DOI issue:
July to December, 1851
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16608#0251
240 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
AWKWARD CONSEQUENCES OF REMOVING THE SOLDIERS FROM
KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
Housemaid. " If you I'i.easf, 'M, Me, amj Cook, and Makv, wishes to Leave, this Day Month, Ma'am.
THE RESPECTABILITY OF
ST. ALBANS.
" Sib," writes Mr. Thomas Ward
Blagg, Clerk to the Borough Magis-
trates of St. Albans, in a letter to tie
Times:—
"In Tour leading article of Friday last, hav
itig reference to the St. Albans Briberv Com-
mission, you describe Mb. Neptune Smith as
'one of tie Borough Magistrate.' This is a
mistake, and, as there is a highlv respectable
gentleman of the name of Smith who is a
borougti magistrate, it ought to ha corrected."
There is a gentleman of the name
of Smith who is highly respectable.
Really, the implication is not very com-
plimentary to Mr. Neptune Smith.
Neptune is a professor of the art of
self-defence—Ms. Blagg bad better
look out—and he was employed to
keep the peace at the St. Albans elec-
tions : an object which he accomplished
in general, not by pugilistic force, but
by the persuasion of beer. Mr. Nep-
tune Smith at any rate cut as re-
spectable a figure as any witness
who appeared before the Bribery
Commissioners.
It is gratifying, however, to haye
Mr. Blagg's assurance thai there is
one respectable person connected wit.v
the Borough of St. Albans.
the ero op un gary.
An inhabitant of the heart of this
metropolis, hearing the Emperor op
Austria called a Nero, denied his
Majesty's claim to the title, insisting
that it was Kossuth, and not the
tyrant, who ought to be styled an yero>.
VESTED INTERESTS IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE
BARRACKS.
{Claimed by the People over the way.)
At a suburban Court of Common Council, convened at the Noted
House, for Old Ale, and attended by the majority of the pot-house
keepers, licensed or unlicensed vituallers, and other inhabitants of that
ornamental border of the Knightsbridge Road opposite to the Barracks,
Mr. Gillums in the chair.
Mr. Maxwell submitted to the court a motion of which he had
given notice, relative to the proposed removal of Knightsbridge
Barracks, to make room for a National Galiery. He was sure nobody
there present wouldn't impute what he was going to say to interested
motives, for they was all rowm in the same boat {hear), and had but one
object, which was the good of the public. {Hear, hear) A proposal
had been started to move the Barricks from over the way {(/roans).
IVhat for? To build a pictur gallery in the place of 'em—a pictur
gallery, to hold, what they called, the old masters. He knew nothing
about the old masters, nor old mistresses neither; but this he knew,
that he had the greatest respect and admiration for the British sojer ;
and hoped he plight never see the day when that neighbourwood
should be deprived of the advantages attending on the Life-Guards.
He wcuM move, that this meetin views with serious alarm the idear of
moving Knightsbridge Barricks, the benefits of witch institooshun the
mabitants ot this districk have so long enjoyed : and considers the
attempt to deprive them of the privilege of the military a unjustifiable
interference with their wested rights {cheers).
Mr. Pewters said he seconded that are motion. He rejected with
scorn the foul himputation that the Barricks was injurious to the morals
of the neighbourin population. He would pledge his reputation for Hot
Elder Cordial to the contrary. He had a family, and if he might, would
send them into the guard-room to take exercise in behaviour {hear,
/iear)._ His firm conwiction was that the atmosphere of the Barricks
was, in a moral pint of view, salubrious. {Much cheering)
Mr. Hardy felt himself compelled to oppose the motion by a sense
of duty. (Oh / oh!) The British soldier was the finest feilow in the
world on the held of battle {ironical cheers), bat he was the greatest!
possible nuisance at the area of domestic life {hisses). By removing the |
Barracks from that side of the way, they would remove drunkenness
and debauchery from this. {Tremendous uproar, and cries of" Turn, hint
out!" amid which the speaker resumed his seat.)
Mr. Juniper would not sit quiet and hear sich a unwarantable
stigma throvvd on the carrickter of a respectable row of onses and
the British Army {cheers). He only wished the gallant fellers as
had bin abused {hear, hear), and the British females as had been
insulted, by that indiwidgle, was now present, and they'd soon teac'i
him what it was to attempt to black their good names with falsehood.
{Order, order!)
Mr. Hardy. I did nothing of the sort {Confusion).
Mr. Juniper. You did. {Yes, yes! and No!)
Mr, Hardy. 1 did not.
Mr. Juniper. It's false!
Mr. Hardy. If you say that again, I'll punch your head. {Uproar,
and cries of " Chair ! ")
The Chairman, though he entirely disapproved of Mr. Hardy's
remarks, thought, bowsomdever, that Mr. Juniper had come it rayther
too strong. Everybody was free to state his own opinions, never mind
how much they went agin the feelins of the majority.
Mr. Tapp said the agitation for movm the Barricks was all the work
of a humbug paper. Eor his part, he didn't care a dump for the Press,
not he. Who wanted pictures at Knightsbridge Barricks ? They had
one picture close by, the picture of a British hero, and that was enough
—he meant the sign of " The Life Guardsman."—But why fret them-
selves afore there was occasion ? There was nothin to be afeard of at
present; the thing couldn't be done except by Act of Parliament; and
he know'd that the Metropolitan Members would give it their deter-
mined opposition {Cheers).
Mr. Jobblns could produce the opinions of several officers and
gentlemen that the present site of Knightsbridge Barracks was the very
best that could be chosen for the purpose to which it was now applied
{hear, Jiear!). There might be some little room for improvement in
the contiguous dwellings, which, if properly attended to, would remove
all objection. He would, if such was the feeling of the meeting, prepare a
model of the Barracks and the neighbourhood, with the alt-rations he
had in view, to be deposited, in some convenient situation, for public
inspection. This proposal was received with loud cheers, and the
resolution having been put and carried, with but one dissentient
voice, the meeting broke up into several drinking parties.
AWKWARD CONSEQUENCES OF REMOVING THE SOLDIERS FROM
KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
Housemaid. " If you I'i.easf, 'M, Me, amj Cook, and Makv, wishes to Leave, this Day Month, Ma'am.
THE RESPECTABILITY OF
ST. ALBANS.
" Sib," writes Mr. Thomas Ward
Blagg, Clerk to the Borough Magis-
trates of St. Albans, in a letter to tie
Times:—
"In Tour leading article of Friday last, hav
itig reference to the St. Albans Briberv Com-
mission, you describe Mb. Neptune Smith as
'one of tie Borough Magistrate.' This is a
mistake, and, as there is a highlv respectable
gentleman of the name of Smith who is a
borougti magistrate, it ought to ha corrected."
There is a gentleman of the name
of Smith who is highly respectable.
Really, the implication is not very com-
plimentary to Mr. Neptune Smith.
Neptune is a professor of the art of
self-defence—Ms. Blagg bad better
look out—and he was employed to
keep the peace at the St. Albans elec-
tions : an object which he accomplished
in general, not by pugilistic force, but
by the persuasion of beer. Mr. Nep-
tune Smith at any rate cut as re-
spectable a figure as any witness
who appeared before the Bribery
Commissioners.
It is gratifying, however, to haye
Mr. Blagg's assurance thai there is
one respectable person connected wit.v
the Borough of St. Albans.
the ero op un gary.
An inhabitant of the heart of this
metropolis, hearing the Emperor op
Austria called a Nero, denied his
Majesty's claim to the title, insisting
that it was Kossuth, and not the
tyrant, who ought to be styled an yero>.
VESTED INTERESTS IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE
BARRACKS.
{Claimed by the People over the way.)
At a suburban Court of Common Council, convened at the Noted
House, for Old Ale, and attended by the majority of the pot-house
keepers, licensed or unlicensed vituallers, and other inhabitants of that
ornamental border of the Knightsbridge Road opposite to the Barracks,
Mr. Gillums in the chair.
Mr. Maxwell submitted to the court a motion of which he had
given notice, relative to the proposed removal of Knightsbridge
Barracks, to make room for a National Galiery. He was sure nobody
there present wouldn't impute what he was going to say to interested
motives, for they was all rowm in the same boat {hear), and had but one
object, which was the good of the public. {Hear, hear) A proposal
had been started to move the Barricks from over the way {(/roans).
IVhat for? To build a pictur gallery in the place of 'em—a pictur
gallery, to hold, what they called, the old masters. He knew nothing
about the old masters, nor old mistresses neither; but this he knew,
that he had the greatest respect and admiration for the British sojer ;
and hoped he plight never see the day when that neighbourwood
should be deprived of the advantages attending on the Life-Guards.
He wcuM move, that this meetin views with serious alarm the idear of
moving Knightsbridge Barricks, the benefits of witch institooshun the
mabitants ot this districk have so long enjoyed : and considers the
attempt to deprive them of the privilege of the military a unjustifiable
interference with their wested rights {cheers).
Mr. Pewters said he seconded that are motion. He rejected with
scorn the foul himputation that the Barricks was injurious to the morals
of the neighbourin population. He would pledge his reputation for Hot
Elder Cordial to the contrary. He had a family, and if he might, would
send them into the guard-room to take exercise in behaviour {hear,
/iear)._ His firm conwiction was that the atmosphere of the Barricks
was, in a moral pint of view, salubrious. {Much cheering)
Mr. Hardy felt himself compelled to oppose the motion by a sense
of duty. (Oh / oh!) The British soldier was the finest feilow in the
world on the held of battle {ironical cheers), bat he was the greatest!
possible nuisance at the area of domestic life {hisses). By removing the |
Barracks from that side of the way, they would remove drunkenness
and debauchery from this. {Tremendous uproar, and cries of" Turn, hint
out!" amid which the speaker resumed his seat.)
Mr. Juniper would not sit quiet and hear sich a unwarantable
stigma throvvd on the carrickter of a respectable row of onses and
the British Army {cheers). He only wished the gallant fellers as
had bin abused {hear, hear), and the British females as had been
insulted, by that indiwidgle, was now present, and they'd soon teac'i
him what it was to attempt to black their good names with falsehood.
{Order, order!)
Mr. Hardy. I did nothing of the sort {Confusion).
Mr. Juniper. You did. {Yes, yes! and No!)
Mr, Hardy. 1 did not.
Mr. Juniper. It's false!
Mr. Hardy. If you say that again, I'll punch your head. {Uproar,
and cries of " Chair ! ")
The Chairman, though he entirely disapproved of Mr. Hardy's
remarks, thought, bowsomdever, that Mr. Juniper had come it rayther
too strong. Everybody was free to state his own opinions, never mind
how much they went agin the feelins of the majority.
Mr. Tapp said the agitation for movm the Barricks was all the work
of a humbug paper. Eor his part, he didn't care a dump for the Press,
not he. Who wanted pictures at Knightsbridge Barricks ? They had
one picture close by, the picture of a British hero, and that was enough
—he meant the sign of " The Life Guardsman."—But why fret them-
selves afore there was occasion ? There was nothin to be afeard of at
present; the thing couldn't be done except by Act of Parliament; and
he know'd that the Metropolitan Members would give it their deter-
mined opposition {Cheers).
Mr. Jobblns could produce the opinions of several officers and
gentlemen that the present site of Knightsbridge Barracks was the very
best that could be chosen for the purpose to which it was now applied
{hear, Jiear!). There might be some little room for improvement in
the contiguous dwellings, which, if properly attended to, would remove
all objection. He would, if such was the feeling of the meeting, prepare a
model of the Barracks and the neighbourhood, with the alt-rations he
had in view, to be deposited, in some convenient situation, for public
inspection. This proposal was received with loud cheers, and the
resolution having been put and carried, with but one dissentient
voice, the meeting broke up into several drinking parties.