DOI issue:
January to June, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16519#0073
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PROFESSIONAL INJUSTICE.
THE DUEL THAT DID NOT COME OFF.
The attempt to turn the Irish Court of Queen's Bench into a Court of
Honour is no doubt highly creditable to Attorney-General Smith, whose
chivalrous feeling is worthy the days of the old Templars, when every
utter barrister was a crested knight, and every cierk was a coated and
mailed esquire. We confess we see nothing extraordinary in the conduct
of the Irish Attorney-General, and are ready to sing,
" Oh ! 'tis a glorious sight to see,
The charge of the legal chivalry ! "
We can fully appreciate the knightly emotions of Smith on being fretted,
worried, teased, and tormented, by Fitzgibbon, and the following
LAY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
might have been written by one of the old chroniclers, and sung by one
of the young troubadours, as the
LEGAL WAR-WHOOP.
To battle is my constant cry,
Then follow up your chief,
I '11 like a lawyer do or die,
My weapon is my brief.
I wear no plume upon my crest,
Except an office pen,
Dragged from the lacerated breast
Of some old artful hen.
My gauntlet is the iron hand
That grasps the goldeu fee ;
I lead a small but daring band,
Then follow—follow me !
^oofcs antr ©orners of Olti lEnglanD.
HYDE PARK CORNER.
Among the Nooks and Corners of " Merrie Englande," there is no
M jy l<eb. Uef/ent street, CoTner so full of historical associations as Hyde Park Corner. There is
ivir. iuNCH Baguigge Veils. no doubt that when John found himself driven up into a corner by the
Hon" Sir.-knowing that the medium.of your colums is always Hyde Park Corner was the very corner that the Barons drove
E^f tr"t\ an gusttce i beg to send you a cartoon, done by my > • ' .. ^ a], k „ Jq' a ^ R dg park c
trend Mr. Adam Bell, (the artist wot done the figur of George 4th at
kings cross) wich will prove that the above gent wos the original dezigner
of the equervestrian statu now exhibiting in Trafalgar Square. The
mean ess of certain people, in certain quarters, in not giving the credit
for a work of heart where the credit is doo requires no komment. Trusting
to your knone impartiality to insert this,
I am, Hond. Sir,
Your Obed'. Ser1.
H. VV.
P.S. J only put my inichalls to
this letter but enclose my card
for your private satisfaction.
H. WALKER.
glummer, ®ousc-#ainter, & ffilajfer.
&c. &c.
N. B. If you should want any think in my line, I should be very
happy to do it for you. I could knock you up now a luminated shop
front in no time, and very reasonable.
ETIQUETTE FOR PRISONS.
In consequence of complaints that have been made by persons
committed to prison before trial, who object to their not being allowed
to mix with other prisoners, it has been thought necessary to frame
a Book of Etiquette for prison purposes. Of course a superior delin-
quent, like a forger, could not be on visiting terms with a mere pick-
pocket, nor could a man charged with stealing a hundred pounds,
feel at his ease in the society of one whose alleged theft might he
mean and insignificant.
It is, we believe, intended to introduce the prisoners to each other
formally, not by name, but by the offence with which they are
charged. Thus, the Governor of Newgate would say to a Felony—
"Allow me to introduce you to this Aggravated Larceny. You ought
to know each other—indeed you ought. Aggravated Larceny—
Felony—Felony—Aggravated Larceny." By a nice adjustment and
proper application of the rules of etiquette, a very admirable system
of social intercourse might be established in all our prisons, and
the present complaint of a want of " good society," which falls so
severely on superior scoundrels, would at once be got rid of.
on the way to Runnymede." It is to be regretted that all our old asso-
ciations are being swept away by Time, that most inveterate of sweepers,
whose besom has a year concealed in every twig and a whole era in
the handle. Hyde Park is still there, but the Corner is a corner no longer,
having been cruelly rounded off, by the too active hand of Innovation.
Still we may cling to the palings with affectionate enthusiasm, as marking
where the corner either was, or might have been.
Hyde Park Corner was once remarkable for a custom of levying
tribute on horsemen and carriages, and the first nobles in the land would be
seen to stop and accede to the demand that was made upon them. Hyde
Park Corner is now unknown even to the natives, who are so steeped in.
ignorance that they allude to the Chinese Exhibition as being at Hyde
Park Corner, though the Corner of Hyde Park is not within several
hundred yards of it. With this very important remark we close for the
present our sketches of the Nooks and Corners of Old England.
Literary Intelligence.
We understand that the Keeper of the Burlington Arcade is preparing
his biography for the press, under the title of the "Burlington Papers."
The book will include some curious particulars of the Patten Rebellion in
1R25, when several ladies insisted on walking through without taking off
their pattens. Collision was happily avoided by the introduction of French
clogs, but the matter is sufficiently interesting in itself to make it a fine
subject for the historian.
"A Month at Brixton ; or, Life on the Tread-Mill," is the title of a new-
work which is shortly forthcoming. The motto chosen by the author is,
" Yes, it can turn,
" And turn, and turn again, and still go on."
Singular Coincidence.
Lord Brougham is reported to have visited Drury Lane Theatre on
Thursday evening, after attending the House of Lords. This seems to
be an absurd repetition of the same thing, for the principal scene of the
Pantomime represents the " Abode of Idleness."
Printed by William Bradbury, of No. 6, Vork Place, Stoke Newington, and Frederick Mullelt Efsni,
of No. 7, Church Row, Stoke Newington, both in the County ot Middleiex, Printers, at their
Office in Lombard Street, in the Precinct of H'hitefriars, in the City of London, and published by
Joseph Smith, ot No. 53, St. John's Wood Terrace, Regent's Paik, in the Parish of Marylebone, in
the countvof Middlesex, at the Office, No. 194, Strand, ia the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the
County of Middlesex__Saturday, Fbhruart 10, lull.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PROFESSIONAL INJUSTICE.
THE DUEL THAT DID NOT COME OFF.
The attempt to turn the Irish Court of Queen's Bench into a Court of
Honour is no doubt highly creditable to Attorney-General Smith, whose
chivalrous feeling is worthy the days of the old Templars, when every
utter barrister was a crested knight, and every cierk was a coated and
mailed esquire. We confess we see nothing extraordinary in the conduct
of the Irish Attorney-General, and are ready to sing,
" Oh ! 'tis a glorious sight to see,
The charge of the legal chivalry ! "
We can fully appreciate the knightly emotions of Smith on being fretted,
worried, teased, and tormented, by Fitzgibbon, and the following
LAY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
might have been written by one of the old chroniclers, and sung by one
of the young troubadours, as the
LEGAL WAR-WHOOP.
To battle is my constant cry,
Then follow up your chief,
I '11 like a lawyer do or die,
My weapon is my brief.
I wear no plume upon my crest,
Except an office pen,
Dragged from the lacerated breast
Of some old artful hen.
My gauntlet is the iron hand
That grasps the goldeu fee ;
I lead a small but daring band,
Then follow—follow me !
^oofcs antr ©orners of Olti lEnglanD.
HYDE PARK CORNER.
Among the Nooks and Corners of " Merrie Englande," there is no
M jy l<eb. Uef/ent street, CoTner so full of historical associations as Hyde Park Corner. There is
ivir. iuNCH Baguigge Veils. no doubt that when John found himself driven up into a corner by the
Hon" Sir.-knowing that the medium.of your colums is always Hyde Park Corner was the very corner that the Barons drove
E^f tr"t\ an gusttce i beg to send you a cartoon, done by my > • ' .. ^ a], k „ Jq' a ^ R dg park c
trend Mr. Adam Bell, (the artist wot done the figur of George 4th at
kings cross) wich will prove that the above gent wos the original dezigner
of the equervestrian statu now exhibiting in Trafalgar Square. The
mean ess of certain people, in certain quarters, in not giving the credit
for a work of heart where the credit is doo requires no komment. Trusting
to your knone impartiality to insert this,
I am, Hond. Sir,
Your Obed'. Ser1.
H. VV.
P.S. J only put my inichalls to
this letter but enclose my card
for your private satisfaction.
H. WALKER.
glummer, ®ousc-#ainter, & ffilajfer.
&c. &c.
N. B. If you should want any think in my line, I should be very
happy to do it for you. I could knock you up now a luminated shop
front in no time, and very reasonable.
ETIQUETTE FOR PRISONS.
In consequence of complaints that have been made by persons
committed to prison before trial, who object to their not being allowed
to mix with other prisoners, it has been thought necessary to frame
a Book of Etiquette for prison purposes. Of course a superior delin-
quent, like a forger, could not be on visiting terms with a mere pick-
pocket, nor could a man charged with stealing a hundred pounds,
feel at his ease in the society of one whose alleged theft might he
mean and insignificant.
It is, we believe, intended to introduce the prisoners to each other
formally, not by name, but by the offence with which they are
charged. Thus, the Governor of Newgate would say to a Felony—
"Allow me to introduce you to this Aggravated Larceny. You ought
to know each other—indeed you ought. Aggravated Larceny—
Felony—Felony—Aggravated Larceny." By a nice adjustment and
proper application of the rules of etiquette, a very admirable system
of social intercourse might be established in all our prisons, and
the present complaint of a want of " good society," which falls so
severely on superior scoundrels, would at once be got rid of.
on the way to Runnymede." It is to be regretted that all our old asso-
ciations are being swept away by Time, that most inveterate of sweepers,
whose besom has a year concealed in every twig and a whole era in
the handle. Hyde Park is still there, but the Corner is a corner no longer,
having been cruelly rounded off, by the too active hand of Innovation.
Still we may cling to the palings with affectionate enthusiasm, as marking
where the corner either was, or might have been.
Hyde Park Corner was once remarkable for a custom of levying
tribute on horsemen and carriages, and the first nobles in the land would be
seen to stop and accede to the demand that was made upon them. Hyde
Park Corner is now unknown even to the natives, who are so steeped in.
ignorance that they allude to the Chinese Exhibition as being at Hyde
Park Corner, though the Corner of Hyde Park is not within several
hundred yards of it. With this very important remark we close for the
present our sketches of the Nooks and Corners of Old England.
Literary Intelligence.
We understand that the Keeper of the Burlington Arcade is preparing
his biography for the press, under the title of the "Burlington Papers."
The book will include some curious particulars of the Patten Rebellion in
1R25, when several ladies insisted on walking through without taking off
their pattens. Collision was happily avoided by the introduction of French
clogs, but the matter is sufficiently interesting in itself to make it a fine
subject for the historian.
"A Month at Brixton ; or, Life on the Tread-Mill," is the title of a new-
work which is shortly forthcoming. The motto chosen by the author is,
" Yes, it can turn,
" And turn, and turn again, and still go on."
Singular Coincidence.
Lord Brougham is reported to have visited Drury Lane Theatre on
Thursday evening, after attending the House of Lords. This seems to
be an absurd repetition of the same thing, for the principal scene of the
Pantomime represents the " Abode of Idleness."
Printed by William Bradbury, of No. 6, Vork Place, Stoke Newington, and Frederick Mullelt Efsni,
of No. 7, Church Row, Stoke Newington, both in the County ot Middleiex, Printers, at their
Office in Lombard Street, in the Precinct of H'hitefriars, in the City of London, and published by
Joseph Smith, ot No. 53, St. John's Wood Terrace, Regent's Paik, in the Parish of Marylebone, in
the countvof Middlesex, at the Office, No. 194, Strand, ia the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the
County of Middlesex__Saturday, Fbhruart 10, lull.