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August 25, 1855
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August 23, 1855.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 73
" Now, young 'un ! Just give my Wellingtons a good Polish, cos I likes
to go to business respectable in the morning ! "
THE WORKMAN'S PROMENALE CONCERT.
On the evening of Sunday how pleasant, to stray
In Kensington Gardens, and hear the band play.
With my leisure amused, and my feelings refined,
ALd with tranquil enjoyment elated in mind !
At that time, on that day, I shall seldom be seen,
With my pipe and my pot on the public-house gieen,
1 shall not very often spend that afternoon
In continual exertions to fill a spittoon.
But what shall I do when the summer is o'er,
And the band wdl pet form in those Gardens no more?
When church hours are fiuUh'd why should there Lot be
Sunday concerts on purpose for people like me ?
Let the music be sacred, and sacred I call,
Mot parochial psalm-tunes, but i*ood mus'c all,
Such as quiets the troubled, and cheers the distresf,
And on Sunday would set a chap's spirit at rest,
I feel, when I hear certain pieces and airs,
Just the same as I should in attending to prayers ;
And tbink time so employ'd is almost as well spent
As it would be in hearing a Reverend Gent.
But music's expensive, mayhap some will say,
And you '11 have the piper on Sunday to pay ;
That ^uple on my mind weighs not in the least;
Why Lot pay the Piper as well as the Pritst ?
And even supposing I paid to go in,
Can any man look upon that as a sin,
Any mure than what church-goers frequency do,
Namely, giving a bob for a place in a pew.
It will come in good time; and I hope that the move
In the right way now made a beginning wdl p ove,
It is a concession—keep rolling the bail—
And let us give thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall.
PUNCH'S ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
August 12, Saturday. (St. Grouse). The Lords deplored that the
Commons had mutilated the Charitable Trusts Bill, but their Lordships
vanquished their grief sufficiently to assent to the mutilations. The
Limited Liability Bill, which had been a good deal altered by the
Lords, was then passed. Lord Lansdowne, (as a Member of the
Government) tendered his thanks to the Peers for the amendments
they had been kind enough to introduce. A few minutes later, the
Bill was carried down to the Commons, where Lord Palmerston, (as
another Member of the Government) said that the amendments were
very objectionable, but that it would be better to accept them than
risk the loss of the measure. After this pleasing instance of Cabinet
unanimity, both Houses adjourned, the Lords until Monday, the
Commons until Tuesday.
Monday. The Law Lords expressed a great deal of wrath at the way
in which the Solicitor-General had spoken of their free-and-easy man-
ner of hearing appeals. They vindicated themselves from the charge of
being a Court of terminer sans oyer, asserting that they very often
listened to what was going on, that sometimes one of them told
another what had been done in his absence ; but the best defence was,
that counsel said the same thing over and over again so often, that
anybody, who would look in and remain for any reasonable time, must
know enough to enable him to decide the case.
Lord Campbell expressed his particular desire that soldiers might
be allowed to attend m the Assize Courts, and the Chancellor added,
that he had once let in some soldiers at Chester, and that they were
most quiet and attentive auditors. All this was the merest clap-trap,
a springe which John Lord Campbell is thought to be always ready
to set. He added some utter nonsense to the effect, that " the con-
nection between the judicial bench and the military was more intimate
than was imagined by some persons." Very intimate of course. The
so'dier puts powder in his gun, and the judge in his wig; the soldier
kills people by shooting them, the judge by hanging them; both have
serjeauts constantly before their eyes ; the judge is a judge of assize,
and the soldier is a man of a size too, and often a good size; the soldier
charges a foe, and the judge charges a jury; and in short they are as
alike as possible, and Lord Campbell deserves great credit for
enlightening the nation as to the intereslmg fact.
Tuesday. The Commons met, to he ready to receive their dismissal.
Sir De Lacy Evans made very good use of the intetval by a speech
upon the conduct of the War. He showred that the Army ought to be
strengthened, and how; and especially recommended the employmentof
a Polish Legion, and the bringing a portion of our Indian fo-cc-s to the
scene, of war. Lord Palmerston reiterated his pledge th*t the War
should be carried on vigorously.
The Black Bod was then held up, and the Commons scuttled away,
and up the long passage, into the House of Lords, where
The coup-de-grace was given to about as useless a Session as the
annals of our legislature record. Her Majesty, as Mr. Punch'mii-
mated would be the case, stayed away, but sent the Chancellor,
Akgyll, Harbowtby, Granville, and Stanley", of Alderley, to get rid
of the Parliament. This they did in rather a neat speech, in which the
nation was not insulted by any particularly bad grammar, and in which
the small achievements of the Session were dwelt upon with consider-
able fluency of commonplace. The War paragraph is, however, worthy
of beiDg lifted out of the limbo of oblivion, in wLicli most speeches,
royal and popular, are deservedly interred, and of receiving the dis-
tinguished honour of being used by Mr. Punch as an embodiment of his
own patriotic sentiments, and as a conclusion to his own inimitable
siummary of the Session :
" T$a othtr course is left to tier fHajcstg, but to prosecute the ffiJHat
frith all possible btgour. Slnct her fflajtstg, rclging on tfjc support of
her parliament; tfjc manlg spirit attB patriotism of her people; upon
the ncbcr;fatling courage of fjer 'Etmg antj Nabg, txrhose patience ttnoer
suffering anti potoers of cntmrance her fttajcstg has seen roitfj admiration,
the steaofast ffoclitg of her Allies; ano abobc all, upon the justice of tlir
cause—humblg puts her trust in the "aimtghtg ©isposer of cbents fat
sucli an issue to this great contest as brill secure to (Europe the blcssinga
of a firm ant) lasting peace."
Commercial Caution.
Persons in the City, when about to make use of the old expression,
" as safe as the Bank," generally stop short now, and take care to edge
in an intimation that toev mean more particu'arly "a Joint-Stock
Bank."
Vot,. 29.
3—2
" Now, young 'un ! Just give my Wellingtons a good Polish, cos I likes
to go to business respectable in the morning ! "
THE WORKMAN'S PROMENALE CONCERT.
On the evening of Sunday how pleasant, to stray
In Kensington Gardens, and hear the band play.
With my leisure amused, and my feelings refined,
ALd with tranquil enjoyment elated in mind !
At that time, on that day, I shall seldom be seen,
With my pipe and my pot on the public-house gieen,
1 shall not very often spend that afternoon
In continual exertions to fill a spittoon.
But what shall I do when the summer is o'er,
And the band wdl pet form in those Gardens no more?
When church hours are fiuUh'd why should there Lot be
Sunday concerts on purpose for people like me ?
Let the music be sacred, and sacred I call,
Mot parochial psalm-tunes, but i*ood mus'c all,
Such as quiets the troubled, and cheers the distresf,
And on Sunday would set a chap's spirit at rest,
I feel, when I hear certain pieces and airs,
Just the same as I should in attending to prayers ;
And tbink time so employ'd is almost as well spent
As it would be in hearing a Reverend Gent.
But music's expensive, mayhap some will say,
And you '11 have the piper on Sunday to pay ;
That ^uple on my mind weighs not in the least;
Why Lot pay the Piper as well as the Pritst ?
And even supposing I paid to go in,
Can any man look upon that as a sin,
Any mure than what church-goers frequency do,
Namely, giving a bob for a place in a pew.
It will come in good time; and I hope that the move
In the right way now made a beginning wdl p ove,
It is a concession—keep rolling the bail—
And let us give thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall.
PUNCH'S ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
August 12, Saturday. (St. Grouse). The Lords deplored that the
Commons had mutilated the Charitable Trusts Bill, but their Lordships
vanquished their grief sufficiently to assent to the mutilations. The
Limited Liability Bill, which had been a good deal altered by the
Lords, was then passed. Lord Lansdowne, (as a Member of the
Government) tendered his thanks to the Peers for the amendments
they had been kind enough to introduce. A few minutes later, the
Bill was carried down to the Commons, where Lord Palmerston, (as
another Member of the Government) said that the amendments were
very objectionable, but that it would be better to accept them than
risk the loss of the measure. After this pleasing instance of Cabinet
unanimity, both Houses adjourned, the Lords until Monday, the
Commons until Tuesday.
Monday. The Law Lords expressed a great deal of wrath at the way
in which the Solicitor-General had spoken of their free-and-easy man-
ner of hearing appeals. They vindicated themselves from the charge of
being a Court of terminer sans oyer, asserting that they very often
listened to what was going on, that sometimes one of them told
another what had been done in his absence ; but the best defence was,
that counsel said the same thing over and over again so often, that
anybody, who would look in and remain for any reasonable time, must
know enough to enable him to decide the case.
Lord Campbell expressed his particular desire that soldiers might
be allowed to attend m the Assize Courts, and the Chancellor added,
that he had once let in some soldiers at Chester, and that they were
most quiet and attentive auditors. All this was the merest clap-trap,
a springe which John Lord Campbell is thought to be always ready
to set. He added some utter nonsense to the effect, that " the con-
nection between the judicial bench and the military was more intimate
than was imagined by some persons." Very intimate of course. The
so'dier puts powder in his gun, and the judge in his wig; the soldier
kills people by shooting them, the judge by hanging them; both have
serjeauts constantly before their eyes ; the judge is a judge of assize,
and the soldier is a man of a size too, and often a good size; the soldier
charges a foe, and the judge charges a jury; and in short they are as
alike as possible, and Lord Campbell deserves great credit for
enlightening the nation as to the intereslmg fact.
Tuesday. The Commons met, to he ready to receive their dismissal.
Sir De Lacy Evans made very good use of the intetval by a speech
upon the conduct of the War. He showred that the Army ought to be
strengthened, and how; and especially recommended the employmentof
a Polish Legion, and the bringing a portion of our Indian fo-cc-s to the
scene, of war. Lord Palmerston reiterated his pledge th*t the War
should be carried on vigorously.
The Black Bod was then held up, and the Commons scuttled away,
and up the long passage, into the House of Lords, where
The coup-de-grace was given to about as useless a Session as the
annals of our legislature record. Her Majesty, as Mr. Punch'mii-
mated would be the case, stayed away, but sent the Chancellor,
Akgyll, Harbowtby, Granville, and Stanley", of Alderley, to get rid
of the Parliament. This they did in rather a neat speech, in which the
nation was not insulted by any particularly bad grammar, and in which
the small achievements of the Session were dwelt upon with consider-
able fluency of commonplace. The War paragraph is, however, worthy
of beiDg lifted out of the limbo of oblivion, in wLicli most speeches,
royal and popular, are deservedly interred, and of receiving the dis-
tinguished honour of being used by Mr. Punch as an embodiment of his
own patriotic sentiments, and as a conclusion to his own inimitable
siummary of the Session :
" T$a othtr course is left to tier fHajcstg, but to prosecute the ffiJHat
frith all possible btgour. Slnct her fflajtstg, rclging on tfjc support of
her parliament; tfjc manlg spirit attB patriotism of her people; upon
the ncbcr;fatling courage of fjer 'Etmg antj Nabg, txrhose patience ttnoer
suffering anti potoers of cntmrance her fttajcstg has seen roitfj admiration,
the steaofast ffoclitg of her Allies; ano abobc all, upon the justice of tlir
cause—humblg puts her trust in the "aimtghtg ©isposer of cbents fat
sucli an issue to this great contest as brill secure to (Europe the blcssinga
of a firm ant) lasting peace."
Commercial Caution.
Persons in the City, when about to make use of the old expression,
" as safe as the Bank," generally stop short now, and take care to edge
in an intimation that toev mean more particu'arly "a Joint-Stock
Bank."
Vot,. 29.
3—2