DOI issue:
July to December, 1845
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16541#0132
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PANORAMA OF THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY.
Enjoyment of the scenery constitutes more than half the pleasure of
travelling ; and in order that the voyager along the Blackwall Railway
may know what to expect, we have had a panorama prepared by a first-
rate artist of the scene that will greet the eye and sink into the heart of
the passenger from Fenchurch Street.
Talk of the " feast of reason and the flow of soul," what are they com-
pared with " the feast of chimneys and the flow of smoke," on the line
alluded to ? There is something elevating in the idea of running for miles
on a level with the weathercock and the cowl, while we mark the fierce cat
revelling uncontrolled along the sky-piercing parapet. The chamois
hopping and skipping over rocky peaks, or the goat frisking about in the
caves of the Colosseum, are both objects of grandeur ; but the unfettered
cat, roaming at ease through the lofty gutters of Limehouse and Poplar,
is a sight which none but the passenger on the Blackwall Railway is
privileged to contemplate.
But we are growing sentimental, and the tear-drop is trickling down the
cedar pen-holder, till, mingling with the murky ink, it becomes darkened
with that it mixes with ; like the gushing dew-drop, which—but we are
losing sight of the Panorama of the Blackwall Railway, to which we
entreat the serious attention of all lovers of the beautiful.
SOUTHWARK ELECTION.
We were much shocked the other day at seeing two individuals rolling
about the streets in a fearful state of intoxication, bearing enormous
placards inscribed—
I
" One of Ourselves."
We were naturally anxious to know who the inebriated boardmen could
possibly be claiming as a congenial spirit, when one of them, happening to
give a sudden whirl round, disclosed another board at his back, with—
" Pilcher for Southwark "
printed in conspicuous characters. Surely Mr. Pilcher's committee cannot
sanction two drunken emissaries going forward into the public streets, and
identifying Pilcher with themselves.
The Conservative candidate has announced himself as a steady friend
to Protestantism ; but if two fellows go reeling about the streets, calling
Pilcher " one of them," he can have no pretence to steadiness of prin-
ciple. We should as soon expect to see a placard, announcing " Pilcher
the friend to the Constitution," on one side, and " We won't go home j
till morning," emblazoned on the other. During the period of canvassing, i
we know that the most aristocratic candidates profess to be identified with i
the people ; but it would be as well if the committee of the steady !
Protestant would take care in future that the individuals selected to carry
the boards inscribed " Vote for Pilcher, one of us," should at least keep
sober.
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.
The contest between the Morning Papers for a priority of fashionable
intelligence places one or two of those journals fearfully on their mettle in
the collection of facts relating to the movements of the aristocracy. A
constant struggle is going on between the emissaries of the papers, to be
first in the announcement of an intended diplomatic dinner or " the
dansante," and each paper has now its Jenkins, who is employed to
flirt with the housemaids in the fashionable squares, for the purpose of
getting into their confidence and extraciing from them in their weaker
moments—"exclusive intelligence." Occasionally, in their efforts to get
at something new, the Jenkinses sink into the mysterious, and we hear
of people whom we never heard of before doing things that are of as
little consequence as the individuals who do them. One of them has
lately dug up from the mine of obscurity an individual whose movements
have been made the subject of the following paragraph :—
" Captain Cdddy left town yesterday for Scotland, to join his brother-in-law, John
Claudius Berksford, Esq., cousin to his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland, on board
his yacht the Ada, at Islay. Captain Cuddy, after making a tour in Scotland, will
proceed to Ireland on a visit."
This paragraph has a good deal puzzled us, and has suggested to us
the following series of interrogatories : —
1st. Who is Captain Cuddy ?
2nd. How does his leaving Town affect the public so as to make his
departure a matter of interest ?
3rd. Why introduce the name of "John Claudius Beresford, Esq.,
cousin to his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland," unless for the purpose
of showing that Cuddy has a sister who married a gentleman, or that
Cuddy himself married the sister of a gentleman, whose father or mother
married either the brother or the sister of the father or mother of
the Lord Primate of Ireland '
4th. Does the Lord Primate of Ireland keep a yacht ; and how is it
that his Grace can find time to be on board of her at Islay ?
5th. What tour is the Captain going to make in Scotland, and why ! and
if he is—what matters ?
6th. Who cares about his intended visit to Ireland 1
Perhaps the Editor of the Paper in an early leading article will oblige
us with an answer to these queries.
new weapon of war.
Marshal Bugeaud has^ sent 50,000 crosses of the Legion of Honour
into the interior of Africa, for the purpose of subduing the natives. The
terror evinced by the poor Arabs at having one of these crosses levelled
at their breast, is such, that they instantly take to flight. Marshal
Bugeaud is in hopes, by this new method of warfare, of conquering the
whole of Algiers in a very short time, without shedding a drop of blood.
Printed by William Bradbury, of No. 8 York Place, Stoke Newin»jton, and Frederick Mullett Evans,
of No. 7, Church Row, Stoke Newington, both In the County of Middlesex, Printers, at
their Office in Lombard Street. In the Precinct of Whltefriars, In the City of London, an-
published oy them, at No. ti. Fleet Streat, in the Parish of St. Bride'i, in the City of L**i*m.
—SATURDii, Sift. 13. 1*S.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PANORAMA OF THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY.
Enjoyment of the scenery constitutes more than half the pleasure of
travelling ; and in order that the voyager along the Blackwall Railway
may know what to expect, we have had a panorama prepared by a first-
rate artist of the scene that will greet the eye and sink into the heart of
the passenger from Fenchurch Street.
Talk of the " feast of reason and the flow of soul," what are they com-
pared with " the feast of chimneys and the flow of smoke," on the line
alluded to ? There is something elevating in the idea of running for miles
on a level with the weathercock and the cowl, while we mark the fierce cat
revelling uncontrolled along the sky-piercing parapet. The chamois
hopping and skipping over rocky peaks, or the goat frisking about in the
caves of the Colosseum, are both objects of grandeur ; but the unfettered
cat, roaming at ease through the lofty gutters of Limehouse and Poplar,
is a sight which none but the passenger on the Blackwall Railway is
privileged to contemplate.
But we are growing sentimental, and the tear-drop is trickling down the
cedar pen-holder, till, mingling with the murky ink, it becomes darkened
with that it mixes with ; like the gushing dew-drop, which—but we are
losing sight of the Panorama of the Blackwall Railway, to which we
entreat the serious attention of all lovers of the beautiful.
SOUTHWARK ELECTION.
We were much shocked the other day at seeing two individuals rolling
about the streets in a fearful state of intoxication, bearing enormous
placards inscribed—
I
" One of Ourselves."
We were naturally anxious to know who the inebriated boardmen could
possibly be claiming as a congenial spirit, when one of them, happening to
give a sudden whirl round, disclosed another board at his back, with—
" Pilcher for Southwark "
printed in conspicuous characters. Surely Mr. Pilcher's committee cannot
sanction two drunken emissaries going forward into the public streets, and
identifying Pilcher with themselves.
The Conservative candidate has announced himself as a steady friend
to Protestantism ; but if two fellows go reeling about the streets, calling
Pilcher " one of them," he can have no pretence to steadiness of prin-
ciple. We should as soon expect to see a placard, announcing " Pilcher
the friend to the Constitution," on one side, and " We won't go home j
till morning," emblazoned on the other. During the period of canvassing, i
we know that the most aristocratic candidates profess to be identified with i
the people ; but it would be as well if the committee of the steady !
Protestant would take care in future that the individuals selected to carry
the boards inscribed " Vote for Pilcher, one of us," should at least keep
sober.
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.
The contest between the Morning Papers for a priority of fashionable
intelligence places one or two of those journals fearfully on their mettle in
the collection of facts relating to the movements of the aristocracy. A
constant struggle is going on between the emissaries of the papers, to be
first in the announcement of an intended diplomatic dinner or " the
dansante," and each paper has now its Jenkins, who is employed to
flirt with the housemaids in the fashionable squares, for the purpose of
getting into their confidence and extraciing from them in their weaker
moments—"exclusive intelligence." Occasionally, in their efforts to get
at something new, the Jenkinses sink into the mysterious, and we hear
of people whom we never heard of before doing things that are of as
little consequence as the individuals who do them. One of them has
lately dug up from the mine of obscurity an individual whose movements
have been made the subject of the following paragraph :—
" Captain Cdddy left town yesterday for Scotland, to join his brother-in-law, John
Claudius Berksford, Esq., cousin to his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland, on board
his yacht the Ada, at Islay. Captain Cuddy, after making a tour in Scotland, will
proceed to Ireland on a visit."
This paragraph has a good deal puzzled us, and has suggested to us
the following series of interrogatories : —
1st. Who is Captain Cuddy ?
2nd. How does his leaving Town affect the public so as to make his
departure a matter of interest ?
3rd. Why introduce the name of "John Claudius Beresford, Esq.,
cousin to his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland," unless for the purpose
of showing that Cuddy has a sister who married a gentleman, or that
Cuddy himself married the sister of a gentleman, whose father or mother
married either the brother or the sister of the father or mother of
the Lord Primate of Ireland '
4th. Does the Lord Primate of Ireland keep a yacht ; and how is it
that his Grace can find time to be on board of her at Islay ?
5th. What tour is the Captain going to make in Scotland, and why ! and
if he is—what matters ?
6th. Who cares about his intended visit to Ireland 1
Perhaps the Editor of the Paper in an early leading article will oblige
us with an answer to these queries.
new weapon of war.
Marshal Bugeaud has^ sent 50,000 crosses of the Legion of Honour
into the interior of Africa, for the purpose of subduing the natives. The
terror evinced by the poor Arabs at having one of these crosses levelled
at their breast, is such, that they instantly take to flight. Marshal
Bugeaud is in hopes, by this new method of warfare, of conquering the
whole of Algiers in a very short time, without shedding a drop of blood.
Printed by William Bradbury, of No. 8 York Place, Stoke Newin»jton, and Frederick Mullett Evans,
of No. 7, Church Row, Stoke Newington, both In the County of Middlesex, Printers, at
their Office in Lombard Street. In the Precinct of Whltefriars, In the City of London, an-
published oy them, at No. ti. Fleet Streat, in the Parish of St. Bride'i, in the City of L**i*m.
—SATURDii, Sift. 13. 1*S.