DOI issue:
July to December, 1851
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16608#0106
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
E CRYSTAL PALACE UN-VISITED.
{After Wowwworth.)
By an Honourable and Gallant, Member.
PFACE DISABLING WAR.
Through Piccadilly we had been;
The mazy throng unravelled ;
The hideous mounted Statue seen,
And by the Corner travelled :
" Some say, when wintry days shall come,
And walking out seems folly,
Yet we are loth to stay at home—
A garden there were jolly.
But I'd have Paxton, Pox, and Co.
Suspended on a gallows,
Ere they should keep in Rotten Row
This beastly Crystal Palace!"
THE UNHAPPY CHILD.
WISDOM PREACHING IN THE STREETS.
a j t , ,11 , p i A tew years ago it was a frequent spectacle in and about London to
And when we came to Albert bate, gee a coucourse 0f persons collected in some open space, listening to
In earnest or m malice, the exhortations of a preacher in shabby black, with a rubbish-heap for
My comrade cried- We 11 turn aside, h]& pulpit> and the gky for his SOUnding-ooard. The Police authorities
Ana see tne Orystal ralace . appear to have suppressed a practice, which probably occasioned fewer
" Let foolish folk who come to town, conversions than cases of pocket-picking. We may however, anticipate
And leave their buvinf selling a reviV£" °* sermons sub Jove, it there be truth m the statement of the
There spend their money, 'tis their own, correspondent of a morning contemporary, who says,
Each unit pay his shilling !
Let Farmers join the reckless race,
To Free-Trade ruin callous ;
But we will down by Wilton Place,
And shun the Crystal Palace !
" What is it but a shed of glass,
With idiots flocking under?
Outside I happened once to pass,
And thought it no such wonder ! "—
Strange words they seemed of slight and scorn,
My friend waxed somewhat jealous,
And whistled when he heard them said
About the Crystal Palace !
"Oh, dull," said I, "the Koh-i-noor,
The greatest humbug going!
The fountains may be bright and pure,
Yet we will leave them flowing.
By Bel grave Square, or through Mayfair,
We '11 wander for our solace;
But though so near, we will not turn
Into the Crystal Palace.
" Let those who can afford, partake
The sweets they dearly pay for;
Where ice, unless you're wide awake,
Costs double—ice and wafer;
We will not have it; let it go,
Their lemonade in chalice !
Enough if by repute we know
The viands of the Palace.
" Be all the Show unseen, unknown!
It must,or I shall rue it;
I have a notion of my own,
And why should I undo it ?
The pledges of the Session past,
With all my fiery sallies,
Would melt in air, if I went there,
To see the Crystal Palace.
" As i was passing along Orchard Street, Portman Square, last (Monday) evening,
about nine o'clock, I was surprised to see a great crowd assembled round ' Kell Mell
Buildings,' and, on inquiry, i found that Cardinal Wiseman was preaching from a
platform in the. open air. The court, throngh which there is a thoroughfare into Duke
Street, was illuminated, and filled with Irish. After waiting some little while, the
Cardinal came into the street, to a carriage, which was waiting for him, attended by
boys and men wearing white surplices, and bearing lighted candles, banners, and also
an immense crucifix. There were a great mnny police standing around, but none
attempted *z interfere with this illegal procession."
Of course the license which is conceded to Cardinal Wiseman will
not be denied to Ebenezer Brown. The sincere Jumper has quite as
much a right to promulgate his doctrines in the streets as the zealous
Romanist. It is not because Mr. Brown is a shoemaker, or indeed a
repairer of shoes, thaf he is to be compelled to "move on," and the
Cardinal permitted to proceed. Should either disobey the mandate
to go about his business, the oleaginous collar of Ebenezer is no less
and no more sacred from the clutch of the policeman than the what-d'ye-
call-it at the poll of Nicholas : and British Justice contemplates with
equal eve the rusty sables of the former, and the pontificals of the latter
(with all his properties to boot) in the station-house.
Toleration for ever!—but let it be universal toleration. In field
preaching let there be a fair field, and no favour. If the Romish saints
are to have a hearing, let those of the " Latter Day " have the same.
Now that the example has been set by Cardinal Wiseman, we may
expect that the Reverend Bo's'n Smith will re-enter on his itinerant
mission. The Cardinal may consider himself to be a commissioned
officer of the Ship of Peter : but the Law of England takes no more
account of him than it does of the Bo's'n. The wisdom of anybody has
as much right to cry in the s'reets as the wisdom of Wiseman.
It's an ill Fire that burns good to Nobody.
An accident by fire has just deprived Prance of a quantity of that
flimsy rag in which she centres much of her glory. The flags taken in
battle, and hung up at the Invalides, were the other day nearly all re-
duced to tinder. We hope the circumstance may turn to the profit of
our neighbours, who might have a great deal more to be proud of than
their military trophies; and we trust it will now occur to them that in
connecting their ambition with an old flag, they place it at a very low
standard.
E CRYSTAL PALACE UN-VISITED.
{After Wowwworth.)
By an Honourable and Gallant, Member.
PFACE DISABLING WAR.
Through Piccadilly we had been;
The mazy throng unravelled ;
The hideous mounted Statue seen,
And by the Corner travelled :
" Some say, when wintry days shall come,
And walking out seems folly,
Yet we are loth to stay at home—
A garden there were jolly.
But I'd have Paxton, Pox, and Co.
Suspended on a gallows,
Ere they should keep in Rotten Row
This beastly Crystal Palace!"
THE UNHAPPY CHILD.
WISDOM PREACHING IN THE STREETS.
a j t , ,11 , p i A tew years ago it was a frequent spectacle in and about London to
And when we came to Albert bate, gee a coucourse 0f persons collected in some open space, listening to
In earnest or m malice, the exhortations of a preacher in shabby black, with a rubbish-heap for
My comrade cried- We 11 turn aside, h]& pulpit> and the gky for his SOUnding-ooard. The Police authorities
Ana see tne Orystal ralace . appear to have suppressed a practice, which probably occasioned fewer
" Let foolish folk who come to town, conversions than cases of pocket-picking. We may however, anticipate
And leave their buvinf selling a reviV£" °* sermons sub Jove, it there be truth m the statement of the
There spend their money, 'tis their own, correspondent of a morning contemporary, who says,
Each unit pay his shilling !
Let Farmers join the reckless race,
To Free-Trade ruin callous ;
But we will down by Wilton Place,
And shun the Crystal Palace !
" What is it but a shed of glass,
With idiots flocking under?
Outside I happened once to pass,
And thought it no such wonder ! "—
Strange words they seemed of slight and scorn,
My friend waxed somewhat jealous,
And whistled when he heard them said
About the Crystal Palace !
"Oh, dull," said I, "the Koh-i-noor,
The greatest humbug going!
The fountains may be bright and pure,
Yet we will leave them flowing.
By Bel grave Square, or through Mayfair,
We '11 wander for our solace;
But though so near, we will not turn
Into the Crystal Palace.
" Let those who can afford, partake
The sweets they dearly pay for;
Where ice, unless you're wide awake,
Costs double—ice and wafer;
We will not have it; let it go,
Their lemonade in chalice !
Enough if by repute we know
The viands of the Palace.
" Be all the Show unseen, unknown!
It must,or I shall rue it;
I have a notion of my own,
And why should I undo it ?
The pledges of the Session past,
With all my fiery sallies,
Would melt in air, if I went there,
To see the Crystal Palace.
" As i was passing along Orchard Street, Portman Square, last (Monday) evening,
about nine o'clock, I was surprised to see a great crowd assembled round ' Kell Mell
Buildings,' and, on inquiry, i found that Cardinal Wiseman was preaching from a
platform in the. open air. The court, throngh which there is a thoroughfare into Duke
Street, was illuminated, and filled with Irish. After waiting some little while, the
Cardinal came into the street, to a carriage, which was waiting for him, attended by
boys and men wearing white surplices, and bearing lighted candles, banners, and also
an immense crucifix. There were a great mnny police standing around, but none
attempted *z interfere with this illegal procession."
Of course the license which is conceded to Cardinal Wiseman will
not be denied to Ebenezer Brown. The sincere Jumper has quite as
much a right to promulgate his doctrines in the streets as the zealous
Romanist. It is not because Mr. Brown is a shoemaker, or indeed a
repairer of shoes, thaf he is to be compelled to "move on," and the
Cardinal permitted to proceed. Should either disobey the mandate
to go about his business, the oleaginous collar of Ebenezer is no less
and no more sacred from the clutch of the policeman than the what-d'ye-
call-it at the poll of Nicholas : and British Justice contemplates with
equal eve the rusty sables of the former, and the pontificals of the latter
(with all his properties to boot) in the station-house.
Toleration for ever!—but let it be universal toleration. In field
preaching let there be a fair field, and no favour. If the Romish saints
are to have a hearing, let those of the " Latter Day " have the same.
Now that the example has been set by Cardinal Wiseman, we may
expect that the Reverend Bo's'n Smith will re-enter on his itinerant
mission. The Cardinal may consider himself to be a commissioned
officer of the Ship of Peter : but the Law of England takes no more
account of him than it does of the Bo's'n. The wisdom of anybody has
as much right to cry in the s'reets as the wisdom of Wiseman.
It's an ill Fire that burns good to Nobody.
An accident by fire has just deprived Prance of a quantity of that
flimsy rag in which she centres much of her glory. The flags taken in
battle, and hung up at the Invalides, were the other day nearly all re-
duced to tinder. We hope the circumstance may turn to the profit of
our neighbours, who might have a great deal more to be proud of than
their military trophies; and we trust it will now occur to them that in
connecting their ambition with an old flag, they place it at a very low
standard.