DOI Heft:
July to December, 1848
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16547#0038
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PERSONS WHO "WANT NO REFORM.
rRELY it is easy
Doiv«ms S1-. enough to see that
there is a very large
class who are not at
all eager for Reform.
Amongst the num-
ber there are those
who hold nomination
boroughs. Is it not
very natural that a
family which has en-
joyed for generations
the privilege of send-
ing two Members to
Parliament, should
grumble at the pros-
pect of its being
Taken away from
them, and cry out,
" We do not want
any Reform ? "
The sinecurists
are far from partial
to the notion of Re-
form. They are perfectly content with things as they are. They
don't want Reform!
The over-paid government officers, also, are not very anxious for
Reform. A gentleman who is in yearly receipt of £500 for getting
some one else to look after a door of the House of Commons, is not-
exact ly the person to clap his hands with joy at the notion of its being
taken away from him. Who can wonder at his shouting, " it's absurd
any one wanting Reform ; /don't."
The same with a Prime Minister who commands a large majority, made
up of office-holders, and Whig Commission-brokers, and little placemen
from five thousand to five hundred a-year. He is perfectly satisfied
with the present state of things. He has everything he wants. He
has only to ask for a Bill, and he has it merely for the asking. He
wants an advance of ten thousand men, some new stables, or a good
handful of pensions, and he gets them, if he makes ihe request at all
in a gentlemanly manner. What can a person with all these easy
advantages want with Reform ?
Then there are all the persons who support the Minister, his nume-
rous lordly relations whose family pride does not prevent them accepting
gocd fat appointments ; and Mk. Diskaeli's country gentlemen, with
large estates and numerous voters—calculated like so much timber—
upon them, and the nominees of the Peers, who all know if there were
to be Reform to-morrow, that they would lose their only chance of
sitting in Ihe House of Commons. These gentlemen are very useful
in swelling a majority, but what can they want, with Reform? Who
can blame them, therefore, for voting against it P
The class of persons, in fact, who do not want Reform is very
numerous. It consists of some 800,000 persons, who have all they
require, and who laugh at the absurdity of a few millions wishing to
nave the same "privilege" which they possess. It would make them
none the poorer, and would make the poor man all the richer: but if
is useless talking. The wealthy want no Reform. Lord John does
not want it; the House of Commons and the Aristocracy do not want
it; no sinecurist wants it; and this settles the question. It is pretty
clear that no one does want Reform—so where is the use of saying
another word about it ?
PASSENGER-CATCHING IN THE PARKS.
This very pleasant amusement is much indulged in during the
summer months, by the Park-keepers. Their orders are to shut the
gates at nine, and the fun of the game turns on this arrangement.
They allow passengers to enter by all the gates up to the last moment.
Then as the clock strikes nine, the gates are all closed at once, and the
passengers secured. Their first rush in opposite directions is very-
amusing, as are their subsequent attempts to scale the palings, which
besides being difficult, is forbidden by law. Thus, if they escape being
impaled, they are pretty sure to fall into the hands of a policeman
outside,_and to spend their night in the station-house. The only other
alternative is to pass their night in the open air, under a tree. Some
malicious persons, envying the Park-keepers this innocent amusement,
have proposed as a change, that instead of the gates being closed simul-
taneously, no person shall be allowed to enter them after a certain
hour, but that they shall remain open for egress till some time later
than the hour fixed for shutting them. It is obvious that with such
an arrangement no passengers would be caught, and a very deserving
Blasts of public servants would thus be deprived of a harmless and
exhilarating recreation.
THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD.
A Comedy in Eoijr Tableaux.
TABLEAU I.
THE MAGNOLIAS," MR. smith'S neat cottage IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROaB.
Nurse {behind the shrubbery). O you darling tootsy pootsy.
Baby. Gilgrllwgllgriluggle.
Nurse. Baby see pooty flowers ?
Clock {from cottage). Ting, ting, ting, ling, ting, ting.
TABLEAU II.
Enter Policeman X 21.
Clock goes on. Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
X 21 {whistles). Whew-e-oo-o-oo! _
Nurse. Come and see pooty osses in the zoad, baby.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PERSONS WHO "WANT NO REFORM.
rRELY it is easy
Doiv«ms S1-. enough to see that
there is a very large
class who are not at
all eager for Reform.
Amongst the num-
ber there are those
who hold nomination
boroughs. Is it not
very natural that a
family which has en-
joyed for generations
the privilege of send-
ing two Members to
Parliament, should
grumble at the pros-
pect of its being
Taken away from
them, and cry out,
" We do not want
any Reform ? "
The sinecurists
are far from partial
to the notion of Re-
form. They are perfectly content with things as they are. They
don't want Reform!
The over-paid government officers, also, are not very anxious for
Reform. A gentleman who is in yearly receipt of £500 for getting
some one else to look after a door of the House of Commons, is not-
exact ly the person to clap his hands with joy at the notion of its being
taken away from him. Who can wonder at his shouting, " it's absurd
any one wanting Reform ; /don't."
The same with a Prime Minister who commands a large majority, made
up of office-holders, and Whig Commission-brokers, and little placemen
from five thousand to five hundred a-year. He is perfectly satisfied
with the present state of things. He has everything he wants. He
has only to ask for a Bill, and he has it merely for the asking. He
wants an advance of ten thousand men, some new stables, or a good
handful of pensions, and he gets them, if he makes ihe request at all
in a gentlemanly manner. What can a person with all these easy
advantages want with Reform ?
Then there are all the persons who support the Minister, his nume-
rous lordly relations whose family pride does not prevent them accepting
gocd fat appointments ; and Mk. Diskaeli's country gentlemen, with
large estates and numerous voters—calculated like so much timber—
upon them, and the nominees of the Peers, who all know if there were
to be Reform to-morrow, that they would lose their only chance of
sitting in Ihe House of Commons. These gentlemen are very useful
in swelling a majority, but what can they want, with Reform? Who
can blame them, therefore, for voting against it P
The class of persons, in fact, who do not want Reform is very
numerous. It consists of some 800,000 persons, who have all they
require, and who laugh at the absurdity of a few millions wishing to
nave the same "privilege" which they possess. It would make them
none the poorer, and would make the poor man all the richer: but if
is useless talking. The wealthy want no Reform. Lord John does
not want it; the House of Commons and the Aristocracy do not want
it; no sinecurist wants it; and this settles the question. It is pretty
clear that no one does want Reform—so where is the use of saying
another word about it ?
PASSENGER-CATCHING IN THE PARKS.
This very pleasant amusement is much indulged in during the
summer months, by the Park-keepers. Their orders are to shut the
gates at nine, and the fun of the game turns on this arrangement.
They allow passengers to enter by all the gates up to the last moment.
Then as the clock strikes nine, the gates are all closed at once, and the
passengers secured. Their first rush in opposite directions is very-
amusing, as are their subsequent attempts to scale the palings, which
besides being difficult, is forbidden by law. Thus, if they escape being
impaled, they are pretty sure to fall into the hands of a policeman
outside,_and to spend their night in the station-house. The only other
alternative is to pass their night in the open air, under a tree. Some
malicious persons, envying the Park-keepers this innocent amusement,
have proposed as a change, that instead of the gates being closed simul-
taneously, no person shall be allowed to enter them after a certain
hour, but that they shall remain open for egress till some time later
than the hour fixed for shutting them. It is obvious that with such
an arrangement no passengers would be caught, and a very deserving
Blasts of public servants would thus be deprived of a harmless and
exhilarating recreation.
THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD.
A Comedy in Eoijr Tableaux.
TABLEAU I.
THE MAGNOLIAS," MR. smith'S neat cottage IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROaB.
Nurse {behind the shrubbery). O you darling tootsy pootsy.
Baby. Gilgrllwgllgriluggle.
Nurse. Baby see pooty flowers ?
Clock {from cottage). Ting, ting, ting, ling, ting, ting.
TABLEAU II.
Enter Policeman X 21.
Clock goes on. Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
X 21 {whistles). Whew-e-oo-o-oo! _
Nurse. Come and see pooty osses in the zoad, baby.