Punch: Punch (52.1867)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[February 16, 1867.

WANTED-A TORNADO.

Once upon a time (in 1739) a fierce war arose between England and
Spain, apropos of illegal liberties taken with English shipping by the
Spaniards. But nothing so roused the belligerent rage ot John Bull
on that occasion as
the liberties taken
with a certain Scotch
ship-captain’s ear,
winch a high-handed
guarda costa, Don had
torn off, and which
the ship-captain—his
name was Jenkins—
exhibited in cotton
wool, at the bar of
the House of Com-
mons.

If the sufferings of
the fifty-seven En-
glishmen, officers and
crew of the Tornado,
who since the 27th
of August have been
subjected to insult,
imprisonment (in
irons some of them,
part of the time),

Spanish rations, Spa-
nish fleas, Spanish
flies, Spanish filth,
and Spanish priva-
tion of every kind,
could be packed and
paraded in as por-
table a form as that
honest ship-captain’s
ear, the display ought
to rouse a storm
worthy of the ship’s
name — a tornado,
apropos of the Tor-
nado, which should
bring the insolent
and impotent Dons
—not to their senses,
they have none, but,

— to their marrow-
bones, and compel
restitution of the
ship and swingeing
damages to the crew.

Lord Stanley’s
steam takes a long
time to get up, but
if slow to heat let
us hope that he is
as slow to cool down
when once his fire
of righteous indig-
nation is lighted, and
that he will keep up
such a stoking and a
poking in this out-
rageous affair, as
will bring tlie Spanish
Government to their
bearings, and compel
ample apology, resti-
tution, and repa-
ration.

Here has been an
English ship, sailing
on her lawful busi-
ness on the high
seas, illegally seized

—illegally condemned—in defiance even of Spanish law—her crew
illegally made prisoners of war, and kept in cruel and close confine •
ment for more than five months, and all without a shadow of evidence
to justify such outrage, beyond the suspicion of a Spanish Consul or
Vice-Consul at Leith, that the ship had been sold into the Chilian
service—this suspicion being rebutted by her papers, by the sworn
and certified facts of her ownership, by the evidence of her crew and
their articles, in short by every legal proof that could be brought to

bear in rebuttal of the suspicion! And, John Bull has been quiet
for all this time : the British Lion has not roared, in other words,
Mr. Punch has not uplifted his voice.

Perhaps he had other things to roar about: perhaps he has been
roaring into Lord Stanley’s ear instead of the world’s: perhaps he
didn’t think it much use roaring till Parliament met. At any rate he

___ _roars now, and calls

] on John Bull to
roar with him. He
has received an
appeal from the
imprisoned crew,
through their wives
and families at home,
for protection and
redress, and willingly
bends his benign ear
to their most just
demand.

Case of the Tor-
nado ! _ Let it be a
case of Tornado in
real earnest, until
these ruffianly and
reckless Spaniards
make the amende
honorable by dis-
charging the men,
with proper damages
for their detention
and ill-treatment,
and restoring the
ship— or at least
admitting legal evi-
dence of her true
nationality, destina-
tion, and business,
which will be tanta-
mount to her re-
storation.

If the Government
of Queen Isabella
cau ride rough-shod
over the lives and
liberties of Spanish
subjects, it must be
taught that it cannot
trample at will on
those of Englishmen.
Let Lord Stanley
— let Parliament —
let the new British
Lions in Trafalgar
Square, all look to
it — and keep the
Tornado up about
Spanish ears till the
Tornado is out of
Spanish waters, and
till her crew are free
and indemnified for
their
wrong.

outrageous

NEW AND BECOMING STYLE OF HEAD-DRESS,

INVENTED BY AUNT ISABEL, AND MUCH APPRECIATED IN THE NURSERY.

POSSIBILITIES OF
THE FUTURE.

Earl Bright has
been entertaining
the Archbishop of
Canterbury and a
distinguished circle
at llochdale Castle.
The noble Earl con-

_tinues to enjoy ex-
cellent health.

Mr. John Stuart Mill has been appointed Usher ot the Black llod.
Mr. Beales was yesterday sworn in as a special constable.
Professor Goldwin Smith has been invested with the office ot
Gold Stick. . , ,, T , ,,

Yesterday evening the Society for the Conversion ot the Jews ^eld
its annual meeting at Exeter Hall. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Thomas Carlyle.

The Pope has renounced the errors of Popery.