DOI issue:
July to December, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16520#0070
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 63
IRISH INTELLIGENCE.
{Front our Dublin Correspondent).
The Liberator is a greater man than ever since his im-
prisonment, for he has gained in bulk what he has lost in
influence. Good living has told terribly on his waistcoats,
which have been of neeessit-' let out, though the Liberator
is himself kept in for the pr-sent.
Imprisonment we always said would be of no use, and
it will only cause the patriot to proceed to larger measures.
A letter to his tailor confirms our worst suspicions oa this
head. O'Connell's coat's seams may give way, but his proud
spirit never. We have heard that the repeal Buttons of his
waistcoat started open while he was talking in his usual "As~ it" grows on its"stem~so~nn'e
inflated style on the subject of his country's wrongs, and V^TT~ | — But hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip—halloo !
he laid open his heart in reality with a splendid burst of —- For tlie ine app'e_tile pine ;
nature. Gymnastics have been recommended to the Libe-
rator as the only means of bringing him down, and a pole
has been erected in the precincts of the prison, with a
Repeal Cap on the top of it. To this O'Connell clings with
all that affectionate intensity which characterises the ivy or
the scarlet runner. He will never sigh for other climes,
while he has repeal in view for his grand climacteric.
THE SONG OF THE PINE APPLE.
The extraordinary glut of pines has made a deep im-
pression on the public mind. These are, indeed, revolu-
tionary times, when the highest luxuries of the aristocratic
table are meted out to the very mob at one penny per slice.
As for ourselves, we can only give full vent to" a melan-
choly strain of sentiment, which finds a natural termination
in the
song of the pine-apple.
The gooseberry hath a pleasant gush,
As it leaps from its prison of skin,
And deep is the blackheart cherry's blush.
From the dark red juice within.
The raspberry hath a graceful hue,
,1, \F-
LORD BROUGHAM ON DEBT.
ORD BROUGHAM will very probably ! ^Sgj^Sfr
carry his Debtors' Bill,
to the temporary confu-
sion of Lord Cotten-
ham. The comical
Henry was more than
usually jocose on bring-
approved fashion did he
taunt Lord Cottex-
ham. He said :—
" If a man with 100/. a-year
only ran in debt 20,000i , or if,
having little or no property, he
went to a tradesman, and in-
duced him to give up his property, a couple of thousand pounds' worth
There's deep philosophy in the peach,
If its meaning were only known,
For a soft external (doth it not teach ?)
May hide a heart of stone.
But, oh ! there's a fruit that is rough to vi<
While within is a flavour divine,
Then hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip, halloo !
For the pineapple—the pine !
Let others sing of the melon soft.
Which I own is exceedingly nice,
But remember that indigestion oft
Will lurk in each savoury slice.
And thou art wholesome and savoury too,
No flavour can equal thine ;
Then hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip, halloo !
For the pine apple—the pine !
:ng up the report of the ^=>=rl THE COMIC BLACKSTONE.
measure. After his most *--T-
of goods in which his capital was invested, by appearing to him as a | x U| ><_V A tenant for life has the right to enjoy the laud in what-
person of weaith, he might as well rob the tradesman at onee, and he | _—!--^ H w ever way ne p]eases, so that he may roll about in the
All trVl f Tl\ Vitt cent- tn Rnf inn K •>f"* r.Lf.iu- Vi a e a rloKtnp hnf ' » i 1 i /> l * V ll_
aspnragiis beds, play at leapfrog over the gooseberry bushes,
or indulge in any other species of enjoyment which he
thinks the land is capable of affording him. He must not,
however, be guilty of waste on the premises, such as felling
timber ; but he is not prohibited from domestic waste, such
as neglecting to eat his crusts, or buttering both sides of his
bread '• as some folke," says Spelman " dydde formerlie."
If a tenant for life sows the land, and dies before harvest,
the executors are entitled to the crop ; and it seems that if
O'Connell at his l a tenant for life has planted mustard and cress, but dies
Gymnastics. before it comes up, his personal representatives may enjoy
the salad.
These profits are called emblements, and the doc-
CHAPTER V.—OF FREEHOLDS NOT OF INHERITANCE.
A freehold not of inheritance is an estate, held for one'u
own life, or for the life of somebody else, so that, a cat
having nine lives, it would seem that a grant to a cat and
his heirs would be almost as good as an estate in tail, for it
would extend to so many lives as to make it nearly equal to
a freehold.
ought to be sent to Botanv Bay for it, not because he was a debtor, but
because he was a fraudulent individual or an individual quasi fraudu-
lent."
After this, Lord Brougham complained that Lord
Cottenha.m's Bill brought noble peers, nay princes of
the blood, within the operation of the Bankrupt Act !
" Well, now suppose the Prince to make some inquiries into this
iinu^lcome interference iriih his freedom. ' What is the-official assig-
nee?' asks the Princs of Wales. 'Oh! Sir, he is a very drastic
;ier*on ; he sifts people's affairs and property, and takes possession of
*hat they have not got rid of.' ' Welt, but cannot you let me keep
uti jiictures at Carlton-hnuse? ' 'Ohl dear no! not one. Your
Koval Hithness is an adjudicated debtor.' (A laugh.) 'An adjudi-
cated debtor! What is that?' 'Why, please your Royal Highness,
•jr whether it niea.se your Royal Highness or not, it means in plain words trine of emblements applies not only to corn, but to
rou are a bankrupt.' " roots—though not to fruit-trees, so that the heir would
And then the Prince remonstrates (through his advocate, Lord
Brougham) :—
" ' It is a very hard case,' complains the Prince, ' why did you not apprise me of this
before ? I should not have spent so much money in plate, or in horses; 1 should nut hare
bought to much marixckalpowder; I should nut have presented so many jewels to this
person and to that. Why did you not give me notice of this before ?' "
Now, surely, a Prince who outruns his income is no jot more pardon-
able for the extravagance than a poor man : nor should he have a
greater right to ask to keep his pictures, than the meaner person to
demand the use of his chairs and tables. As for the plate and
horses, and marischal powder, and jewels,—why, chaDge the words
(or cigars and wine, and other creature comforts, and the like excuse
have the apples, but that the executors would have the parsley, and,
perhaps, the rhubarb. Fruit-trees are not included, because they
are not planted annually for immediate profit ; but if a gooseberry bush,
recently put in, bears fruit the first year, and the tenant for life dies,
it would be difficult to say whether the gooseberries would vest in the heir
or the executor. The better opinion seems to be, that it would be better
for the executor to relinquish the new gooseberries than to go to law with
the heir, which might play old Gooseberry with both of them.
There are one or two other kinds of life estates, which it is not neces-
sary to go into. Among them is tenancy by the curtesy of England.
Any gentleman endeavouring to keep up his tenancy by curtesy alone—
without being able to pay the rent—would very soon be curtsied out by
his landlady, or bowed or kicked out by his landlord. There is also
tenancy in dower, where a widow gets one th\rd of her husband's estate,
may be allowed to the poorest insolvent. There is, however, no B J t t has made it so easy to bar the dower, that the widows
doubt that Lord Brougham will carry his Bill. Can we wonder that
Ltws sometimes fall into contempt, when we consider the vain and
petty motives of those,who make them ?
are generally done out of their thirds ; and instead of the corn, the fruit,
or even the vegetables, there is nothing left but, the Weeds, with which
the unfortunate widows can console themselves.
IRISH INTELLIGENCE.
{Front our Dublin Correspondent).
The Liberator is a greater man than ever since his im-
prisonment, for he has gained in bulk what he has lost in
influence. Good living has told terribly on his waistcoats,
which have been of neeessit-' let out, though the Liberator
is himself kept in for the pr-sent.
Imprisonment we always said would be of no use, and
it will only cause the patriot to proceed to larger measures.
A letter to his tailor confirms our worst suspicions oa this
head. O'Connell's coat's seams may give way, but his proud
spirit never. We have heard that the repeal Buttons of his
waistcoat started open while he was talking in his usual "As~ it" grows on its"stem~so~nn'e
inflated style on the subject of his country's wrongs, and V^TT~ | — But hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip—halloo !
he laid open his heart in reality with a splendid burst of —- For tlie ine app'e_tile pine ;
nature. Gymnastics have been recommended to the Libe-
rator as the only means of bringing him down, and a pole
has been erected in the precincts of the prison, with a
Repeal Cap on the top of it. To this O'Connell clings with
all that affectionate intensity which characterises the ivy or
the scarlet runner. He will never sigh for other climes,
while he has repeal in view for his grand climacteric.
THE SONG OF THE PINE APPLE.
The extraordinary glut of pines has made a deep im-
pression on the public mind. These are, indeed, revolu-
tionary times, when the highest luxuries of the aristocratic
table are meted out to the very mob at one penny per slice.
As for ourselves, we can only give full vent to" a melan-
choly strain of sentiment, which finds a natural termination
in the
song of the pine-apple.
The gooseberry hath a pleasant gush,
As it leaps from its prison of skin,
And deep is the blackheart cherry's blush.
From the dark red juice within.
The raspberry hath a graceful hue,
,1, \F-
LORD BROUGHAM ON DEBT.
ORD BROUGHAM will very probably ! ^Sgj^Sfr
carry his Debtors' Bill,
to the temporary confu-
sion of Lord Cotten-
ham. The comical
Henry was more than
usually jocose on bring-
approved fashion did he
taunt Lord Cottex-
ham. He said :—
" If a man with 100/. a-year
only ran in debt 20,000i , or if,
having little or no property, he
went to a tradesman, and in-
duced him to give up his property, a couple of thousand pounds' worth
There's deep philosophy in the peach,
If its meaning were only known,
For a soft external (doth it not teach ?)
May hide a heart of stone.
But, oh ! there's a fruit that is rough to vi<
While within is a flavour divine,
Then hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip, halloo !
For the pineapple—the pine !
Let others sing of the melon soft.
Which I own is exceedingly nice,
But remember that indigestion oft
Will lurk in each savoury slice.
And thou art wholesome and savoury too,
No flavour can equal thine ;
Then hurrah ! hurrah ! hip, hip, halloo !
For the pine apple—the pine !
:ng up the report of the ^=>=rl THE COMIC BLACKSTONE.
measure. After his most *--T-
of goods in which his capital was invested, by appearing to him as a | x U| ><_V A tenant for life has the right to enjoy the laud in what-
person of weaith, he might as well rob the tradesman at onee, and he | _—!--^ H w ever way ne p]eases, so that he may roll about in the
All trVl f Tl\ Vitt cent- tn Rnf inn K •>f"* r.Lf.iu- Vi a e a rloKtnp hnf ' » i 1 i /> l * V ll_
aspnragiis beds, play at leapfrog over the gooseberry bushes,
or indulge in any other species of enjoyment which he
thinks the land is capable of affording him. He must not,
however, be guilty of waste on the premises, such as felling
timber ; but he is not prohibited from domestic waste, such
as neglecting to eat his crusts, or buttering both sides of his
bread '• as some folke," says Spelman " dydde formerlie."
If a tenant for life sows the land, and dies before harvest,
the executors are entitled to the crop ; and it seems that if
O'Connell at his l a tenant for life has planted mustard and cress, but dies
Gymnastics. before it comes up, his personal representatives may enjoy
the salad.
These profits are called emblements, and the doc-
CHAPTER V.—OF FREEHOLDS NOT OF INHERITANCE.
A freehold not of inheritance is an estate, held for one'u
own life, or for the life of somebody else, so that, a cat
having nine lives, it would seem that a grant to a cat and
his heirs would be almost as good as an estate in tail, for it
would extend to so many lives as to make it nearly equal to
a freehold.
ought to be sent to Botanv Bay for it, not because he was a debtor, but
because he was a fraudulent individual or an individual quasi fraudu-
lent."
After this, Lord Brougham complained that Lord
Cottenha.m's Bill brought noble peers, nay princes of
the blood, within the operation of the Bankrupt Act !
" Well, now suppose the Prince to make some inquiries into this
iinu^lcome interference iriih his freedom. ' What is the-official assig-
nee?' asks the Princs of Wales. 'Oh! Sir, he is a very drastic
;ier*on ; he sifts people's affairs and property, and takes possession of
*hat they have not got rid of.' ' Welt, but cannot you let me keep
uti jiictures at Carlton-hnuse? ' 'Ohl dear no! not one. Your
Koval Hithness is an adjudicated debtor.' (A laugh.) 'An adjudi-
cated debtor! What is that?' 'Why, please your Royal Highness,
•jr whether it niea.se your Royal Highness or not, it means in plain words trine of emblements applies not only to corn, but to
rou are a bankrupt.' " roots—though not to fruit-trees, so that the heir would
And then the Prince remonstrates (through his advocate, Lord
Brougham) :—
" ' It is a very hard case,' complains the Prince, ' why did you not apprise me of this
before ? I should not have spent so much money in plate, or in horses; 1 should nut hare
bought to much marixckalpowder; I should nut have presented so many jewels to this
person and to that. Why did you not give me notice of this before ?' "
Now, surely, a Prince who outruns his income is no jot more pardon-
able for the extravagance than a poor man : nor should he have a
greater right to ask to keep his pictures, than the meaner person to
demand the use of his chairs and tables. As for the plate and
horses, and marischal powder, and jewels,—why, chaDge the words
(or cigars and wine, and other creature comforts, and the like excuse
have the apples, but that the executors would have the parsley, and,
perhaps, the rhubarb. Fruit-trees are not included, because they
are not planted annually for immediate profit ; but if a gooseberry bush,
recently put in, bears fruit the first year, and the tenant for life dies,
it would be difficult to say whether the gooseberries would vest in the heir
or the executor. The better opinion seems to be, that it would be better
for the executor to relinquish the new gooseberries than to go to law with
the heir, which might play old Gooseberry with both of them.
There are one or two other kinds of life estates, which it is not neces-
sary to go into. Among them is tenancy by the curtesy of England.
Any gentleman endeavouring to keep up his tenancy by curtesy alone—
without being able to pay the rent—would very soon be curtsied out by
his landlady, or bowed or kicked out by his landlord. There is also
tenancy in dower, where a widow gets one th\rd of her husband's estate,
may be allowed to the poorest insolvent. There is, however, no B J t t has made it so easy to bar the dower, that the widows
doubt that Lord Brougham will carry his Bill. Can we wonder that
Ltws sometimes fall into contempt, when we consider the vain and
petty motives of those,who make them ?
are generally done out of their thirds ; and instead of the corn, the fruit,
or even the vegetables, there is nothing left but, the Weeds, with which
the unfortunate widows can console themselves.