DOI issue:
January to June, 1844
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94 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
THE ESCAPE FROM THE PENITENTIARY.
{From our own Reporter.)
THE LORDS AT LOGGERHEADS.
Nothing since the escape of Buonaparte from Elba has created
such a sensation in the neighbourhood of Milbank as the flight of the
seven prisoners from the Penitentiary. The first alarm was given by
policeman B, (probably B flat), who, on seeing several men crawling out
of the moat, rushed round to the door of the Penitentiary, and kicked at
it for a quarter of an hour without effect, after which he gallantly drew
his truncheon, and poked at the grating, giving an occasional whistle
through the bars ; but until he rammed a bit of stick through the key-
hole, and shrieked between the crevices of the door, he gained no atten-
tion. In the mean time, the seven prisoners had skirted the outer row subject. You are always irregular
of cabbages which form the natural defence of the embankment, and j Lord Brougham. I irregular ! I will not submit to be told by a novice
having kept close under the trenches—of celery—had succeeded in getting —a person who knows not even the A B C of parliamentary etiquette ; a
beyond the lines of rhubarb, almost as far as the breastwork of privet, | grossly ignorant and most singularly empty individual. I say, I will not
before the policeman had fairly given the alarm ; which was no sooner ; allow such a person to tell me I am irregular ; and, as to my being incon-
| sistent, I say once for all that I have always been consistent in thinking
him the most grossly ignorant, the most eminently, preposterously', and
undeviatingly self-sufficient individual I ever had the misfortune to come
in contact with.
The Marquis of Normanby was proceeding to reply on the questioa
of Ireland, when
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack, and complained
that he wanted to speak ; when
The Marquis of Normanby said it was extremely unfair, and that the
Lord Chancellor had no right to speak now ; upon which
Several Lords cried out, " Yes he has."
Lord Brougham. This is all irregular. You are all out of order. My
learned friend, Lord Campbell, moved the adjournment of the debate,
and did not speak, which I am very glad of.
Lord Campbell. As to you, you speak six or seven times on every
rudely done.
Lord Campbell said, that whenever it suited his noble and {earned
friend, he would prove ltis noble and learned friend to be the most un-
principled and most vacillating individual that ever deserted a cause to-
which he had solemnly pledged himself.
Lord Brougham. I defy my noble and learned friend to the proof of
what he asserts. He is a -
The House then adjourned,and the debate was continued in the lobby ;
for as we passed through it we found
Lord Campbell (on his legs) exclaiming vehemently," You're another 1
and we left
Lord Brougham gesticulating with awful violence.
(the alarm ! !)
spread than the whole of the Penitentiary authorities were called out of
bed, and a consultation was at once held, when the Governor was unani-
mously elected into the counterpane. The head turnkey, who occupied a
Witney blanket, proposed the first resolution, which was to order a fly
for the purpose of pursuit ; and the question having been decided by a
THE CLOCK OF ST. CLEMENT'S.
We are extremely sorry to announce the fact, that the Clock of
St. Clement's experienced, in the course of last week, a relapse of a
very alarming character. The violence of the alterative to which it
had been subjected by the action of the nerves of the pendulum, and
the exercise of the internal organs, together with the fatigue attend-
ant on the use of the hands, no doubt contributed to cause the return
of the late tedious malady under which it had been so long suffering.
The unhappy sufferer was seized with a stoppage of the same afflicting
shovv^f nightcaps, thanks were voted to the Governor for his impartial *ht ^ relldered the Clock, during the whole of the last
conduct m ti:e quilt, and the meeting separated in order to pursue the , . , .. ,. , „ot Tha Ml^-ntr bnl
runaways. The ordering of the fly-which has been facetiously termed f»mmer, a subject of the most painful interest. The following bul-
ly the press, " taking prompt measures,"—was of course calculated to give letlns were issued m the C0ll,'se ot the week :~
time to the fugitives ; and the fly, with four wardens inside, threejturnkeys | Tuesday Morning.—The Clock of St. Clement's was seized m the
middle of the night with a total paralysis of the pendulum.
Tuesday Evening .—The Clock has passed a quiet day, hut is not
better.
Wednesday Morning.—The Clock has been subjected to an active
stimulant, and pulsation appears to be partially restored.
Wednesday Noon.—The nerves of the pendulum have resumed their
action ; the hands are beginning to come round ; and it only wants
time to set it to rights completely.
Wednesday Afternoon.—The Clock is going on as well as can be
expected.
No further bulletin has been issued ; and it is confidently hoped that
the Clock of St. Clement's has not yet arrived at its last moments.
on the box, and a policeman on the footboard behind, started off with all
the velocity that circumstances would permit, in the direction of nowhere
in particular. A brief consultation with the turnpike-man in the Vauxhall-
bridge-road decided them to turn towards the north, when a further con-
sultation among themselves induced them to go eastward ; but a hint from
the driver subsequently determined them to pursue a westerly direction.
From inquiries on the road, it was found that all the policemen had seen
all the fugitives, and all thought them sweeps, so that after wishing them
all good morning, they had all taken no further notice of any of them.
Subsequently, by the purest accident, four of the prisoners were over-
taken at Chiswick, and having been surrounded by a sudden jerk given to
the horse, so as to get the fly and the animal into a semicircle, the
fugitives at once surrendered, throwing themselves on the generosity of
their pursuers, who repaid this confidence by handcuffing the whole four,
thrusting them neck and crop into the fly, and driving them into a corner,
where the authorities indulged in beer, and the horse had his nostrils
freshened with a moist hayband. The captives were ultimately lodged
in the Penitentiary, with strict injunctions from the Governor not to
attempt to get out again.
Froblem for tlie Ingenious.
Given Alderman Gibbs' accounts, and Lord Brougham and Sir John
Campbell's conduct in the House of Lords, to find the amount of their
respective " differences.''
THE ESCAPE FROM THE PENITENTIARY.
{From our own Reporter.)
THE LORDS AT LOGGERHEADS.
Nothing since the escape of Buonaparte from Elba has created
such a sensation in the neighbourhood of Milbank as the flight of the
seven prisoners from the Penitentiary. The first alarm was given by
policeman B, (probably B flat), who, on seeing several men crawling out
of the moat, rushed round to the door of the Penitentiary, and kicked at
it for a quarter of an hour without effect, after which he gallantly drew
his truncheon, and poked at the grating, giving an occasional whistle
through the bars ; but until he rammed a bit of stick through the key-
hole, and shrieked between the crevices of the door, he gained no atten-
tion. In the mean time, the seven prisoners had skirted the outer row subject. You are always irregular
of cabbages which form the natural defence of the embankment, and j Lord Brougham. I irregular ! I will not submit to be told by a novice
having kept close under the trenches—of celery—had succeeded in getting —a person who knows not even the A B C of parliamentary etiquette ; a
beyond the lines of rhubarb, almost as far as the breastwork of privet, | grossly ignorant and most singularly empty individual. I say, I will not
before the policeman had fairly given the alarm ; which was no sooner ; allow such a person to tell me I am irregular ; and, as to my being incon-
| sistent, I say once for all that I have always been consistent in thinking
him the most grossly ignorant, the most eminently, preposterously', and
undeviatingly self-sufficient individual I ever had the misfortune to come
in contact with.
The Marquis of Normanby was proceeding to reply on the questioa
of Ireland, when
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack, and complained
that he wanted to speak ; when
The Marquis of Normanby said it was extremely unfair, and that the
Lord Chancellor had no right to speak now ; upon which
Several Lords cried out, " Yes he has."
Lord Brougham. This is all irregular. You are all out of order. My
learned friend, Lord Campbell, moved the adjournment of the debate,
and did not speak, which I am very glad of.
Lord Campbell. As to you, you speak six or seven times on every
rudely done.
Lord Campbell said, that whenever it suited his noble and {earned
friend, he would prove ltis noble and learned friend to be the most un-
principled and most vacillating individual that ever deserted a cause to-
which he had solemnly pledged himself.
Lord Brougham. I defy my noble and learned friend to the proof of
what he asserts. He is a -
The House then adjourned,and the debate was continued in the lobby ;
for as we passed through it we found
Lord Campbell (on his legs) exclaiming vehemently," You're another 1
and we left
Lord Brougham gesticulating with awful violence.
(the alarm ! !)
spread than the whole of the Penitentiary authorities were called out of
bed, and a consultation was at once held, when the Governor was unani-
mously elected into the counterpane. The head turnkey, who occupied a
Witney blanket, proposed the first resolution, which was to order a fly
for the purpose of pursuit ; and the question having been decided by a
THE CLOCK OF ST. CLEMENT'S.
We are extremely sorry to announce the fact, that the Clock of
St. Clement's experienced, in the course of last week, a relapse of a
very alarming character. The violence of the alterative to which it
had been subjected by the action of the nerves of the pendulum, and
the exercise of the internal organs, together with the fatigue attend-
ant on the use of the hands, no doubt contributed to cause the return
of the late tedious malady under which it had been so long suffering.
The unhappy sufferer was seized with a stoppage of the same afflicting
shovv^f nightcaps, thanks were voted to the Governor for his impartial *ht ^ relldered the Clock, during the whole of the last
conduct m ti:e quilt, and the meeting separated in order to pursue the , . , .. ,. , „ot Tha Ml^-ntr bnl
runaways. The ordering of the fly-which has been facetiously termed f»mmer, a subject of the most painful interest. The following bul-
ly the press, " taking prompt measures,"—was of course calculated to give letlns were issued m the C0ll,'se ot the week :~
time to the fugitives ; and the fly, with four wardens inside, threejturnkeys | Tuesday Morning.—The Clock of St. Clement's was seized m the
middle of the night with a total paralysis of the pendulum.
Tuesday Evening .—The Clock has passed a quiet day, hut is not
better.
Wednesday Morning.—The Clock has been subjected to an active
stimulant, and pulsation appears to be partially restored.
Wednesday Noon.—The nerves of the pendulum have resumed their
action ; the hands are beginning to come round ; and it only wants
time to set it to rights completely.
Wednesday Afternoon.—The Clock is going on as well as can be
expected.
No further bulletin has been issued ; and it is confidently hoped that
the Clock of St. Clement's has not yet arrived at its last moments.
on the box, and a policeman on the footboard behind, started off with all
the velocity that circumstances would permit, in the direction of nowhere
in particular. A brief consultation with the turnpike-man in the Vauxhall-
bridge-road decided them to turn towards the north, when a further con-
sultation among themselves induced them to go eastward ; but a hint from
the driver subsequently determined them to pursue a westerly direction.
From inquiries on the road, it was found that all the policemen had seen
all the fugitives, and all thought them sweeps, so that after wishing them
all good morning, they had all taken no further notice of any of them.
Subsequently, by the purest accident, four of the prisoners were over-
taken at Chiswick, and having been surrounded by a sudden jerk given to
the horse, so as to get the fly and the animal into a semicircle, the
fugitives at once surrendered, throwing themselves on the generosity of
their pursuers, who repaid this confidence by handcuffing the whole four,
thrusting them neck and crop into the fly, and driving them into a corner,
where the authorities indulged in beer, and the horse had his nostrils
freshened with a moist hayband. The captives were ultimately lodged
in the Penitentiary, with strict injunctions from the Governor not to
attempt to get out again.
Froblem for tlie Ingenious.
Given Alderman Gibbs' accounts, and Lord Brougham and Sir John
Campbell's conduct in the House of Lords, to find the amount of their
respective " differences.''