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34 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHAR1VAK1.
PUNCH'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY.
a .mages "What a mau gets by goiog to
law; and, as the word is derived from
damnum, a loss, it is exceedingly appro-
priate.
Deadweight. Vide the National Debt
and other blessings, which are among the "To Mr. Punch.
venerable institutions of the country. " Sir,
THE CLERICAL SHOW
We have received numerous letters in reference to the St. Paul'*,
and Westminster Abbey Exhibitions ; and we subjoin a few of thes--
commumcations, in older to give publicity, at least, to their writej -*
views.
Debenture. From the Latin debeo, to
owe. A bill given by Government when
for want of cash it is obliged to have re-
course to the Bill System. Debentures
were given to the soldiers for their arrears
of pay in the time of the Commouwealth,
which was a time of common poverty.
Deed. From factum,a, thing done ; which
is always equivalent to a person done,
■when the term is applied to a legal instrument. There are two
kinds of deeds : one called a deed poll, the other an indenture.
A deed poll has only one party, and is cut straight at the top,
or, as it is termed, shaved, as an indication that the client has
experienced some pretty close shaving at the hands of his lawyer.
An indenture is cut out into the form of teeth, being emblematical
of the Law's propensity to show its teeth whenever an opportunity
presents itself.
Democracy. A word taken from the Greek language, whence
many of our political terms are derived, which accounts for the
science of political economy being Greek to most people. The third
book of Herodotus attempts a definition of democracy, one of the
essentials of which is said to be the election of magistrates by lot;
and a nice lot of magistrates we should get by such a s>stem.
Another essential to democracy is said to be the decision by the
community at large of all public matters ; which would involve the
necessity of a constant succession of monster meetings over the
entire country during the whole session of parliament. If the art
of government were an instinct, or could even be taught, like the
Polka, in three lessons, a democracy might be a very good thing; but
a state in which all are rulers and there is no one to obey, would not
be very eligible. Perhaps the best form of government in which the
whole community could join, is that in which every one learns how
to govern himself before he commences showing his authority over
other people.
Denizen is something between an alien and a natural ; a kind
of animal that is, like the mule, neither a horse nor an ass. Perhaps,
" My young people are now home for the holidays. I wish ver-
much to give them and Mrs. S. a treat one day ; and for fhat purpose,
think of taking them to St. Pauls. On looking ovtr the ''Guide Book '"
to the Cathedral. I find the sum total of the price or' admission to b>
4s, id. My wire, three olive-branches, and belt, make rive persons
Five times four and fourpence is twenty-one and eightpence. My eldest i>-
nine years old. Are children under teu admiited to at. Paul's at hah -
price ? I believe that is the case at Madame Tbssaud's__1 urn, Sir, &c.f
u William Saun DbRS,J>
" Friend Punch,
" Thou knowest the objection that our people have to taking; of?"
their hats. 1 went the other day to inspect the iuterior of Wei*tu»iu»ter
Abbey. For admission to the tombs i paid sixpence, which I believe-
thou wilt think was exactly twenty-four farthings too much. A nersor>
connected with the establishment desired me to take my hat off; and
because I could not conscientiously accede to this request, 1 was obliged
to leave the place. No prohibiti"ii against wearing hats exists at the
Chinese Museum or the Adelaide Gallery. Why. therefore, should it be-
enforced at Westminster Abbey show I—Thine verily,
•' Obadiah Stjfy."
" Old Punch (!)
" I know you like a cigar—it is a fine thing in cold weather.
St. Paul's is a very cold place. 1 went there the other day, and paid my
money to go in like a trumo. I asked if smoking was allowed, and was
told, ' No.' I asked, 'Why i ' I was answered, ' Because if is a Church.' I
said,' I don't know what you call a Church, but I don't call a place which
they let you in to see at twopence a head, and show you the bights iuside-
at sixpence and one shilling each, a Church at all.' Do \ou ! i may
smoke if I choose at the Surrey Zoological : why not at the St. Paul's-
Parsouological 1 I remain, Old Fellow,
" Thomas Pipes."
" Mr. Punch,
" Not long ago, it being a holiday in the City, and our oitic^ being
closed, I took Mary Ann to see St. Paui's, she preferring it to the British
Museum ; worse iuck : the latter being free, gratis, for nothing. The
however, the denizen rather approaches the latter, for he is certainly ■ whole concern cost us 8s. 8d. to see, out and out. We found it very hard
very nearly a natural.
Deposit. A sum of money which one man puts into the hands of
another ; a piece of simplicity which, during the railway mania,
became very general. By the Roman law, the refusal to return a
deposit was punished with infamia, or infamy ; and in the present
work, climbing over that great building ; and before we had got bail-way,
Maky Ann nearly fainted for want of something. Don't you think that a
few attendants, with apples, oranges, ginger-beer, soda-water, or lemonade,
would be an imDroveruent, and a great accommodation to visbors a:
St. Paul's ? and I would say the same of Westminster Ahbey. 1 men-
tioned this to a fellow-clerk, who told me that a cathedral was not a
day there is a good deal of infamous conduct with reference to the , ^ l ^ ^ ^ d'ifferecce whilst pay for uumli6U/U w one
non-return of the deposits. M well as the other._r aiDf Sir> yoai^ &c> "
Descents. The rule of law by which a title goes down from father
to son, or from ancestor to heir ; and the drop-down from one to the
other is sometimes wonderful.
Diplomacy, from the Greek word SsVAa^a, which signifies any-
thing double; and diplomacy is so called from the duplicity which is
its chief attribute. Some derive the word " diplomacy" from the two
words "dip" and "low," because it is necessary to dive down into the
depths of people's motives for the purpose of carrying out a diplo-
matic object. Diplomacy is the art by which one nation attempts
to bamboozle another.
u jno. SFINKi.
A VOICE FROM CANNES.
{MuUy buwn.)
Oh Robert bawn, why leave me Dining,
Lone waiting her^ for news from you ?
Wuh Leader now I'm idly dining,
Because I 've nothing else to do.
The Whigs were into office creeping,
We hear, to try a brush with you ;
But their nurse, Russell, set them sleeping,
Their sanguine faces turn'd to blue.
Oh Robert bawn, why leave me pining, &C
The pretty flowers were made to bioom, Bob ;
The pretty mooD, to wax and wane :
A tidv wig was made for Brougham, Bob—
Ah ! cru-1, was it made in vain ?
There's wicked Campbell at me snarling ;
He lakes me for a rat. you see :
I wish you'd take me, Robert darling !
Then ratified my hopes would be
Oh Robert &c.
PUNCH'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY.
a .mages "What a mau gets by goiog to
law; and, as the word is derived from
damnum, a loss, it is exceedingly appro-
priate.
Deadweight. Vide the National Debt
and other blessings, which are among the "To Mr. Punch.
venerable institutions of the country. " Sir,
THE CLERICAL SHOW
We have received numerous letters in reference to the St. Paul'*,
and Westminster Abbey Exhibitions ; and we subjoin a few of thes--
commumcations, in older to give publicity, at least, to their writej -*
views.
Debenture. From the Latin debeo, to
owe. A bill given by Government when
for want of cash it is obliged to have re-
course to the Bill System. Debentures
were given to the soldiers for their arrears
of pay in the time of the Commouwealth,
which was a time of common poverty.
Deed. From factum,a, thing done ; which
is always equivalent to a person done,
■when the term is applied to a legal instrument. There are two
kinds of deeds : one called a deed poll, the other an indenture.
A deed poll has only one party, and is cut straight at the top,
or, as it is termed, shaved, as an indication that the client has
experienced some pretty close shaving at the hands of his lawyer.
An indenture is cut out into the form of teeth, being emblematical
of the Law's propensity to show its teeth whenever an opportunity
presents itself.
Democracy. A word taken from the Greek language, whence
many of our political terms are derived, which accounts for the
science of political economy being Greek to most people. The third
book of Herodotus attempts a definition of democracy, one of the
essentials of which is said to be the election of magistrates by lot;
and a nice lot of magistrates we should get by such a s>stem.
Another essential to democracy is said to be the decision by the
community at large of all public matters ; which would involve the
necessity of a constant succession of monster meetings over the
entire country during the whole session of parliament. If the art
of government were an instinct, or could even be taught, like the
Polka, in three lessons, a democracy might be a very good thing; but
a state in which all are rulers and there is no one to obey, would not
be very eligible. Perhaps the best form of government in which the
whole community could join, is that in which every one learns how
to govern himself before he commences showing his authority over
other people.
Denizen is something between an alien and a natural ; a kind
of animal that is, like the mule, neither a horse nor an ass. Perhaps,
" My young people are now home for the holidays. I wish ver-
much to give them and Mrs. S. a treat one day ; and for fhat purpose,
think of taking them to St. Pauls. On looking ovtr the ''Guide Book '"
to the Cathedral. I find the sum total of the price or' admission to b>
4s, id. My wire, three olive-branches, and belt, make rive persons
Five times four and fourpence is twenty-one and eightpence. My eldest i>-
nine years old. Are children under teu admiited to at. Paul's at hah -
price ? I believe that is the case at Madame Tbssaud's__1 urn, Sir, &c.f
u William Saun DbRS,J>
" Friend Punch,
" Thou knowest the objection that our people have to taking; of?"
their hats. 1 went the other day to inspect the iuterior of Wei*tu»iu»ter
Abbey. For admission to the tombs i paid sixpence, which I believe-
thou wilt think was exactly twenty-four farthings too much. A nersor>
connected with the establishment desired me to take my hat off; and
because I could not conscientiously accede to this request, 1 was obliged
to leave the place. No prohibiti"ii against wearing hats exists at the
Chinese Museum or the Adelaide Gallery. Why. therefore, should it be-
enforced at Westminster Abbey show I—Thine verily,
•' Obadiah Stjfy."
" Old Punch (!)
" I know you like a cigar—it is a fine thing in cold weather.
St. Paul's is a very cold place. 1 went there the other day, and paid my
money to go in like a trumo. I asked if smoking was allowed, and was
told, ' No.' I asked, 'Why i ' I was answered, ' Because if is a Church.' I
said,' I don't know what you call a Church, but I don't call a place which
they let you in to see at twopence a head, and show you the bights iuside-
at sixpence and one shilling each, a Church at all.' Do \ou ! i may
smoke if I choose at the Surrey Zoological : why not at the St. Paul's-
Parsouological 1 I remain, Old Fellow,
" Thomas Pipes."
" Mr. Punch,
" Not long ago, it being a holiday in the City, and our oitic^ being
closed, I took Mary Ann to see St. Paui's, she preferring it to the British
Museum ; worse iuck : the latter being free, gratis, for nothing. The
however, the denizen rather approaches the latter, for he is certainly ■ whole concern cost us 8s. 8d. to see, out and out. We found it very hard
very nearly a natural.
Deposit. A sum of money which one man puts into the hands of
another ; a piece of simplicity which, during the railway mania,
became very general. By the Roman law, the refusal to return a
deposit was punished with infamia, or infamy ; and in the present
work, climbing over that great building ; and before we had got bail-way,
Maky Ann nearly fainted for want of something. Don't you think that a
few attendants, with apples, oranges, ginger-beer, soda-water, or lemonade,
would be an imDroveruent, and a great accommodation to visbors a:
St. Paul's ? and I would say the same of Westminster Ahbey. 1 men-
tioned this to a fellow-clerk, who told me that a cathedral was not a
day there is a good deal of infamous conduct with reference to the , ^ l ^ ^ ^ d'ifferecce whilst pay for uumli6U/U w one
non-return of the deposits. M well as the other._r aiDf Sir> yoai^ &c> "
Descents. The rule of law by which a title goes down from father
to son, or from ancestor to heir ; and the drop-down from one to the
other is sometimes wonderful.
Diplomacy, from the Greek word SsVAa^a, which signifies any-
thing double; and diplomacy is so called from the duplicity which is
its chief attribute. Some derive the word " diplomacy" from the two
words "dip" and "low," because it is necessary to dive down into the
depths of people's motives for the purpose of carrying out a diplo-
matic object. Diplomacy is the art by which one nation attempts
to bamboozle another.
u jno. SFINKi.
A VOICE FROM CANNES.
{MuUy buwn.)
Oh Robert bawn, why leave me Dining,
Lone waiting her^ for news from you ?
Wuh Leader now I'm idly dining,
Because I 've nothing else to do.
The Whigs were into office creeping,
We hear, to try a brush with you ;
But their nurse, Russell, set them sleeping,
Their sanguine faces turn'd to blue.
Oh Robert bawn, why leave me pining, &C
The pretty flowers were made to bioom, Bob ;
The pretty mooD, to wax and wane :
A tidv wig was made for Brougham, Bob—
Ah ! cru-1, was it made in vain ?
There's wicked Campbell at me snarling ;
He lakes me for a rat. you see :
I wish you'd take me, Robert darling !
Then ratified my hopes would be
Oh Robert &c.