Punch (7.1844)

PUNCH. OK THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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GRAND BALLET POLITIQUE.

IN PREPARATION AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

the most incredible bounds, /ours de force, and rapid
and unaccountable gyrations ; while St. LIeon, hold-
ing the wig at arm's length, and appearing to offer it
with each hand alternately to the pretty claimant, always
playfully withdrawing it when it seems in the very grasp
of Lord Brougham's fair representative. Another very
striking feature is the " Pas de Post-office" in whicli
Signor Mazzini is observed reading a letter, over his
macaroni, when Sir James Graham (it is a pas tont seal
by that artiste) advances noiselessly on tiptoe, and pee|>9
alternately over each shoulder at the contents. Altogether,
it apparently may be safely pronounced of the forthcon;
ing ballet, that " Soi-meme seul peut se ressembler." *

THE BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA;

OR. FARMER'S FIRST LESSON IN CHEMISTRY.

We shall soon have to congratulate Mr. Lumley on one of the most signal triumphs
of a triumphant season. The Grand Ballet now in preparation will be the occasion of
the debut of a young and highly promising artiste, Signor D'Israeli, a dancer of the

pure Caucassian school, who comes to Her Majesty's Theatre with the strongest recom-
mendations from several distinguished parties, and whose eccentric Pas diplomutiques have
already excited the attention of the continental dilettanti.

We can, as yet, give, from hearsay, no more than a very

slight sketch of the action ; which, however, if we mistake J|S
not, will be enough to put our readers' expectation on tip-

toe. The ballet consists of two tableaux: and the scene opens /= Y

in the " Temple of Peel," said to be one of the chastest efforts of fWjrf,

the Messrs. Grieves' pencil. Here at first all is harmony, and JaP

the corps de ballet go through a pretty " Conservative Dance " \ \,

round the altar ; towards the conclusion of which, however, some jE^f

five or six (the party of Young England) are observed to separate W A ^ has beep formed Rt & ^ down fa Hampshire

from the rest, and engage in earnest pantomime : these dancers J**, _( pynch dws ^ fed cal]ed J tQ k more ?

(who are verv becoming v dressed, with white neckcloths, trunk- Iff • i \ c .v. * a e * 1. 1 r>u „• rn, \

\ . ' . . 6 j7 j j L o- t-»t l • ife»Jk eitlvj—for the study of Agricultural Chemistry. The plan

hose, and rosaries) are headed bv Signor D Israeli, who is ex- c '■ <. »■ • u„*;„ i ru„ f„n„ • t ■

', , J Jj. 6 . , • , ,. Law of instruction is catechetical. the following Lesson is

nected to make a very great sensation in the pas which lc lows. * .1 „ . \ <. t> l 1 i_-

1 , •'J8,-lr t-!j j r founded on the responses, as reported to Punch bv his

The scene changes, and the Young Lnglanders proceed at once I >. . r. r ' , . „__ . L

, . „ , , »r 17 r,' ' >> ■ e i_- 1- own correspondent, delivered at one of its recent meet-
to their " Pas de la Nouvelle Generation ; in the course of which jSf'l ffi? • n/r <. 1 „ +1™, „«• j „__1, u ,

, , , , , , . _. 1 r °» Ml <=t^ ings- Mistakes, they say, afford often a valuable lesson.

curious and recherche dance (said to partake oi the ( oranto of "U^y^8 » . . , , ; • , . ■ •__•> ■ , .

„ . , ,v. K r, ^J&b*. If so, it is hoped that the lesson subjoined will be of great

Elizabeth, with a soupcon 01 the Anglo-Saxon jig), they thrice »T7;b2^ value ■_

approach Dr. Pusbt, who is seated near the footlights attempting R^B ™« Chemistry is keepun' a doctor's shop. An atom is

to crown him with a cardinal s hat; which the Doctor as often a mossel o' zummut ; a bit 0' dust or zand, loike. The

refuses with mimitab e grace. At the end appear, first, Mr. Miles win S M • ,t c . „ ■ »i, u <v t • u • j

j tit . t j- 1 , «» j r, ». • , ^&-2LM!-3P^\ weight of an atom is the heft on un. Light is accordun

and some West Indians, who dance a " Pas de Differential J&-^^^*-T^^w>>, ? j , , , . „__• . 0 ,, ,. , ^

~ „ . . , ', ... , , , , _ T nk^^'V / ^ as it med be : day-light, moon-light, or candle-light.

Duty with a determined air ; followed closely bv Lord John >J>2i // A n\ s-O 1 „ . • . „ » > .u ■ >>

t, y , x, , ' . J u ,< ^^CISA " Heat is that are as comes out o the vire.

Russell and the Whigs, who execute a very charming Pas | [To the question, « What are the phenomena of heat ?»

JEsperance," and afterwards mmgle with the rest : the first / <<W ft\ theL j ^ «Dooan't 'zactly know what you manes,

tableau closing with a spirited lilting Dance, which represents an V 'Jwff^ 1 ^ " 1 "

encounter between the votaries of Peel and the opposing party ; ^ zur. ^ ^ ^ ^ rooastun' mate, bffin' 'taaters ■

who, by means of their increased numbers, come off victorious. v\ 1 | / burning 'our vin ers if ou ets too clooase to 't Li"ht

The chief feature of the second tableau is the " Pas Tartare et de IbJ( turning jour \111gers 1 you ge s 00 c ooase o . ig 1

ning is a thunderbolt falhn out o the clouds : a thunder-

Screw-driver by Peel, which is highly original and forcible, Sir . , • • ,-, >• , a •> ■ . ,

-p. , r .7? \, j v ,■ 1 . , ^jjg bolt is a thing like a clinker. An acid is any sort o

ftoBERT advancing with menacing gesture, and brandishing the » . . . ^

. , __. vi • , 1 • j R zour stuff, like vinegar or varjus. An alkali is a foreign-

vnstruraent at the deserters. .No sooner is tins dance over, than . x .u u r ■
- -, _ . , - , , ',, „ , . . . eerun name vor zummat or other, mav be for a pig.
four of the latter break from the group and commence a « Pas PenitenHel," which is potash Jg ^ from umJer . Soda is stuff as washer-
described as a spec.es of Mazurka, all the four repeatedly coming down sur Us rnaro- ■ women uses_ Ammonla ■„ ^ne 0> them fine names as
bones m a deprecatory manner and finally on receiving a gracous nod in token of for- I gentlefolks gives their daaters. If you puts zul-
giveness, falling gracefully into the ranks of the consistent votaries. The Tilting Dance phuric\cid t0 lim| and makes zul hate Jy^/ wh of

is then repeated, and this time (from the new change of number^ with an opposite •/■ . , , •? . .1 u t >

u j. . V, , . . 2 en t.7 0 ' rs/ FFV' c eoorse, if you adds it to wuts (oats) you gets zulphate o'

result, ending in the complete victory of Peel. Young Eng and a *• 1 u a ■ 1 . 1-1 -7-11 u-n

' , 6 r> .1 r .1, . r ou i_ r 5 ■ ,? wuts. A simple body means a zimpleton, like Zillv Billy

then performs a rolka of the times of rharaoh, of a vindictive ^t^Sk ^ ^ t> r mu i r r*i ■ 1 it ■ ii

, r, , ., . . - „ ' 1 e J ^ at the Poorus. Ihe laws of Chemical Union is like the

character: and the curtain falls.

laws of any other Union, pretty strictish, and o' coorse
every Chemical Union has got a Beadle. Chemical Affi-
nity, Attraction, Cohesion, Composition, Decomposition,
Analysis, Synthesis, is a parcel of outlandish gibberish.
Justus Liebig is zome Vrenchman."

The foregoing statements, we imagine, exhibit some
slight discrepancy with the views of Faraday ; but as the
agricultural mind expands, its ideas of chemical science
will very likely become rather more accurate.

Besides those we have mentioned, there are interspersed throughout the ballet manv
Other very attractive pas : the gem of the piece, indeed, is said" to be the « Pas de

Theatrical Intelligence,

The Busy Body is now being performed with great suc-
cess at two houses. Critics are at a loss to decide whose
Marplot is the finer bit of acting—Lord Brougham's, or
Charles Matthews's,—but, after the astonishing way
in which Lord Brougham has acted all through the
Imprisonment for Debt Bill, the superiority has been
awarded, most justly, we think, to his Lordship.

PUNCH'S OBITUARY.

Died, on the 24th of July, after many Parliamentary
attacks, the Franchise of Sijpburt. Owing to interna.
[\yf<^§^£ » j corruption, the Franchise was obliged to undergo ths

\^N^v V^^ ^^^ I amputation of two of its members, which, mortification

having ensued, hastened its death. The pockets of 440
voters have been left to deplore the loss of the Franchise.
The deceased, in its life-time, was not much respected,

^Vmv , though its death will certainly leave a large void in the

annals of bribery and corruption, which will require ttic
/ / j ---f united ability of Parliament properly to fill up.

LeonI^Tu Sf'lS Lr°rJoThHAM (il CERIT,0) a,ld L°RD L™™ <M" St' j * The conclude word, are the French traction of a line ,

ivEON). in this pas, Lkrito (who makes a very fascinating Brougham) executes I 5ome obscure old poet. " None but himself can be bit parallel."