Punch (10.1846)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

song by two aged editresses.

(Court Circular foe tht jFxencf).

THE REAL MAN COME!

I The French are a polite nation ; therefore
we expect that they will return a compliment
very largely paid them in this country. We
allude to the adoption of cant terms borrowed
from their language by British journalists, in
order to denote the things and transactions
of high-life. As, by calling the most fashion-
able sort of people the elite of ton, and speak-
ing of a dancing tea-party as a the dansant ;
whereas it is the party that dances, not the
Hyson ; and the tea is quite distinct from
the caper.

Also, by describing a person of dignified de-
meanour as distingue instead of dignified, a
rout as a soiree, and a meat-breakfast as a
dejeuner a la fourchette, just as if everybody
does not use a fork who has a Yarmouth
bloater for that meal. If we, out of admira-
tion for the French language, employ it when
we might full as well talk plain English, the
French ought surely to reciprocate the civi-
i lity, particularly since we go out of our way
j in deference to them, often using a phraseology
! which is at the same time Frenchified and
nonsensical. Accordingly, in their fashion-
! able journals, we shall expect to find such
j announcements as the following :—■

Hier au soir came off, a. sa maison, dans la
[ Rue. St. Hon ore, le grand hop de Madame la
I (Jomtesse de Vanille. La compagnie etait
ornee par presque tous les swells les plus tip-
top.

Aujourd'hui, M. de" Fricaxoeau donnera,
a son hotel, xm spread magnifique ; ou plusieurs
nubs de la premiere distinction se trouveront
autour de son mahogany.

On dit qu :il y a sur le Kidderminster une
alliance nuptiale entre un Marquis bien connu
parmi les crack cercles, et une demoiselle de
tin, heritiere a un millionaire Anglais.

Au plein tog et fancy ball de Madame de
Papili.ote, assisterent une foule de first-rate
gens. L'affaire etait extremement spicy,

" Lohd Geobge is a-coming, huzza ! huzza ! ! Our neighbours must really consent to a
Lord George is a-coming, huzza ! huzza ! free interchange, amongst other commodities,

He's prosing and summing, and hawing and humming,— j of fashionable slang, or we shall never believe

Yes, that's him a-coming, huzza ! huzza ! : in the entente cordiale that they talk about.

" He's flooring Sir Robert, hear, hear ! hear, hear
He's flooring Sir Robert, hear, hear ! hear, hear !
He's having a bob at that pupil of Cobbett,
Who once was our Robert, hear, hear ! hear, hear

Air—" The Campbells are coming."
'" I hope it won't tie long afore -we works together, off and on, again,' said Mrs. Gamp."—Martin Cliuzzlewit.

i "

" What's that he was saying, my dear, my dear ?
What's that he was saying, my dear, my dear ? "
" The odds he was laying on starvation staying j
By prudent delaying, my dear, my dear."

" He's surely a Statesman, my dear, my dear ?

He's surely a Statesman, my dear, my dear ? "

"He's won all the plates, man,—and knows all the weights, man,—

0 yes, he's a Statesman, my dear, my dear."

" Then he '11 soon be in power, perhaps, perhaps ?
He '11 soon be in power, perhaps, perhaps ? "
" In about half an hour, we '11 seat him in power,
And Peel in the Tower—perhaps, perhaps."

" And John Day and Chappell, my dear, my dear ? "
" With the seals they shall grapple, my dear, my dear ;
And Nat and John Davis shall share in our favours,
And Botler and Pa vis, my dear, my dear !"

" Then up with your bonnet, sky high, sky high !
Up, dear, with your bonnet, sky high, sky high ! "
" There, up goes my bonnet with the Blue ribbon on it,
(Which, it's nailed to my bonnet)—my eye ! my eye ! "

"For the Statesman's a-coming, huzza ! huzza !
The Statesman's a-coming, huzza ! huzza !

Such a good one at summing—in his Scheme * there's no humming—
He's certainly coming : huzza ! huzza ! "

•* The magnificent Scheme of government propounded by this great Statesman," &c, Sic.—Mernina Herald, April 27.

POLITICAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Our old political friends are so much in the
habit of appearing with new faces, that it is
really inqiossible to catch the very various
aspects under which they, from time to time,
present themselves. We would suggest, there-
fore, that the photographic art, which is capa-
ble of catching the momentary expression of
the features, should be applied to Statesmen,
with the view of giving something like perma-
nency to political appearances. We know
that such portraits are frequently not very
flattering to the subjects, for the shadows
are strongly marked, and the general tone is
by no means prepossessing. Still, as a series
of faithful political portraits, a collection made
on the principle we suggest, would be one of
considerable interest to those who might be
curious to know what Sir R. Peel was even a
year ago. A photographic likeness of him,
taken even at that comparatively recent
period, would startle those who have only
seen him in his recent character.

Quid pro Qt»o.

A Mr. Neighbour advertises the "Duke of
Norfolk's Punch." Our Neighbour, we pre-
sume, is a friend of the Duke's ; and wishes to
repay Punch, on the part of his Grace,for having
so well advertised the Duke of Norfolk.