Punch (9.1845)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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CANTO THE FIRST.

courtship.

Fairest of earth ! if thou wilt hear my vow,

Lo ! at thy feet, I swear to love thee ever ;
And, by this kiss upon thy radiant brow,

Promise affection which no time shall sever ;
And love which e'er shall burn as bright as now,

To be extinguished—never, dearest—never !
Wilt thou that naughty, fluttering heart resign ? | I say I won't allow ten pounds aweek :

Catherine ! my own sweet Kate ! wilt thou be mine ? I can't afford it ; Madam, do not speak !

CANTO THE SECOND.

MATRIMON V.

Now, Mrs. Pringie, once for all, I say
I will not such extravagance allow !
Bills upon bills, and larger every day,

Enough to drive a man to drink, I vow!
Bonnets, gloves, frippery and trash—nay, nay
Tears, Mrs. Pringle, will not gull me now.

Thou shalt have pearls to deck thy raven hair— j In wedding you, I thought I had a treasure ;

Thou shalt have ail this world of ours can bring; ! I find myself most miserably mistaken !
And we will live in solitude, nor care j You rise at ten, then spend the day in pleasure

For aught save for each other. We will fling
Away all sorrow—Eden shall be there.'
And thou shalt be my queen, and I thy king !

In fact, my confidence is slightly shaken.
Ha! what's that uproar ? This, ma'am, is my leisure ;
Sufficient noise the slumbering dead to waken !

Still coy, and still reluctant ? Sweetheart, say, I seek retirement, and I find—a riot;

When shall we monarchs be f and which the day ? Confound those children, but I '11 make them quiet!

PAINFUL TOYS.

MIKE GIBBS AND BILLY GIBBS.

of the shops, and which is something like this :—

Dear Punch,

I want to know whether you think any moral or intellectual A he Lord Mayor was placed in an awkward situation the other di.y
eood can he done to the world hy a species of toy that I now see in many ! bJ' the following burst of honest indignation from the lips of a policeman,

..... ; at the Mansion-house :_

" My lord, this Billy Gibbs is one of the worst characters we are
acquainted with, and I should be glad to know whether I am not at
liberty to apprehend him in this case."

Whether it was tenderness towards a namesake, or for some other
cause, we know not; but certain it is, that Mike Gibbs would not
sanction the apprehension of Billy Gibbs : " for, " said the Lord Mayor,
" I cannot see any ground for apprehending Billy Gibbs in the present
case ; but, as he is a person of such desperate character, he must in
all probability soon fall into the hands of the police."

Mike Gibbs thinks there is no occasion for Billy Gibbs to be brought
_ /"/J mvj t0 hook at present. His time will come some day or other, and so there

TUn *s t0 ^e no nuri7- Mike Gibbs disapproves of Billy Gibbs being called

to account just at present.

JJAJJI

Two pieces of board are fitted together with a piece of leather at the
edges, and when these are pressed together, the air goes through a hole
with a noise resembling the word " fitch V The figure on the outside
represents a young gentleman suspended from some railings by the seat

England's Wooden Walls.

A railing is being put up round the Wellington Statue opposite the
Royal Exchange. The shabby boarding, however, still continues round
the Nelson Column. We think, after the handsome present of the

■of his " continuations," and, by a curious arrangement, his mouth opens Emperor of Russia, they might have bound this work of art in something

whenever the noise is produced. Sometimes the figure represents a better than plain boards. A column does not improve, any more than

sportsman with his foot in a trap ; sometimes a man having a tooth good wine, by being kept too long "in the wood." We certainly take a

extracted ; but all agree in this point, that the squeak of the boards is pride in giving the column this railing,—because we feel, that, if it is

intended for an expression of pain by the party depicted outside. left to the public, it will never get one. The Committee, too, we think,

Now, sir, I look upon these toys highly objectionable. requires blowing up just as much as the boards.
First, from a moral point of view, as I think a constant exhibition of I

pain anything but wholesome to the young mind. j TREMENDOUS SUFFERINGS of the HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE.

Secondly, from an intellectual point of view, as I assure you no human
being in pain ever uttered a noise like that of this little machine. I! The papers have the following article :—

recently tried the experiment on my six sons, to whom I gave in succes- j <« The Household Brigade.—On the 1st of July the 1st Life Guards will march

from Regent's Park to Hyde Park : the 2nd Life Guards from Hyde Park to Windsor:
and the Royal Horse Guards from Windsor to Regent's Park."

sion a smart pinth. The first growled out—"Come now!" the second
exclaimed, " I say !" the third ejaculated, " Oh, crikey !" the fourth,
whistled " Phew !" the fifth uttered " Oh !" alone, and the sixth and
youngest, sat down and bellowed like a bull. Not one of them, Mr.
Punch, said anything like the monosyllable "fitch "

Bless the gallant fellows, wherever they go !—Every Briton's heart
must kindle as he reads of their heroic hardships and sublime gallantry.

P' i t ° -.1 • i x-u- 1" j.. r_ 1 i Printed bv William Bradbury, of No. 6, York Place, Stoke Newington, and Frederick Mullen Evans

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