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July to December, 1848
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
143
HEMK3RATION MADE HEASY.
To Lord Hashley.
""Sir, " The Cabbys Hinstatule, Blue Posies.
" Lookin hover the Times at our Hinstatute on Sattaday, I sea
that 2 wimining have come up Before Mr. Harnold, the W us hup
Street Beak (whomb I ope he is quite well & know very hintimit.)
quarralen quite outragus (as there is no satisf'yink some of em) about
their usbands hemmygrating without them,
" Has I thought it mite interest I prigd the hextrack out of the
paper, and send you the sam.
"' The woman Anne Lofinck stated that in consequence of her husband, a cab-
driver, being unable to procure employment, he determined to emigrate with herself
and child to one of the colonies, and for that purpose, with a number of others,
attended a meeting at the Irish Raggtd School in the Minories, at which Lord
Ashley and many other influential persons were present. A subscription was then
set on foot to provide a free passage to America for as many as ihe funds would
cover, and the whole superintendence of the undertaking was intrusted to Me.
Jackson, who placed her husband on the list of applicants. She aud her husband
both remained in the fullest conviction that she and the child would be sent out
with him, until a short time before his embarcation, when to her astonishment she
was informed that the funds were insufficient, and that the child and herself must
remain behind. She subsequently sought an interview with the manager, Mr.
Jackson, and pointed out to nim the hardship of their separation, but he told her
he could not assist her, and that rather tluin thwart her husband's prospects it would be
much better for her and the child to enUr the workhouse. Her bu'band had now gone
off to America iu an emigrant ship called the Victoria, leaving his family entirely
destitute.'
THE CROWNING EVIL.
Take away that bauble!" was the first excla-
mation that occurred to us when we saw one of
the new Post Office crowns on the lamp-post in
Fleet Street, that it is our almost daily lot to
pass. With our well-known respect for the
monarchy, we confess we felt it difficult to restrain
ourselves from demanding the surrender of the
diadem into our cwn hands, in order that we
might for ever destroy such a shameful insult
to Royalty. We should like to know who can
have been the artist that has dared to desecrate
the type of Monarchy by constructing a crown
out of a couple of tin uprights, with an iron
centre bit, and a rim of some inferior metal,
relieved here and there by
two or three ungainly-looking
stars, cut apparently from
the lid of an old saucepan.
We cannot, dare not, will
not imagine the head of our
beloved Sovereign block'd in
this block-tin, the bare con-
templation of which caused
, our indignation to rise so high, that it only required a ladder to
" The other woman's usband went off without so much as with your rise still higher, and "dash the bauble down." Fortunately for the
leaf, or by your leal. | security of the Crown, as represented in the street regalia furnished by
" 'He left her and the infant in the morning, promising to be home at 10 o'clock at \ the Post Office, it IS "fixed OU Such a height " that, like Richard the
night, and she had never seen him since. She was involved in the deepest distress, j Third, We feel we must " strain " Our " inmost workings " to an extent
the infant in her arms was dangerously ill, and she had no means of procuring rhat might ieODardi^e Our braces, if we were to allow Ourselves to be
support tor herself or medical attendance lor the child. . * * i - i 'i u „r ,'„j;^,„f;^„ V.,, +V>0 »nna<.vnU> „;~l.f Wa.
" ' Mr. Arnold said, that it was so extraordinary a case that he shou d like toknow Strung up to too high a pitch of indignation by the unseemly Sight. W e
what it all meant. He felt perf ctly satisfied that Lord Ashley would not have | Can Very Well understand the monarch WHO says,
contributed his money to an undertaking which had for its object, the separation of „ v is th head that wear8 a crovnlj»
husbands from their wives and families, leaving the la.term the position of destitute
paupers ; and as the fact of the second case coming so soon titter the other rendered
it a matter of much pubdo importance, one of the officers must go at once to the
house of the gentleman complained against, and request his attendance, with an
explanation.
" 'Mr. Jackson stated that the object of the gentlemen present at the meeting
referred to, in entering iuto the voluntary subscription, was to send out a number
of refoimed aud repentant thieves aud criminals, and that both of the brothers
Lofinck had represented themselves as convicted felons, aud, therelore, qualified as
the objects intended by the meeting. Numbers of i-uch characters had waited upon him,
lor it was a work of mouths, and he felt satisfied he had accomplished a great deal
of good. With regard to the wives, he was not at all aware that the younger brother
was a married man, and although he knew that the other had a wife aud child, it
was distinctly understood t'iat the husband was himself to provide the means of
Conveying her to his place of settlement.
" ' Holland,the warrant officer, repea:ed the statement the first woman had made,
that Mr. Jackson had advised her to go with her child into the workhouse, but that
gentleman made no observation iu reply. * * * • '
" ' Mi. Jackson.—These men came to me repiesentiug themselves tobe thieves and
felons of seven, eight, or ten years' standing, and repeatedly convicted, and by so
furthering their interests i was providing them with the means of becoming res-
peccable and worthy members of society. 1 certainly should not have done so if
they had not positively assured me they had led such a life.
'• ' .Emma Lofinck declared that there was not a word of truth in it; her husband
was a shoemaker, aud, though out of work, had never committed an offence in all
his life.
" ' Mr. Jackson.—I assure you, Sir, I displayed the utmost caution in the execution
of the office intrusted to me.
'• • Mr. Arnold.—I must say i do not think so. Did you make inquiry as to the
men's former character of any one else but themselves ?
" ' Mr. Jackson (hesitating).—Why. no ; but they were in the company of known
thieves and felons, and appeared to be conversant with the haunts aud slang of
such characters, and I founded my judgment of them upon that, which seemed to
me satisfactory.'
" Satisfactory—werry as far as it goes. But please let it be hall
explained—for I think I'd like to take advantidge of this hadmarable
charaty.
" I ham myself in the cab line, No. 9999 by name, ray life is ard, my
work arder still, my wife scolds like a wixen, and my children heats
like hoguers.' -
" Will it be nessary for me to commit a bugglary before I awail
myself of the charaty, or will larsny du, or 3 weeks which I ad for
hovercharging a passinger and itting him hafterwoods about the Ed ?
Robbry I never yet dun—to ouse braking Pm awuss; but hif by a little
on it I can git rid of my Missus and famly, and make myself comftable
for life, present best compts to your Lordship, and saye Hime your
Mann, and your Lordship's grateful Servant,
" Ninethowsndninunderdanninetyni.ve."
Disqualification for Billingsgate.
We feel called upon to withdraw our nomination of the Hon. Craven
F. Berkeley as a fit and proper person to represent the electors of
Billingsgate. By the publication of a very handsome apology to
Mr. PlOUNDELL Palmer, the honourable gentleman has completely
ctistjualified himself for the representation of that constituency.
if it was such a crown as the one at the Fleet Street Post Office that
his most uncomfortable majesty had run his head against. Shaksreare,
when he lays down the beautiful proposition that—
" Crowns got by blood must be by blood maintained,"
must have had in his eye such a crown as this, which could not be
maintained upon anybody's head without scratching it or tearing it in
the most dreadful manner.
WHAT MAY BE BOUGHT FOP FIVE POUNDS!
Ie you are a married man, you may buy these luxuries for the small
sum of £5 !—
You may, with your clenched fists, beat your wife until her eyes shall
be " dreadfully bruised and swollen."—For £5
You may "take the bellows from her hand," and with them "strike
her several blows upon the head," until she falls " senseless on the
iloor."—For £5.
You may further kick and beat her " while she i3 down."—For £5.
These things—free and enlightened Englishmen, blessed with laws
that make you the envy of surrounding nations—these things you may
do, if you have £5.
" But how "-you ask-" if I have not £5!"
Why, then, inhuman pauper—hard-hearted outcast—penniless mis-
creant—why, then, in default of payment of £5, you shall taste the
bitterness of captivity and oakum-picking for two statute months!
For an illustration of this ennobling legal truth, see Marylebone
Police Ileport, in the case of Michael Gore, late of 25, Orchard
Place, now on a two months' visit to Colonel Chesterton, at the
House of Correction.
Michael Gore is punished—not, in very truth, for beating his wife
—but for not having £5 to pay for it. Is not this the highest triumph
of property ?
Rebels' Weapons.
We take from the Chronicle the following paragraph, dated from
Clonniel:—
" During the present harvest the wages of agricultural labourers have not ex-
ceeded an average of threepence a day, with diet—black bread or diseased potatoes
—aud in numerous instances so low as oue penny per diem has been paid."
It is true there is a foolish, a wicked spirit of rebellion waking, and,
tiger-like, watching, in Ireland: there are pikes, and guns, and pistols
in the hands of knaves and fools, But, after all, are not the worst
weapons against us to be found in that fatal three-pence a day—that
filthy black bread— those loathsome potatoes t The penny per diem is
harder to contend with than the hourly bullet.
143
HEMK3RATION MADE HEASY.
To Lord Hashley.
""Sir, " The Cabbys Hinstatule, Blue Posies.
" Lookin hover the Times at our Hinstatute on Sattaday, I sea
that 2 wimining have come up Before Mr. Harnold, the W us hup
Street Beak (whomb I ope he is quite well & know very hintimit.)
quarralen quite outragus (as there is no satisf'yink some of em) about
their usbands hemmygrating without them,
" Has I thought it mite interest I prigd the hextrack out of the
paper, and send you the sam.
"' The woman Anne Lofinck stated that in consequence of her husband, a cab-
driver, being unable to procure employment, he determined to emigrate with herself
and child to one of the colonies, and for that purpose, with a number of others,
attended a meeting at the Irish Raggtd School in the Minories, at which Lord
Ashley and many other influential persons were present. A subscription was then
set on foot to provide a free passage to America for as many as ihe funds would
cover, and the whole superintendence of the undertaking was intrusted to Me.
Jackson, who placed her husband on the list of applicants. She aud her husband
both remained in the fullest conviction that she and the child would be sent out
with him, until a short time before his embarcation, when to her astonishment she
was informed that the funds were insufficient, and that the child and herself must
remain behind. She subsequently sought an interview with the manager, Mr.
Jackson, and pointed out to nim the hardship of their separation, but he told her
he could not assist her, and that rather tluin thwart her husband's prospects it would be
much better for her and the child to enUr the workhouse. Her bu'band had now gone
off to America iu an emigrant ship called the Victoria, leaving his family entirely
destitute.'
THE CROWNING EVIL.
Take away that bauble!" was the first excla-
mation that occurred to us when we saw one of
the new Post Office crowns on the lamp-post in
Fleet Street, that it is our almost daily lot to
pass. With our well-known respect for the
monarchy, we confess we felt it difficult to restrain
ourselves from demanding the surrender of the
diadem into our cwn hands, in order that we
might for ever destroy such a shameful insult
to Royalty. We should like to know who can
have been the artist that has dared to desecrate
the type of Monarchy by constructing a crown
out of a couple of tin uprights, with an iron
centre bit, and a rim of some inferior metal,
relieved here and there by
two or three ungainly-looking
stars, cut apparently from
the lid of an old saucepan.
We cannot, dare not, will
not imagine the head of our
beloved Sovereign block'd in
this block-tin, the bare con-
templation of which caused
, our indignation to rise so high, that it only required a ladder to
" The other woman's usband went off without so much as with your rise still higher, and "dash the bauble down." Fortunately for the
leaf, or by your leal. | security of the Crown, as represented in the street regalia furnished by
" 'He left her and the infant in the morning, promising to be home at 10 o'clock at \ the Post Office, it IS "fixed OU Such a height " that, like Richard the
night, and she had never seen him since. She was involved in the deepest distress, j Third, We feel we must " strain " Our " inmost workings " to an extent
the infant in her arms was dangerously ill, and she had no means of procuring rhat might ieODardi^e Our braces, if we were to allow Ourselves to be
support tor herself or medical attendance lor the child. . * * i - i 'i u „r ,'„j;^,„f;^„ V.,, +V>0 »nna<.vnU> „;~l.f Wa.
" ' Mr. Arnold said, that it was so extraordinary a case that he shou d like toknow Strung up to too high a pitch of indignation by the unseemly Sight. W e
what it all meant. He felt perf ctly satisfied that Lord Ashley would not have | Can Very Well understand the monarch WHO says,
contributed his money to an undertaking which had for its object, the separation of „ v is th head that wear8 a crovnlj»
husbands from their wives and families, leaving the la.term the position of destitute
paupers ; and as the fact of the second case coming so soon titter the other rendered
it a matter of much pubdo importance, one of the officers must go at once to the
house of the gentleman complained against, and request his attendance, with an
explanation.
" 'Mr. Jackson stated that the object of the gentlemen present at the meeting
referred to, in entering iuto the voluntary subscription, was to send out a number
of refoimed aud repentant thieves aud criminals, and that both of the brothers
Lofinck had represented themselves as convicted felons, aud, therelore, qualified as
the objects intended by the meeting. Numbers of i-uch characters had waited upon him,
lor it was a work of mouths, and he felt satisfied he had accomplished a great deal
of good. With regard to the wives, he was not at all aware that the younger brother
was a married man, and although he knew that the other had a wife aud child, it
was distinctly understood t'iat the husband was himself to provide the means of
Conveying her to his place of settlement.
" ' Holland,the warrant officer, repea:ed the statement the first woman had made,
that Mr. Jackson had advised her to go with her child into the workhouse, but that
gentleman made no observation iu reply. * * * • '
" ' Mi. Jackson.—These men came to me repiesentiug themselves tobe thieves and
felons of seven, eight, or ten years' standing, and repeatedly convicted, and by so
furthering their interests i was providing them with the means of becoming res-
peccable and worthy members of society. 1 certainly should not have done so if
they had not positively assured me they had led such a life.
'• ' .Emma Lofinck declared that there was not a word of truth in it; her husband
was a shoemaker, aud, though out of work, had never committed an offence in all
his life.
" ' Mr. Jackson.—I assure you, Sir, I displayed the utmost caution in the execution
of the office intrusted to me.
'• • Mr. Arnold.—I must say i do not think so. Did you make inquiry as to the
men's former character of any one else but themselves ?
" ' Mr. Jackson (hesitating).—Why. no ; but they were in the company of known
thieves and felons, and appeared to be conversant with the haunts aud slang of
such characters, and I founded my judgment of them upon that, which seemed to
me satisfactory.'
" Satisfactory—werry as far as it goes. But please let it be hall
explained—for I think I'd like to take advantidge of this hadmarable
charaty.
" I ham myself in the cab line, No. 9999 by name, ray life is ard, my
work arder still, my wife scolds like a wixen, and my children heats
like hoguers.' -
" Will it be nessary for me to commit a bugglary before I awail
myself of the charaty, or will larsny du, or 3 weeks which I ad for
hovercharging a passinger and itting him hafterwoods about the Ed ?
Robbry I never yet dun—to ouse braking Pm awuss; but hif by a little
on it I can git rid of my Missus and famly, and make myself comftable
for life, present best compts to your Lordship, and saye Hime your
Mann, and your Lordship's grateful Servant,
" Ninethowsndninunderdanninetyni.ve."
Disqualification for Billingsgate.
We feel called upon to withdraw our nomination of the Hon. Craven
F. Berkeley as a fit and proper person to represent the electors of
Billingsgate. By the publication of a very handsome apology to
Mr. PlOUNDELL Palmer, the honourable gentleman has completely
ctistjualified himself for the representation of that constituency.
if it was such a crown as the one at the Fleet Street Post Office that
his most uncomfortable majesty had run his head against. Shaksreare,
when he lays down the beautiful proposition that—
" Crowns got by blood must be by blood maintained,"
must have had in his eye such a crown as this, which could not be
maintained upon anybody's head without scratching it or tearing it in
the most dreadful manner.
WHAT MAY BE BOUGHT FOP FIVE POUNDS!
Ie you are a married man, you may buy these luxuries for the small
sum of £5 !—
You may, with your clenched fists, beat your wife until her eyes shall
be " dreadfully bruised and swollen."—For £5
You may "take the bellows from her hand," and with them "strike
her several blows upon the head," until she falls " senseless on the
iloor."—For £5.
You may further kick and beat her " while she i3 down."—For £5.
These things—free and enlightened Englishmen, blessed with laws
that make you the envy of surrounding nations—these things you may
do, if you have £5.
" But how "-you ask-" if I have not £5!"
Why, then, inhuman pauper—hard-hearted outcast—penniless mis-
creant—why, then, in default of payment of £5, you shall taste the
bitterness of captivity and oakum-picking for two statute months!
For an illustration of this ennobling legal truth, see Marylebone
Police Ileport, in the case of Michael Gore, late of 25, Orchard
Place, now on a two months' visit to Colonel Chesterton, at the
House of Correction.
Michael Gore is punished—not, in very truth, for beating his wife
—but for not having £5 to pay for it. Is not this the highest triumph
of property ?
Rebels' Weapons.
We take from the Chronicle the following paragraph, dated from
Clonniel:—
" During the present harvest the wages of agricultural labourers have not ex-
ceeded an average of threepence a day, with diet—black bread or diseased potatoes
—aud in numerous instances so low as oue penny per diem has been paid."
It is true there is a foolish, a wicked spirit of rebellion waking, and,
tiger-like, watching, in Ireland: there are pikes, and guns, and pistols
in the hands of knaves and fools, But, after all, are not the worst
weapons against us to be found in that fatal three-pence a day—that
filthy black bread— those loathsome potatoes t The penny per diem is
harder to contend with than the hourly bullet.