Punch (14.1848)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 253

Onward, still onward, till he draws

Within St. Stephen's sleeping Hall;
He passes througn, without a pause,

To him that soundest sleeps of all.
To wake him were a famous lark !—

What if to pinch him he make free ?
" My Lord, if you are in the dark,

Don't think that other folks must be!:

The 'Revival.

A touch—a pinch ! The charm was snapt.

There rose a buzz of tongues and clocks,
And cheers, and " Hears!" and doors that
clapp'd,

And, what's most singular of all,
Three several Whigs their places kept.

Old rites broke down, old forms slipt through,

Ministers even oped their eyes,
Dissaeli good-humoured grew,

Hume eloquent, and Slbthorpe wise.
A whipper-in was seen to blush

(This actually is a fact),
And Morpeth, in the unwonted rush,
Carried a Sanitary Act.

And, last of all, the Premier woke,

From his long snooze himself upreared,
And yawned, and rubbed his eyes, and spoke-

" Arrears of business must be cleared !
What's this ? You 're all asleep, my Lords ;
And boxes thumped witb sudden knocks. To work 'tis time that we should clap "— Shone England's glory and renown;

A turn for business seized the Hall, The Cabinet, with candid words, I And Stocks were constantly at par,

New brooms with sudden fierceness swept, Confessed they might have ta'en a nap. I And joy—from Wide-awake to Crown!

The Departure.

And on "the Coming Man" he leant,

And bis support straight made him bold9
And past Finality they went,

Along new paths, yet following old.
Across the hills and far away,

Till old Reforms loomed small and dim,
On—on—into the brighter day,
The Happy Premier followed him !

" I'd sleep another hundred year,

O Coming Man, for chance like this !"
"Don't go to sleep again, my dear.

Or all were soon, once more, amiss."
And o'er them, an unwaning star,

THE VERNON GALLERY.

Lord who is
bad "copy'» -

CO

C

3!
U)
CO

2

— o

Much con — ro (j "S

It was for a 1 — f£

o

of Trafalgar £ -
termine the es -
ever, have be — 03

but another o EE j ".

ingenuity to e =- /—

thing wonder — ^— 5

mind. ThetiE-^ O -

monster 3d. EE f *\ £

to bottom. *=- M

respectable-si: E co
enumerated, i =—

make up a — Jjr*

or three streiE" Q) c

cases it is froi — m V— 03

more than go = / rv 2

08

<5
>>
o

ueen m lowir E- O
in the least as E cm TUT
we get used t E— O

o

E E
— o

— wmMB*-^ 5ly avoided tor the proposed gallery.)

The way i — ■<- s is by

accepting — ^^<^>w calls a

accepting — ^^7ay^^ calls
Gallery, to siE_ /Vlt^ elf, it is

either a frien= cm of some

of architecture, we may have a building composed of a complete dinner
service, so that if at any time the English Masters should feel them-
selves rather "dry," they would only have to go above head and help
themselves to a friendly glass. We have mustard and pepper-pots at
one Gallery; we trust the architect (whoever he may be) of the other
will not fall head over ears into a set of tumblers and decanters, for if
ift, is to he does, the result must inevitably be a tremendous "smash." We
rehouse- j wonder when we are to have a Gallery or a Statue that shall not be a
National: disgrace to the nation, and a source of ridicule to foreigners? Where
me style ' is the " Coming Man" of the Fine Arts ?

buys a
ink the

s fares,
ise spot
t to de-
;s, how-
adshed;
e. The
s some-
imnibus
inted a
om top
nted, in
side are
ces that
of two
n some
ry little
cannot
epences
ing two
er, only
. irstood,

,_ can be

> erstand
2 p into a

O ij have

feeling
)w soon

PARIS.

(From our own Correspondent.')

_M. Ledrtj-Rollin will become a Moderate—when it shall answer
his purpose better than being a Revolutionist.

The Bank of France will resume cash payments—when it can convert
its fifty millions of protested bills into bullion.

France will be tranquil—when the playing at Revolution ceases to be
a novelty to a Frenchman.

The Ouvriers will not object to the presence of foreign workmen—
when they have driven every one of them out of France.

A loan of four hundred millions will be negociated—when any one
can be found to subscribe for it.

Confidence will be restored—when the rest of the Bankers and
Merchants are ruined.

The most perfect tranquillity prevails in the National Assembly—
when all the Representatives have quitted it.

The rules for the observance of order are strictly enforced by the
President—when he can.

fearful state of switzerland.

We are sorry to learn that the nation of Switzerland is at present
under subjection to a Reign of Terror. We perceive by the newspapers
that the Swiss Diet has assembled actually under the presidency of
Funk !