DOI issue:
January to June, 1852
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16609#0115
PUNCH. OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
107
Y« Cabinet " I scarcely knew what we should do
Erie's toS That fourth of Febraary ;
*« winde with To avert the storm, I broach'd Reform,
Keforme, but be- And explain'd what the Bill would be.
be^almed!lddenly " Down came the Press; the House came down ;
'Twas cold as cold could be :
And none did speak, unless to wreak
His wrath on Schedule B.
" All in a small minority
'Twas clear we should be soon ;
And the country scorned to reach its hand
To take so small a boon.
AndP-uMtsT-K «x)ay after day, day after day,
avenged. We awaited that Cape motion
For my part, how to steer the ship,
I hadn't the least notion.
y« Tapers and " Grumbling, grumbling everywhere,
I^poleSrti^pR1r And all my friends did shrink—
would faine throw Grumbling, grumbling everywhere;
y« whole gmite A fact that none could blink.
Ministere, in sign " Ah, well-a-day! in what bad books
whereof p-lm e- "Was I with old and voung ;
^J:JmS in And, by every one, Lord P-lm-
-rst-
" And when my turn to answer came, And be divid-
The House was cold as ice. ancienf" Minis-
' Lhe game is done—1 ve won, I ve won! tere.
Quoth he—and in a trice
" Out go the whips; M.P.s rush out, , Y« whippers-in
With Hatter and Lord Mark ; casting o? I'
And irom their whispers soon 1 see votes.
That things are looking dark.
" And while the votes are adding up,
We wait; for 'twixt the lip and cup
Full often comes a slip.. . ni£i^toa*h
Taper look'd blank, and sick with fright, himself in a mi-
And Tadpole's face in the gas gleam'd white; uoritie.
From his brow the dew did drip.
In a minority we are,
In spite of Hayter's and Lord Mar-
—cus' energetic whip!
" One after one, their places gone, One after auo-
With stifled groan and sigh ; ^
Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang, oute a p es g
And reproach'd me with his eye.
Into my teeth was flung
PART III.
a wearie Time " Then passed a weary time ; each vote
follow«th and the Wag told d f t seemed j fa
end of y« Minis- . .. ' ,. a
trie seemeth to A. weary time—a weary time—
drawe nighe. And Adderley drew nigh;
y* ancient Mi- When, lo ! methought I found a dodge
nistere hath ar, >p0 „[ve ^ go-by !
idea. _ .
" My friends they quaked; their fate seemed staked
On that Cape motion still;
Some were for bringing in fresh blood ;
Some for throwing over Grey or Wood ;
I cried, ' A Bill—a Bill!'
a flash of joy. " Their hopes awake; they cease to quake ;
Agape they heard me call;
Gramercy! they for joy did grin;
And what the Bill I would bring in,
Demanded one and all.
Y« ancient Mi- "' See, see!' I cried, ' this talk of war,
33E3? WlSlfSS£& "*P Treasury Bench condemned to fc
looketh feasible. Militia Bill ' ' Thelr salarles foreS0 ■ . v , defeat on y« an-
un a muraa r>m. Each seem>d to say> as he pass>d me ^ cient Min^tere
riut y« aveng- " And well-nigh desperate seem'd our game; ' It's all your fault, you know.'
ingbottie-hoidere Yet something might be done: -
The SiZteerTand wa« upon a Friday night The Ministere who [a lost the fight,
bis motion. My motion I brought on; ! Whose office-life is o'er,
When 'twixt leave for the Bill and me, j Is gone; and now Sir Rupert turns
Up started P—lm—rst—n ! Into St. Stephen's door.
oth »,^useifeet " Straight the whole House broke out in cheers, I He looks like one that hath been bored;
mm wen. In spite of his disgrace; ! But bores must still be borne.
He snubbed our Bill, and with a sneer j Let's hope he'll be a wiser man
Proposed his in its place. > Than try protecting Corn.
107
Y« Cabinet " I scarcely knew what we should do
Erie's toS That fourth of Febraary ;
*« winde with To avert the storm, I broach'd Reform,
Keforme, but be- And explain'd what the Bill would be.
be^almed!lddenly " Down came the Press; the House came down ;
'Twas cold as cold could be :
And none did speak, unless to wreak
His wrath on Schedule B.
" All in a small minority
'Twas clear we should be soon ;
And the country scorned to reach its hand
To take so small a boon.
AndP-uMtsT-K «x)ay after day, day after day,
avenged. We awaited that Cape motion
For my part, how to steer the ship,
I hadn't the least notion.
y« Tapers and " Grumbling, grumbling everywhere,
I^poleSrti^pR1r And all my friends did shrink—
would faine throw Grumbling, grumbling everywhere;
y« whole gmite A fact that none could blink.
Ministere, in sign " Ah, well-a-day! in what bad books
whereof p-lm e- "Was I with old and voung ;
^J:JmS in And, by every one, Lord P-lm-
-rst-
" And when my turn to answer came, And be divid-
The House was cold as ice. ancienf" Minis-
' Lhe game is done—1 ve won, I ve won! tere.
Quoth he—and in a trice
" Out go the whips; M.P.s rush out, , Y« whippers-in
With Hatter and Lord Mark ; casting o? I'
And irom their whispers soon 1 see votes.
That things are looking dark.
" And while the votes are adding up,
We wait; for 'twixt the lip and cup
Full often comes a slip.. . ni£i^toa*h
Taper look'd blank, and sick with fright, himself in a mi-
And Tadpole's face in the gas gleam'd white; uoritie.
From his brow the dew did drip.
In a minority we are,
In spite of Hayter's and Lord Mar-
—cus' energetic whip!
" One after one, their places gone, One after auo-
With stifled groan and sigh ; ^
Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang, oute a p es g
And reproach'd me with his eye.
Into my teeth was flung
PART III.
a wearie Time " Then passed a weary time ; each vote
follow«th and the Wag told d f t seemed j fa
end of y« Minis- . .. ' ,. a
trie seemeth to A. weary time—a weary time—
drawe nighe. And Adderley drew nigh;
y* ancient Mi- When, lo ! methought I found a dodge
nistere hath ar, >p0 „[ve ^ go-by !
idea. _ .
" My friends they quaked; their fate seemed staked
On that Cape motion still;
Some were for bringing in fresh blood ;
Some for throwing over Grey or Wood ;
I cried, ' A Bill—a Bill!'
a flash of joy. " Their hopes awake; they cease to quake ;
Agape they heard me call;
Gramercy! they for joy did grin;
And what the Bill I would bring in,
Demanded one and all.
Y« ancient Mi- "' See, see!' I cried, ' this talk of war,
33E3? WlSlfSS£& "*P Treasury Bench condemned to fc
looketh feasible. Militia Bill ' ' Thelr salarles foreS0 ■ . v , defeat on y« an-
un a muraa r>m. Each seem>d to say> as he pass>d me ^ cient Min^tere
riut y« aveng- " And well-nigh desperate seem'd our game; ' It's all your fault, you know.'
ingbottie-hoidere Yet something might be done: -
The SiZteerTand wa« upon a Friday night The Ministere who [a lost the fight,
bis motion. My motion I brought on; ! Whose office-life is o'er,
When 'twixt leave for the Bill and me, j Is gone; and now Sir Rupert turns
Up started P—lm—rst—n ! Into St. Stephen's door.
oth »,^useifeet " Straight the whole House broke out in cheers, I He looks like one that hath been bored;
mm wen. In spite of his disgrace; ! But bores must still be borne.
He snubbed our Bill, and with a sneer j Let's hope he'll be a wiser man
Proposed his in its place. > Than try protecting Corn.