DOI Heft:
July to December, 1850
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16606#0078
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PUNCH. OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Proctor (to Undergraduate). " Pray, Sir, will you be so good as to tell me
whether you are a member of the university, or a scotch terrier?"
THE SLBTHORP CABINET.
The puzzling question " Who is there to succeed the
Whigs ?" was partially answered a few nights ago in
the House of Commons by a little episode, or farce, or
whatever else it may be called, in which the Lord iMayor
of Dublin and our own gallant Colonel sustained the
two principal characters. Mb. Reynolds, the Irish
Lord Mayor, expressed himself ready to give his support
to "any Government formed by Colonel Sibthobp,
if the Colonel, on his part, would only promise certain
things with reference to Irish affairs, in return for the
support thus offered him." Without a moment's hesita-
tion, the gallant Premier m posse rushed across the floor
of the House, and was engaged for a few minutes in
earnest conversation with Mb. Reynolds, amid the
cheers and laughter of all parties. We have no doubt
that the feasibility of the formation of a Sibthobpian
Cabinet was the subject of the brief consultation between
the Colonel and his volunteer supporter on the occasion
of the mirth and cheering of the House having been
so vehemently displayed. We can imagine the style
of measure that would be brought in by such a Govern-
ment as that of which Colonel Sibthobp would form
the head, and we are sure that among the earliest bills
would be one for denouncing, annihilating, and utterly
putting an end to what the gallant Premier would call
that "monstrous piece of humbug, the Exhibition of
1851." How far the well-known opinions of the new
Premier may affect the amount of confidence Heb
Majesty is likely to repose hi him, it is not for us 10
conjecture. We suspect, however, the kissing hands on
the occasion of Ins taking office will not be a very pleasant
operation to the Sovereign.
Parliamentary Doves.—August is the month when
Members begin to "pair," and fly off to their nests in
the country. There is also more " billing" done in the
month of August than any other.
HUDSON TAKES A STEP FORWARD.
The Grave-Digger in Hamlet was wont to wear some dozen legendary
coats ; in fact, he was ah coats, Like an onion. He used to take them
off, shout increasing upon shout at every removal. However, the
business of the scene never permitted him to put the garments on again:
he made his exit peeled and slim. It is otherwise with the uncrowned
Hudson. His coats, one by one, have been plucked from him; he has
been shown pretty well bare ; but, it appears, there is a chance that he
may be again coated—-whitewash coated. The Yorkshire Gazette declares
that Mb. Hudson has released himself—-head and hands—very grace-
fully from the pillory in which, on a late trial, Serjeant Wilkins
flxed him.
" In his evidence in the trial alluded to we believe he has made a good step forward.
We have ourselves seen and heard read nearly or quite a half dozen letters from as
many men of good position in society, present in York at the trial, to different
individuals, all speaking of the great and favourable change made in their minds in
Mr. Hudson's favour by his evidence."
We are almost prepared for the time when Mb. Hudson's reputation
will be made so very "pleasant," that a remorseful and conscience-
stricken generation will appear by deputy at Albert Gate, to present to
Mb. Hudson the keys of the Bank of England (of course, upon an
assured understanding that he will then and there return them), and
bearing with them a bunch of sflver lilies, typical of Ins odorous whiteness.
Then will the actions of Hudson—
"----the just,
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust"—
even in the gold-dust of the railway unfortunate. Por Mb. Hudson
has made one "good step forward"—not the step of St. Denis, cer-
tainly, for that was without his head, which Mb. Hudson, in his arith-
metic, never lost; whatever other organ was deficient in Ids cash-book
cookery. We have, upon the whole, little doubt that in the year-,
Mb. Hudson will turn up Like the shield of Scbiblebus, polished from
every speck of vulgar debt. The Iron Crown will duly glisten again.
If Time defiles and rusts, Time has also scouring paper, if the adroit
will use it.
PANORAMA OP THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
Panoramas are the fashion—Lobd John Russell, with the wisdom
of a Whig, proposes to avad himself of the mode; and during the recess
to superintend a very moving display of his one pet subject—his subject
produced on the floor of the House, on all occasions, namely, the British
Constitution, with the very best Whig designs. The history will begin
with the Death of Chables the Pibst at St. James's, with a solemn
view of the Death-bed of the King; when he hands over the sceptre and
ball to Chables the Second, who thereupon, amidst the acclamations
of a doating people, ascends the Throne. The old superstition as to the
existence or' Cromwell wdl be treated as a myth; as—see the no Arms
of the Commonwealth in the New Houses of Parliament—it undoubtedly
is : a myth, in which a brief popular effervescence has been ignorantly
personified by superstitious historians as a Brewer, who brought rebel-
lion to a head. The Panorama will give the flight of James the
Second, the Battle of the Boyne, the accession of William and Maby,
and so on; the whole to conclude with the advent to office of Lord
John Russell amid a shower of fireworks; with a brilliant display of
coloured lamps in the word—" Pinality."
"The Decline of England."
Lobd Brougham tells us that "an absolute prostration of the under-
standing takes place, in this country, even amongst the bravest men,
whenever the word 'prince' is mentioned." We were not aware of this
debasing fact, but if the English understanding does become "prostrate"
on such occasions, we can safely answer it can be only amongst "theflats."
" England Expects Every Bishop to do his Duty."
This is the improved signal recently flung out by the improved Lobd
Nelson at the Church conference, that ended in a strong and stern
resolution, unanimously carried, to do nothing. Lobd Nelson declared
that the bishops must expect to meet persecution, and more; " to return
to the early poverty of the Church ! " After this, his Lordship, in the
profound innocence of his soul, regretted and wondered to see " so few
bishops present."
monstbum hobbendum.
It is reported in the Paris papers that the Mountain intends coming
to visit the Prench refugees in England, for the very opposite reason
that influenced the proceedings of Mahomet, who went to the mountain
because it couldn't come to him ; but it is preparing to start for England,
because the refugees cannot go to the Mountain.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
S. C. P.—Write.
PUNCH. OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Proctor (to Undergraduate). " Pray, Sir, will you be so good as to tell me
whether you are a member of the university, or a scotch terrier?"
THE SLBTHORP CABINET.
The puzzling question " Who is there to succeed the
Whigs ?" was partially answered a few nights ago in
the House of Commons by a little episode, or farce, or
whatever else it may be called, in which the Lord iMayor
of Dublin and our own gallant Colonel sustained the
two principal characters. Mb. Reynolds, the Irish
Lord Mayor, expressed himself ready to give his support
to "any Government formed by Colonel Sibthobp,
if the Colonel, on his part, would only promise certain
things with reference to Irish affairs, in return for the
support thus offered him." Without a moment's hesita-
tion, the gallant Premier m posse rushed across the floor
of the House, and was engaged for a few minutes in
earnest conversation with Mb. Reynolds, amid the
cheers and laughter of all parties. We have no doubt
that the feasibility of the formation of a Sibthobpian
Cabinet was the subject of the brief consultation between
the Colonel and his volunteer supporter on the occasion
of the mirth and cheering of the House having been
so vehemently displayed. We can imagine the style
of measure that would be brought in by such a Govern-
ment as that of which Colonel Sibthobp would form
the head, and we are sure that among the earliest bills
would be one for denouncing, annihilating, and utterly
putting an end to what the gallant Premier would call
that "monstrous piece of humbug, the Exhibition of
1851." How far the well-known opinions of the new
Premier may affect the amount of confidence Heb
Majesty is likely to repose hi him, it is not for us 10
conjecture. We suspect, however, the kissing hands on
the occasion of Ins taking office will not be a very pleasant
operation to the Sovereign.
Parliamentary Doves.—August is the month when
Members begin to "pair," and fly off to their nests in
the country. There is also more " billing" done in the
month of August than any other.
HUDSON TAKES A STEP FORWARD.
The Grave-Digger in Hamlet was wont to wear some dozen legendary
coats ; in fact, he was ah coats, Like an onion. He used to take them
off, shout increasing upon shout at every removal. However, the
business of the scene never permitted him to put the garments on again:
he made his exit peeled and slim. It is otherwise with the uncrowned
Hudson. His coats, one by one, have been plucked from him; he has
been shown pretty well bare ; but, it appears, there is a chance that he
may be again coated—-whitewash coated. The Yorkshire Gazette declares
that Mb. Hudson has released himself—-head and hands—very grace-
fully from the pillory in which, on a late trial, Serjeant Wilkins
flxed him.
" In his evidence in the trial alluded to we believe he has made a good step forward.
We have ourselves seen and heard read nearly or quite a half dozen letters from as
many men of good position in society, present in York at the trial, to different
individuals, all speaking of the great and favourable change made in their minds in
Mr. Hudson's favour by his evidence."
We are almost prepared for the time when Mb. Hudson's reputation
will be made so very "pleasant," that a remorseful and conscience-
stricken generation will appear by deputy at Albert Gate, to present to
Mb. Hudson the keys of the Bank of England (of course, upon an
assured understanding that he will then and there return them), and
bearing with them a bunch of sflver lilies, typical of Ins odorous whiteness.
Then will the actions of Hudson—
"----the just,
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust"—
even in the gold-dust of the railway unfortunate. Por Mb. Hudson
has made one "good step forward"—not the step of St. Denis, cer-
tainly, for that was without his head, which Mb. Hudson, in his arith-
metic, never lost; whatever other organ was deficient in Ids cash-book
cookery. We have, upon the whole, little doubt that in the year-,
Mb. Hudson will turn up Like the shield of Scbiblebus, polished from
every speck of vulgar debt. The Iron Crown will duly glisten again.
If Time defiles and rusts, Time has also scouring paper, if the adroit
will use it.
PANORAMA OP THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
Panoramas are the fashion—Lobd John Russell, with the wisdom
of a Whig, proposes to avad himself of the mode; and during the recess
to superintend a very moving display of his one pet subject—his subject
produced on the floor of the House, on all occasions, namely, the British
Constitution, with the very best Whig designs. The history will begin
with the Death of Chables the Pibst at St. James's, with a solemn
view of the Death-bed of the King; when he hands over the sceptre and
ball to Chables the Second, who thereupon, amidst the acclamations
of a doating people, ascends the Throne. The old superstition as to the
existence or' Cromwell wdl be treated as a myth; as—see the no Arms
of the Commonwealth in the New Houses of Parliament—it undoubtedly
is : a myth, in which a brief popular effervescence has been ignorantly
personified by superstitious historians as a Brewer, who brought rebel-
lion to a head. The Panorama will give the flight of James the
Second, the Battle of the Boyne, the accession of William and Maby,
and so on; the whole to conclude with the advent to office of Lord
John Russell amid a shower of fireworks; with a brilliant display of
coloured lamps in the word—" Pinality."
"The Decline of England."
Lobd Brougham tells us that "an absolute prostration of the under-
standing takes place, in this country, even amongst the bravest men,
whenever the word 'prince' is mentioned." We were not aware of this
debasing fact, but if the English understanding does become "prostrate"
on such occasions, we can safely answer it can be only amongst "theflats."
" England Expects Every Bishop to do his Duty."
This is the improved signal recently flung out by the improved Lobd
Nelson at the Church conference, that ended in a strong and stern
resolution, unanimously carried, to do nothing. Lobd Nelson declared
that the bishops must expect to meet persecution, and more; " to return
to the early poverty of the Church ! " After this, his Lordship, in the
profound innocence of his soul, regretted and wondered to see " so few
bishops present."
monstbum hobbendum.
It is reported in the Paris papers that the Mountain intends coming
to visit the Prench refugees in England, for the very opposite reason
that influenced the proceedings of Mahomet, who went to the mountain
because it couldn't come to him ; but it is preparing to start for England,
because the refugees cannot go to the Mountain.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
S. C. P.—Write.