DOI Heft:
January to June, 1852
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U2 PUNCH, OR THE LQNDON CHARIVARI.
SHAMEFUL CASE OF PIRACY
{To the Editor of Punch.)
Sir, I think I have said enough to prove the
shameful case of piracy that has been committed
upon my property. I have spent hundreds to
bring it to perfection ; and what for ?—merely
to enable Lord Derby to come and pilfer my
perfected designs!
" But I shall yet be revenged! When Lord
Derby begins to pull the 3trings of his puppets,
he will find how difficult they are to manage.
They will be kicking right and left—some will be
falling, others will be completely doubled up—
and he will only be glad to call in my assistance
to keep them on their legs.
" It is very clear two Marionnette Exhibitions
cannot exist, to be properly supported, in the
same metropolis. Mine was the first in the field,
and has already enjoyed the confidence of the
public for two months. Lord Derby's has been
only a fortnight before the town, and has never
enjoyed the confidence of the public a single
minute. London, large as it is, is not large
enough to support two companies of Marion-
nettes. Therefore, either Lord Derby must
retire, or else I must.! I leave it to a generous
and discriminating British Public (to which a
British Manager never appeals in vain) to decide
which!
orthy Sir,—" I am
the Manager of the
Marionnette Theatre.
Loath as I am to leave
my little family of
Woods (almost as
many as there were
in the Russell Ad-
ministration), I am
compelled, in self-de-
fence, to appear before
the Curtain, and to
make that appeal to a
British Public, which,
when aManager makes
it, is never made in
vain.
" I have a serious
charge (and a Mana-
ger's charges, I can
tell you, Sir, are very
serious things) to
make against the Earl
of Derby. I delibe-
rately accuse the pre-
sent Prime Minister
of England of wilfully
plagiarising my idea of
the' Marionnettes.' I
call upon any one, who
has the smallest know-
ledge of puppets, to
run his eye down the list of the New Ministry, and to say, with his hand upon his heart,
whether my idea of the Marionnettes has not been shamefully stolen for the formation
of it ?
"Let us take the puppets, one by one—let us separate this Protectionist Bundle of Sticks—
and, laying them separately on our knee, test their soundness for office.
" There is the Earl of Lonsdale, a diamond-coronetted Marionnette of the very first
water. I have just such a Nobleman in my Establishment (which I beg you will come
and see), which cost me, diamonds and all, exactly 15s. €>d., and which, if the Earl of Derby
had asked me, he might have had, at a small advance upon the prime cost. I am sure he
would do the work of Lord President just as well as the Earl of Lonsdale, and, probably,
much better-for he doesn't .speak. . In dull and torpid stupor ^und
Ihe next Marionnette is Lord Malmesbury (another Lord !). He is secretary tor It seem'd incompetent in fact,
Foreign Affairs ; and, coming after Palmerston—and even Granville—I must say he To make a motion or to act •
shines as a Marionnette of the very smallest dimensions. I wouldn't have hrm at any price. "[Vas brought completely to a stand,
"Mr. Walpole is another. He is Home Secretary. I know nothing of Mr. Walpole Tvye of a burden on the land,
personally, and I am told he is a very good barrister ; and, as such, I should dress him up in rpj^ Agriculturist at length
a black gown, with a horse-hair wig, and send him on, with a roll of papers in his hand But,, Desired to give the creature' strength ;
though that may be applauded at my little Theatre, and might go down tolerably well, gQ ^Q0^ jt up and for,d]y press'd
with a few set speeches about the ' British Lion,' ' Britannia,' and the ' Sun that never gnake to his confidin0, breast.
se«W&c-^ doubt if it is sufficient to constitute a Home Secretary! At length, in an unlucky hour,
Ihen there is Lord John Manners. Another Lord! It would really seem as it the The creature was restored to power,
Ministry had been compounded out of that " old Nobility," for which his Lordship prayed; ^nd ac^ng atl appropriate part,
that Wealth, Commerce, and everything in the country might die first, sooner than it should Stung the confiding rustic's heart,
be taken away from us ! Lord John is the Marionnette of the Woods and Forests ; and « ts this your gratitude ?—Oh fie ! "
he may have a sympathy for them, as the material of which he is made may, probably,! ^yag tnen Agriculturist's cry :'
have been selected from those very domains. Of his Lordship, in private life, I know less « j succour'd you, and you should learn
than any one of the posts he has eontroul over in Hyde Park; but I am told he is a To °-ive protection in return,
talented young pupil, of the Young England School—where little boys, from the ages of Take this "—and as the word he said,
forty to fifty-five inclusive, are educated at so much a quarter, with something extra, I
suppose, for ' Manners.'
" Of Mr. Disraeli I had rather not speak. I am told he has been connected with the
Press; and, as I entertain the profoundest respect for all f the gentlemen of the Press,' I
think it will only be gentlemanly, to hold my tongue about his faults, if a ' gentleman of
the Press' can have any. But this much I consider myself at liberty to say,—I am informed
that Mr. Disraeli is, also, a literary Gent. To prove, then, the high sense I entertain, in
common with others, of his brilliant talents, I shall he happy to engage him to write pieces
for my establishment; or, if he will come and do the talking behind the scenes, (and I'm told
he talks very cleverly), I will promise to give him his own terms.
"But what are we to say of the Duke of Northumberland for the First Lord of the
Admiralty ? There 's a fine Marionnette for you! Why, I doubt if be can even dance the
hornpipe!
" Or what can we advance in favour of Lord Hardwicke (another Lord!) for the Post
Office ? Another Marionnette of the very softest wood, scarcely qualified to do the work of
anything so hard as the Post.
" And last, not least, comes Sir John Pakington, a fine country Marionnette, such as
we generally dress up with a white waistcoat, a red face, a large bunch of seals, and top-
boots. He has the management of the forty-four Colonies of England; and I cannot make
out what they have done to deserve so severe a punishment!
" There are several other Marionnettes—dummies of the fine old Conservative model; but,
" I remain, Sir,
" Strong in the consciousness of a just cause,
" Your very ill-used Servant,
"The Manager of the Marionnettes.
" P. S. To prove I bear no malice, if Lord
Derby likes to make me an offer to combine his
Marionnettes with mine, I shall be very happy
to entertain his proposal. The seat of power,
of course, to be transferred to the Lowther
Arcade !"
FABLES FOB THE PROTECTIONISTS.
The Countryman and the Snake.
An Agriculturist, one day,
A Snake encountered on the way;
The creature lay upon the ground,
He knock'd the creature on the head;
The Snake, for mercy vainly cried,
Essay'd to sting, and, hissing, died.
Alarming Intelligence.
A newspaper paragraph announces that
" Me. William Fagan, in his address to the constituents
of the county of Cork, says that he shall always be found
fighting by the side of Shabman Cbawfobd."
What are Mr. Fagan's weapons ? because
when one Irish gentleman talks fighting by the
side of another Irish gentleman, his words are
calculated to create terror and alarm in the
minds of Her Majesty's English subjects, and
to cause anxiety that he should be bound over
to keep the peace, until we know what the
son of Erin means—whether politics or pistols
it is.
SHAMEFUL CASE OF PIRACY
{To the Editor of Punch.)
Sir, I think I have said enough to prove the
shameful case of piracy that has been committed
upon my property. I have spent hundreds to
bring it to perfection ; and what for ?—merely
to enable Lord Derby to come and pilfer my
perfected designs!
" But I shall yet be revenged! When Lord
Derby begins to pull the 3trings of his puppets,
he will find how difficult they are to manage.
They will be kicking right and left—some will be
falling, others will be completely doubled up—
and he will only be glad to call in my assistance
to keep them on their legs.
" It is very clear two Marionnette Exhibitions
cannot exist, to be properly supported, in the
same metropolis. Mine was the first in the field,
and has already enjoyed the confidence of the
public for two months. Lord Derby's has been
only a fortnight before the town, and has never
enjoyed the confidence of the public a single
minute. London, large as it is, is not large
enough to support two companies of Marion-
nettes. Therefore, either Lord Derby must
retire, or else I must.! I leave it to a generous
and discriminating British Public (to which a
British Manager never appeals in vain) to decide
which!
orthy Sir,—" I am
the Manager of the
Marionnette Theatre.
Loath as I am to leave
my little family of
Woods (almost as
many as there were
in the Russell Ad-
ministration), I am
compelled, in self-de-
fence, to appear before
the Curtain, and to
make that appeal to a
British Public, which,
when aManager makes
it, is never made in
vain.
" I have a serious
charge (and a Mana-
ger's charges, I can
tell you, Sir, are very
serious things) to
make against the Earl
of Derby. I delibe-
rately accuse the pre-
sent Prime Minister
of England of wilfully
plagiarising my idea of
the' Marionnettes.' I
call upon any one, who
has the smallest know-
ledge of puppets, to
run his eye down the list of the New Ministry, and to say, with his hand upon his heart,
whether my idea of the Marionnettes has not been shamefully stolen for the formation
of it ?
"Let us take the puppets, one by one—let us separate this Protectionist Bundle of Sticks—
and, laying them separately on our knee, test their soundness for office.
" There is the Earl of Lonsdale, a diamond-coronetted Marionnette of the very first
water. I have just such a Nobleman in my Establishment (which I beg you will come
and see), which cost me, diamonds and all, exactly 15s. €>d., and which, if the Earl of Derby
had asked me, he might have had, at a small advance upon the prime cost. I am sure he
would do the work of Lord President just as well as the Earl of Lonsdale, and, probably,
much better-for he doesn't .speak. . In dull and torpid stupor ^und
Ihe next Marionnette is Lord Malmesbury (another Lord !). He is secretary tor It seem'd incompetent in fact,
Foreign Affairs ; and, coming after Palmerston—and even Granville—I must say he To make a motion or to act •
shines as a Marionnette of the very smallest dimensions. I wouldn't have hrm at any price. "[Vas brought completely to a stand,
"Mr. Walpole is another. He is Home Secretary. I know nothing of Mr. Walpole Tvye of a burden on the land,
personally, and I am told he is a very good barrister ; and, as such, I should dress him up in rpj^ Agriculturist at length
a black gown, with a horse-hair wig, and send him on, with a roll of papers in his hand But,, Desired to give the creature' strength ;
though that may be applauded at my little Theatre, and might go down tolerably well, gQ ^Q0^ jt up and for,d]y press'd
with a few set speeches about the ' British Lion,' ' Britannia,' and the ' Sun that never gnake to his confidin0, breast.
se«W&c-^ doubt if it is sufficient to constitute a Home Secretary! At length, in an unlucky hour,
Ihen there is Lord John Manners. Another Lord! It would really seem as it the The creature was restored to power,
Ministry had been compounded out of that " old Nobility," for which his Lordship prayed; ^nd ac^ng atl appropriate part,
that Wealth, Commerce, and everything in the country might die first, sooner than it should Stung the confiding rustic's heart,
be taken away from us ! Lord John is the Marionnette of the Woods and Forests ; and « ts this your gratitude ?—Oh fie ! "
he may have a sympathy for them, as the material of which he is made may, probably,! ^yag tnen Agriculturist's cry :'
have been selected from those very domains. Of his Lordship, in private life, I know less « j succour'd you, and you should learn
than any one of the posts he has eontroul over in Hyde Park; but I am told he is a To °-ive protection in return,
talented young pupil, of the Young England School—where little boys, from the ages of Take this "—and as the word he said,
forty to fifty-five inclusive, are educated at so much a quarter, with something extra, I
suppose, for ' Manners.'
" Of Mr. Disraeli I had rather not speak. I am told he has been connected with the
Press; and, as I entertain the profoundest respect for all f the gentlemen of the Press,' I
think it will only be gentlemanly, to hold my tongue about his faults, if a ' gentleman of
the Press' can have any. But this much I consider myself at liberty to say,—I am informed
that Mr. Disraeli is, also, a literary Gent. To prove, then, the high sense I entertain, in
common with others, of his brilliant talents, I shall he happy to engage him to write pieces
for my establishment; or, if he will come and do the talking behind the scenes, (and I'm told
he talks very cleverly), I will promise to give him his own terms.
"But what are we to say of the Duke of Northumberland for the First Lord of the
Admiralty ? There 's a fine Marionnette for you! Why, I doubt if be can even dance the
hornpipe!
" Or what can we advance in favour of Lord Hardwicke (another Lord!) for the Post
Office ? Another Marionnette of the very softest wood, scarcely qualified to do the work of
anything so hard as the Post.
" And last, not least, comes Sir John Pakington, a fine country Marionnette, such as
we generally dress up with a white waistcoat, a red face, a large bunch of seals, and top-
boots. He has the management of the forty-four Colonies of England; and I cannot make
out what they have done to deserve so severe a punishment!
" There are several other Marionnettes—dummies of the fine old Conservative model; but,
" I remain, Sir,
" Strong in the consciousness of a just cause,
" Your very ill-used Servant,
"The Manager of the Marionnettes.
" P. S. To prove I bear no malice, if Lord
Derby likes to make me an offer to combine his
Marionnettes with mine, I shall be very happy
to entertain his proposal. The seat of power,
of course, to be transferred to the Lowther
Arcade !"
FABLES FOB THE PROTECTIONISTS.
The Countryman and the Snake.
An Agriculturist, one day,
A Snake encountered on the way;
The creature lay upon the ground,
He knock'd the creature on the head;
The Snake, for mercy vainly cried,
Essay'd to sting, and, hissing, died.
Alarming Intelligence.
A newspaper paragraph announces that
" Me. William Fagan, in his address to the constituents
of the county of Cork, says that he shall always be found
fighting by the side of Shabman Cbawfobd."
What are Mr. Fagan's weapons ? because
when one Irish gentleman talks fighting by the
side of another Irish gentleman, his words are
calculated to create terror and alarm in the
minds of Her Majesty's English subjects, and
to cause anxiety that he should be bound over
to keep the peace, until we know what the
son of Erin means—whether politics or pistols
it is.