Punch: Punch (11.1846)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

mew south walks ballad.

sirous of knowing what they are eating. This, how-
ever, is a class which, in these day3 of culinary

THE VENTILATING GUY FAUX. science, has probably become very limited ; for the

advance of cookery lias confounded all distinctions

By the recent ejection of Dr. Reid of alimentary matter, and the viands, as well as

from the houses of Parliament we are / / \X >V\ / the guests, are often equally a la surprise.
reminded of the happy frustration of the

plot of Guv Fa ox and his desperate as- / W^j

sociates. The ventilating Guy was on / a

the point of carrying his project into / l/b

execution, when Lord Monteagle, like / V \ ^IS^t^^ 1 \ \ \ & ^«pt)CtIC l^Gire from Norfolk Iglanfc.

his predecessor in the title, received an ' a ^

anonymous letter, intimating that the i ' l\.

Legislature would all be blown up if V ^O^S_ ' S^f l ii Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Richmond

some caution were not exercised. Upon i C*<^\ ^P/n ^Jf^yK '^^,h^XJ

this an inquiry took place, and the new |(8g?S '^J^^j^i i tj^.^-i 'Twas when the winds were howling,

buildings being searched were found to fcirfi gg^j-, \ -\-i And loud the ocean's roar.

be entirely undermined by the most , ^fii^MS^^^Mv^sl^XX_ iH ) A convict lay deploring

fearful apparatus, which was ready for ff MM yf^^^^^i- / u^F'-O-fj Oil Norfolk-Island shore:—

the striking of the fatal blow on the first U \ ) V*Sf] f Ltk_ 1*1 "Now aint the joke a rare one ?

opportunity. The effect would have L«H i'v-^i \w\ >/ ^L^llfff^g^ I When I am here in thrall,

been dreadful, as the annexed sketch >wnT \ JJ^^f^~L<-^^mW\ \ \ The hare for which they lagg'd me

fully exemplifies. The Guy would cer- v i^5^ M Is ' varmint'after all !

tainly have effected his object but for ' l^wKTnk I 8 tk\ K?" i ,ii ^ •

his own want of energy in carrying out V .1 JffiH^if^i^7 ^ 15 T v ^ ' varnunt ;

Ins purpose, and his attempts to put it , ^^il^fPI^^ t> 1 aiwa-vs " w "T" ;

in force against some of the judges, in A ^WSllJ^f^ / i i^Stkk Constable and Justice,

whose courts repeated explosions were A I F™K//IMU JHp v yf A ,U ' ?am6'

heard, which led to inquiry, when it -A^i^^^f^/T^^^ Experience makes fools wiser ;

was found that Reid was at the bottom jA^0&^^W^/^^^VI^S n ^ I x/ T ;

of the business. The date of Reii/s \ iBPCS^f^- j/ M~7 * But I m at Norfolk Island

exclusion from the house will, we hope. \ If^^feP^ I XVJJV ' Becase 1 t0uU them 80 !

be celebrated in the same manner as the i \^fty^j]-UP}f^fefe•^§^3''^— " Mv Sal is in her green grave

Fifth of November, with the substitution ii W^^^j^^^^^^Sr Her heart no more can stir,

of air balloons for fireworks. \ I I£*m 1/ Her children in the Bus tile—

They'd better been with her !—

JirlN <7M/ W IP And I'm in Norfolk Island,

\ XW'P^ ^tff)1^ I jAnd bitter is m? thra11;

BraDtm flacija String Out. t^^^f^^MWf T^7»!1 tbey kgg'd me

During the early part of Ibrahim's ^\X«WtT^ ' fWwUyW " Thev'd better spared my children,

visit to this country every one seemed ^<^$3gjMTOff/IMMf*' / And better spared my Wife ;

disposed to cut him ; but now every one <^Vyi%M '« ^VVf 'JjMfe? ' ' They were too dear a ransom

seems inclined to ask him to dinner, fr • \ ^ ilx <®0?%W/' ^ To save a • varmint's ' life !

and instead of the " cold shoulder," he \ ^^\^W^T^^^& But now their eves are open'd,

gets every delicacy that the season can ^^^^^^^^^^^s^^S^SL. \ v,\ now tiley better know

afford. The Reform Club deserves praise '^^^^^^^^^^^^^S Though I'm in'Norfolk Island

for having been the first to show this .^-=^--,, Jfejj ^'H^feiiE!^ Becase I to old them so !

piece of attention to the illustrious Afl\WW

stranger, though it was rather too bad lu'< i WfT flfl '/ f^^\^fis^ " ^ ' bow Ja(^e called ' Fortin

to place him next to Sir C. Napier who \\^. \%\\ KiLjl v \ ^^^^ Disports with us poor elves !

had bothered him at Beyrout—so called ^i-^fe . -l_v"^ T-'ie men wot game ' protected '

probably from its having been the scene i^^^^^^^lwS^'v Jm^^>- ft" ' ^rotecti°n ' wants themselves !

of the routing of some Bey—and next '' ' ''''N H •'J And county-freehold's risin',

but one to Lord Palmerston who, as v \A\Alf^ f And wheat is like to fall—

Foreign Minister, put poor Pacha into [lifla

a desperate flight by an adverse policy. v\\>-\^arjOmf '■-■'■^f flz-'s Is ' varmint' after all ! "

Nevertneless, the dinner at the Reform ^_g&j^n^^S8 ;(j

Club was a compliment , and if bis dat &&m\)i llM^^^T^^^^^^^^^^-"mli, ■
qui cito dat is applicable to dinners T^Skj!,' j^^^^P,^^^^^^BBl|',fi^> T" /

as well as everything else, the Reform '-'• . THE PROTECTIONISTS' DINNER.

L lub dinner was equal to a couple of ^^S^^^^^^'W^^^''-'^

meals, by the promptitude with which it ""&^jtaM^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We are happy to give the bill of fare of the

was offered to the "impetuous Ibrahim." ^g^^g^^^^^^^^^T^^^^P^ dinner that took place at Greenwich, at the

The bill of fare must have proved _ _ Trafalgar.

exceedingly puzzliug to the guest of j Soups. Soupe maigre a la British Labourer,

the evening, who can hardly have acquired, during his sojourn in the French capital, a j Bouillon de Stanley a la New South Wales,
sufficient acquaintance with the language to have assisted him in translating the dishes j Fish. Flounders a la Protectioniste—Flat Fish
into intelligible terms. Of the sixteen soups, the four a la Comic de Paris awx Leyumes Prin- \ au naturel—Plaice sautes eo l'air—Gougeons d'Ag-
tamiers, may have been within Ibrahim's comprehension, though we confess it is beyond I riculturist grilles aux fines herbes.
ours! for how the heir-apparent to the French throne, surrounded by spring vegetables, ' Entrees. Saddle of Mutton a la Ge-rge Ben-
can give any notion of a potage, we are totally at a loss to conceive. " j tinck and Tete de Veau en tortue a la Disraeli

We can better understand the Qualre capons a la Nelson, which we suppose consisted | —Canards a en surprise a la. Corn Bill—Poitrine de
of four capons with the white feather entirely suppressed ; or if the birds were really mouton piquee et glacee a la Peel, with sauce
a la the Hero of the Nile they would, of course, plume themselves on being without I piquante a la Brougham—Puree de Cornichons a la
this one dishonourable plume. The "Four Turbans smoked into an Epigram," which j House of Commons—Pheasants stuffed with bread
we presume to be a free translation of " Quatre Turbans Epigramrne au f-urate" must | sauce aux Fermiers—Dindon curried a la Norfolk
have been intended as a good-uatured quiz upon the Eastern fashion of wearing turbans, j —Pointes d'Epigrammes d'Agneau fatiguees a la
The " Qimtre cotelettes en surprise a la JReforme" —"four chops in surprise at the Reform," | Standard—Boar's head, disguised a la Campbell —
we take to have been the most natural dish of the whole lot, for the chops may well | Saucissons d'Oxford a la Lnglis.
have been surprised at the speed with which they were devoured. Puddings. Flummery Pudding a la Roebuck

We think it would be as well that Monsieur Soter, whose inventive genius devises Brioches a la Buckingham—Sponge cake a la Borth-
all these delicacies, as well as their names—should publish, with every bill of fare, a : wick—Cabinet Pudding Souffle—A Trifle from the
translation of the title into English ; and perhaps it might be still more satisfactory it 'j Carlton— Petits Pates de Madame Gamp—Norfolk
he would add a chemical analysis of the ingredients, for the benefit of those who are de- | Dumplings.