DOI Heft:
January to June, 1850
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PUNCH. OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
139
AIOCK FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(From our own Correspondent, Belgravia, March 28.)
Here I am, as poor Sinclair used to say in Harry Bertram, "like
love among the roses." This is not a mere fagon deparler with me, I
can assure you, when, between four and six in the afternoon, I take
my diurnal canter in Hyde Park, amid the flowers of aristocratic
loveliness. "Tis true," slightly to vary a Byronic aphorism, "your
English Miss is very charming," and this is a truth that I have of
late amply verified; though, for some weeks, the restrictions of the
weather office have sadly interfered with the attractions of the
Ring. Nimporte: the bracing air creates an appetite, and rushing
off to a petit diner with a few choice spirits at the Clarendon,
I indemnify myself for the manque of the ocular repast, by a more
substantial if less sentimental banquet. The colelettes a la Muintenon
here are very much de mon gre, but you would scarcely believe how
hard it is to get good potat oes. This reminds me that the Irish Viceroy
is to be abolished, as the nalional esculent was like to have been a year
or two ago—pardon this badinage—by the blight. I write cunente
calamo, which must excuse abruptness of transition. Her Majesty
the Qtjeen is "tol-lol;" she '' showed " at Der Ireischiitz, the other
evening, accompanied by the Prince, who is get'ing rather popular.
The cares of state seem to sit lightly on Victoria, and Albert
appears perfectly at# his e^se, though having on bis shoulders the
Industry of All Nations. In this pie, by the way, Lord Brougham,
of course, wanted to have his fingers; failing in which desire he has
been doing all he can to bouleverser the concern, as was to be expected.
All the world is laughing at the sparring-match which took place
between him and Stanley in the Lords, with reference io the epithet
" volatile," applied to the noble and learned lord by the Heir of
Derby. The combatants made believe to be "only in fun," and
"peppered" one another with much seeming bonhomie, exchanging,
however, some pretty hard raps, I can tell you. There are said to be
various novelties in preparation both at the two Operas and Houses of
Parliament; in the one and the other we shall see what we shall see.
What with Ordnance Estimates, Ireland,—the toujoursperdrix of legis-
lation,—Stamps, Colonies, and Judicial Salaries, besides Ewart's Anti-
Calcraft motion, the peace proposition of Cobden, and hoc genus omne,
the St. Stephen's impresario has his work pretty well cut out for the
season. I wish Lord Johnny well through it. Talking of cutting
out, the journeyman tailors are really in a very sad state; and at a
meeting of these poor 'squires of the thimble the other day at the
London Tavern, Alderman Sidney ascribed their miserable plight in
a great measure to the "grinding system" pursued by tlin "clothing
Colonels " who pick their pay out of soldiers' uniforms. The idea of
these gallant slop-sellers is ires drole, n'est ce pas ? The case of the
starving needlewomen is also becoming serious; as I cannot help
feeling rather strongly—not having eaten anything since lunch. Hey !
then, for the Conservative Club, where I " grub " to-day with a Milord
Anglais or two ; so, for the present, addio.
P.S. The Gorham breeze is by no means lulled yet. Exeter has
flown at Canterbury in a pamphlet. Philpotts has been so long in
hot water that he must now be quite a bouilli d'Eveque._
[We trust that nothing in the above communication will appear
impertinent or flippant to those who are familiar with t he grave and
respectful tone in which the foreign correspondents of some of our
contemporaries are wont to treat the affairs of our neighbours.]
Merit in Bronze.
The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, have—
" Decided to select bronze for the material in which the Medals are to be executed,
considering that metal to be better calculated than any other for the development of
EXPERIMENTS OF OUR " USED-UP" MAN IN SEARCH OF
EXCITEMENT.—No. 1.
trying the top of the monument on a wet afternoon.
POLICE STATISTICS.
Some interesting returns have been prepared by the Commissioners
tT^uSni^aud=i?geiluity'm- ?efTdarUf^ a"? at the same tme m° * y of City Police, as to the amount of property restored, fires put out,
to constitute a lasting memorial of the Exhibition." ,., , ' " >, j ,1 • j j i_ • • r u I
m . . . . , ,, . children found, and other services rendered by the civic lorce, but
The Commissioners are wise men ; sovereigns, or even half-sovereigns,
in bronze, would not go so soon as in their present metal. There
is, however, another reason—a reason Punch deeply deplores—for the
other facts are omitted, which we consider as equally full of interest.
We should like to know whether the value of the property stolen
includes the value of the kisses stolen by the police themselves from
selection of bronze by the Commissioners ; it is because the gold and j the femaie servants, and whether the number of children found com
silver come so slowly in. _ prjses au the children previously lost through a flirtation with the nurse
I and the man on duty. Among the fires extinguished, we presume we
wheels within wheels. ! must not hook for the flames raised in the breasts of cooks; and the
We understand, that, since a certain noble lord has evinced a desire number of houses found insecure will not, of course, comprehend those
to be looked upon as of a rather heavy nature, the title of Brougham where the area gates had been designedly left open for " love to find the
will be changed into that of Slow-Coach.
antidote to arsenic.
The distinguished chemist, Mr. Punch, has discovered an antidote to
arsenic, now so often administered with fatal effect by wives to
husbands, and parents to children. The form of Mr. Punch's remedy
is that of a Bill, to be introduced into Parliament, limiting the operation
of Burial Clubs to paying for the funerals of their deceased members.
way " in the garb of a policeman. In the estimate of the strength of
the force, allowance is doubtless made for its little weaknesses, though
on the whole its good conduct, like its clothes, may be considered
uniform.
The Morning's Reflection.—Ir, has always been a matter of pro-
found astonishment to us how our ancestors could have eaten their
breakfast without a morning newspaper!
139
AIOCK FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(From our own Correspondent, Belgravia, March 28.)
Here I am, as poor Sinclair used to say in Harry Bertram, "like
love among the roses." This is not a mere fagon deparler with me, I
can assure you, when, between four and six in the afternoon, I take
my diurnal canter in Hyde Park, amid the flowers of aristocratic
loveliness. "Tis true," slightly to vary a Byronic aphorism, "your
English Miss is very charming," and this is a truth that I have of
late amply verified; though, for some weeks, the restrictions of the
weather office have sadly interfered with the attractions of the
Ring. Nimporte: the bracing air creates an appetite, and rushing
off to a petit diner with a few choice spirits at the Clarendon,
I indemnify myself for the manque of the ocular repast, by a more
substantial if less sentimental banquet. The colelettes a la Muintenon
here are very much de mon gre, but you would scarcely believe how
hard it is to get good potat oes. This reminds me that the Irish Viceroy
is to be abolished, as the nalional esculent was like to have been a year
or two ago—pardon this badinage—by the blight. I write cunente
calamo, which must excuse abruptness of transition. Her Majesty
the Qtjeen is "tol-lol;" she '' showed " at Der Ireischiitz, the other
evening, accompanied by the Prince, who is get'ing rather popular.
The cares of state seem to sit lightly on Victoria, and Albert
appears perfectly at# his e^se, though having on bis shoulders the
Industry of All Nations. In this pie, by the way, Lord Brougham,
of course, wanted to have his fingers; failing in which desire he has
been doing all he can to bouleverser the concern, as was to be expected.
All the world is laughing at the sparring-match which took place
between him and Stanley in the Lords, with reference io the epithet
" volatile," applied to the noble and learned lord by the Heir of
Derby. The combatants made believe to be "only in fun," and
"peppered" one another with much seeming bonhomie, exchanging,
however, some pretty hard raps, I can tell you. There are said to be
various novelties in preparation both at the two Operas and Houses of
Parliament; in the one and the other we shall see what we shall see.
What with Ordnance Estimates, Ireland,—the toujoursperdrix of legis-
lation,—Stamps, Colonies, and Judicial Salaries, besides Ewart's Anti-
Calcraft motion, the peace proposition of Cobden, and hoc genus omne,
the St. Stephen's impresario has his work pretty well cut out for the
season. I wish Lord Johnny well through it. Talking of cutting
out, the journeyman tailors are really in a very sad state; and at a
meeting of these poor 'squires of the thimble the other day at the
London Tavern, Alderman Sidney ascribed their miserable plight in
a great measure to the "grinding system" pursued by tlin "clothing
Colonels " who pick their pay out of soldiers' uniforms. The idea of
these gallant slop-sellers is ires drole, n'est ce pas ? The case of the
starving needlewomen is also becoming serious; as I cannot help
feeling rather strongly—not having eaten anything since lunch. Hey !
then, for the Conservative Club, where I " grub " to-day with a Milord
Anglais or two ; so, for the present, addio.
P.S. The Gorham breeze is by no means lulled yet. Exeter has
flown at Canterbury in a pamphlet. Philpotts has been so long in
hot water that he must now be quite a bouilli d'Eveque._
[We trust that nothing in the above communication will appear
impertinent or flippant to those who are familiar with t he grave and
respectful tone in which the foreign correspondents of some of our
contemporaries are wont to treat the affairs of our neighbours.]
Merit in Bronze.
The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, have—
" Decided to select bronze for the material in which the Medals are to be executed,
considering that metal to be better calculated than any other for the development of
EXPERIMENTS OF OUR " USED-UP" MAN IN SEARCH OF
EXCITEMENT.—No. 1.
trying the top of the monument on a wet afternoon.
POLICE STATISTICS.
Some interesting returns have been prepared by the Commissioners
tT^uSni^aud=i?geiluity'm- ?efTdarUf^ a"? at the same tme m° * y of City Police, as to the amount of property restored, fires put out,
to constitute a lasting memorial of the Exhibition." ,., , ' " >, j ,1 • j j i_ • • r u I
m . . . . , ,, . children found, and other services rendered by the civic lorce, but
The Commissioners are wise men ; sovereigns, or even half-sovereigns,
in bronze, would not go so soon as in their present metal. There
is, however, another reason—a reason Punch deeply deplores—for the
other facts are omitted, which we consider as equally full of interest.
We should like to know whether the value of the property stolen
includes the value of the kisses stolen by the police themselves from
selection of bronze by the Commissioners ; it is because the gold and j the femaie servants, and whether the number of children found com
silver come so slowly in. _ prjses au the children previously lost through a flirtation with the nurse
I and the man on duty. Among the fires extinguished, we presume we
wheels within wheels. ! must not hook for the flames raised in the breasts of cooks; and the
We understand, that, since a certain noble lord has evinced a desire number of houses found insecure will not, of course, comprehend those
to be looked upon as of a rather heavy nature, the title of Brougham where the area gates had been designedly left open for " love to find the
will be changed into that of Slow-Coach.
antidote to arsenic.
The distinguished chemist, Mr. Punch, has discovered an antidote to
arsenic, now so often administered with fatal effect by wives to
husbands, and parents to children. The form of Mr. Punch's remedy
is that of a Bill, to be introduced into Parliament, limiting the operation
of Burial Clubs to paying for the funerals of their deceased members.
way " in the garb of a policeman. In the estimate of the strength of
the force, allowance is doubtless made for its little weaknesses, though
on the whole its good conduct, like its clothes, may be considered
uniform.
The Morning's Reflection.—Ir, has always been a matter of pro-
found astonishment to us how our ancestors could have eaten their
breakfast without a morning newspaper!