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July to December, 1844
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
jaoofcs nnti ©omers of <©lfc lEnglanto.
of the Division Lists, — whilst honest chimney-sweepers, odorous
scavengers, and high-minded costermongers, stop their nostrils
at them.
But let us call up to the Old Bailey har of puhlic opinion the
thirty-three offenders who, voting first against the minister, in the
next division stayed at home and read their Bibles. Here they are.
Room below there for the thirty-two culprits ! (for Charles Buller,
as he writes, was ill at home, on the second trial).
Blewitt, R. J.
Bodkin, W. H.
Bailer, C.
AMEN CORNER.
His pleasant little cranny of our " right little
tight little island " nestles almost under
the shadow of St. Paul, and is a sort of
offshoot or runner from Paternoster Row,
where the ancient clerici used to meet to
repeat their paternosters. In the days of
monkish error it was a superstition of the ffu"''T' u' t> »
i m\ 4. u-i *i r - e • 1 Christopher, R. A.
people, that while the Ireres or Inars were i elements viscount
at their paternosters, those who got into Copeland, Alderman
a corner and said "Amen," would be \ Dashwood, G. H.
fortunate for a whole year—(vide Brand) i Entw'istie VT.
—and hence the corner itself got the Feilden, w.
name of Amen, from the use it was devoted Gisborne, T.
SSSS ?*J?!tTJL^! Come we now to the four culprits-
would that we had some felonious, New-
gate type to enshrine their names in—
who voted " aye " and " no " on the two
questions—senatorial Trinculos — social
" monsters with two voices ! "
Henley, J. W.
Howard, Sir R.
Lascelles, Hon. W. J.
Mangles, R. D.
Marjoribanks, S.
Metcalfe, H.
Muntz, G. F.
O'Brien, A. S.
Ossulston, Lord
Paget, Lord A.
Pennant, Hon. Col.
Phillpotts, J.
Pulslord, R.
Rashleigh, W.
Repton, G. W. J.
Rumbold, C. E.
Shirley, E. P.
Smith, A.
Taylor, E.
Trollope, Sir J.
Waddington, H.
Wall, C. B.
passage in Macbeth, where the ambitious
Thane, finding himself driven into a
corner, pathetically observes—"I could not say amen "—which is a direct
allusion to Amen Corner ; though it has baffled the acumen of Knight
and the research of Collier.
Though Amen Corner is considerably altered since the time of Shak-
Speare, there is still a literary interest attaches to it; and there is a
plank in the warehouse of Mr. Orr, the publisher, which is said to be
the very one which Johnson stood upon when he entered into the engage-
ment with Cave, of the " Gentleman's Magazine," to do a portion of the
theatricals. In allusion to this circumstance, we are enabled to add an
anecdote that was put into our hands by one of the partners of the
executor of the son of one of the early friends of Boswell. Somehow it
never got into "The Life." But we are happy to give it, as illustra-
tive of the habits and customs of Amen Corner at the period alluded to.
" Johnson being rather cheerful, I asked him the reason, and I ven-
tured to observe that in proportion as our spirits were high, our counte-
nances became animated. ' Sir.'said Johnson, ' the man who would be
cheerful at all times is a fool; but he who would be cheerful at no time
is a humbug.' I then observed that it was not my nature to be very
-cheerful ; and seeing Johnson to be in a communicative mood, I ventured,
in the hope of drawing him out, to ask him if he thought me a humbug.
* Sir,' said he, ' you are a dreadful humbug.' After that we went to the
Mitre, and he did me the honour to sup with me."
With this characteristic and appropriate anecdote we close the present I Sweet.smeUiDg names ! Fragrant as frank-
$>aper on the Nooks and Corners of Old England. . 6 . , , ' °_____, . T .
r b incense—more grateful than myrrh ! JLet
PUNCH TO PEEL.
Dear Sir Robert,
trust this letter will come safely to hand, although
I send it through the post. If so, imagine that I
embrace you !
You have delighted me by your conduct to-
wards the Commons. You have behaved exactly
as a Minister ought to behave towards folks who
call themselves the representatives of the people,
and who, when they so denominate themselves,
inflict the cruellest insult on the elective body.
Representatives of the people ! Why, some of
them are no other than the rightful representa-
tives of Indiau jugglers, who turn themselves
inside out, who now crawl like snakes, and now
\ climb like monkeys !
g Foolish people have taken it in high dudgeon
that you should have made the Commons eat
their own words—that you should have shown
a deliberative assembly to be so many toy wind-
mills—that you should have compelled the Wis-
dom of Parliament—venerable and dispassionate
sage !—to appear no better than a Clown in a
pantomime, who, despite of himself, throws sum-
mersets at the wand of Harlequin.
Sir Robert, you have not insulted Parliament. Certainly not;
when you threatened to throw up office unless the Commons threw up
their small remaining sense of consistency—you knew your men.
Fluellen menaced, and Pistol ate the leek !
You have your majority fast, Sir Robert. You have now
rendered them blush-proof, and, therefore, I charge ye, spare them
not. Hold their noses to the grind-stone, that they may feel the
benefit of turning. Let them again and again stand tarred and
feathered by their votes—let them, one and all, look from the pillory
Vol. 7.
William Bagge,
Sir II. Douglas,
Charles Goring,
Christoph. Turner !
V.f--^^MaJ
every turnstile, every weather-vane, known
to their constituents, be carved and painted
with, a Bagge—a Douglas—a Goring—
and, fitting cognomen,—a Turner ! Let
all toy-warehouses make the most of the
illustrious four; and, whereas figures of
capacious Dutchmen that tumble on all
sides, yet afterwards right themselves on
their centre have, heretofore, been sold to little boys and girls,—
henceforth, let Bagges and Douglases, Gorings and Turners,
take the places of the tumbling Hollanders, proving to the ingenuous
British youth that, for going on all sides, and finally keeping their
seats, there is no toy-tumbler of clay or lead like your living M. P.
However, dear Sir Robert, the conduct of your majority (affir-
mative and negative) puts you in this dilemma. How can you,
henceforth, summon any man to the bar of your house for contempt
of Parliament ? Surely, the conduct of the majority goes to legalize
the emotion ; for, deprive the public of its contempt, and in the
name of all the weathercocks, what other feeling can remain to it ?
In the meantime, Peel, work your double-voiced vassals, and
believe me,
Ever your friend and councillor, ,
Provincial Intelligence.
The One Policeman of Heme Bay intends presenting a petition to
both Houses of Parliament, in which he declares it to be his conscientious
belief that if the Commons' Enclosure Bill is allowed to pass, it will have
the effect of shutting up Herne Bay : and in that event, praying he may be
awarded compensation. The petition has already been signed by the
waiter of the Pier Hotel.
REDRESSING AN INJURY.
As the Emperor of Russia distributed his money and presents every-
where, his Imperial Majesty must have thought that any one who was
seen with him was entitled to—compensation 1
jaoofcs nnti ©omers of <©lfc lEnglanto.
of the Division Lists, — whilst honest chimney-sweepers, odorous
scavengers, and high-minded costermongers, stop their nostrils
at them.
But let us call up to the Old Bailey har of puhlic opinion the
thirty-three offenders who, voting first against the minister, in the
next division stayed at home and read their Bibles. Here they are.
Room below there for the thirty-two culprits ! (for Charles Buller,
as he writes, was ill at home, on the second trial).
Blewitt, R. J.
Bodkin, W. H.
Bailer, C.
AMEN CORNER.
His pleasant little cranny of our " right little
tight little island " nestles almost under
the shadow of St. Paul, and is a sort of
offshoot or runner from Paternoster Row,
where the ancient clerici used to meet to
repeat their paternosters. In the days of
monkish error it was a superstition of the ffu"''T' u' t> »
i m\ 4. u-i *i r - e • 1 Christopher, R. A.
people, that while the Ireres or Inars were i elements viscount
at their paternosters, those who got into Copeland, Alderman
a corner and said "Amen," would be \ Dashwood, G. H.
fortunate for a whole year—(vide Brand) i Entw'istie VT.
—and hence the corner itself got the Feilden, w.
name of Amen, from the use it was devoted Gisborne, T.
SSSS ?*J?!tTJL^! Come we now to the four culprits-
would that we had some felonious, New-
gate type to enshrine their names in—
who voted " aye " and " no " on the two
questions—senatorial Trinculos — social
" monsters with two voices ! "
Henley, J. W.
Howard, Sir R.
Lascelles, Hon. W. J.
Mangles, R. D.
Marjoribanks, S.
Metcalfe, H.
Muntz, G. F.
O'Brien, A. S.
Ossulston, Lord
Paget, Lord A.
Pennant, Hon. Col.
Phillpotts, J.
Pulslord, R.
Rashleigh, W.
Repton, G. W. J.
Rumbold, C. E.
Shirley, E. P.
Smith, A.
Taylor, E.
Trollope, Sir J.
Waddington, H.
Wall, C. B.
passage in Macbeth, where the ambitious
Thane, finding himself driven into a
corner, pathetically observes—"I could not say amen "—which is a direct
allusion to Amen Corner ; though it has baffled the acumen of Knight
and the research of Collier.
Though Amen Corner is considerably altered since the time of Shak-
Speare, there is still a literary interest attaches to it; and there is a
plank in the warehouse of Mr. Orr, the publisher, which is said to be
the very one which Johnson stood upon when he entered into the engage-
ment with Cave, of the " Gentleman's Magazine," to do a portion of the
theatricals. In allusion to this circumstance, we are enabled to add an
anecdote that was put into our hands by one of the partners of the
executor of the son of one of the early friends of Boswell. Somehow it
never got into "The Life." But we are happy to give it, as illustra-
tive of the habits and customs of Amen Corner at the period alluded to.
" Johnson being rather cheerful, I asked him the reason, and I ven-
tured to observe that in proportion as our spirits were high, our counte-
nances became animated. ' Sir.'said Johnson, ' the man who would be
cheerful at all times is a fool; but he who would be cheerful at no time
is a humbug.' I then observed that it was not my nature to be very
-cheerful ; and seeing Johnson to be in a communicative mood, I ventured,
in the hope of drawing him out, to ask him if he thought me a humbug.
* Sir,' said he, ' you are a dreadful humbug.' After that we went to the
Mitre, and he did me the honour to sup with me."
With this characteristic and appropriate anecdote we close the present I Sweet.smeUiDg names ! Fragrant as frank-
$>aper on the Nooks and Corners of Old England. . 6 . , , ' °_____, . T .
r b incense—more grateful than myrrh ! JLet
PUNCH TO PEEL.
Dear Sir Robert,
trust this letter will come safely to hand, although
I send it through the post. If so, imagine that I
embrace you !
You have delighted me by your conduct to-
wards the Commons. You have behaved exactly
as a Minister ought to behave towards folks who
call themselves the representatives of the people,
and who, when they so denominate themselves,
inflict the cruellest insult on the elective body.
Representatives of the people ! Why, some of
them are no other than the rightful representa-
tives of Indiau jugglers, who turn themselves
inside out, who now crawl like snakes, and now
\ climb like monkeys !
g Foolish people have taken it in high dudgeon
that you should have made the Commons eat
their own words—that you should have shown
a deliberative assembly to be so many toy wind-
mills—that you should have compelled the Wis-
dom of Parliament—venerable and dispassionate
sage !—to appear no better than a Clown in a
pantomime, who, despite of himself, throws sum-
mersets at the wand of Harlequin.
Sir Robert, you have not insulted Parliament. Certainly not;
when you threatened to throw up office unless the Commons threw up
their small remaining sense of consistency—you knew your men.
Fluellen menaced, and Pistol ate the leek !
You have your majority fast, Sir Robert. You have now
rendered them blush-proof, and, therefore, I charge ye, spare them
not. Hold their noses to the grind-stone, that they may feel the
benefit of turning. Let them again and again stand tarred and
feathered by their votes—let them, one and all, look from the pillory
Vol. 7.
William Bagge,
Sir II. Douglas,
Charles Goring,
Christoph. Turner !
V.f--^^MaJ
every turnstile, every weather-vane, known
to their constituents, be carved and painted
with, a Bagge—a Douglas—a Goring—
and, fitting cognomen,—a Turner ! Let
all toy-warehouses make the most of the
illustrious four; and, whereas figures of
capacious Dutchmen that tumble on all
sides, yet afterwards right themselves on
their centre have, heretofore, been sold to little boys and girls,—
henceforth, let Bagges and Douglases, Gorings and Turners,
take the places of the tumbling Hollanders, proving to the ingenuous
British youth that, for going on all sides, and finally keeping their
seats, there is no toy-tumbler of clay or lead like your living M. P.
However, dear Sir Robert, the conduct of your majority (affir-
mative and negative) puts you in this dilemma. How can you,
henceforth, summon any man to the bar of your house for contempt
of Parliament ? Surely, the conduct of the majority goes to legalize
the emotion ; for, deprive the public of its contempt, and in the
name of all the weathercocks, what other feeling can remain to it ?
In the meantime, Peel, work your double-voiced vassals, and
believe me,
Ever your friend and councillor, ,
Provincial Intelligence.
The One Policeman of Heme Bay intends presenting a petition to
both Houses of Parliament, in which he declares it to be his conscientious
belief that if the Commons' Enclosure Bill is allowed to pass, it will have
the effect of shutting up Herne Bay : and in that event, praying he may be
awarded compensation. The petition has already been signed by the
waiter of the Pier Hotel.
REDRESSING AN INJURY.
As the Emperor of Russia distributed his money and presents every-
where, his Imperial Majesty must have thought that any one who was
seen with him was entitled to—compensation 1