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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Beautiful Being. “ Well, I must sat, Parker, that I like the Hair bsessed
A l’Imferatrice. It shows so much of the Face.”
THE PUEE PATRIOTIC.
“ Ip, up with the Standard of England! ”
(The song is two shillings—no more !)
“ The War is declared boys,” says Napier.
(This ballad’s a certain encore.)
“ Now Britain and Erance are United.”
(“The song of the day.” See Review.)
“ Yes Britain shall see the Turk Righted.”
(Arranged for a captain and crew).
“ Stand up to your Guns, my brave Britons ! ”
(Eor two dozen stamps postage free.)
“ Hark, hark ’tis the roar of the Lion.”
(Arranged as a solo or glee.)
“ Down, down with the Elag of the Despot! ”
(The words are from Tweedledum’s pen).
“ IV e fight by the side of the Erenchman.”
(Lately sung by Dundas to his men).
THE AMERICAN CENSUS.
Tiie Americans, who always go a-head in everything,
have gone a-liead of us in their census; for, instead or
limiting it as we do to human beings, the United States
have prepared a statistical account of all their cattle. We
are rather surprised that the Great Republic should have
officially recognised the animal kingdom, and admitted it
to the same tables with its own citizens. We should have
hardly thought it worth while to ascertain the number ot
asses in America, and indeed, if it were proposed to do the
same in Great Britain, we should set the thing down as
absurd, if not impossible. One meets so many donkeys
every day of one’s life, that to calculate the number would
be an endless task, and indeed the animal is not always to
be recognised._
“ Lc Malade Imaginaire.”
When Nicholas talked of Turkey being " un hornme
malade,” he knew well enough that the Sultan was secretly
pledged to Schamyl (sham ill).*
* Sir Peter Laurie (with his compliments).
DEBATE ON THE EMPEROR’S CUP.
(Specially reported.)
House of Commons. Tuesday, May 2.
The House was about to adjourn, when
Lord Claude Hamilton begged leave to call attention to a subject
wffiicb had occasioned much pain to himself and other honourable
members. (“ Hear! ” from, Mr. Cobden.) He bad read in some of
the newspapers a statement, that it had been determined that the Cup
so munificently presented, as one of the Ascot Race prizes, by the
Emperor op Russia, should not be accepted this year. He wished
to ask the Government whether they had any official information on
the subject,.
Lord Palmerston said that he believed the statement alluded to
i by the noble lord to be correct ; and wrould add, that he quite
approved of the decision of those who had the direction of the matter.
But he did not think that the noble lord ought to feel uncomfortable.
(Laughter.) He only inferred the noble lord’s discomfort from the
curious wriggling gestures with which he addressed the House.
(Renewed laughter.) No slight could be intended to the noble lord’s
friend, the Czar; for instead of our having a race for one of his cups
only, a British fleet was just then running for his whole service of
plate, and anything else they might find at St. Petersburg. (Loud
cheers and laughter.)
Mr. Bright said that the noble lord had, as usual, made an effective
j use of claptrap, but he (Mr. Bright) saw nothing to laugh at. He
was one of those wrho did not take a violent interest in horse-racing;
but he liked consistency. A foreign potentate, with whom we were
engaged in an unnecessary war—(Hear, heay !)—yes, he understood
that cheer. Well then, a necessary war, a war rendered necessary by
reckless politicians and an incendiary press. Would that suit them?
Well, this potentate was charged with faithlessness. At any rate he
had shown faith in this matter; for, having promised a cup, he had
not withdrawal his promise, in spite of the declaration of war, and the
Russian Consul lma instructed a celebrated artist to prepare the article
as usual. But they, forsooth, were to sulk like schoolboys, and refuse
a piece of silver worth several hundred pounds, just because we bad
| foolishly quarrelled with the man who offered it. But it was all of a
i piece.
Sir James Graham suggested that on the contrary it was all of a
! war. {Laughter.) But he would venture to remind the hon. member
! for Manchester that in the words of Shakespeare—
“ To the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.’
The Marquis of Granby said that this was another scandalous
insult to the Emperor of Russia, who was treated most cruelly.
Why, lei them argue the matter logically, in the way he (Lord
Granby) always tried to do. What was the object of horse-racing ?
Why, to improve cur breed of horses ; and horses they all knew were
used in war. Well, nevertheless, the Emperor continued to patronise
our races, though they were to improve horses that might be used
against him. Was that the act of an enemy ? {Hear, hear !)
"Lord John Russell admitted that the question was one upon
which the House might fairly be called to give an opinion. He did
not find any reference to horse-racing in Magna Charta; but races
used to be run at York in 1607; and Charles the Second, usually
known as the Merry Monarch, gave a cup of the value of one hundred
guineas. The act for suppressing races with ponies and weak horses
was passed in 1739, after which, plates were given in several places,
and the breed of horses improved, until brought to perfection in the
case of Elying Childers, who at Newmarket ran three miles six
furlongs and ninety three yards, in six minutes and forty seconds. The
great Lord Somers had not turned his attention to the subject, and
perhaps as regarded Mr. Eox, in connection with horse-racing, the less j
said the better. {Hear, hear !) He owned that he thought the House
ought to have more information on the question, and he should not
object to the appointment of a Select Committee.
Mr. Cobden said that his only claim to be heard on Racing was that
he was member for the west Riding. {Laughter.) A man had once
been hanged for refusing his liquor, and perhaps we might come to no
good by refusing this cup. {Hear, hear.) As to pretending to feeling
in the matter, that was trash. It was, according to the advocates of
war, lawful to plunder the enemy. Mind, he (Mr. Cobden) did not
say so, believing that all plunder, except the legitimate gains of trade,
was unlawful, nor was Russia our enemy. But if it were right, surely j
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Beautiful Being. “ Well, I must sat, Parker, that I like the Hair bsessed
A l’Imferatrice. It shows so much of the Face.”
THE PUEE PATRIOTIC.
“ Ip, up with the Standard of England! ”
(The song is two shillings—no more !)
“ The War is declared boys,” says Napier.
(This ballad’s a certain encore.)
“ Now Britain and Erance are United.”
(“The song of the day.” See Review.)
“ Yes Britain shall see the Turk Righted.”
(Arranged for a captain and crew).
“ Stand up to your Guns, my brave Britons ! ”
(Eor two dozen stamps postage free.)
“ Hark, hark ’tis the roar of the Lion.”
(Arranged as a solo or glee.)
“ Down, down with the Elag of the Despot! ”
(The words are from Tweedledum’s pen).
“ IV e fight by the side of the Erenchman.”
(Lately sung by Dundas to his men).
THE AMERICAN CENSUS.
Tiie Americans, who always go a-head in everything,
have gone a-liead of us in their census; for, instead or
limiting it as we do to human beings, the United States
have prepared a statistical account of all their cattle. We
are rather surprised that the Great Republic should have
officially recognised the animal kingdom, and admitted it
to the same tables with its own citizens. We should have
hardly thought it worth while to ascertain the number ot
asses in America, and indeed, if it were proposed to do the
same in Great Britain, we should set the thing down as
absurd, if not impossible. One meets so many donkeys
every day of one’s life, that to calculate the number would
be an endless task, and indeed the animal is not always to
be recognised._
“ Lc Malade Imaginaire.”
When Nicholas talked of Turkey being " un hornme
malade,” he knew well enough that the Sultan was secretly
pledged to Schamyl (sham ill).*
* Sir Peter Laurie (with his compliments).
DEBATE ON THE EMPEROR’S CUP.
(Specially reported.)
House of Commons. Tuesday, May 2.
The House was about to adjourn, when
Lord Claude Hamilton begged leave to call attention to a subject
wffiicb had occasioned much pain to himself and other honourable
members. (“ Hear! ” from, Mr. Cobden.) He bad read in some of
the newspapers a statement, that it had been determined that the Cup
so munificently presented, as one of the Ascot Race prizes, by the
Emperor op Russia, should not be accepted this year. He wished
to ask the Government whether they had any official information on
the subject,.
Lord Palmerston said that he believed the statement alluded to
i by the noble lord to be correct ; and wrould add, that he quite
approved of the decision of those who had the direction of the matter.
But he did not think that the noble lord ought to feel uncomfortable.
(Laughter.) He only inferred the noble lord’s discomfort from the
curious wriggling gestures with which he addressed the House.
(Renewed laughter.) No slight could be intended to the noble lord’s
friend, the Czar; for instead of our having a race for one of his cups
only, a British fleet was just then running for his whole service of
plate, and anything else they might find at St. Petersburg. (Loud
cheers and laughter.)
Mr. Bright said that the noble lord had, as usual, made an effective
j use of claptrap, but he (Mr. Bright) saw nothing to laugh at. He
was one of those wrho did not take a violent interest in horse-racing;
but he liked consistency. A foreign potentate, with whom we were
engaged in an unnecessary war—(Hear, heay !)—yes, he understood
that cheer. Well then, a necessary war, a war rendered necessary by
reckless politicians and an incendiary press. Would that suit them?
Well, this potentate was charged with faithlessness. At any rate he
had shown faith in this matter; for, having promised a cup, he had
not withdrawal his promise, in spite of the declaration of war, and the
Russian Consul lma instructed a celebrated artist to prepare the article
as usual. But they, forsooth, were to sulk like schoolboys, and refuse
a piece of silver worth several hundred pounds, just because we bad
| foolishly quarrelled with the man who offered it. But it was all of a
i piece.
Sir James Graham suggested that on the contrary it was all of a
! war. {Laughter.) But he would venture to remind the hon. member
! for Manchester that in the words of Shakespeare—
“ To the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.’
The Marquis of Granby said that this was another scandalous
insult to the Emperor of Russia, who was treated most cruelly.
Why, lei them argue the matter logically, in the way he (Lord
Granby) always tried to do. What was the object of horse-racing ?
Why, to improve cur breed of horses ; and horses they all knew were
used in war. Well, nevertheless, the Emperor continued to patronise
our races, though they were to improve horses that might be used
against him. Was that the act of an enemy ? {Hear, hear !)
"Lord John Russell admitted that the question was one upon
which the House might fairly be called to give an opinion. He did
not find any reference to horse-racing in Magna Charta; but races
used to be run at York in 1607; and Charles the Second, usually
known as the Merry Monarch, gave a cup of the value of one hundred
guineas. The act for suppressing races with ponies and weak horses
was passed in 1739, after which, plates were given in several places,
and the breed of horses improved, until brought to perfection in the
case of Elying Childers, who at Newmarket ran three miles six
furlongs and ninety three yards, in six minutes and forty seconds. The
great Lord Somers had not turned his attention to the subject, and
perhaps as regarded Mr. Eox, in connection with horse-racing, the less j
said the better. {Hear, hear !) He owned that he thought the House
ought to have more information on the question, and he should not
object to the appointment of a Select Committee.
Mr. Cobden said that his only claim to be heard on Racing was that
he was member for the west Riding. {Laughter.) A man had once
been hanged for refusing his liquor, and perhaps we might come to no
good by refusing this cup. {Hear, hear.) As to pretending to feeling
in the matter, that was trash. It was, according to the advocates of
war, lawful to plunder the enemy. Mind, he (Mr. Cobden) did not
say so, believing that all plunder, except the legitimate gains of trade,
was unlawful, nor was Russia our enemy. But if it were right, surely j