DOI issue:
January to June, 1852
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16609#0131
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
123
THEATRICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
ITH great pleasure
the Director of the
New Palace Thea-
tre, Westminster,
respectfully announces
to the Nobility, Gentry,
and Clergy, that the
performances at this
establishment have re-
commenced, under new
management.
Considerable im-
provements have re-
cently been made in
the building itself; a
new Royal Entrance
has been constructed;
THE CAPTURE OF THE SEA-
SERPENT.
Tune—" Giles Scroggins's Ghoat?
(the serpent's head is supposed to sing.')
Behold ! good people, here I am ;
Time out of mind, yen've heard of me ;
But always counted me a Sham—
A mere cbimaera of the sea.
By Phantasm Captains oft I've pass'd,
Careering o'er the briny vast;
However, I've been caught at last,
As sure as e'er was any flea.
Who this exploit was to achieve,
Possibly may have been foreknown ;
The hero could be, you '11 believe,
a spacious" salon,' ™- I A bold American alone,
titled " St. Stephen'. That mighty nation, which is sa:a
Hall," has been opened j In everything to go a-head,
for loungers, a commo- ! May boast of having kill d me dead—
Aye, as dead as any stone.
dious Royal Gallery
has been erected, and
refreshment stalls have
been placed in the
lobbies.
nation has been ex-
pended, have been re-
mo vea, and, _y way of
assimilation to the system which has been adopted in remodelling the Company, Green
Ones have been introduced.
The Company has been completely re-organised. The principal leading characters will
in future be sustained by Mr. Rupert Dilly (the Director), and Mr. Popanilla Dizzy
(the celebrated delineator of Mosaic-Arab characters); but, in addition to Messrs. Dilly
and Dizzy, some valuable engagements, chiefly of Provincial notorieties, have been effected.
In Walking Gentlemen the corps will be found exceedingly strong; and in compliance with
a " generally expressed and clearly understood popular demand," each member of the
company will Walk as speedily as possible.
The Director has been anxious to avoid the rococo formality of an add/ess, stating
intentions, but will mention that the new repertoire of his company will be calculated to give
no offence in any quarter. The old farce of Protection has certainly been some time in pre-
paration, and has been a good deal " written up," but it will not be brought forward this
season, or indeed at all, except under the new title of Lend me Five Shillings.
Our National Defences will be among the earliest novelties, and no expense will be spared
thereupon. Messrs. Dilly and Dizzy propose to introduce the remainder of the company
&% Our Clerks. Mr. Pakington will make his appearance as the Country Squire, and also
(with Mr. Malmsbury) in Fish out of Water ; Mr. Manners will appear in Young England,
and Mr. Naas will make his bow as Backbite in the School for Scandal.
The comic entertainment of Dublin Castle will be revived for Mr. Eglintoun, and
the splendid real armour will be introduced, as worn at the Scottish Tournament.
The ballet department will be under the skilful and experienced direction of Mr.
Lonsdale.
_ The firework department will be solely entrusted to Mr. Dizzy, whose displays in that
line have already given so much satisfaction. Mr. Walpole will, however, assist him
with some Roman Candles, from the celebrated manufactory of Professor Pusey, in
which Mr. W. is a partner.
The Order system will be revised, and orders will be given away only to Members of the
Aristocracy. The privilege of the Public Press will be retrenched as far as is expedient ;
the Director being anxious to save all annoyance to his patrons. Places will be kept
as long as possible.
Any applications as to bills, to be addressed to the Director only. It is hoped that no
person will expose the bills of this company. Seats may be obtained by private application at
the Carlton Club. Stalls (by clergymen, on proof of electioneering utility,) may be heard of
at the Chancellor's Arms, St. Leonard's on See. Divisions will be gladly got rid of, should
a party be desirous of coming to support any particular representation by the company.
The theatre has been decorated by Mr. Barry in mediaeval style, appropriate to the
intended efforts of the Director, and Dr. Reid has promised him his best co-operation in
blowing hot and cold.
In Rehearsal. A farce, entitled The Budget. An extravaganza, named Mind my Corn,
and a concluding piece de circonstance called Out with Them or A Good Riddance.
Vivant Regina et Princeps. No Money returned {if voted).
Charles Seaeury, master of the ship
Monongahela, southward bound—
A vessel on a whaling trip—
Will for my capture be renown'd ;
the Keel .Boxes, upon r> t > ±v.- j. n j
All unsuspiciously at play,
'Mid the billows, I was found.
Murder will (shortly) Out.
„ A biographical periodical announces, as the title of one of its principal articles,
• a-°^a ^,AX¥ERST0N concluded." It is an old story, to talk of a writer attempting an
individual's life: but poor Lord Palmerston seems to have been treated with unusual
cruelty; for, his " conclusion" being advertised, we presume that the attempter of his life
has actually made an end of him.
I, lying quietly afloat,
Little aware what foes were near;
They stole up to me in a boat,
And darted into me a spear.
At first I knew it not; but soon
Became aware of that harpoon
Lodged in me by the Yankee loon,
And felt considerably queer.
The Captain, as he made his lunge,
I had knock'd overboard outright:
Three of the crew did also plunge
Into the sea for very fright.
This, at the time I did not know,
But dived into the deep below—
About a mile and an eighth, or so ;
Very nearly, if not quite.
Of course I took that length of rope
Down, down beneath the ocean wave:
You '11 think I had a liberal scope;
But, ah ! my bacon't wouldn't save.
All faint with loss of blood and pain,
Seeking the surface of the main,
They came and poked at me again:
How very cruel to behave !
They fancied they had kill'd me "slick,"
Seeing me all so quiet lie;
When dying, I began to kick,
Which caused them speedily to fly ;
And then, at a safe distance, those
Tarnation loafers, I suppose,
Look'd on, and view'd my mortal throes :
At last I did in earnest die.
They measured me ; and vow'd by Heaven!
By General Washington ! they swore
I was a hundred and three feet seven,
By full forty-nine feet four !
With ninety-four teeth in my jaws,
And all as sharp as any saw's;
I likewise had a sort of paws-
All which I never knew before.
They've saved my head, my bones and skin,
Which Mr. Barnum, of course, will show,
Who never takes the public in,
As all the universe must know.
But though my skin with spears be drilPd,
And after that with wadding fili'd,
I calculate I'm " scotch'd, not kill'd,"
As, peradventure, time will show.
123
THEATRICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
ITH great pleasure
the Director of the
New Palace Thea-
tre, Westminster,
respectfully announces
to the Nobility, Gentry,
and Clergy, that the
performances at this
establishment have re-
commenced, under new
management.
Considerable im-
provements have re-
cently been made in
the building itself; a
new Royal Entrance
has been constructed;
THE CAPTURE OF THE SEA-
SERPENT.
Tune—" Giles Scroggins's Ghoat?
(the serpent's head is supposed to sing.')
Behold ! good people, here I am ;
Time out of mind, yen've heard of me ;
But always counted me a Sham—
A mere cbimaera of the sea.
By Phantasm Captains oft I've pass'd,
Careering o'er the briny vast;
However, I've been caught at last,
As sure as e'er was any flea.
Who this exploit was to achieve,
Possibly may have been foreknown ;
The hero could be, you '11 believe,
a spacious" salon,' ™- I A bold American alone,
titled " St. Stephen'. That mighty nation, which is sa:a
Hall," has been opened j In everything to go a-head,
for loungers, a commo- ! May boast of having kill d me dead—
Aye, as dead as any stone.
dious Royal Gallery
has been erected, and
refreshment stalls have
been placed in the
lobbies.
nation has been ex-
pended, have been re-
mo vea, and, _y way of
assimilation to the system which has been adopted in remodelling the Company, Green
Ones have been introduced.
The Company has been completely re-organised. The principal leading characters will
in future be sustained by Mr. Rupert Dilly (the Director), and Mr. Popanilla Dizzy
(the celebrated delineator of Mosaic-Arab characters); but, in addition to Messrs. Dilly
and Dizzy, some valuable engagements, chiefly of Provincial notorieties, have been effected.
In Walking Gentlemen the corps will be found exceedingly strong; and in compliance with
a " generally expressed and clearly understood popular demand," each member of the
company will Walk as speedily as possible.
The Director has been anxious to avoid the rococo formality of an add/ess, stating
intentions, but will mention that the new repertoire of his company will be calculated to give
no offence in any quarter. The old farce of Protection has certainly been some time in pre-
paration, and has been a good deal " written up," but it will not be brought forward this
season, or indeed at all, except under the new title of Lend me Five Shillings.
Our National Defences will be among the earliest novelties, and no expense will be spared
thereupon. Messrs. Dilly and Dizzy propose to introduce the remainder of the company
&% Our Clerks. Mr. Pakington will make his appearance as the Country Squire, and also
(with Mr. Malmsbury) in Fish out of Water ; Mr. Manners will appear in Young England,
and Mr. Naas will make his bow as Backbite in the School for Scandal.
The comic entertainment of Dublin Castle will be revived for Mr. Eglintoun, and
the splendid real armour will be introduced, as worn at the Scottish Tournament.
The ballet department will be under the skilful and experienced direction of Mr.
Lonsdale.
_ The firework department will be solely entrusted to Mr. Dizzy, whose displays in that
line have already given so much satisfaction. Mr. Walpole will, however, assist him
with some Roman Candles, from the celebrated manufactory of Professor Pusey, in
which Mr. W. is a partner.
The Order system will be revised, and orders will be given away only to Members of the
Aristocracy. The privilege of the Public Press will be retrenched as far as is expedient ;
the Director being anxious to save all annoyance to his patrons. Places will be kept
as long as possible.
Any applications as to bills, to be addressed to the Director only. It is hoped that no
person will expose the bills of this company. Seats may be obtained by private application at
the Carlton Club. Stalls (by clergymen, on proof of electioneering utility,) may be heard of
at the Chancellor's Arms, St. Leonard's on See. Divisions will be gladly got rid of, should
a party be desirous of coming to support any particular representation by the company.
The theatre has been decorated by Mr. Barry in mediaeval style, appropriate to the
intended efforts of the Director, and Dr. Reid has promised him his best co-operation in
blowing hot and cold.
In Rehearsal. A farce, entitled The Budget. An extravaganza, named Mind my Corn,
and a concluding piece de circonstance called Out with Them or A Good Riddance.
Vivant Regina et Princeps. No Money returned {if voted).
Charles Seaeury, master of the ship
Monongahela, southward bound—
A vessel on a whaling trip—
Will for my capture be renown'd ;
the Keel .Boxes, upon r> t > ±v.- j. n j
All unsuspiciously at play,
'Mid the billows, I was found.
Murder will (shortly) Out.
„ A biographical periodical announces, as the title of one of its principal articles,
• a-°^a ^,AX¥ERST0N concluded." It is an old story, to talk of a writer attempting an
individual's life: but poor Lord Palmerston seems to have been treated with unusual
cruelty; for, his " conclusion" being advertised, we presume that the attempter of his life
has actually made an end of him.
I, lying quietly afloat,
Little aware what foes were near;
They stole up to me in a boat,
And darted into me a spear.
At first I knew it not; but soon
Became aware of that harpoon
Lodged in me by the Yankee loon,
And felt considerably queer.
The Captain, as he made his lunge,
I had knock'd overboard outright:
Three of the crew did also plunge
Into the sea for very fright.
This, at the time I did not know,
But dived into the deep below—
About a mile and an eighth, or so ;
Very nearly, if not quite.
Of course I took that length of rope
Down, down beneath the ocean wave:
You '11 think I had a liberal scope;
But, ah ! my bacon't wouldn't save.
All faint with loss of blood and pain,
Seeking the surface of the main,
They came and poked at me again:
How very cruel to behave !
They fancied they had kill'd me "slick,"
Seeing me all so quiet lie;
When dying, I began to kick,
Which caused them speedily to fly ;
And then, at a safe distance, those
Tarnation loafers, I suppose,
Look'd on, and view'd my mortal throes :
At last I did in earnest die.
They measured me ; and vow'd by Heaven!
By General Washington ! they swore
I was a hundred and three feet seven,
By full forty-nine feet four !
With ninety-four teeth in my jaws,
And all as sharp as any saw's;
I likewise had a sort of paws-
All which I never knew before.
They've saved my head, my bones and skin,
Which Mr. Barnum, of course, will show,
Who never takes the public in,
As all the universe must know.
But though my skin with spears be drilPd,
And after that with wadding fili'd,
I calculate I'm " scotch'd, not kill'd,"
As, peradventure, time will show.