DOI issue:
July to December, 1851
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16608#0126
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
FRENCH GENTLEMAN GRATIFYING HIS HATRED OF
MR. BULL.
{From a rough Sketch, by that amiable Jack-Pnest, Dr. Cahitt.)
SERENADES FOR JOHN BULL.
No. 1.
Oh ! rest thee, my Johnny, thy Navy's all right;
Thou 'rt Lord of the Ocean, entirely and quite;
If Yankees outsail thee, old King of the Sea,
Let that matter nothing, my John Bull, to thee!
Oh! rest thee, my Johnny, contented and wise;
Believe thou 'rt unrivall'd for bold enterprise ;
And don't think that Jonathan flogg'd his Papa,
When he steam'd it before him across Panama.
Oh ! rest thee, my Johnny, the time -will ne'er come
When thou 'It wake up, and find thy position is rum.
Oh! rest thee, John Bull, my boy, sleep while you may;
Sloth leads not to sorrow, as night leads to day.
No. 2.
Lullaby, Johnny, upon the tree-top ;
When thy ships fail, thy Navy will drop;
When thy fleets yield, thy glory will fall,
And down comes Johnny, and Commerce and all!
Military Intelligence.
It may not be generally known that Lord Arundel, only
a short time back, was in the 2ud Life Guards ; but, after the
notable achievement at Limerick, where his Lordship flung
his whole soul upon the railway platform to kiss a Bishop's
toe, Lord Arundel immediately retired from the 2nd Life
Guards, and joined the Foot.
PRIESTCRAFT VERSUS LAW.
The " Catholic " Offenders—for so they boast themselves to be, by
whatever title they may call their confederacy—defy the Government
to prosecute their prelates for infringing the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. Mitchell also defied the majesty of the English law, as frantically,
rancorously, viperously, currishly, and childishly. Mr. Mitchell
preceded the Offenders, and if the Offenders do not take care, they will
perhaps follow Mr. Mitchell.
The Offenders, of course, mean to threaten that, if Ministers should
enforce the law which they have broken, they will do something
dreadful. What will they do ? Fight—of course— but with the old
weapons of chicane and pettifoggery ? Then, if successful, their hierarchy
will triumph—precisely as many a rogue does at the Old Bailey. Is
it really their magnanimous intention to commit high treason ? If so,
the campaign of these members of the Church Militant will, most likely,
be preliminary to a mission to a colonial district, where they may,
possibly, effect the conversion of Mr. Smith O'Brien—and thus Rome
will triumph,
Or, is the battle to be fought in the jury-box? Will the law be
defeated by jurymen, sworn to decide according to evidence, giving
their verdict in the face of it ? And so, is the day to be gained by
perjury? In that case, great indeed will be the triumph of the "Holv
Church."
GOING BEFORE THE WIND.
Sale of the America" Yacht.
We areinformed that the America yacht is about to be purchased by
a distinguished bookselling firm in New York, for the purpose of run-
ning between that city and London. This is characteristically wise of
publishing Jonathan. If you will live by robbing the brains of others,
it is only the more prudent to outstrip all competitors in the earliest
possession of the stolen goods.
BADEN-BADEN.
TVHE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN is happy to announce tnat the Season
J- of Baden-Baden is at present in full vogue, and that he has the greatest plea-
sure in presiding every day at the head of the Table d'Hote, and taking wine with
any of the wealthy strangers who may honour his never-to-be-too-much-admired
Casin > with their presence. After dinner there is generally a little Gambling, when
every facility is given to Foreigners, especially young Englishmen, to lose their Money.
The Conversation-House has been re-decorated in the most sumptuous style; and the
music is entrusted to the well-known taste of one of the finest Bands in Germany. The
Croupiers speak all the Continental Languages-; and there is no charge for Admission
to the Gambling-Rooms; on the contrary, all those who have money are heartily
welcome to enter, and to play as long as they like; and the more who come, the better
pleased is the Grand Duke of Baden to see them. English Bank-notes taken in any
quantity; and Montebello and Moet Champagne {lire Qualite) to be had on the premises.
N.B.—No Money returned.
Mr. G. F. Young has
been lamenting very
bitterly over what he
alleges to be a falling-
off, through Free Trade,
in the amount of our
ship-building.
We are always happy
to be able to console
the afflicted, and we
therefore beg to re-
mind Mr. G. F. Young
of one ship which he
has quite overlooked,
and the progress of
which has been con-
siderable since the es-
tablishment of Free
Trade ;—we allude _ to
that best of all ships,
good fellow-ship.
OLD ENGLISH BULL-BEEF.
A Gentleman, named Greenhow, an advocate of Protection, writfng
to the Times, says, in reference to the Legislature,
" They have laid aside every true and independent English feeling, and have pan-
dered to the selfish and grasping spirit of a very small minority."
Of the same body, in the same paragraph of the same letter, the same
gentleman complains, that
"They have, by the vague, visionary, and captivating theory of 'free trade,'
enchanted the unthinking part of our community (unfortunately much the larger
portion), who, carried away by the irresistible influence of this spell, have heedlessly
joined in the cry to destroy everything British, in order to advance and elevate the
alien."
What with pandering to the spirit of " a very small minority," and also
enchanting "much the larger portion of the community," the Legislature
must have gone a very considerable way towards pleasing everybody.
If Mr. Greenhow were a Papist, and would hold forth at the
Rotunda, he might outshine Messes. Reynolds, Keogh, Moore, and
Company, on their own ground. But with all due deference to the
Protectionists, the necessity for importing foreign cattle is, in no
measure, disproved by the exhibition, however large, of this splendid
variety of the British Bull.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
FRENCH GENTLEMAN GRATIFYING HIS HATRED OF
MR. BULL.
{From a rough Sketch, by that amiable Jack-Pnest, Dr. Cahitt.)
SERENADES FOR JOHN BULL.
No. 1.
Oh ! rest thee, my Johnny, thy Navy's all right;
Thou 'rt Lord of the Ocean, entirely and quite;
If Yankees outsail thee, old King of the Sea,
Let that matter nothing, my John Bull, to thee!
Oh! rest thee, my Johnny, contented and wise;
Believe thou 'rt unrivall'd for bold enterprise ;
And don't think that Jonathan flogg'd his Papa,
When he steam'd it before him across Panama.
Oh ! rest thee, my Johnny, the time -will ne'er come
When thou 'It wake up, and find thy position is rum.
Oh! rest thee, John Bull, my boy, sleep while you may;
Sloth leads not to sorrow, as night leads to day.
No. 2.
Lullaby, Johnny, upon the tree-top ;
When thy ships fail, thy Navy will drop;
When thy fleets yield, thy glory will fall,
And down comes Johnny, and Commerce and all!
Military Intelligence.
It may not be generally known that Lord Arundel, only
a short time back, was in the 2ud Life Guards ; but, after the
notable achievement at Limerick, where his Lordship flung
his whole soul upon the railway platform to kiss a Bishop's
toe, Lord Arundel immediately retired from the 2nd Life
Guards, and joined the Foot.
PRIESTCRAFT VERSUS LAW.
The " Catholic " Offenders—for so they boast themselves to be, by
whatever title they may call their confederacy—defy the Government
to prosecute their prelates for infringing the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. Mitchell also defied the majesty of the English law, as frantically,
rancorously, viperously, currishly, and childishly. Mr. Mitchell
preceded the Offenders, and if the Offenders do not take care, they will
perhaps follow Mr. Mitchell.
The Offenders, of course, mean to threaten that, if Ministers should
enforce the law which they have broken, they will do something
dreadful. What will they do ? Fight—of course— but with the old
weapons of chicane and pettifoggery ? Then, if successful, their hierarchy
will triumph—precisely as many a rogue does at the Old Bailey. Is
it really their magnanimous intention to commit high treason ? If so,
the campaign of these members of the Church Militant will, most likely,
be preliminary to a mission to a colonial district, where they may,
possibly, effect the conversion of Mr. Smith O'Brien—and thus Rome
will triumph,
Or, is the battle to be fought in the jury-box? Will the law be
defeated by jurymen, sworn to decide according to evidence, giving
their verdict in the face of it ? And so, is the day to be gained by
perjury? In that case, great indeed will be the triumph of the "Holv
Church."
GOING BEFORE THE WIND.
Sale of the America" Yacht.
We areinformed that the America yacht is about to be purchased by
a distinguished bookselling firm in New York, for the purpose of run-
ning between that city and London. This is characteristically wise of
publishing Jonathan. If you will live by robbing the brains of others,
it is only the more prudent to outstrip all competitors in the earliest
possession of the stolen goods.
BADEN-BADEN.
TVHE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN is happy to announce tnat the Season
J- of Baden-Baden is at present in full vogue, and that he has the greatest plea-
sure in presiding every day at the head of the Table d'Hote, and taking wine with
any of the wealthy strangers who may honour his never-to-be-too-much-admired
Casin > with their presence. After dinner there is generally a little Gambling, when
every facility is given to Foreigners, especially young Englishmen, to lose their Money.
The Conversation-House has been re-decorated in the most sumptuous style; and the
music is entrusted to the well-known taste of one of the finest Bands in Germany. The
Croupiers speak all the Continental Languages-; and there is no charge for Admission
to the Gambling-Rooms; on the contrary, all those who have money are heartily
welcome to enter, and to play as long as they like; and the more who come, the better
pleased is the Grand Duke of Baden to see them. English Bank-notes taken in any
quantity; and Montebello and Moet Champagne {lire Qualite) to be had on the premises.
N.B.—No Money returned.
Mr. G. F. Young has
been lamenting very
bitterly over what he
alleges to be a falling-
off, through Free Trade,
in the amount of our
ship-building.
We are always happy
to be able to console
the afflicted, and we
therefore beg to re-
mind Mr. G. F. Young
of one ship which he
has quite overlooked,
and the progress of
which has been con-
siderable since the es-
tablishment of Free
Trade ;—we allude _ to
that best of all ships,
good fellow-ship.
OLD ENGLISH BULL-BEEF.
A Gentleman, named Greenhow, an advocate of Protection, writfng
to the Times, says, in reference to the Legislature,
" They have laid aside every true and independent English feeling, and have pan-
dered to the selfish and grasping spirit of a very small minority."
Of the same body, in the same paragraph of the same letter, the same
gentleman complains, that
"They have, by the vague, visionary, and captivating theory of 'free trade,'
enchanted the unthinking part of our community (unfortunately much the larger
portion), who, carried away by the irresistible influence of this spell, have heedlessly
joined in the cry to destroy everything British, in order to advance and elevate the
alien."
What with pandering to the spirit of " a very small minority," and also
enchanting "much the larger portion of the community," the Legislature
must have gone a very considerable way towards pleasing everybody.
If Mr. Greenhow were a Papist, and would hold forth at the
Rotunda, he might outshine Messes. Reynolds, Keogh, Moore, and
Company, on their own ground. But with all due deference to the
Protectionists, the necessity for importing foreign cattle is, in no
measure, disproved by the exhibition, however large, of this splendid
variety of the British Bull.