DOI issue:
July to December, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16520#0254
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
247
SHAKESPEAR AN EMIGRANT TO FRANCE:
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PHILADELPHIAN REVELS.
ejjs^ 1 ] ,/ \ N, / the New World, was celebrate'
\ ' fyhfl v i& 1 ~~~~ 1 " ^x 1 appropriate exercises
i f-r-5" P / %\ J&m : \ ^ i these aDDroDriate exercises wer
Pdsch. (hysterically.)—"Bless you Bill! you shall never want a friend, or a good word, as long
as I live."
To that spirit of courtesy which is always shown to Punch at AVindsor Castle,
Buckingham Palace, and every other Royal residence, does he owe a copy—an
exclusive copy — of Queen Victoria's letter to Louis-Philippe, touching
Shakespear in Prance. Mr. Macready had the honour of receiving the
epistle from Her Majesty's own hand, and ere our sheet can be printed, will
have delivered it to the King of the French.
Windsor Castle, Nov. 21th, 1844.
My dear Brother of France,
Health and greeting ! The bearer of this is Macready. You doubtless
remember on your late visit to our Court, that, among other things, I expressed my
regret at the absence of Macready—he was then on his way from America—by which
you were denied what I conceive to be one of the highest of all intellectual enjoyments,
jamely, Shakespear finely acted. However, Macready is now with you, and I know
you will cherish him.
I assure you, my dear brother of France, that, in consenting to your wish that
Shakespear should be played in Paris by some of my best English actors, I have
.nade a sacrifice to my friendship. You read the English papers, and must know how
iearly I love a play ; how, night after night, I visited Drury Lane when managed by
Macready ; how, indeed, in twenty different ways, I showed my admiration of the
drama, believing it, as I truly do, worthy of the best encouragement of an enlightened
monarch. All I envy Elizabeth is her Shakespear. What a subject to have glorified
a sceptre ! What a jewel in a crown ! However, as I can't have Shakespear himself
at Court, I am continually listening to some of his plays, and continually thinking how
best may be honoured the divine art of which he is the Divinest Magician. You will
recollect, very shortly after Bolwer wrote a play, I made him a baronet. I have
wanted to do something of the sort for Macready, but Peel—he is such a strange,
cold person—declares that it would not " be correct." Aldermen, and so forth, may
be dignified, but not mere men of genius. Peel declares that the world can get on
very well without genius ; and, really, one has only to listen to him for a short time to
believe it.
In France, however, these things are differently thought of. Hence, if you choose
to give the Legion of Honour to Macready—nay, if you like to make him a French
peer, you may. I shall be only too well pleased by any distinction you may confer upon
him. Let me also recommend Miss Faucit—a great favourite of mine—to the good
graces of the Queen and the Princesses.
Write me over what you think of my actors ; and, above all, when they have gone
their round of plays, let them not linger in Paris ; but cause them to return imme-
diately to London—for I assure you I don't well know how I shall get over the time
without them. To be sure the Opera will be opening ; but, compared to Shakespear,
wtiat is the Opera \
Your affectionate Sister of England,
Victoria, R.
Another journal has been informed, by its American tsor-
respondent, that the 200th anniversary of the birth-day of
William Penn, and the 160th of his landing on the shores of
the New World, was celebrated at Philadelphia on the 2^th
Our own, has told us what
these appropriate exercises were :—
One very appropriate exercise was the exercise of the
Thimble-Rig by a company of the chief Merchants and
Bankers, wherein was displayed great adroitness.
Another was the exciting and national sport of " Beggar my
Neighbour."
A great many exercised themselves at a species of Back-
gammon, played between a Philadelphian and an European,
in which the latter was invariably gammoned.
The abilities of sundry were likewise exercised in round
games of Commerce and Speculation ; the chief fun, as is
usual in those amusements, consisting in the cheating.
" Forfeits" were also largely played by men in drab and
aliens, the latter forfeiting whatever they intrusted to the
former.
The populace, in the meanwhile, loudly exercised their
ungs, bawling continually'—" Non-Payment ! " " Repudiation
for Ever ! '' " No Surrender ! " One Quaker, amid much
applause, propounded the following sentiment : " Phila-
delphia ! herself independent, can never be depended ou."
FASHIONS FOR PUBLIC STATUES.
In head dresses we have
seen nothing new, the pre-
vailing mode partaking of
the cocked hat and the pig-
tail. Sheets and table-
cloths are much in favour
as wrappers, and an anchor
hanging out of the coat-
pocket, d la Nelson, gives
a novel finish off to a naval
uniform.
THE
WINDSOR WARNINGS.
We should like to know
who is the Editor of the
boards stuck up in Windsor
Park, to warn people off
the grass, for there is a de-
cided roughness in the style,
which would be the better
for a little polishing. On
entering the Park from the
Castle, there is a board on
the left, intimating that
" Gentlemen are required,
and servants are desired,
to keep upon the gravel,
and not to break out upon
the turf." The difference
of the tone adopted to-
wards " gentlemen " and
" servants " is very re- the duke's statue, as seen
markable. To the former from the poultry.
it is evidently intended to
say, literally, " be good enough to keep to the gravel ; " while
to the latter it is clearly designed to convey such a sentence as
" Hollo ! you fellow, come off the turf, or I '11 pretty soon
make you." What is meant by "breaking out" upon the
turf we do not exactly comprehend. Does it mean that horses
are not to be " broken in " on the spot that is prohibited "i
ANOTHER AND ANOTHER STILL SUCCEEDS.
Another revolution has been discovered at Madrid within
the last week. We wonder the papers have taken the trouble
to mention this, since it is only one.
247
SHAKESPEAR AN EMIGRANT TO FRANCE:
c0?c3xS)CL!FF
PHILADELPHIAN REVELS.
ejjs^ 1 ] ,/ \ N, / the New World, was celebrate'
\ ' fyhfl v i& 1 ~~~~ 1 " ^x 1 appropriate exercises
i f-r-5" P / %\ J&m : \ ^ i these aDDroDriate exercises wer
Pdsch. (hysterically.)—"Bless you Bill! you shall never want a friend, or a good word, as long
as I live."
To that spirit of courtesy which is always shown to Punch at AVindsor Castle,
Buckingham Palace, and every other Royal residence, does he owe a copy—an
exclusive copy — of Queen Victoria's letter to Louis-Philippe, touching
Shakespear in Prance. Mr. Macready had the honour of receiving the
epistle from Her Majesty's own hand, and ere our sheet can be printed, will
have delivered it to the King of the French.
Windsor Castle, Nov. 21th, 1844.
My dear Brother of France,
Health and greeting ! The bearer of this is Macready. You doubtless
remember on your late visit to our Court, that, among other things, I expressed my
regret at the absence of Macready—he was then on his way from America—by which
you were denied what I conceive to be one of the highest of all intellectual enjoyments,
jamely, Shakespear finely acted. However, Macready is now with you, and I know
you will cherish him.
I assure you, my dear brother of France, that, in consenting to your wish that
Shakespear should be played in Paris by some of my best English actors, I have
.nade a sacrifice to my friendship. You read the English papers, and must know how
iearly I love a play ; how, night after night, I visited Drury Lane when managed by
Macready ; how, indeed, in twenty different ways, I showed my admiration of the
drama, believing it, as I truly do, worthy of the best encouragement of an enlightened
monarch. All I envy Elizabeth is her Shakespear. What a subject to have glorified
a sceptre ! What a jewel in a crown ! However, as I can't have Shakespear himself
at Court, I am continually listening to some of his plays, and continually thinking how
best may be honoured the divine art of which he is the Divinest Magician. You will
recollect, very shortly after Bolwer wrote a play, I made him a baronet. I have
wanted to do something of the sort for Macready, but Peel—he is such a strange,
cold person—declares that it would not " be correct." Aldermen, and so forth, may
be dignified, but not mere men of genius. Peel declares that the world can get on
very well without genius ; and, really, one has only to listen to him for a short time to
believe it.
In France, however, these things are differently thought of. Hence, if you choose
to give the Legion of Honour to Macready—nay, if you like to make him a French
peer, you may. I shall be only too well pleased by any distinction you may confer upon
him. Let me also recommend Miss Faucit—a great favourite of mine—to the good
graces of the Queen and the Princesses.
Write me over what you think of my actors ; and, above all, when they have gone
their round of plays, let them not linger in Paris ; but cause them to return imme-
diately to London—for I assure you I don't well know how I shall get over the time
without them. To be sure the Opera will be opening ; but, compared to Shakespear,
wtiat is the Opera \
Your affectionate Sister of England,
Victoria, R.
Another journal has been informed, by its American tsor-
respondent, that the 200th anniversary of the birth-day of
William Penn, and the 160th of his landing on the shores of
the New World, was celebrated at Philadelphia on the 2^th
Our own, has told us what
these appropriate exercises were :—
One very appropriate exercise was the exercise of the
Thimble-Rig by a company of the chief Merchants and
Bankers, wherein was displayed great adroitness.
Another was the exciting and national sport of " Beggar my
Neighbour."
A great many exercised themselves at a species of Back-
gammon, played between a Philadelphian and an European,
in which the latter was invariably gammoned.
The abilities of sundry were likewise exercised in round
games of Commerce and Speculation ; the chief fun, as is
usual in those amusements, consisting in the cheating.
" Forfeits" were also largely played by men in drab and
aliens, the latter forfeiting whatever they intrusted to the
former.
The populace, in the meanwhile, loudly exercised their
ungs, bawling continually'—" Non-Payment ! " " Repudiation
for Ever ! '' " No Surrender ! " One Quaker, amid much
applause, propounded the following sentiment : " Phila-
delphia ! herself independent, can never be depended ou."
FASHIONS FOR PUBLIC STATUES.
In head dresses we have
seen nothing new, the pre-
vailing mode partaking of
the cocked hat and the pig-
tail. Sheets and table-
cloths are much in favour
as wrappers, and an anchor
hanging out of the coat-
pocket, d la Nelson, gives
a novel finish off to a naval
uniform.
THE
WINDSOR WARNINGS.
We should like to know
who is the Editor of the
boards stuck up in Windsor
Park, to warn people off
the grass, for there is a de-
cided roughness in the style,
which would be the better
for a little polishing. On
entering the Park from the
Castle, there is a board on
the left, intimating that
" Gentlemen are required,
and servants are desired,
to keep upon the gravel,
and not to break out upon
the turf." The difference
of the tone adopted to-
wards " gentlemen " and
" servants " is very re- the duke's statue, as seen
markable. To the former from the poultry.
it is evidently intended to
say, literally, " be good enough to keep to the gravel ; " while
to the latter it is clearly designed to convey such a sentence as
" Hollo ! you fellow, come off the turf, or I '11 pretty soon
make you." What is meant by "breaking out" upon the
turf we do not exactly comprehend. Does it mean that horses
are not to be " broken in " on the spot that is prohibited "i
ANOTHER AND ANOTHER STILL SUCCEEDS.
Another revolution has been discovered at Madrid within
the last week. We wonder the papers have taken the trouble
to mention this, since it is only one.