DOI issue:
July to December, 1853
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16612#0173
LONDON CHARIVARI.
TO THE NOBLE A1RL
AT THE HEAD OF HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.
{From a countryman o^ his.)
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye wakin’ yet,
And are our drums a heatin’ yet,
The journals lee,
Or fra’ all we see.
The Russians are not retreatin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye writin’ yet,
In hollow phrases delightin’ yet.
While on Danube’s banks
Thae hostile ranks
Are makin’ ready for fightin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye prosin’ yet,
On your council sofas a dozin’ yet,
To the old world’s sneers,
And the new world’s jeers,
Your country’s honour exposin’ yet F
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye twaddlin’ yet.
And over yer red tape dawdlin’ yet
About Nick’s good faith,
Aid his power, and baith,
To your weary colleagues a maudlin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye Premier yet,
We must have some cleverer schemer yet,
Or the Russian cat
Whom ye love to pat,
Will be over to lick up her cream here yet.
THIS IS THE PROTECTION A PLAID AFFORDS TO THOSE WHO DO NOT
KNOW THE WAY TO CARRY IT.
“The true art of dining consists in dining at
your country’s expense.”—Young Stafford.
FESTIVITIES IN SOUTHWARK.
A splendid banquet was yesterday given by Messrs. Pue and
Phitt to their friends and connexions, to commemorate what may be
termed the coming of age of their establishment; the extensive bone-
boiling and horse-slaughtering concern, and catgut manufactory,
situated in a densely populated part of the above district: which,
having now arrived at the standing of 30 years, is exempt from the
operation of the Nuisances Removal Act.
Dinner was served in a large shed on the premises, fitted up for the
occasion, having been decorated with much attention to taste, and
plentifully sprinkled with chloride of lime in equally judicious regard
to smell.
The usual loyal toasts having been dispensed with, and “ Our Noble
Selves ” substituted in their place, the senior partner proposed the
toast of the evening. He said he was glad, in times like the present,
when alarmists were making such efforts to lead people by the nose
in a crusade against everybody who gave the slightest inconvenience
to that organ, to see himself, and his friend at the other extremity of
the table, surrounded by so numerous and respectable an assembly of
well-wishers. He was proud of the support of the strong minds that
despised a squeamish agitation, and of the strong stomachs—the two
always went together—that asserted themselves in meeting to afford
that support in that place. The interest that he and his partner had the
honour of representing might be called one of the Institutions of South-
wark ; and they prided themselves upon the fact that their premises
were, as a wTag had observed, among the peculiar fetors of the locality.
The odour of profit was pleasant, in t he opinion of a wise man, no
matter what the profit was made out of, and the surrounding district
was rich in effluvia, and he hoped no dainty legislation would ever
impoverish it. Bones were not boiled—dogsmeat was not made—
catgut was not manufactured—with lavender-water. But what was
called a perfume was often more unhealthy than the reverse. Blowers,
for instance, were considered by the faculty bad for a sick room ; and
on the other hand, what could be more wholesome than physic, and
what more nasty? The salubrity of the atmosphere they were then
inhaling, was proved by the fact that himself and his family had been
breathing it for the last thirty years : and that led him to the toast he
was about to propose. The establishment which they were met to
celebrate tlie prosperity of, had now completed the thirtieth year of its
existence. It had, in fact, attained its majority, and was now no
longer under that control that an infant business of the same nature is
subject to. The monster nuisance, as it bad been invidiously called, I
was no longer amenable to the Nuisances Removal Act. The young j
Giant was out of his nonage ; and those who wished to grapple with
him must do it in the Court of Quarter Sessions—where he defied them.
He would now then give them the young Giant’s good health; they
would drink, if they pleased, Perpetuity to the Premises, and Success
to Sulphuretted Hydrogen and Ammonia.
The toast was drunk with all the odours.
The oilier member of the firm briefly expressed iiis thanks for the
kind and enthusiastic manner in which the company had responded to
his worthy partner ; which, he declared, quite delighted his old bones.
After a"series of other anti-sanitary toasts and sentiments, the com-
pany separated at a late hour in an excited state, having, as a facetious
gentleman remarked with a strong emphasis on the first syllable of the
epithet, partaken of an entertainment that was truly s«»$>-tuous.
THE ETRUSCAN PATTERN.
We are informed that a communication of an interesting nature
has been made to the Tuscan Government in reference to the imprison-
ment of Miss Cunninghame for giving away a Bible and a Pilgrim’s
Progress. Through the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, acting as Charge d’Affaires
in the temporary absence of Sir Henry Btjlwer, Lord Aberdeen ;
is said to have requested the opinion of the Grand Duke Leopold
and his Cabinet respecting a measure of great importance in regard to .
the principle of toleration, contemplated very seriously by Her
Majesty’s Ministers. The projected enactment which has thus been
submitted to the consideration of the Tuscan_ Sovereign and his
advisers is based on the principle whereon is also founded the article in
their penal code under which Miss Cunninghame has been incarce-
rated. It treats the attempt to convert any person from the State reli-
gion as a crime against the State, and inflicts imprisonment with hard
labour for that offence. Under its operation any Roman Catholic, con-
victed of making a present to a memoer oi the Established Church of
a “ Garden of the Soul,” or a crucifix, will be tried for sedition and
Cardinal Wiseman will inevitably be sent to the treadmill.
a legal query for the next examination.
What is better than a right of way through the Park?
A right of curds and whey at the Lodge gate.
The British Stentor.—The most powerful voice in the country
is that of the man who can utter most money.
TO THE NOBLE A1RL
AT THE HEAD OF HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.
{From a countryman o^ his.)
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye wakin’ yet,
And are our drums a heatin’ yet,
The journals lee,
Or fra’ all we see.
The Russians are not retreatin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye writin’ yet,
In hollow phrases delightin’ yet.
While on Danube’s banks
Thae hostile ranks
Are makin’ ready for fightin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye prosin’ yet,
On your council sofas a dozin’ yet,
To the old world’s sneers,
And the new world’s jeers,
Your country’s honour exposin’ yet F
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye twaddlin’ yet.
And over yer red tape dawdlin’ yet
About Nick’s good faith,
Aid his power, and baith,
To your weary colleagues a maudlin’ yet ?
Hey, Aberdeen, are ye Premier yet,
We must have some cleverer schemer yet,
Or the Russian cat
Whom ye love to pat,
Will be over to lick up her cream here yet.
THIS IS THE PROTECTION A PLAID AFFORDS TO THOSE WHO DO NOT
KNOW THE WAY TO CARRY IT.
“The true art of dining consists in dining at
your country’s expense.”—Young Stafford.
FESTIVITIES IN SOUTHWARK.
A splendid banquet was yesterday given by Messrs. Pue and
Phitt to their friends and connexions, to commemorate what may be
termed the coming of age of their establishment; the extensive bone-
boiling and horse-slaughtering concern, and catgut manufactory,
situated in a densely populated part of the above district: which,
having now arrived at the standing of 30 years, is exempt from the
operation of the Nuisances Removal Act.
Dinner was served in a large shed on the premises, fitted up for the
occasion, having been decorated with much attention to taste, and
plentifully sprinkled with chloride of lime in equally judicious regard
to smell.
The usual loyal toasts having been dispensed with, and “ Our Noble
Selves ” substituted in their place, the senior partner proposed the
toast of the evening. He said he was glad, in times like the present,
when alarmists were making such efforts to lead people by the nose
in a crusade against everybody who gave the slightest inconvenience
to that organ, to see himself, and his friend at the other extremity of
the table, surrounded by so numerous and respectable an assembly of
well-wishers. He was proud of the support of the strong minds that
despised a squeamish agitation, and of the strong stomachs—the two
always went together—that asserted themselves in meeting to afford
that support in that place. The interest that he and his partner had the
honour of representing might be called one of the Institutions of South-
wark ; and they prided themselves upon the fact that their premises
were, as a wTag had observed, among the peculiar fetors of the locality.
The odour of profit was pleasant, in t he opinion of a wise man, no
matter what the profit was made out of, and the surrounding district
was rich in effluvia, and he hoped no dainty legislation would ever
impoverish it. Bones were not boiled—dogsmeat was not made—
catgut was not manufactured—with lavender-water. But what was
called a perfume was often more unhealthy than the reverse. Blowers,
for instance, were considered by the faculty bad for a sick room ; and
on the other hand, what could be more wholesome than physic, and
what more nasty? The salubrity of the atmosphere they were then
inhaling, was proved by the fact that himself and his family had been
breathing it for the last thirty years : and that led him to the toast he
was about to propose. The establishment which they were met to
celebrate tlie prosperity of, had now completed the thirtieth year of its
existence. It had, in fact, attained its majority, and was now no
longer under that control that an infant business of the same nature is
subject to. The monster nuisance, as it bad been invidiously called, I
was no longer amenable to the Nuisances Removal Act. The young j
Giant was out of his nonage ; and those who wished to grapple with
him must do it in the Court of Quarter Sessions—where he defied them.
He would now then give them the young Giant’s good health; they
would drink, if they pleased, Perpetuity to the Premises, and Success
to Sulphuretted Hydrogen and Ammonia.
The toast was drunk with all the odours.
The oilier member of the firm briefly expressed iiis thanks for the
kind and enthusiastic manner in which the company had responded to
his worthy partner ; which, he declared, quite delighted his old bones.
After a"series of other anti-sanitary toasts and sentiments, the com-
pany separated at a late hour in an excited state, having, as a facetious
gentleman remarked with a strong emphasis on the first syllable of the
epithet, partaken of an entertainment that was truly s«»$>-tuous.
THE ETRUSCAN PATTERN.
We are informed that a communication of an interesting nature
has been made to the Tuscan Government in reference to the imprison-
ment of Miss Cunninghame for giving away a Bible and a Pilgrim’s
Progress. Through the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, acting as Charge d’Affaires
in the temporary absence of Sir Henry Btjlwer, Lord Aberdeen ;
is said to have requested the opinion of the Grand Duke Leopold
and his Cabinet respecting a measure of great importance in regard to .
the principle of toleration, contemplated very seriously by Her
Majesty’s Ministers. The projected enactment which has thus been
submitted to the consideration of the Tuscan_ Sovereign and his
advisers is based on the principle whereon is also founded the article in
their penal code under which Miss Cunninghame has been incarce-
rated. It treats the attempt to convert any person from the State reli-
gion as a crime against the State, and inflicts imprisonment with hard
labour for that offence. Under its operation any Roman Catholic, con-
victed of making a present to a memoer oi the Established Church of
a “ Garden of the Soul,” or a crucifix, will be tried for sedition and
Cardinal Wiseman will inevitably be sent to the treadmill.
a legal query for the next examination.
What is better than a right of way through the Park?
A right of curds and whey at the Lodge gate.
The British Stentor.—The most powerful voice in the country
is that of the man who can utter most money.