast any day, and if the weals of their Carridge as
Broak down, he will Engage to do that Job likewise,
in No time. And he beggs to Assure all those
hnom it may Consarn, that there is no fear that his
Priviledges will be took away ; there is too many
in the House of Commons, not to menshun Irish
Members, as, for their own sakes, will Respect his
Vested Intrests.
(Signed)

The Blacksmith of Gretna Green.

A Voluntary Exile.

O'Connell is coming over to attend Parliament
this Session. What noble sacrifice ! To leave
his beautiful place at Derrynane Beg, and mingle
with the brutal-minded Saxon ! To run away from
the blessings of his tenants to visit a country where
nothing but coldness and suspicion await him ! Who
but O'Connell would go through this painful
struggle ? But does not every act in his career
prove how little he thinks of himself ? His whole
life has been spent in considering how he could bet t
relieve Ireland ! And he quits it now, because
he feels that his presence any longer could only
do it injury.