DOI issue:
July to December, 1854
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16614#0078
TO
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
NICHOLAS TO HIS PILLOW.
My peaceful pillow, ah, how sweet
On thee my head to lay,
And think in my imperial seat
What work I Ve done to day!
How many a head on earth there rests
Just now, as mine on thee,
Of men with bullets in their breasts
My people shot for me !
To-morrow morn, refreshed by sleep,
I hope once more to rise;
But their repose will be too deep
To let them ope their eyes.
Should I ne'er wake on earth again
^ Where am I like to go ?
Not, surely, after such a reign
As mine lias been, below !
DELIGHTFUL OUT-DOOR EXERCISE IS WARM WEATHER
Running after " Another Four !" at Cricket, amidst derisive Shouts of " Now
then, Butter-fingers!"—"On! Oh!"—"Throw it in! Look sharp!"—"Quick! In
with it!" &c. &c.
New Military Forces.
News from St. Petersburg tells us that two
battalions of skaters have been formed at Cron-
stadt. When winter comes, they are to act upon
the ice. We have also heard that a self-taught
engineer of Aberdeen has submitted to our im-
petuous Premier the model of a gun capable of
being loaded with snow-balls, to act against the
skaters aforesaid. Further intelligence states
that the King or Prussia, to show his sympathy
with his royal brother-in-law, and to act in con-
cert, as occasion may serve, with the Imperial
Cronstadt Skaters, has originated and drilled a
new Prussian force, to be called the Royal Berlin
Backsliders.
AN IMPROVEMENT ON EARLY CLOSING.
The late closing of shops has been found to lead to the early close
of the existence of shopmen. Humanity has therefore demanded that
the shutters should be put up betimes, in order that the eyelids may
not be sealed prematurely, and that the gas should be turned off at a
reasonable hour to prevent an untimely extinction of the vital spark.
Humanity has had one of these demands partially complied with; but
not the other. The shutters are pretty generally up about eight, but
the gas is not out till nine or ten. These observations are especially
applicable to drapery establishments; where counters have to be
cleared, windows undressed, and dummies, in many instances, put to
bed ; the young men and apprentices doing the work of the nurse, and
being detained by that labour an hour or two after shop has been
shut.
We gather these facts from an 'Appeal on behalf of the young Men
of Scarborough," which those young men have published, and we are
Happy to find that they have something to say for themselves. What
they have to say, in addition to the facts above-mentioned, is, that if
purchasers would, if possible, never "shop after an hour before closing
time," this forbearance would allow them time for putting the shop and
accounts to rights, and for taking needful recreation thereafter. So
that, if shops close at eight, and you want a pocket-handkerchief, go
and buy it at or before seven—if you can. If your pocket has been
picked, and yrou have a cold, that is another matter. On such an
emergency, the shopman will serve you gladly. " In those cases," the
"Appeal" assures us, "no want of polite attention, on the part of the
young men, would be experiencee." We do not doubt that. We do
not question that there would oe an excess of polite attention. We are
even sure that the young men wno sold the handkerchief would have
the superfluous politeness to say, " Any other article to-night ? " We
object to that question. It ougnt never to be capable of being put.
"Any other article to-day?'' inure is no objection to, except that it is
Surplusage—and a query which bores. But to-night? No other article
to-night that will stand over till to-morrow; no article of any sort but
the article in the evening pan«"' Wct know our old friend Mrs.
Harris will quite agree witfi u5 js chh ;entiment.; and we are sure we
feel, equally with that estimable lady, the force of the following
passage of the " Appeal:"—
" We might appeal to the religious, on the ground that these young persons rarelyr
for ft large portion of the year, have the opportunity of attending any religious week-
day service. To the moral, on the impossibility of the feelings being rightly cultivated
where there is so little opportunity for social intercourse, and where the whole of
youthful energy is expended in the service of Mammon ; and to the friends of Educa-
tion, because the inte lectual faculties cannot be improved when both mind and body
are exhausted with the long hours and fatigues of the day."
The foregoing passage suggests an admirable expedient for keeping
young men out of pleasure grounds and parks on a Sunday, to those
Who consider that a desirable object. By abstinence from late shopping
you will give them time for recreation on working days, and in so far
prevent them from desecrating the Sabbath by excursions, or perhaps,
by what must be considered almost as bad, by drunkenness.
COSTUME OF A FRENCH OFFICER IN" PURSUIT OF
" GIBIER " AT SHUMLA,
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
NICHOLAS TO HIS PILLOW.
My peaceful pillow, ah, how sweet
On thee my head to lay,
And think in my imperial seat
What work I Ve done to day!
How many a head on earth there rests
Just now, as mine on thee,
Of men with bullets in their breasts
My people shot for me !
To-morrow morn, refreshed by sleep,
I hope once more to rise;
But their repose will be too deep
To let them ope their eyes.
Should I ne'er wake on earth again
^ Where am I like to go ?
Not, surely, after such a reign
As mine lias been, below !
DELIGHTFUL OUT-DOOR EXERCISE IS WARM WEATHER
Running after " Another Four !" at Cricket, amidst derisive Shouts of " Now
then, Butter-fingers!"—"On! Oh!"—"Throw it in! Look sharp!"—"Quick! In
with it!" &c. &c.
New Military Forces.
News from St. Petersburg tells us that two
battalions of skaters have been formed at Cron-
stadt. When winter comes, they are to act upon
the ice. We have also heard that a self-taught
engineer of Aberdeen has submitted to our im-
petuous Premier the model of a gun capable of
being loaded with snow-balls, to act against the
skaters aforesaid. Further intelligence states
that the King or Prussia, to show his sympathy
with his royal brother-in-law, and to act in con-
cert, as occasion may serve, with the Imperial
Cronstadt Skaters, has originated and drilled a
new Prussian force, to be called the Royal Berlin
Backsliders.
AN IMPROVEMENT ON EARLY CLOSING.
The late closing of shops has been found to lead to the early close
of the existence of shopmen. Humanity has therefore demanded that
the shutters should be put up betimes, in order that the eyelids may
not be sealed prematurely, and that the gas should be turned off at a
reasonable hour to prevent an untimely extinction of the vital spark.
Humanity has had one of these demands partially complied with; but
not the other. The shutters are pretty generally up about eight, but
the gas is not out till nine or ten. These observations are especially
applicable to drapery establishments; where counters have to be
cleared, windows undressed, and dummies, in many instances, put to
bed ; the young men and apprentices doing the work of the nurse, and
being detained by that labour an hour or two after shop has been
shut.
We gather these facts from an 'Appeal on behalf of the young Men
of Scarborough," which those young men have published, and we are
Happy to find that they have something to say for themselves. What
they have to say, in addition to the facts above-mentioned, is, that if
purchasers would, if possible, never "shop after an hour before closing
time," this forbearance would allow them time for putting the shop and
accounts to rights, and for taking needful recreation thereafter. So
that, if shops close at eight, and you want a pocket-handkerchief, go
and buy it at or before seven—if you can. If your pocket has been
picked, and yrou have a cold, that is another matter. On such an
emergency, the shopman will serve you gladly. " In those cases," the
"Appeal" assures us, "no want of polite attention, on the part of the
young men, would be experiencee." We do not doubt that. We do
not question that there would oe an excess of polite attention. We are
even sure that the young men wno sold the handkerchief would have
the superfluous politeness to say, " Any other article to-night ? " We
object to that question. It ougnt never to be capable of being put.
"Any other article to-day?'' inure is no objection to, except that it is
Surplusage—and a query which bores. But to-night? No other article
to-night that will stand over till to-morrow; no article of any sort but
the article in the evening pan«"' Wct know our old friend Mrs.
Harris will quite agree witfi u5 js chh ;entiment.; and we are sure we
feel, equally with that estimable lady, the force of the following
passage of the " Appeal:"—
" We might appeal to the religious, on the ground that these young persons rarelyr
for ft large portion of the year, have the opportunity of attending any religious week-
day service. To the moral, on the impossibility of the feelings being rightly cultivated
where there is so little opportunity for social intercourse, and where the whole of
youthful energy is expended in the service of Mammon ; and to the friends of Educa-
tion, because the inte lectual faculties cannot be improved when both mind and body
are exhausted with the long hours and fatigues of the day."
The foregoing passage suggests an admirable expedient for keeping
young men out of pleasure grounds and parks on a Sunday, to those
Who consider that a desirable object. By abstinence from late shopping
you will give them time for recreation on working days, and in so far
prevent them from desecrating the Sabbath by excursions, or perhaps,
by what must be considered almost as bad, by drunkenness.
COSTUME OF A FRENCH OFFICER IN" PURSUIT OF
" GIBIER " AT SHUMLA,