DOI Heft:
July to December, 1845
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16541#0208
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PUNCH'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY.
ill in Parliament. An act in
RAILWAY COURT AND PEERAGE.
As we have now a Railway King in the person of Mr. Hudson, it
j becomes advisable that we, or rather the Monarch, should also have a
embryo ; or, to use the quaint illus- i Court_ The only Railway Court at present existing, that we know of, is
tration of the old jurists, a species ■ Capel Court; which, however, with the exception of the stags appertaining
of legislative bird that has not j to it, has no one feature of a royal residence. We would propose Hamp-
come to its full growth, haviDg only j ton Court as a suitable abode for King Hudson. Queen Victoria does
its bill, without its claws being per- | not use it, and (by and with the assent of Parliament) might perhaps
fected. A bill has to be read j be induced to dispose of it on moderate terms. The numerous placards of
three times, and considered in com- | " Steam to Hampton Court" seem to suggest its fitness for this purpose ;.
mittee in each House • and as there on'v tne steam should be transferred from the Thames to a new line of
may be a debate at every stage it raUway> of which the Palace should be the terminus. A Court having been
is surprising that any bill, w'ith Prov^i^e(^ for Hudson the First, the next thing requisite would be to furnish
all th w i»ht it ha to bear ever W1'n courtiers; and this would give occasion lor the institution oi a Railway
a e weig 1 ias , Peerage. Punch, anticipating the functions of His Railway Majesty's
reaches the end of its journey. prime Ministerj has much pieasure in offering the King his dutiful advise
When a bill passes one House it wilh respect to the creation of the new titles. He proposes that the
is taken to the other, and when it dukedoms should consist of the principal existing lines, as first in the
is carried from the lower to the order of seniority ; so that there should be Dukes of Great Grimsby, of
upper, several members of the Com- London and Birmingham, of South Western, selected from eminent share-
mons knock at the door of the Peers, and present their little bill, holders and directors, as might also be their Graces of the Midland and
when the Speaker of the Lords, who is generally the Chancellor, Eastern Counties.
takes the bill with much dignity, but returns no immediate answer. It w°uld likewise be as well, perhaps, to have a Duke of London and
For those who like expensive luxuries, private bills may be had, as Brighton. The lines next in consequence might afford Marquisates,.
if Brown wished to call himself De Brown, or if Timlins wished Earldoms and Baronies There would thus be a Marqu.s of Croydon,
. . r •, r rr, ... -i ,i„u„„„ an -karl of Greenwich, and a Baron of Blackwall. ihe intended and pro-
to quarter the family tea-pot of Tuikins with the family scutcheon, . . . » ... . . r
,, ^ . , , . , * , r .. , . . , , . J. ,.n ' visionally registered lines would, many of them, form excellent titles, as
they might either of them accomplish the feat by a private bill at an highly sounding and pompous M any t/e]onging t0 the actual aristocracy.
enormous outlay. Tak6j for exampie) Lord South Midland Junction, Lord Oxford and
Bill of Rights. The name given to the statute 1 William Salisbury Direct, Lord Tring and Reigate, Lord Royal Grand, or Lord
and Mary, embodying the declaration of rights accepted with the 1 Viscount Staines and Slough Atmospheric. No doubt, King Hudson
Crown, on the same principle as a child agrees to swallow a nauseous knows a great deal better than Punch who are the fit and proper persons
but necessary pill, on condition of having something nice to take t0 be elevated to these dignities ; but Mr. Punch will be happy to give
with it. The Bill of Rights enacts, among other things, that the n's best; assistanceon this point also ; decidedly recommending, in the first
„___i • "d 1 ■ . . ■ , r v ? . »v,„ i™~n. place, that the plain Mr., which is at present the sole ornament of Punch s
speeches m Parliament ought to be free; but when we see the length ^ fce fort£with ex^hanged for ^ of « Hig Grace the Duke
to which the debates run, and how tedious they are, we are inclined he addj (< of Newcastle aud Darlington V '
to regard them as being more free than welcome.
Bishop—from the Greek word ewuTKoiros, an overlooker ; and from _^
this overlooking the bishop is said to occupy a see. This see is a ^<^~ ' ~^lH
capital look-out for those who are lucky enough to obtain it. The
Bishops are spiritual peers, and there are two Archbishops, who have
precedence before all the temporal Lords, except the Lord Chancellor,
who ranks between the two, like the slice of ham betwixt two pieces of
bread-and-butter in a sandwich. The Bishops were formerly elected,
but this system was abolished to prevent the scandal of placards being
stuck about a cathedral town, announcing "Henry for Exeter,"
"John for York," and "William's Committee sitting daily at the
Marquis of Granby."
Black Rod, Usher of the. An officer of the House of Lords,
who keeps his rod continually in pickle for persons guilty of breaches
of privilege.
Blockade. A stoppage of the communication between two points,
the most recent cases of the kind being the blockades of Piccadilly
and Fleet Street. It has been held that when a blockade com-
mences, neutrals may retire, taking with them their cargoes ; so that
a neutral omnibus intending to go through Temple Bar, is at liberty
to go back with all its passengers.
Board. A word used to denote the heads of any department or
company, probably because the term " board " applied to the heads
indicates that they are occasionally wooden.
Bona Fides. An expression meaning, literally, " good faith," which
is to be found frequently on the tip of a lawyer's tongue ; but
he is not expected to carry it anywhere else about him. The fact
that it is always in his mouth accounts for its going down so very
seldom.
Borough English. A sort of legal topsy-turvy, by which lands
descend to the youngest sen, instead of the eldest. The land is held
in socage, and goes to the child most likely to wear socks, on account
of his being the youngest. It is the very reverse of Primo-geniture,
and perhaps Ultimo-geniture would be the most proper name
ror it
Permanent Enlargements.
The Treasury is being enlarged. We should have thought the im-
mense deficit the Whigs left there, would have given the present
Government plenty of room in the Treasury for some time to come ; or
has the Income-Tax grown so large, that the same building will no longer
hold it \ The shorter plan would have been, to reduce the Income-Tax.
a neat compliment.
The Duke op Cambridge has returned from the Continent for the
season. The cooks of the principal London taverns dined together in
honour of the event
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PUNCH'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY.
ill in Parliament. An act in
RAILWAY COURT AND PEERAGE.
As we have now a Railway King in the person of Mr. Hudson, it
j becomes advisable that we, or rather the Monarch, should also have a
embryo ; or, to use the quaint illus- i Court_ The only Railway Court at present existing, that we know of, is
tration of the old jurists, a species ■ Capel Court; which, however, with the exception of the stags appertaining
of legislative bird that has not j to it, has no one feature of a royal residence. We would propose Hamp-
come to its full growth, haviDg only j ton Court as a suitable abode for King Hudson. Queen Victoria does
its bill, without its claws being per- | not use it, and (by and with the assent of Parliament) might perhaps
fected. A bill has to be read j be induced to dispose of it on moderate terms. The numerous placards of
three times, and considered in com- | " Steam to Hampton Court" seem to suggest its fitness for this purpose ;.
mittee in each House • and as there on'v tne steam should be transferred from the Thames to a new line of
may be a debate at every stage it raUway> of which the Palace should be the terminus. A Court having been
is surprising that any bill, w'ith Prov^i^e(^ for Hudson the First, the next thing requisite would be to furnish
all th w i»ht it ha to bear ever W1'n courtiers; and this would give occasion lor the institution oi a Railway
a e weig 1 ias , Peerage. Punch, anticipating the functions of His Railway Majesty's
reaches the end of its journey. prime Ministerj has much pieasure in offering the King his dutiful advise
When a bill passes one House it wilh respect to the creation of the new titles. He proposes that the
is taken to the other, and when it dukedoms should consist of the principal existing lines, as first in the
is carried from the lower to the order of seniority ; so that there should be Dukes of Great Grimsby, of
upper, several members of the Com- London and Birmingham, of South Western, selected from eminent share-
mons knock at the door of the Peers, and present their little bill, holders and directors, as might also be their Graces of the Midland and
when the Speaker of the Lords, who is generally the Chancellor, Eastern Counties.
takes the bill with much dignity, but returns no immediate answer. It w°uld likewise be as well, perhaps, to have a Duke of London and
For those who like expensive luxuries, private bills may be had, as Brighton. The lines next in consequence might afford Marquisates,.
if Brown wished to call himself De Brown, or if Timlins wished Earldoms and Baronies There would thus be a Marqu.s of Croydon,
. . r •, r rr, ... -i ,i„u„„„ an -karl of Greenwich, and a Baron of Blackwall. ihe intended and pro-
to quarter the family tea-pot of Tuikins with the family scutcheon, . . . » ... . . r
,, ^ . , , . , * , r .. , . . , , . J. ,.n ' visionally registered lines would, many of them, form excellent titles, as
they might either of them accomplish the feat by a private bill at an highly sounding and pompous M any t/e]onging t0 the actual aristocracy.
enormous outlay. Tak6j for exampie) Lord South Midland Junction, Lord Oxford and
Bill of Rights. The name given to the statute 1 William Salisbury Direct, Lord Tring and Reigate, Lord Royal Grand, or Lord
and Mary, embodying the declaration of rights accepted with the 1 Viscount Staines and Slough Atmospheric. No doubt, King Hudson
Crown, on the same principle as a child agrees to swallow a nauseous knows a great deal better than Punch who are the fit and proper persons
but necessary pill, on condition of having something nice to take t0 be elevated to these dignities ; but Mr. Punch will be happy to give
with it. The Bill of Rights enacts, among other things, that the n's best; assistanceon this point also ; decidedly recommending, in the first
„___i • "d 1 ■ . . ■ , r v ? . »v,„ i™~n. place, that the plain Mr., which is at present the sole ornament of Punch s
speeches m Parliament ought to be free; but when we see the length ^ fce fort£with ex^hanged for ^ of « Hig Grace the Duke
to which the debates run, and how tedious they are, we are inclined he addj (< of Newcastle aud Darlington V '
to regard them as being more free than welcome.
Bishop—from the Greek word ewuTKoiros, an overlooker ; and from _^
this overlooking the bishop is said to occupy a see. This see is a ^<^~ ' ~^lH
capital look-out for those who are lucky enough to obtain it. The
Bishops are spiritual peers, and there are two Archbishops, who have
precedence before all the temporal Lords, except the Lord Chancellor,
who ranks between the two, like the slice of ham betwixt two pieces of
bread-and-butter in a sandwich. The Bishops were formerly elected,
but this system was abolished to prevent the scandal of placards being
stuck about a cathedral town, announcing "Henry for Exeter,"
"John for York," and "William's Committee sitting daily at the
Marquis of Granby."
Black Rod, Usher of the. An officer of the House of Lords,
who keeps his rod continually in pickle for persons guilty of breaches
of privilege.
Blockade. A stoppage of the communication between two points,
the most recent cases of the kind being the blockades of Piccadilly
and Fleet Street. It has been held that when a blockade com-
mences, neutrals may retire, taking with them their cargoes ; so that
a neutral omnibus intending to go through Temple Bar, is at liberty
to go back with all its passengers.
Board. A word used to denote the heads of any department or
company, probably because the term " board " applied to the heads
indicates that they are occasionally wooden.
Bona Fides. An expression meaning, literally, " good faith," which
is to be found frequently on the tip of a lawyer's tongue ; but
he is not expected to carry it anywhere else about him. The fact
that it is always in his mouth accounts for its going down so very
seldom.
Borough English. A sort of legal topsy-turvy, by which lands
descend to the youngest sen, instead of the eldest. The land is held
in socage, and goes to the child most likely to wear socks, on account
of his being the youngest. It is the very reverse of Primo-geniture,
and perhaps Ultimo-geniture would be the most proper name
ror it
Permanent Enlargements.
The Treasury is being enlarged. We should have thought the im-
mense deficit the Whigs left there, would have given the present
Government plenty of room in the Treasury for some time to come ; or
has the Income-Tax grown so large, that the same building will no longer
hold it \ The shorter plan would have been, to reduce the Income-Tax.
a neat compliment.
The Duke op Cambridge has returned from the Continent for the
season. The cooks of the principal London taverns dined together in
honour of the event