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July 14, 1855
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A MODEST YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
JACK AND LADY NANCY.
a vulgar song by a common seaman.
The Lndy Nancy was knocked together in a night, the Stromboli towed her a
i hundred miles; she was found seaworthy in every particular, aud she went in and
TJnch considers that the fol-
lowing advertisement offers
an eligible opportunity to
■ -i i. £11 nunuieu inues; sue was iouiiu seaworuiv 11
SUCD. young ladies Ot ample j burned Tagamog —See the Times, July 2nd.
means, engaging appear-
ance, and suitable education,
as may find themselves left,
on hand with the damaged
muslins and faded bonnets
at the fag end of the
season:—
MATRIMONY.—A Young
Gentleman, studying for
one of the Professions, hut whose
limited means prevent bun from
completing, except in a tedious
and unsatisfactory manner, is de-
sirous of meeting with a Youi
O jaw till you're frantic of wessels gigantic.
With hundreds of guns and with thousands of crew,
Jack's wrant's of the oddest, a wessel so modest
A* just does 'he work as he wants her to do.
He doe*ti't condemn none, your big Agamemnon,
.Your Dukes and your Alberts, as long as a street;
They're mighty imposing, but when he's for closing,
A taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet.
riage, we all know, as a
means of support; but it is
beginning rather early to
advertise for a wife, for the purpose of appropriating her fortune to
the prosecution of professional studies. We shall not be surprised to
find the principle carried still further out; and we may expect to meet
with an advertisement from some still younger gentleman than the
young one mentioned above, who mav be in want of a wife to pay his
school bills, or send him to Eton or Westminster. As these young-
persons may be unable to frame a paragraph for themselves, we suggest
the following as a model:
She aint no great, sight for the lubbers wot write,
She aint no " Sea-Castle wot frowns on the brine,"
It might be like flattery to praise her " black battery,"
Or christen her " Majesty's svmbol and sign : "
Lady ot t-ome fortune, a moderate ou J >.. tci • »> vi a 1 1 »
share of good looks, well educa- She doesn t come looming like one as "speaks dooming,"
ted, and in every respecr fitted to To " crush into atoms each foe sbe may meet,"
become a good and affeohmate j J3ut, if foes you'd be beating as wont give the meeting-,
^"ged, RanfrnanS ^ll'Jon Our taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet. "
No gab about Nelson when down went her kelson,
No " eminent shipwrights " swug toasts in champagne,
Many men look to mar- KoAM'vS ,n white flouncbg her name were announcing
boe worn t noways graceful, nor streamer d out tasteful,
" Like a Swan on the Waters a-taking her seat,"
But for rouuhish swan-hopping, where rifles is popping,
Our taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet.
communicated to bond fid? parties,
by addressing free, to No. 268,
N.B.A.O., Edinburgh.
When your blessed " Leviathan" couldn't come nigher than
Three or four mile from the towns as you'd win;
Then in come our Nancy, as pat as your fancy,
And hlow'd 'em to blazes as neat as a pin.
And as for your gun-boats, (as some folks calls bomb-boats,)
Wot use is inwentions as draws all them feet ?
MATRIMONY AND SCHOOLING.-A very voung Gentleman, who For cannons and mortars wot dances the waters,
M is at present attending a Sunday School, but who would prefer going to Eton with | Our taught Lady Nancy IS WOrth the whole fleet,
a view to the University aud the Church or the Bar; but whose means, derived trom i ,
his father's fishstall, prevent him from carrying out his views, or indeed from carrying j \V e knOW d WOt we Wanted, materials Was granted,
out anything, but shrimps and periwinkles, is desirous of meeting with a Young Ladv j -\yp knoc^'rl her together as quick as We Could,
of good fortune, good looks, and good education with a view to makm* «wrte Tfa ^ m t >d h l|M d >d ,
subject, to his refusal ot her at a fitting time, when in the absence ot a more eiif,iuie a a >
candidate she will have the preference. Keferences, and indeed anything the young j And there s Werry hne ashes where laganrog stood.
lady happens to possess, will be exchanged, and other information may be obtained at | J axes your pardon, and wagers a fardeil,
the crossing at the bottom of the Haymarket, whe re several young jgentlemen are , (Bur.'hopes no offence to 1 he nobs and Heleet,)
in attendance, but where the Advertiser will reverse his broom as a signal to an> >oung \ r . . ." .
lady who flourishes her pocket handkerchief. N.B. No old Maid need apply. Ill at more tOWDS ot old Brum s would DOW be m mills,
It you'd more Lady Hens in Heii Majesty's fleet.
A CARD.
Mr. Punch presents his compliments to Mr. Tite, M.P.. and begs a PROPOSAL TO LORD DUNDONALD.
to lay before him a practical plan of Administrative Reform. Mr. Punch
proposes, that a certain sum, say a million, or a million and a half, 1vly dear Lokd Jjund&nalb,
should be set aside annually, for the purpose of establishing sinecure j _ I have read all your letters on the subject of your plan for
places, varying in value from 100/. to 1000/. a year, or upwards. He making short, work of this horrible war with the greatest interest. The
also proposes, that the patronage of these sinecure offices should be following passage occurs in your last, with reference to Lord Pal-
vested in Whig noblemen, the Aristocracy iu general, and, in fact, all the merston's redtapeism of calling that plan a "scheme," and stating
most distinguished jobbers in the country. As a slight return, that the Government were not " prepared " to carry it into execution :—
Mr. Punch respectfully hopes that the holders of these sinecures and , ' „ . , . , .
thpir nntrnns will rpfrnin from thnisfi'no- tlipir rh'rtv fino-prs into the But i protest against the term scheme being substituted tor plan, as a misrepresen-
tueir patrons wm retrain irom thrusting tneir dirty nugers into trie tation of fact whichi if divu!f,edj wouid admit of n0 doubt, and which would be
great national me, but, will rest satisfied with what they have got, and divulged in my own justification, were not such a course manifestly objectionable,
let the Armv, Navy, &C, alone. Mr. Punch is llOt, a turncoat, ; but he . whilst our Government entertain the resolution not to avail themselves of means the
is constrained to avow, that his former opinions with respect to Sine-1 most sPeedy aud ^active iu the prosecution of war."
cures were erroneous recent events having proved what a safety-valve ! L ;te mv dear Lord that it would he objectionable to
to jobbery sinecures have ever been.
Selfish Exultation.
divulge the facts to which your Lordship alludes? The question is,,
whether, in case your plan were divulged, and its practicability were
self-evident, the Government would yield to public opinion and adopt
it, before the Russians could jump at it, and blow us all out of the
water P
Would your Lordship have any objection to explain your plan to a
commission of scientific men, with whose report on it the country
" Mr. Newdegate, M.P., is at Brussells."—The Express.
Hooray ! !!
No. Nostra culpa! We retract that cheer. Why, in delight at our would be satisfied, in case I, or the Proprietary of any other leading
own advantages should we mock the misfortune of others ? What has I Journal, should endeavour to supply ihe deficiency of Government by
Brussells done to us. Once more, we retract that cheer.
A More than Probable Turn.
You may depend upon it, there is something on the move, when our
dear mother-in-law makes her appearance in the house about July or
August; and sure enough the move is generally with her poor suffering
daughter and ailing children in the direction of the seaside.
constituting and appointing a body of engineers, chemists, and others,
possessing acknowledged and recognised ability to pronounce upon the
subject ? " £UJ2Cfc.
a short cut to metaphysics.
What is Matter ?—Never mind.
What is Mind ?—No matter.
A MODEST YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
JACK AND LADY NANCY.
a vulgar song by a common seaman.
The Lndy Nancy was knocked together in a night, the Stromboli towed her a
i hundred miles; she was found seaworthy in every particular, aud she went in and
TJnch considers that the fol-
lowing advertisement offers
an eligible opportunity to
■ -i i. £11 nunuieu inues; sue was iouiiu seaworuiv 11
SUCD. young ladies Ot ample j burned Tagamog —See the Times, July 2nd.
means, engaging appear-
ance, and suitable education,
as may find themselves left,
on hand with the damaged
muslins and faded bonnets
at the fag end of the
season:—
MATRIMONY.—A Young
Gentleman, studying for
one of the Professions, hut whose
limited means prevent bun from
completing, except in a tedious
and unsatisfactory manner, is de-
sirous of meeting with a Youi
O jaw till you're frantic of wessels gigantic.
With hundreds of guns and with thousands of crew,
Jack's wrant's of the oddest, a wessel so modest
A* just does 'he work as he wants her to do.
He doe*ti't condemn none, your big Agamemnon,
.Your Dukes and your Alberts, as long as a street;
They're mighty imposing, but when he's for closing,
A taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet.
riage, we all know, as a
means of support; but it is
beginning rather early to
advertise for a wife, for the purpose of appropriating her fortune to
the prosecution of professional studies. We shall not be surprised to
find the principle carried still further out; and we may expect to meet
with an advertisement from some still younger gentleman than the
young one mentioned above, who mav be in want of a wife to pay his
school bills, or send him to Eton or Westminster. As these young-
persons may be unable to frame a paragraph for themselves, we suggest
the following as a model:
She aint no great, sight for the lubbers wot write,
She aint no " Sea-Castle wot frowns on the brine,"
It might be like flattery to praise her " black battery,"
Or christen her " Majesty's svmbol and sign : "
Lady ot t-ome fortune, a moderate ou J >.. tci • »> vi a 1 1 »
share of good looks, well educa- She doesn t come looming like one as "speaks dooming,"
ted, and in every respecr fitted to To " crush into atoms each foe sbe may meet,"
become a good and affeohmate j J3ut, if foes you'd be beating as wont give the meeting-,
^"ged, RanfrnanS ^ll'Jon Our taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet. "
No gab about Nelson when down went her kelson,
No " eminent shipwrights " swug toasts in champagne,
Many men look to mar- KoAM'vS ,n white flouncbg her name were announcing
boe worn t noways graceful, nor streamer d out tasteful,
" Like a Swan on the Waters a-taking her seat,"
But for rouuhish swan-hopping, where rifles is popping,
Our taught Lady Nancy is worth the whole fleet.
communicated to bond fid? parties,
by addressing free, to No. 268,
N.B.A.O., Edinburgh.
When your blessed " Leviathan" couldn't come nigher than
Three or four mile from the towns as you'd win;
Then in come our Nancy, as pat as your fancy,
And hlow'd 'em to blazes as neat as a pin.
And as for your gun-boats, (as some folks calls bomb-boats,)
Wot use is inwentions as draws all them feet ?
MATRIMONY AND SCHOOLING.-A very voung Gentleman, who For cannons and mortars wot dances the waters,
M is at present attending a Sunday School, but who would prefer going to Eton with | Our taught Lady Nancy IS WOrth the whole fleet,
a view to the University aud the Church or the Bar; but whose means, derived trom i ,
his father's fishstall, prevent him from carrying out his views, or indeed from carrying j \V e knOW d WOt we Wanted, materials Was granted,
out anything, but shrimps and periwinkles, is desirous of meeting with a Young Ladv j -\yp knoc^'rl her together as quick as We Could,
of good fortune, good looks, and good education with a view to makm* «wrte Tfa ^ m t >d h l|M d >d ,
subject, to his refusal ot her at a fitting time, when in the absence ot a more eiif,iuie a a >
candidate she will have the preference. Keferences, and indeed anything the young j And there s Werry hne ashes where laganrog stood.
lady happens to possess, will be exchanged, and other information may be obtained at | J axes your pardon, and wagers a fardeil,
the crossing at the bottom of the Haymarket, whe re several young jgentlemen are , (Bur.'hopes no offence to 1 he nobs and Heleet,)
in attendance, but where the Advertiser will reverse his broom as a signal to an> >oung \ r . . ." .
lady who flourishes her pocket handkerchief. N.B. No old Maid need apply. Ill at more tOWDS ot old Brum s would DOW be m mills,
It you'd more Lady Hens in Heii Majesty's fleet.
A CARD.
Mr. Punch presents his compliments to Mr. Tite, M.P.. and begs a PROPOSAL TO LORD DUNDONALD.
to lay before him a practical plan of Administrative Reform. Mr. Punch
proposes, that a certain sum, say a million, or a million and a half, 1vly dear Lokd Jjund&nalb,
should be set aside annually, for the purpose of establishing sinecure j _ I have read all your letters on the subject of your plan for
places, varying in value from 100/. to 1000/. a year, or upwards. He making short, work of this horrible war with the greatest interest. The
also proposes, that the patronage of these sinecure offices should be following passage occurs in your last, with reference to Lord Pal-
vested in Whig noblemen, the Aristocracy iu general, and, in fact, all the merston's redtapeism of calling that plan a "scheme," and stating
most distinguished jobbers in the country. As a slight return, that the Government were not " prepared " to carry it into execution :—
Mr. Punch respectfully hopes that the holders of these sinecures and , ' „ . , . , .
thpir nntrnns will rpfrnin from thnisfi'no- tlipir rh'rtv fino-prs into the But i protest against the term scheme being substituted tor plan, as a misrepresen-
tueir patrons wm retrain irom thrusting tneir dirty nugers into trie tation of fact whichi if divu!f,edj wouid admit of n0 doubt, and which would be
great national me, but, will rest satisfied with what they have got, and divulged in my own justification, were not such a course manifestly objectionable,
let the Armv, Navy, &C, alone. Mr. Punch is llOt, a turncoat, ; but he . whilst our Government entertain the resolution not to avail themselves of means the
is constrained to avow, that his former opinions with respect to Sine-1 most sPeedy aud ^active iu the prosecution of war."
cures were erroneous recent events having proved what a safety-valve ! L ;te mv dear Lord that it would he objectionable to
to jobbery sinecures have ever been.
Selfish Exultation.
divulge the facts to which your Lordship alludes? The question is,,
whether, in case your plan were divulged, and its practicability were
self-evident, the Government would yield to public opinion and adopt
it, before the Russians could jump at it, and blow us all out of the
water P
Would your Lordship have any objection to explain your plan to a
commission of scientific men, with whose report on it the country
" Mr. Newdegate, M.P., is at Brussells."—The Express.
Hooray ! !!
No. Nostra culpa! We retract that cheer. Why, in delight at our would be satisfied, in case I, or the Proprietary of any other leading
own advantages should we mock the misfortune of others ? What has I Journal, should endeavour to supply ihe deficiency of Government by
Brussells done to us. Once more, we retract that cheer.
A More than Probable Turn.
You may depend upon it, there is something on the move, when our
dear mother-in-law makes her appearance in the house about July or
August; and sure enough the move is generally with her poor suffering
daughter and ailing children in the direction of the seaside.
constituting and appointing a body of engineers, chemists, and others,
possessing acknowledged and recognised ability to pronounce upon the
subject ? " £UJ2Cfc.
a short cut to metaphysics.
What is Matter ?—Never mind.
What is Mind ?—No matter.