DOI issue:
January to June, 1844
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI
THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP.
rally the proprietors of this vessel have com-
menced a new aera in steam navigation. Great
men are sometimes said to have souls too large
for their bodies, and the company that have
built this ship have adopted this glorious idea,
by making a ship too large to be got out of the
dock it has been constructed in. George the
Third was once puzzled to know how the apple
got into the dumpling ; but here is a greater
puzzle still, for the question now is, how shall
the Great Western steam-ship be got out of the
dock ? which is a greater mystery than its having got into it.
We know that this vessel was intended to be a standing monument to
-the naval architecture of Great Britain, and no one can say that the idea
has not been realised. Various suggestions have been made as to the
release of the glorious craft, but at present it remains like a nut in its
shell, and the difficulty is a nut that cannot easily be cracked by ordinary
ingenuity.
jfttarfeetg.
(From the List of the British and Foreign Institute.)
There is very little doing in venison or fish, but a great demand foi
chops and steaks. The " hot-joint" remains quiet, at 2s. fid. a-head ; but
the inquiries for luncheon, at Is. fid., gradually increase as the dinner-hour
advances. There is a greater confidence in pork, and a-la-mode beef is
slowly improving at 6rf. per basin. Potatoes, in their jackets, move off
rapidly at three per Id. The holders of port complain of dulness in the
best s-orts of wine. The great scarcity of game is generally felt. Coffee is
rather weak at 2>d. per cup. A sheet of letter-paper remains stationary
at Id.; and Cubas, at 2d., were selling at the close at the rate of the best
Havannahs. The market generally is improving, and profits altogether
looking up. Silk Buckingham.
AN ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT.
A captain is already appointed, with 150 gallant fellows under him, and Sir,—In the Times of the 5th of April, I have inserted the following
they daily <ro through the whole series of nautical manoeuvres—such as advertisement :—
reefing the top-gallant, unshipping the sculls of the jolly boat stowing | ^ PJERS0NS 0F FORTUNE.—Any Lady or Gentleman wishing to
away the main jib, and piping all hands at three bells—all of which feats X provide handsomely for a Young Gbxtleman, of about 18 (who has no objection
they go through as punctually as if they were rolling about on the broad to go abroad), may hear of a most desirable opportunity. Personal application to be
Atlantic, instead of being embedded in the mud of the dry dock at Bristol, made to Mr. Thingamy, Whatd'ycallem Street, Manchester Square.
" England expects that every man will do his duty ;" and Captain Cockles, But as that journal does not give any pictures, except that of the
with his gallant crew, also expects that every steamboat company will hideous Lion and Unicorn ou the title ; and as the nobility and gentry
keep its engagements, whether the vessel sails or not—it being no fault of most naturally want to be personally acquainted with my appearance, you
the jolly tars on board that this piece of naval ironmongery is dock-bound will oblige me by having the following Portrait inserted—extremely like,
on the premises of its builders. and from the original by Spoker.
LORD BROUGHAM'S DREAM.
The foul, the false charge, that I have changed a single opinion."—Vicar of Bray.
I dreamt that I dined in Conservative halls,
With Peel and the Duke at my side ;
That I went like their shadow, to morning calls,.
To concerts, the club, or the ride.
And seldom or never to meet, did I seem,
With a Whig or a Radical name ;
And yet—the most curious part of my dream —
My opinions were still the same !
And I dreamt of a Chancellor, (strangely, of course,
For my senses were running a rig,)
Who said that " Persuasion was better than force.''
As he dazzled my eyes with his wig.
" Oh, beautiful wig ! " thought I, "could I for thee
Turn this coat? Ay, or part with my name ?"
And yet—the most wonderful matter to me—
My opinions were still the same !
launch of fixe Eoseawen,
Considerable disappointment was manifested at the very extraordinary
conduct of the tide on Wednesday last, which came to its full exactly
three quarters of an hour earlier than in the course of nature and the
river Thames might have been looked for. It is well known that the
-gambols of the tide at about the full of the moon are exceedingly fantastic,
and we are therefore surprised that the public should have put any faith
in the delusive legend on the occasion of the launch of the Boscawen. It
Interesting Individual.
Popular O • •.-.
The undermentioned are remarkable modern instances of Popular
Delusions:—
1. The belief in Sir Robert Peel's promise, that the Income Tax was
is a proverb that time and tide wait for no man, but it would seem that | on]y to last for three years.
the tide is more impatient even than the time for while the company were J 2> The id wheu the ^ gir Rqbert ^ came ;[U0 offi that he had
punctual to the latter, they found that the former had been a little too
quick for them. The Government has been a good deal blamed for not
having recollected that the moon was in perigee, and arranging accord-
ingly for its freaks. And we understand that in order to keep them au
fait to the changes of the Moon, the Sheriff has had orders to give notice
from time to time of his temporary residence.
AIDS TO ANTI-WORKING ALGEBRAISTS.
Q. What is an harmonical progression \
A. Itinerant street music.
Q. What is an Infinite Series l
A. The Numbers of Punch.
Q. What is the sign of " division ? "
A. Clearing the " strangers' gallery."
Q. What ia a "reciprocal expression ■ "
A. " You 're another."
■Q. What can be done by reduction ?
A. The holders of Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock.
any particular intention except to retain it.
3. The ridiculous notion still entertained by a few very weak people,
that the Cabinet will make any attempt at legislation on the Corn Law,
Irish, or Duelling questions, or any other subject of national importance,
till agitation thereon shall have reached the verge of rebellion.
4. The supposition that Ministers, in the present posture of affairs,
know, in the slightest degree, what to do.
TEST OF MESMERISM.
(authentic.)
A strong proof of the infallibility of this much-disputed science was
adduced the other evening at a lecture on the subject. A boy being asked,
whilst in the mesmeric state, whether " The income-tax would be discon-
tinued after the third year, as Sir Robert Peel had promised 5 " replied
" Certainly not ! " This, upon being mentioned to the Premier, was
declared to be the strongest instance of " clairvoyance " that could be
brought forward in favour of the science.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI
THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP.
rally the proprietors of this vessel have com-
menced a new aera in steam navigation. Great
men are sometimes said to have souls too large
for their bodies, and the company that have
built this ship have adopted this glorious idea,
by making a ship too large to be got out of the
dock it has been constructed in. George the
Third was once puzzled to know how the apple
got into the dumpling ; but here is a greater
puzzle still, for the question now is, how shall
the Great Western steam-ship be got out of the
dock ? which is a greater mystery than its having got into it.
We know that this vessel was intended to be a standing monument to
-the naval architecture of Great Britain, and no one can say that the idea
has not been realised. Various suggestions have been made as to the
release of the glorious craft, but at present it remains like a nut in its
shell, and the difficulty is a nut that cannot easily be cracked by ordinary
ingenuity.
jfttarfeetg.
(From the List of the British and Foreign Institute.)
There is very little doing in venison or fish, but a great demand foi
chops and steaks. The " hot-joint" remains quiet, at 2s. fid. a-head ; but
the inquiries for luncheon, at Is. fid., gradually increase as the dinner-hour
advances. There is a greater confidence in pork, and a-la-mode beef is
slowly improving at 6rf. per basin. Potatoes, in their jackets, move off
rapidly at three per Id. The holders of port complain of dulness in the
best s-orts of wine. The great scarcity of game is generally felt. Coffee is
rather weak at 2>d. per cup. A sheet of letter-paper remains stationary
at Id.; and Cubas, at 2d., were selling at the close at the rate of the best
Havannahs. The market generally is improving, and profits altogether
looking up. Silk Buckingham.
AN ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT.
A captain is already appointed, with 150 gallant fellows under him, and Sir,—In the Times of the 5th of April, I have inserted the following
they daily <ro through the whole series of nautical manoeuvres—such as advertisement :—
reefing the top-gallant, unshipping the sculls of the jolly boat stowing | ^ PJERS0NS 0F FORTUNE.—Any Lady or Gentleman wishing to
away the main jib, and piping all hands at three bells—all of which feats X provide handsomely for a Young Gbxtleman, of about 18 (who has no objection
they go through as punctually as if they were rolling about on the broad to go abroad), may hear of a most desirable opportunity. Personal application to be
Atlantic, instead of being embedded in the mud of the dry dock at Bristol, made to Mr. Thingamy, Whatd'ycallem Street, Manchester Square.
" England expects that every man will do his duty ;" and Captain Cockles, But as that journal does not give any pictures, except that of the
with his gallant crew, also expects that every steamboat company will hideous Lion and Unicorn ou the title ; and as the nobility and gentry
keep its engagements, whether the vessel sails or not—it being no fault of most naturally want to be personally acquainted with my appearance, you
the jolly tars on board that this piece of naval ironmongery is dock-bound will oblige me by having the following Portrait inserted—extremely like,
on the premises of its builders. and from the original by Spoker.
LORD BROUGHAM'S DREAM.
The foul, the false charge, that I have changed a single opinion."—Vicar of Bray.
I dreamt that I dined in Conservative halls,
With Peel and the Duke at my side ;
That I went like their shadow, to morning calls,.
To concerts, the club, or the ride.
And seldom or never to meet, did I seem,
With a Whig or a Radical name ;
And yet—the most curious part of my dream —
My opinions were still the same !
And I dreamt of a Chancellor, (strangely, of course,
For my senses were running a rig,)
Who said that " Persuasion was better than force.''
As he dazzled my eyes with his wig.
" Oh, beautiful wig ! " thought I, "could I for thee
Turn this coat? Ay, or part with my name ?"
And yet—the most wonderful matter to me—
My opinions were still the same !
launch of fixe Eoseawen,
Considerable disappointment was manifested at the very extraordinary
conduct of the tide on Wednesday last, which came to its full exactly
three quarters of an hour earlier than in the course of nature and the
river Thames might have been looked for. It is well known that the
-gambols of the tide at about the full of the moon are exceedingly fantastic,
and we are therefore surprised that the public should have put any faith
in the delusive legend on the occasion of the launch of the Boscawen. It
Interesting Individual.
Popular O • •.-.
The undermentioned are remarkable modern instances of Popular
Delusions:—
1. The belief in Sir Robert Peel's promise, that the Income Tax was
is a proverb that time and tide wait for no man, but it would seem that | on]y to last for three years.
the tide is more impatient even than the time for while the company were J 2> The id wheu the ^ gir Rqbert ^ came ;[U0 offi that he had
punctual to the latter, they found that the former had been a little too
quick for them. The Government has been a good deal blamed for not
having recollected that the moon was in perigee, and arranging accord-
ingly for its freaks. And we understand that in order to keep them au
fait to the changes of the Moon, the Sheriff has had orders to give notice
from time to time of his temporary residence.
AIDS TO ANTI-WORKING ALGEBRAISTS.
Q. What is an harmonical progression \
A. Itinerant street music.
Q. What is an Infinite Series l
A. The Numbers of Punch.
Q. What is the sign of " division ? "
A. Clearing the " strangers' gallery."
Q. What ia a "reciprocal expression ■ "
A. " You 're another."
■Q. What can be done by reduction ?
A. The holders of Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock.
any particular intention except to retain it.
3. The ridiculous notion still entertained by a few very weak people,
that the Cabinet will make any attempt at legislation on the Corn Law,
Irish, or Duelling questions, or any other subject of national importance,
till agitation thereon shall have reached the verge of rebellion.
4. The supposition that Ministers, in the present posture of affairs,
know, in the slightest degree, what to do.
TEST OF MESMERISM.
(authentic.)
A strong proof of the infallibility of this much-disputed science was
adduced the other evening at a lecture on the subject. A boy being asked,
whilst in the mesmeric state, whether " The income-tax would be discon-
tinued after the third year, as Sir Robert Peel had promised 5 " replied
" Certainly not ! " This, upon being mentioned to the Premier, was
declared to be the strongest instance of " clairvoyance " that could be
brought forward in favour of the science.