DOI issue:
January to June, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16519#0229
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A PLUM-ROYAL;
OR, THE SOVEREIGN AND SAVINGS BANK.
It is rumoured that the income of His Royal Highness Prince Albeeu
has been increased by about 10,000/. a-year, from divers places and ap-
pointments conferred upon him by the Queen. If this be true, Punch
congratulates Prince Albert, who, provided he is a prudent young man,
and minds what he is about, will soon become a greater capitalist than
any other Prince has been since Crcesus.
It is likewise rumoured that 375,000/. per annum from the revenue of
the Duchy of Cornwall, have been granted by Parliament for the mainte-
nance of the splendour of the Court. If this, too, be true, Punch con-
gratulates the Court and the Parliament ; the latter on its loyalty, the
former on its luck. He knew, indeed, that Cornwall was rife in tin, but
had no idea that there was So much to be got from it.
Further more, it is rumoured, that out of this last-mentioned sum, a
saving has been effected by the said Court, to the tune and amount of
26,000/. Perhaps this is a joke, in which case, Punch will be excused
for printing it ; but if it be, likewise, a fact, he congratulates the Court
again. The saving is said to have been accomplished by sending a
host of equerries, waiting-ladies, chamber-pages, and other locusts in
livery, to the right about. Now the renunciation of twenty-five thousand
pounds' worth of pomp and vanity at once, by a Court, is exceedingly
creditable. It is setting a good example to foreign Courts, and suggestive,
to our indigent nobility, of a remedy for the Income-Tax. The nation j
■owes the Court a debt truly national, which nevertheless, it must be con- ■
fessed, it has done a good deal towards paying—in cash.
It is whispered, however, besides, that the sack, to speak vernacularly,
which has thus been so extensively distributed, has not been altogether
an empty one. Its recipients, we are told, have had their respective
sacks enriched by a compensating pension. If so, Punch congratulates
those ladies and gentlemen, and respectfully submits to them that they |
may think themselves very well off. He is sorry, though, to say. that he |
cannot congratulate the Public, nor himself as a member of it, on the I
additional luggage which has thus been placed on its back. That region I
is sadly galled already. But he has a salve for it—the flattering unction
of Hope,—which he has laid already to his particular hump.
Westminster has a Savings Bank. Thei'e will be deposited the fruit
of Royal frugality, to accumulate till it shall have grown into a princely i
plum. When fully ripe, it will be placed at the nation's disposal, in aid
of a fund for the maintenance of the deserving poor. Truly, it will be a
Magnum Bonum
TO FAMILIES FURNISHING.
Mr. Siijk Buckingham, of the British and Foreign Institute, begs leave
to call the attention of the public to his plan for furnishing a house, which
he flatters himself is lower than anything ever yet attempted.
His system also combines the double advantage of getting the house as
well as the furniture, and the following exemplification of his method will
at once show its value. Suppose you require four rooms for your own
use, take a house containing six, and then let people have the use of the
two you don't require, on condition of their paying the rent of the whole
building. It you want six rooms for yourself, the house must contain
nine, and so on in proportion, always, of course, allowing about one room
in three to the rent-payers. The same principle may be applied with
equal success to furniture. Thus, if you want furniture for four rooms,
your subscribers must furnish six, two of which they will have the right,
under certain restrictions, to occupy.
It will be necessary to give to the building in some degree the character
of a club, which is easily effected by supplying eatables at prices that will
enable you to furnish your own table, at a cost that is merely nominal.
For further particulars inquire of Mr. Silk Buckingham, privately, at
his private apartments, basement, first, second, and third floor, of the
British and Foreign Institute.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Colonel Sibthori^e, to move that an inquiry should be made whether
the Mr. Gunn, who married the Duke of Sussex to Ladv Augusta
Murray, did not, as a clerical Gun(n), place himself in direct opposition
to the cannons of the Church.
Mr. W. Williams, to move for a copy of the passage in which the
Duke of Sussex declares Gunn to be the parent of all his (the Duke's)
happiness ; and whether the phrase, " Son of a Gun," may trace its origin
to this circumstance.
Mr. Brotherton, to move that an inquiry should be instituted as to
'the secret entrusted to Gunn, and whether an explosion would have been
the consequence of Gunn's having let out the important matter with
■which he was loaded.
ARCADIAN TRAFFIC.
Burlington and Lowther.—Last week there passed through Bur-
lington Arcade 580 gentlemen, 432 ladies, and 92 children ; whilst 360
gentlemen, 880 ladies, and 1184 children passed through Lowther Arcade :
thus giving the latter, notwithstanding a slight falling off in gentlemen, a
clear majority of 448 ladies and 1092 children. This return satisfactorily
settles the long-pending disputes of the rival Arcades of Burlington and
Lowther. The toy commerce of the latter has, since the Whitsun holidays,
wonderfully increased.
Italian Opera House Arcade —This Arcade is suffering sadly from
the want of rain. The traffic, in consequence, has been limited, for the
last three months, to the daily visits of the lamplighter. It is proposed,
however, in order to facilitate the navigation of this dangerous passage,
to have beacon-lights burning all tne day, and to lay on a Policeman, by
way of a Preventive Service. This is expected to double at least the
present traffic.
A POET'S LAMENT.
Alas ! the days of Poetry are flying ;
They biow up mountains, and they cut down trees ;
Through groves of lamp-posts now the zephyr's sighing,
And steam and ashes choke the once cool breeze.
The engine's whistle scares the lark and throstle ;
The ' rural force ' puts down the blackbird's song,
And stokers now Stoke-Pogis poets jostle,
As sad they wend their weary way along.
Velocipedal Fancy goes by vapour ;
Imagination soars in a balloon—
Ah me ! I fear the only use for paper
Will be for bills, bank-notes, and cheque-books soon.
Snowdon, alas ! my own beloved mountain,
They'll level thee ! thy copper into tin
They'll change, and Lake Llanberis' ev'ry fountain
Will be cut off, and rubbish carted in.
Sleep, sleep, ye Dryads ! cut for railroad ' sleepers,'
The lofty monarehs of your woods lie low ;
Drown, drown yourselves, ye Naiads ! plunge as deep as
Oblivion lies ;—no more your cool waves flow
To the sweet murmuring of sedgy music :—
The gas-works and the vitriol-works have cooked it,
Killed all your fringing flowers ; and, getting too sick,
Turned upside down, the finny fry have hooked if
Cease, Nature, cease to toil ! thy warm spring-showers
No more are wanted—water-carts abound.
Our fair ones smile 'neath artificial flowers,—
Why does the useless lily deck the ground ?
Soon, when the starving poet cannot use it,
The Thames will be one mighty flow of ink ;
But should some future crack-brain try to muse it,
A city pump's the Hippocrene he '11 drink.
Moral Retribution at last.
M. G alignani, the publisher at Paris, who, by a twenty years' piracy
of English Literature, has realised a large fortune, has just been decorated
with the Legion of Honour. We really do not know which is worse--
the punishment or the offence.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A PLUM-ROYAL;
OR, THE SOVEREIGN AND SAVINGS BANK.
It is rumoured that the income of His Royal Highness Prince Albeeu
has been increased by about 10,000/. a-year, from divers places and ap-
pointments conferred upon him by the Queen. If this be true, Punch
congratulates Prince Albert, who, provided he is a prudent young man,
and minds what he is about, will soon become a greater capitalist than
any other Prince has been since Crcesus.
It is likewise rumoured that 375,000/. per annum from the revenue of
the Duchy of Cornwall, have been granted by Parliament for the mainte-
nance of the splendour of the Court. If this, too, be true, Punch con-
gratulates the Court and the Parliament ; the latter on its loyalty, the
former on its luck. He knew, indeed, that Cornwall was rife in tin, but
had no idea that there was So much to be got from it.
Further more, it is rumoured, that out of this last-mentioned sum, a
saving has been effected by the said Court, to the tune and amount of
26,000/. Perhaps this is a joke, in which case, Punch will be excused
for printing it ; but if it be, likewise, a fact, he congratulates the Court
again. The saving is said to have been accomplished by sending a
host of equerries, waiting-ladies, chamber-pages, and other locusts in
livery, to the right about. Now the renunciation of twenty-five thousand
pounds' worth of pomp and vanity at once, by a Court, is exceedingly
creditable. It is setting a good example to foreign Courts, and suggestive,
to our indigent nobility, of a remedy for the Income-Tax. The nation j
■owes the Court a debt truly national, which nevertheless, it must be con- ■
fessed, it has done a good deal towards paying—in cash.
It is whispered, however, besides, that the sack, to speak vernacularly,
which has thus been so extensively distributed, has not been altogether
an empty one. Its recipients, we are told, have had their respective
sacks enriched by a compensating pension. If so, Punch congratulates
those ladies and gentlemen, and respectfully submits to them that they |
may think themselves very well off. He is sorry, though, to say. that he |
cannot congratulate the Public, nor himself as a member of it, on the I
additional luggage which has thus been placed on its back. That region I
is sadly galled already. But he has a salve for it—the flattering unction
of Hope,—which he has laid already to his particular hump.
Westminster has a Savings Bank. Thei'e will be deposited the fruit
of Royal frugality, to accumulate till it shall have grown into a princely i
plum. When fully ripe, it will be placed at the nation's disposal, in aid
of a fund for the maintenance of the deserving poor. Truly, it will be a
Magnum Bonum
TO FAMILIES FURNISHING.
Mr. Siijk Buckingham, of the British and Foreign Institute, begs leave
to call the attention of the public to his plan for furnishing a house, which
he flatters himself is lower than anything ever yet attempted.
His system also combines the double advantage of getting the house as
well as the furniture, and the following exemplification of his method will
at once show its value. Suppose you require four rooms for your own
use, take a house containing six, and then let people have the use of the
two you don't require, on condition of their paying the rent of the whole
building. It you want six rooms for yourself, the house must contain
nine, and so on in proportion, always, of course, allowing about one room
in three to the rent-payers. The same principle may be applied with
equal success to furniture. Thus, if you want furniture for four rooms,
your subscribers must furnish six, two of which they will have the right,
under certain restrictions, to occupy.
It will be necessary to give to the building in some degree the character
of a club, which is easily effected by supplying eatables at prices that will
enable you to furnish your own table, at a cost that is merely nominal.
For further particulars inquire of Mr. Silk Buckingham, privately, at
his private apartments, basement, first, second, and third floor, of the
British and Foreign Institute.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Colonel Sibthori^e, to move that an inquiry should be made whether
the Mr. Gunn, who married the Duke of Sussex to Ladv Augusta
Murray, did not, as a clerical Gun(n), place himself in direct opposition
to the cannons of the Church.
Mr. W. Williams, to move for a copy of the passage in which the
Duke of Sussex declares Gunn to be the parent of all his (the Duke's)
happiness ; and whether the phrase, " Son of a Gun," may trace its origin
to this circumstance.
Mr. Brotherton, to move that an inquiry should be instituted as to
'the secret entrusted to Gunn, and whether an explosion would have been
the consequence of Gunn's having let out the important matter with
■which he was loaded.
ARCADIAN TRAFFIC.
Burlington and Lowther.—Last week there passed through Bur-
lington Arcade 580 gentlemen, 432 ladies, and 92 children ; whilst 360
gentlemen, 880 ladies, and 1184 children passed through Lowther Arcade :
thus giving the latter, notwithstanding a slight falling off in gentlemen, a
clear majority of 448 ladies and 1092 children. This return satisfactorily
settles the long-pending disputes of the rival Arcades of Burlington and
Lowther. The toy commerce of the latter has, since the Whitsun holidays,
wonderfully increased.
Italian Opera House Arcade —This Arcade is suffering sadly from
the want of rain. The traffic, in consequence, has been limited, for the
last three months, to the daily visits of the lamplighter. It is proposed,
however, in order to facilitate the navigation of this dangerous passage,
to have beacon-lights burning all tne day, and to lay on a Policeman, by
way of a Preventive Service. This is expected to double at least the
present traffic.
A POET'S LAMENT.
Alas ! the days of Poetry are flying ;
They biow up mountains, and they cut down trees ;
Through groves of lamp-posts now the zephyr's sighing,
And steam and ashes choke the once cool breeze.
The engine's whistle scares the lark and throstle ;
The ' rural force ' puts down the blackbird's song,
And stokers now Stoke-Pogis poets jostle,
As sad they wend their weary way along.
Velocipedal Fancy goes by vapour ;
Imagination soars in a balloon—
Ah me ! I fear the only use for paper
Will be for bills, bank-notes, and cheque-books soon.
Snowdon, alas ! my own beloved mountain,
They'll level thee ! thy copper into tin
They'll change, and Lake Llanberis' ev'ry fountain
Will be cut off, and rubbish carted in.
Sleep, sleep, ye Dryads ! cut for railroad ' sleepers,'
The lofty monarehs of your woods lie low ;
Drown, drown yourselves, ye Naiads ! plunge as deep as
Oblivion lies ;—no more your cool waves flow
To the sweet murmuring of sedgy music :—
The gas-works and the vitriol-works have cooked it,
Killed all your fringing flowers ; and, getting too sick,
Turned upside down, the finny fry have hooked if
Cease, Nature, cease to toil ! thy warm spring-showers
No more are wanted—water-carts abound.
Our fair ones smile 'neath artificial flowers,—
Why does the useless lily deck the ground ?
Soon, when the starving poet cannot use it,
The Thames will be one mighty flow of ink ;
But should some future crack-brain try to muse it,
A city pump's the Hippocrene he '11 drink.
Moral Retribution at last.
M. G alignani, the publisher at Paris, who, by a twenty years' piracy
of English Literature, has realised a large fortune, has just been decorated
with the Legion of Honour. We really do not know which is worse--
the punishment or the offence.