DOI Heft:
July to December, 1846
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16543#0043
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
35
a better from Mfymtt aii to Ictaf)im $acfja.
he fact is not generally known that
Ibrahim's rather sudden departure
from this country was occasioned hy a
paternal letter, of which we have been
fortunate enough to obtain a copy. It
will be observed that the document is
written in the ordinary style of English
correspondence, for Mehemet Ali
endeavours to adopt European habits as
far as he possibly can, and, as when in
Rome he would do as Rome does, so his
son, being in this country, is addressed
as an Englishman. The following is the
letter :—
" Mt dear Bor,
"I am getting very uneasy
about your prolonged absence, and I do
not exactly like the way in which you
have been conducting yourself in
England. You have not behaved with
that gentlemanly dignity which would
have been becoming to your station and
dignity. Your stopping at an ordinary
hotel was scarcely agreeable to my
feelings, but if the Government offered
you no better accommodation, there was
no alternative. I am, however, chiefly
annoyed by the eagerness you have shown to enter into a life of gaiety
utterly inconsistent with the dignity of the heir to a highly respectable,
if not very powerful, empire.
" I am also grieved beyond measure at hearing that you made your-
self very conspicuous at a place called Cremorne House, indulging in
jokes at the expense of the Invisible Poet, and behaving very absurdly
towards a highly respectable aeronaut. It was right, perhaps, that you
should endeavour to see as much as you could of Life in London, but I
do not think the Coal-Hole is exactly the place for the son of Mehemet
Ali. Your dining at the Reform Club was well enough in its way,
but I am given to understand, that the quantity of Champagne you
consumed created a degree of hilarity, which was not decorous, to say
the least of it. Besides, my dear boy, the cost of your trip is much
greater than I expected it would have been. You have already drawn
upon me to a large extent, but if any bill [is presented here after that
for sixteen rupees due on the 4th instant, I give you timely notice
that I shall not honour it. I regret to be obliged to write to you in
this strain, but my paternal duty is paramount to my inclination ;
and if I were to fail in the former, I should be unworthy of the title of
" Your affectionate Father.
" Mehemet Ajli."
Immediately on the receipt of this communication, Ibrahim Pacha
packed up his carpet-bag, and made arrangements for returning home
as speedily as possible.
DUCKS AND DRAKES ON THE RIVER.
It has long been notorious, that among the civic sports and pastimes
the game of swan-hopping is a very favourite one. It may not be so
generally known that with this is combined another species of aquatic
amusement, to which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen are extremely
partial. We allude to the diversion of " ducks and drakes." For this
pleasant recreation, a convenient piece of water is necessary, and such
an accommodation is afforded by the river Thames. It is usually played
with pebbles, bits of slate, or oyster-shells ; but instead of these the
civic monarch and his subordinates use money, than which nothing can
more readily serve to play ducks and drakes with.
It was stated, the other day, by Mr. Anderton, in the Court of
Common Council, that £3000 are annually thrown away on this amuse-
ment, in the conservancy of the river. A grand match is shortly to
come off at Oxford, where it has been arranged to take place by the
Court of Aldermen ; and as the expense of it is to be unlimited, it will
be fine fun, as well for those who are to enjoy, as for the people who will
profit by it. It is, howerer, declared by the Livery, that what may be
fun for the Mayor and Aldermen is death to them , but this is the
language of the frogs in the fable, and is to be regarded as mere croaking.
The amusement of "ducks and drakes" is generally considered to be
a puerile one, but as practised with unlimited funds by the civic dig-
nitaries, it must, at all events, be admitted to be no child's play.
A REAL ECLOGUE.
Two genuine swains, in rustic frocks bedight,
Will dm and Tummus by each other hight,
Beneath a hedge-row, at the hour of noon,
Sat, shelter'd from the scorching sun of June—
From haymaking to snatch a moment's rest,
Whilst thus their mutual notions they express'd :
tummus.
Phew ! I be briled wi' this here heat well nigh ;
Hast any beer, mun ?—1 be precious dry.
willum.
Beer ? Ah ! I wish I had. I've drink'd it up,
And han't a farden for another cup.
tummus.
Nine shill'ns a week, wi' wife and kids to feed,
Dwooant lave a feller much for beer, indeed!
willum.
How is't now, mun, as gurt folks cram and stuff,
Whilst there be they as doesn't git enough ?
tdmmus.
Well, that's the thing as always puzzles me:
Why, measter's pigs be better fed than we.
willum.
Willum, I never passes by their sty,
But wishes one o' them there pigs was L
tummus.
He med feed us with what 'a flings away
In stuff'n up and over fatt'n they.
willum.
But, Willum, look where yander measter rides ;
He '11 gie it to's if here we longer 'bides.
CURIOSITIES OF ADVERTISING LITERATURE.
We find in the Times of July 14th an advertisement of " a Gardener,
with one child who thoroughly understands his business ;" and another
announcement, also of " a Gar-
dener, who has no objection to
a cow." We do not see the
advantage to be derived to an
employer by the precocity of
the infant of his servant ; but
we presume the gardener will
be able to point out, on further
inquiry, how the " one child
who understands his business "
may be made available. The
other gardener, who " has no
objection to a cow," seems to
be going rather unnecessarily
into mmutice, when he sets forth
the fact of his non-antipathy to
that most harmless animal.
The man must be captious,
indeed, who would entertain
feelings of hostility to that
most unexceptionable of crea-
tures. " No objection to a cow,
indeed !" We should think
not; the fellow might as well
advertise that he is not afraid
of butterflies.
By the bye, the advertising-nuisance inventors seem trying to out-
punch Punch. _ Their devices are as extravagant as their terms are
cheap, and it is clear that they mean to surpass us in preposterous
conceptions. A lot of fellows are now going about town in white
smocks, "branded," as the Daily News says, "with advertisements."
We should think that a few broad-backed coalheavers would find
regular employment by application to the cheap tailors, sloe-ieaf mer-
chants, and quack doctors.
A GOOD illustration.
A new work has been advertised, called " Dangers by Land and
Water." The frontispiece should be an illustration of Westminster
Bridge.
*
35
a better from Mfymtt aii to Ictaf)im $acfja.
he fact is not generally known that
Ibrahim's rather sudden departure
from this country was occasioned hy a
paternal letter, of which we have been
fortunate enough to obtain a copy. It
will be observed that the document is
written in the ordinary style of English
correspondence, for Mehemet Ali
endeavours to adopt European habits as
far as he possibly can, and, as when in
Rome he would do as Rome does, so his
son, being in this country, is addressed
as an Englishman. The following is the
letter :—
" Mt dear Bor,
"I am getting very uneasy
about your prolonged absence, and I do
not exactly like the way in which you
have been conducting yourself in
England. You have not behaved with
that gentlemanly dignity which would
have been becoming to your station and
dignity. Your stopping at an ordinary
hotel was scarcely agreeable to my
feelings, but if the Government offered
you no better accommodation, there was
no alternative. I am, however, chiefly
annoyed by the eagerness you have shown to enter into a life of gaiety
utterly inconsistent with the dignity of the heir to a highly respectable,
if not very powerful, empire.
" I am also grieved beyond measure at hearing that you made your-
self very conspicuous at a place called Cremorne House, indulging in
jokes at the expense of the Invisible Poet, and behaving very absurdly
towards a highly respectable aeronaut. It was right, perhaps, that you
should endeavour to see as much as you could of Life in London, but I
do not think the Coal-Hole is exactly the place for the son of Mehemet
Ali. Your dining at the Reform Club was well enough in its way,
but I am given to understand, that the quantity of Champagne you
consumed created a degree of hilarity, which was not decorous, to say
the least of it. Besides, my dear boy, the cost of your trip is much
greater than I expected it would have been. You have already drawn
upon me to a large extent, but if any bill [is presented here after that
for sixteen rupees due on the 4th instant, I give you timely notice
that I shall not honour it. I regret to be obliged to write to you in
this strain, but my paternal duty is paramount to my inclination ;
and if I were to fail in the former, I should be unworthy of the title of
" Your affectionate Father.
" Mehemet Ajli."
Immediately on the receipt of this communication, Ibrahim Pacha
packed up his carpet-bag, and made arrangements for returning home
as speedily as possible.
DUCKS AND DRAKES ON THE RIVER.
It has long been notorious, that among the civic sports and pastimes
the game of swan-hopping is a very favourite one. It may not be so
generally known that with this is combined another species of aquatic
amusement, to which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen are extremely
partial. We allude to the diversion of " ducks and drakes." For this
pleasant recreation, a convenient piece of water is necessary, and such
an accommodation is afforded by the river Thames. It is usually played
with pebbles, bits of slate, or oyster-shells ; but instead of these the
civic monarch and his subordinates use money, than which nothing can
more readily serve to play ducks and drakes with.
It was stated, the other day, by Mr. Anderton, in the Court of
Common Council, that £3000 are annually thrown away on this amuse-
ment, in the conservancy of the river. A grand match is shortly to
come off at Oxford, where it has been arranged to take place by the
Court of Aldermen ; and as the expense of it is to be unlimited, it will
be fine fun, as well for those who are to enjoy, as for the people who will
profit by it. It is, howerer, declared by the Livery, that what may be
fun for the Mayor and Aldermen is death to them , but this is the
language of the frogs in the fable, and is to be regarded as mere croaking.
The amusement of "ducks and drakes" is generally considered to be
a puerile one, but as practised with unlimited funds by the civic dig-
nitaries, it must, at all events, be admitted to be no child's play.
A REAL ECLOGUE.
Two genuine swains, in rustic frocks bedight,
Will dm and Tummus by each other hight,
Beneath a hedge-row, at the hour of noon,
Sat, shelter'd from the scorching sun of June—
From haymaking to snatch a moment's rest,
Whilst thus their mutual notions they express'd :
tummus.
Phew ! I be briled wi' this here heat well nigh ;
Hast any beer, mun ?—1 be precious dry.
willum.
Beer ? Ah ! I wish I had. I've drink'd it up,
And han't a farden for another cup.
tummus.
Nine shill'ns a week, wi' wife and kids to feed,
Dwooant lave a feller much for beer, indeed!
willum.
How is't now, mun, as gurt folks cram and stuff,
Whilst there be they as doesn't git enough ?
tdmmus.
Well, that's the thing as always puzzles me:
Why, measter's pigs be better fed than we.
willum.
Willum, I never passes by their sty,
But wishes one o' them there pigs was L
tummus.
He med feed us with what 'a flings away
In stuff'n up and over fatt'n they.
willum.
But, Willum, look where yander measter rides ;
He '11 gie it to's if here we longer 'bides.
CURIOSITIES OF ADVERTISING LITERATURE.
We find in the Times of July 14th an advertisement of " a Gardener,
with one child who thoroughly understands his business ;" and another
announcement, also of " a Gar-
dener, who has no objection to
a cow." We do not see the
advantage to be derived to an
employer by the precocity of
the infant of his servant ; but
we presume the gardener will
be able to point out, on further
inquiry, how the " one child
who understands his business "
may be made available. The
other gardener, who " has no
objection to a cow," seems to
be going rather unnecessarily
into mmutice, when he sets forth
the fact of his non-antipathy to
that most harmless animal.
The man must be captious,
indeed, who would entertain
feelings of hostility to that
most unexceptionable of crea-
tures. " No objection to a cow,
indeed !" We should think
not; the fellow might as well
advertise that he is not afraid
of butterflies.
By the bye, the advertising-nuisance inventors seem trying to out-
punch Punch. _ Their devices are as extravagant as their terms are
cheap, and it is clear that they mean to surpass us in preposterous
conceptions. A lot of fellows are now going about town in white
smocks, "branded," as the Daily News says, "with advertisements."
We should think that a few broad-backed coalheavers would find
regular employment by application to the cheap tailors, sloe-ieaf mer-
chants, and quack doctors.
A GOOD illustration.
A new work has been advertised, called " Dangers by Land and
Water." The frontispiece should be an illustration of Westminster
Bridge.
*