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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Tribute to Messrs. Brotherton and Williams.
In consequence ut' ihe exertions of these gentlemen to get the
House of Commons to-bed at a reasonable hour, it is in contemplation
in a white cotton nightcap. That the oniy light which ought to
decorate the domestic altar is the rushlight, inasmuch as it is the
among some of the ladies of the m embers to get up a subscription only one that remains, as the poet beautifully expresses it_"true
for a monster nightcap. i to the shade."
A preliminary meeting has already been held, at which the follow- j That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams be requested to attend
ing resolutions were unanimously carried :— j the next meeting, when, whichever of them the cap fits, will be
That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams have proved them- j requested to wear it.
selves the true and zealous promoters of public repose, not only by
their exertions to get the house to-bed, but also sending the members
to sleep by the speeches they have made in Parliament.
That while the extinguisher is the only remedy for the revolu-
tionary flame, the nightcap is the sole safeguard against the fatal fire
of domestic discord.
That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams have proved, that, amid
the flowers of Parliamentary eloquence, none is more potent than the
poppy ; and that while posterity will crown their temples with a
garland of poppies, the present age will gratefully encase their brows
After these resolutions had been carried, one of the ladies present
made a very powerful address, in which she described the snuffers
as a most capital instrument either for good or for evil, and apos-
trophised the flat candlestick as the domestic demon, standing in
sullen silence on the side-board, wakening memories of blighted
expectations, and pointing, as it were, with its blackened wick to
that chamber which should be the chamber of repose.
After a few more observations of a similar nature, the meeting
was dissolved.
PRINCE ALBERT'S TOUR.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Piunce Albert's trip en garcon has hitherto been everything that
His Royal Highness and the nation could desire. His Royal High-
ness, it is remarked, has been in the very highest spirits, and declared
he did not even feel the motion of the vessel in crossing to Ostend ;
but he remained on deck the whole time, conversing gaily with every
one on deck, inquiring as to the use of the various ropes, and once or
twice personally boxing the compass. On reaching Cologne, he sent
a ginger-beer bottle down to the banks of the liver, to be filled with
the veritable Eau, which he intends bringing home as a present to
Her Majesty.
Our own reporter is in attendance. He has taken such precautions
as will prevent him from being ejected in the unceremonious manner
fact of a charity boy standing on the pier when the Prince landed. His
Royal Highness remarked that though the place was called Cou-es, to
judge by the legs of the charity boys there must be a frightful deficiency
of calves. These jokes will perhaps hardly be thought worth the carriage
from the Isle of Wight, but as the reporter was ducked and pitched into
the mud, it would have been hard indeed if a portion of his intelligence
could not have beeu made available.
LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE OF MINISTERS.
The reader may often have been struck by instances of extraordinary
ignorance on the part of Ministers generally, and of certain noble Lords, in
matters of the Press From some strange fatality, or from their own wicked
wilfulness, they have often no knowledge of so dim and obscure a journal
as the Thms. A night or two since, Sir James Graham picked a Jack
Cade out of " a periodical." He, of course, had never heard of that small,
that marked his recent expulsion from the princely presence. insignificant, and feeble print, the Examiner. Hence, fearing that he
might be interrogated upon the whereabout and character of that journal, he
wisely merged it in the general term, " periodical." Again and again Lord
Brougham declares that he never reads the newspapers, and upon
such declaration looks loftily around him, as though " justly proud of his
ignorance." We understand that it is the intention of a very high per-
sonage to appoint a Commission to inquire into this state of mental
darkness of Ministers and others, and we shall therefore in due season
give a full report of the examination. In the mean time, as it may help
those about to be questioned, we out of our kindness state that the Timet
is a daily newspaper, price fivepence ; and that the Examiner (hear it
not, Sir Andrew Agnew) is published for Sundays. (N.B. There is a
country edition for Saturday's post.)
THE REPORTER AND THE PRINCE.
A great deal has been said about the Reporter who forced his way into
the Royal barge, but nothing has transpired as to the report which that
indefatigable penny-a-liner (he was Punch's own) drew up on board the
craft that was laden with Royalty. The unhappy scribe had crawled
down the companion-ladder in the disguise of a man bringing ginger beer
to the steward, and having sneaked under the stunsail, he lashed himself
to the main-brace of the gib, where he continued till the vessel got under
weigh ; taking notes actively during the whole time with a bit of chalk,
and jotting down his ideas on the bottom of the jolly-boat. It was only
a lurch of the vessel that rolled him out from the situation into which he
had got, and sent him floundering along the deck till he reached the feet
of Prince Albert. The treatment of the Reporter is not here the sub-
ject of remark—his notes being all that we have to deal with on the present
occasion.
The report in its original state was very elaborate, but there are only
two things in the whole of it that we consider worth extracting. They
are both of them jokes by His Royal Highness Prince Albert. On
Mr. Anson suggesting that he trusted they should have no humbug on
landing from the Mayor of Cowes, the Prince wittily observed that it was
impossible there could be a Mare of Cowes, for the term mare was only
applicable to horses.
A second, and perhaps a richer piece of facetiee, was occasioned by the
Boon to the Hot-headed.
The Police, as our readers are aware, are to be provided with a new
kind of hat, which is to be perforated for the admission of air. Wigs on
a similar principle are to be made for Lords Campbell and Brougham,
which, it is hoped, will have the effect of keeping their Lordships' heads
cool.
Lord Abinger, also, is to wear a wig of this kind whenever he presides
in a court of Justice.
Printed by William Bradbi;rv, of No 6, Vork Place, Stoke Newington, and Frederick Mullett Evans,
of No 7, ChurcS Row, Stoke Newington, both in the County of Middlesex, Printers, at their
Office In Lombard Street, in the Precinct of Whitefriars, in the City of London, and published by
Joseph Smith, Publisher, of No. 53. St. John's Wood Terrace, St, John's Wood Road. Kcgrnt't-
Pftrk, in the County of Middlesex, at the Office, No. 194, Strand, in the Parish of St Ciemec*
Danes, in the County of Middlenex —Saturimt, Ann. 6, 1844.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Tribute to Messrs. Brotherton and Williams.
In consequence ut' ihe exertions of these gentlemen to get the
House of Commons to-bed at a reasonable hour, it is in contemplation
in a white cotton nightcap. That the oniy light which ought to
decorate the domestic altar is the rushlight, inasmuch as it is the
among some of the ladies of the m embers to get up a subscription only one that remains, as the poet beautifully expresses it_"true
for a monster nightcap. i to the shade."
A preliminary meeting has already been held, at which the follow- j That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams be requested to attend
ing resolutions were unanimously carried :— j the next meeting, when, whichever of them the cap fits, will be
That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams have proved them- j requested to wear it.
selves the true and zealous promoters of public repose, not only by
their exertions to get the house to-bed, but also sending the members
to sleep by the speeches they have made in Parliament.
That while the extinguisher is the only remedy for the revolu-
tionary flame, the nightcap is the sole safeguard against the fatal fire
of domestic discord.
That Messrs. Brotherton and Williams have proved, that, amid
the flowers of Parliamentary eloquence, none is more potent than the
poppy ; and that while posterity will crown their temples with a
garland of poppies, the present age will gratefully encase their brows
After these resolutions had been carried, one of the ladies present
made a very powerful address, in which she described the snuffers
as a most capital instrument either for good or for evil, and apos-
trophised the flat candlestick as the domestic demon, standing in
sullen silence on the side-board, wakening memories of blighted
expectations, and pointing, as it were, with its blackened wick to
that chamber which should be the chamber of repose.
After a few more observations of a similar nature, the meeting
was dissolved.
PRINCE ALBERT'S TOUR.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Piunce Albert's trip en garcon has hitherto been everything that
His Royal Highness and the nation could desire. His Royal High-
ness, it is remarked, has been in the very highest spirits, and declared
he did not even feel the motion of the vessel in crossing to Ostend ;
but he remained on deck the whole time, conversing gaily with every
one on deck, inquiring as to the use of the various ropes, and once or
twice personally boxing the compass. On reaching Cologne, he sent
a ginger-beer bottle down to the banks of the liver, to be filled with
the veritable Eau, which he intends bringing home as a present to
Her Majesty.
Our own reporter is in attendance. He has taken such precautions
as will prevent him from being ejected in the unceremonious manner
fact of a charity boy standing on the pier when the Prince landed. His
Royal Highness remarked that though the place was called Cou-es, to
judge by the legs of the charity boys there must be a frightful deficiency
of calves. These jokes will perhaps hardly be thought worth the carriage
from the Isle of Wight, but as the reporter was ducked and pitched into
the mud, it would have been hard indeed if a portion of his intelligence
could not have beeu made available.
LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE OF MINISTERS.
The reader may often have been struck by instances of extraordinary
ignorance on the part of Ministers generally, and of certain noble Lords, in
matters of the Press From some strange fatality, or from their own wicked
wilfulness, they have often no knowledge of so dim and obscure a journal
as the Thms. A night or two since, Sir James Graham picked a Jack
Cade out of " a periodical." He, of course, had never heard of that small,
that marked his recent expulsion from the princely presence. insignificant, and feeble print, the Examiner. Hence, fearing that he
might be interrogated upon the whereabout and character of that journal, he
wisely merged it in the general term, " periodical." Again and again Lord
Brougham declares that he never reads the newspapers, and upon
such declaration looks loftily around him, as though " justly proud of his
ignorance." We understand that it is the intention of a very high per-
sonage to appoint a Commission to inquire into this state of mental
darkness of Ministers and others, and we shall therefore in due season
give a full report of the examination. In the mean time, as it may help
those about to be questioned, we out of our kindness state that the Timet
is a daily newspaper, price fivepence ; and that the Examiner (hear it
not, Sir Andrew Agnew) is published for Sundays. (N.B. There is a
country edition for Saturday's post.)
THE REPORTER AND THE PRINCE.
A great deal has been said about the Reporter who forced his way into
the Royal barge, but nothing has transpired as to the report which that
indefatigable penny-a-liner (he was Punch's own) drew up on board the
craft that was laden with Royalty. The unhappy scribe had crawled
down the companion-ladder in the disguise of a man bringing ginger beer
to the steward, and having sneaked under the stunsail, he lashed himself
to the main-brace of the gib, where he continued till the vessel got under
weigh ; taking notes actively during the whole time with a bit of chalk,
and jotting down his ideas on the bottom of the jolly-boat. It was only
a lurch of the vessel that rolled him out from the situation into which he
had got, and sent him floundering along the deck till he reached the feet
of Prince Albert. The treatment of the Reporter is not here the sub-
ject of remark—his notes being all that we have to deal with on the present
occasion.
The report in its original state was very elaborate, but there are only
two things in the whole of it that we consider worth extracting. They
are both of them jokes by His Royal Highness Prince Albert. On
Mr. Anson suggesting that he trusted they should have no humbug on
landing from the Mayor of Cowes, the Prince wittily observed that it was
impossible there could be a Mare of Cowes, for the term mare was only
applicable to horses.
A second, and perhaps a richer piece of facetiee, was occasioned by the
Boon to the Hot-headed.
The Police, as our readers are aware, are to be provided with a new
kind of hat, which is to be perforated for the admission of air. Wigs on
a similar principle are to be made for Lords Campbell and Brougham,
which, it is hoped, will have the effect of keeping their Lordships' heads
cool.
Lord Abinger, also, is to wear a wig of this kind whenever he presides
in a court of Justice.
Printed by William Bradbi;rv, of No 6, Vork Place, Stoke Newington, and Frederick Mullett Evans,
of No 7, ChurcS Row, Stoke Newington, both in the County of Middlesex, Printers, at their
Office In Lombard Street, in the Precinct of Whitefriars, in the City of London, and published by
Joseph Smith, Publisher, of No. 53. St. John's Wood Terrace, St, John's Wood Road. Kcgrnt't-
Pftrk, in the County of Middlesex, at the Office, No. 194, Strand, in the Parish of St Ciemec*
Danes, in the County of Middlenex —Saturimt, Ann. 6, 1844.