DOI issue:
January to June, 1845
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16521#0106
»° PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
BELLE ASSEMBLEE AT ISLINGTON.
By the above title, our own reporter designates a crowded meetiug of
fadies, which lately took place at Canonbury House, Islington, for the
purpose of hearing a Mr. George Thompson explain the objects of a con-
templated Bazaar and Fancy Fair, to be held next May, in aid of the
funds of the Anti-Corn-Law League. The Rev. Isaac Brown having
been called to the Chair, Mr Thompson (if we may depend on our
reporter) proceeded to address his fair audience as follows :—
Ladies,—In thus rising to address you, I feel considerably embar-
rassed. Focus as I am of those numerous orbs of light which roll around
me—I need not say I allude to your beaming eyes (" Oh, law!") —
I cannot help feeling rather nervous. (Smiles, and whispers of " Oh ! ")
Ladies, I am about to throw myself at your feet. (Simpers, and " Oh,
Gracious ! ") The Anti-Corn-Law League sighs to you through this humble
individual. (Giggling.) All we ask of you is a trifling boon :—but no
matter—the smallest contributions will be thankfully received. The fact
is, ladies, that we want to get up a Fancy Fair ;—just a little Bazaar—
(Cries of " Charming ! " and "Delightful! ")—in aid of our funds.
We cannot do without you. Man
without woman is—a monopolist. The
great political objects of the Fair will
be cheap bread, commercial prospe-
rity, universal tranquillity, and do-
mestic bliss. You understand me
perfectly? ("Oh, of course!")
You would not see your children,
brothers, husbands, lovers, in want
of a quartern loaf. (" Oh no I ")
You would like to see peace and
plenty hand in hand with mutual
affection ! (" Oh yes I") Well, then,
CURIOSITIES OF MURDER,
For a time, the field near Haverstock-terrace, Ilampstead—the
scene of the late terrific murder—promises to empty the parks and
Kensington Gardens of the beauty and fashion generally to be fonnd
there. We learn from the Post, that two days after the discovery of
the murder—
" Several carriages containing ladies drove up to the field, and gentlemen on horseback,
attended by their grooms, rode across to view the plr.ce. Not content with seeing, manv
brought away boughs and twigs from the surrounding trees, and chips from the fenc-
against which the unfortunate man fell after he was struck, and whereon the marks of
the bloodv fingers of the murderers were imprinted."
Of course these boughs and twigs will be carefully planted, and so
may grow up and flourish a continual memento of agony and blood.
Thus, instead of camellias and other exotics, forming opera bouquets
for "beauty and fashion," we may for a time have twigs of hawthorn
and privet, from the field of murder, as the only wear. We humbly
suggest, too, that the " chips from the fence" should be curiously
preserved—set in gold, as shawl-brooches and other trinkets for those
" ladies " of susceptible hearts who flock to a scene of frightful homi-
cide as to a flower-show—and who inspect and pry into the bloody
"finger-marks of murderers, as though they were exhausting their
admiration on some new geranium or wonderful fuchsia. One of the
supposed murderer's buttons was found in the field : what a gem
that would be, shining in the bosom of lovely and fashionable
woman ! Should the assassins happen to want money for their
defence, we doubt not that they could obtain a very handsome sum
by selling locks of their hair to fashion and beauty—the genuineness
of the article duly warranted by the turnkeys and hangman. As
certain ladies and gentlemen cast such an air of fashion about mur-
der, we earnestly advise M. Jullien immediately to put forth his
I shall say no more on this part of j /[arerstock Polka." The music-sheet might be further recommended
the subject. I am sure that when I by a verv striking lithograph, commemorating the atrocity,
mention a Fancy Fair, I shall touch
a chord that will vibrate in all your _
bosoms. (" What beautiful lan-
guage ! ") You are all for anti- DUCKS versus ROOKS,
slavery ;—except the slavery of the
Ar- \\ i h, -Cy ~ heart (Sighs.) But with what It appears that the rooks of Kensington Gardens have been
<*t(fhlwl imtam pleasure will you work the unfeeling sacrificed to the ducks of that locality. The offence of the rooks,
Highland Chieftain—unfeeling, because made of Berlin wool—and sell according to a Times' correspondent was, that they now and then
him, that trade may be free ! Cruelty you abhor—still will you not be destroyed the ducks' eggs—now and then too bolted a duckling. He
delighted to execute the Bandit says, " ducks may be replaced, but rooks and magpies are not so
—in embroidery ? And when you \ , / easily induced to return when once driven from their colonies " In
make the kettle-holder for your . \\ .£/ g|\ J«l qt[le; words_
country s good, how sweet will be YAj |K m] vCj^SSkW
the reflection that you will dispose \M^j) f. .jffiH^ft.itol " Ducklings and ducks may wither and may fade ;
of it, perchance, to the being who Wl \j Wi m^^^^^WV For ducks may make them, as still ducks have made ;
worships you !—to the loving— Jl | I IxSiPli/ l But a bold rookery, the Gardens' pride,
may I say, the loved one ? (Much JM I ^m^W^^r^m[^> When once shot dowa' cau nevei" be suPPlied '
blushing). Using it, at breakfast, ^£§1 jj) .^^^f^f jSM' / The habits of the bird, savs the correspondent, induce coutem-
m his lonely first-floor-front, haply ^^LJI ^^MSBItBfc" # plative thoughts in the mind of the wanderer : for " he could ieavp
fond memory will heave a sigh ^^ll£^^gBM^ the din and smoke of London behind him. and reclining under the
which will mingle with the song of . rfcsSCTx^^^^B■,^i^V,^^ , " , c ■ j j- i ■ i i e r „i~, r.„A
his kettle (Soh*) My speech has - v - J^SmmfW'M shade of a wide-spreading tree, see a bright group of parti-coloured
been short, ladies-would I could -S/^BBj(ffl^\# < magpies strutting before him, while overhead he heard the soothing
add sweet (" Oh yes, indeed!"); ^^maM Wl XI A }I7"~~ V(,ices of the rooks" Nevertheless, magpies and rooks are cheats
but I will now, with your permis- >^Pnfli> JRf r Jr ^ and tQieves : wve them as we may, we cannot deny them their little
sion, conclude, with thanks for ^^^mJw' peccadilloes. Still we sympathise with the correspondent : and
your kind attention. I will only, ^^^My-^m 'Jf 4§M^=—- sympathising, bid him take comfort. For though every roguish rook
in addition, hint that waistcoats JsB an(^ magpie should be exterminated from Kensington Gardens, does
and slippers, worked by the hand ^y^fw^r^^ not there still remain for him the consolation of Westminster Hal
of loveliness, have ever a brisk jy-OuA 4j§ff {gunM and the Stock Exchange ?
sale, and might I—dare I suggest _
that little elegant cigar-cases would be lively ? However, beggars must the §ilent system
not be choosers ; and, believe me, we shall be open to anything—from 1 ' .
wax flowers to a twopenny pen-wiper. I Lord Stanley is employing the leisure he has since he has been m the
The speaker sat down amid rapturous applause, and has since, we! House of Lords in editing a new edition of Tacitus. It will be dedicated
fmderstand, become nearly bald, from the demand which has arisen for : to Sir James Graham, out of compliment to his taciturnity on the opening
locks of his hair. I of letters' question.
BELLE ASSEMBLEE AT ISLINGTON.
By the above title, our own reporter designates a crowded meetiug of
fadies, which lately took place at Canonbury House, Islington, for the
purpose of hearing a Mr. George Thompson explain the objects of a con-
templated Bazaar and Fancy Fair, to be held next May, in aid of the
funds of the Anti-Corn-Law League. The Rev. Isaac Brown having
been called to the Chair, Mr Thompson (if we may depend on our
reporter) proceeded to address his fair audience as follows :—
Ladies,—In thus rising to address you, I feel considerably embar-
rassed. Focus as I am of those numerous orbs of light which roll around
me—I need not say I allude to your beaming eyes (" Oh, law!") —
I cannot help feeling rather nervous. (Smiles, and whispers of " Oh ! ")
Ladies, I am about to throw myself at your feet. (Simpers, and " Oh,
Gracious ! ") The Anti-Corn-Law League sighs to you through this humble
individual. (Giggling.) All we ask of you is a trifling boon :—but no
matter—the smallest contributions will be thankfully received. The fact
is, ladies, that we want to get up a Fancy Fair ;—just a little Bazaar—
(Cries of " Charming ! " and "Delightful! ")—in aid of our funds.
We cannot do without you. Man
without woman is—a monopolist. The
great political objects of the Fair will
be cheap bread, commercial prospe-
rity, universal tranquillity, and do-
mestic bliss. You understand me
perfectly? ("Oh, of course!")
You would not see your children,
brothers, husbands, lovers, in want
of a quartern loaf. (" Oh no I ")
You would like to see peace and
plenty hand in hand with mutual
affection ! (" Oh yes I") Well, then,
CURIOSITIES OF MURDER,
For a time, the field near Haverstock-terrace, Ilampstead—the
scene of the late terrific murder—promises to empty the parks and
Kensington Gardens of the beauty and fashion generally to be fonnd
there. We learn from the Post, that two days after the discovery of
the murder—
" Several carriages containing ladies drove up to the field, and gentlemen on horseback,
attended by their grooms, rode across to view the plr.ce. Not content with seeing, manv
brought away boughs and twigs from the surrounding trees, and chips from the fenc-
against which the unfortunate man fell after he was struck, and whereon the marks of
the bloodv fingers of the murderers were imprinted."
Of course these boughs and twigs will be carefully planted, and so
may grow up and flourish a continual memento of agony and blood.
Thus, instead of camellias and other exotics, forming opera bouquets
for "beauty and fashion," we may for a time have twigs of hawthorn
and privet, from the field of murder, as the only wear. We humbly
suggest, too, that the " chips from the fence" should be curiously
preserved—set in gold, as shawl-brooches and other trinkets for those
" ladies " of susceptible hearts who flock to a scene of frightful homi-
cide as to a flower-show—and who inspect and pry into the bloody
"finger-marks of murderers, as though they were exhausting their
admiration on some new geranium or wonderful fuchsia. One of the
supposed murderer's buttons was found in the field : what a gem
that would be, shining in the bosom of lovely and fashionable
woman ! Should the assassins happen to want money for their
defence, we doubt not that they could obtain a very handsome sum
by selling locks of their hair to fashion and beauty—the genuineness
of the article duly warranted by the turnkeys and hangman. As
certain ladies and gentlemen cast such an air of fashion about mur-
der, we earnestly advise M. Jullien immediately to put forth his
I shall say no more on this part of j /[arerstock Polka." The music-sheet might be further recommended
the subject. I am sure that when I by a verv striking lithograph, commemorating the atrocity,
mention a Fancy Fair, I shall touch
a chord that will vibrate in all your _
bosoms. (" What beautiful lan-
guage ! ") You are all for anti- DUCKS versus ROOKS,
slavery ;—except the slavery of the
Ar- \\ i h, -Cy ~ heart (Sighs.) But with what It appears that the rooks of Kensington Gardens have been
<*t(fhlwl imtam pleasure will you work the unfeeling sacrificed to the ducks of that locality. The offence of the rooks,
Highland Chieftain—unfeeling, because made of Berlin wool—and sell according to a Times' correspondent was, that they now and then
him, that trade may be free ! Cruelty you abhor—still will you not be destroyed the ducks' eggs—now and then too bolted a duckling. He
delighted to execute the Bandit says, " ducks may be replaced, but rooks and magpies are not so
—in embroidery ? And when you \ , / easily induced to return when once driven from their colonies " In
make the kettle-holder for your . \\ .£/ g|\ J«l qt[le; words_
country s good, how sweet will be YAj |K m] vCj^SSkW
the reflection that you will dispose \M^j) f. .jffiH^ft.itol " Ducklings and ducks may wither and may fade ;
of it, perchance, to the being who Wl \j Wi m^^^^^WV For ducks may make them, as still ducks have made ;
worships you !—to the loving— Jl | I IxSiPli/ l But a bold rookery, the Gardens' pride,
may I say, the loved one ? (Much JM I ^m^W^^r^m[^> When once shot dowa' cau nevei" be suPPlied '
blushing). Using it, at breakfast, ^£§1 jj) .^^^f^f jSM' / The habits of the bird, savs the correspondent, induce coutem-
m his lonely first-floor-front, haply ^^LJI ^^MSBItBfc" # plative thoughts in the mind of the wanderer : for " he could ieavp
fond memory will heave a sigh ^^ll£^^gBM^ the din and smoke of London behind him. and reclining under the
which will mingle with the song of . rfcsSCTx^^^^B■,^i^V,^^ , " , c ■ j j- i ■ i i e r „i~, r.„A
his kettle (Soh*) My speech has - v - J^SmmfW'M shade of a wide-spreading tree, see a bright group of parti-coloured
been short, ladies-would I could -S/^BBj(ffl^\# < magpies strutting before him, while overhead he heard the soothing
add sweet (" Oh yes, indeed!"); ^^maM Wl XI A }I7"~~ V(,ices of the rooks" Nevertheless, magpies and rooks are cheats
but I will now, with your permis- >^Pnfli> JRf r Jr ^ and tQieves : wve them as we may, we cannot deny them their little
sion, conclude, with thanks for ^^^mJw' peccadilloes. Still we sympathise with the correspondent : and
your kind attention. I will only, ^^^My-^m 'Jf 4§M^=—- sympathising, bid him take comfort. For though every roguish rook
in addition, hint that waistcoats JsB an(^ magpie should be exterminated from Kensington Gardens, does
and slippers, worked by the hand ^y^fw^r^^ not there still remain for him the consolation of Westminster Hal
of loveliness, have ever a brisk jy-OuA 4j§ff {gunM and the Stock Exchange ?
sale, and might I—dare I suggest _
that little elegant cigar-cases would be lively ? However, beggars must the §ilent system
not be choosers ; and, believe me, we shall be open to anything—from 1 ' .
wax flowers to a twopenny pen-wiper. I Lord Stanley is employing the leisure he has since he has been m the
The speaker sat down amid rapturous applause, and has since, we! House of Lords in editing a new edition of Tacitus. It will be dedicated
fmderstand, become nearly bald, from the demand which has arisen for : to Sir James Graham, out of compliment to his taciturnity on the opening
locks of his hair. I of letters' question.