198 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [Novembek 17. 1855.

lines to scandinavia.

0 brothers of the North,

Lose not the golden hour !
Now is your time for standing forth

Against the Russian pooer.
Sardinia took the place
Of honourable pride,
Dare ye not, too, the monster face,
By France and England's side ?

That Beast, the Russian Bear,

Is stricken very sore:
Help us to drive him to his lair,

To issue thence no more.
To that end is unfurl'd

The banner of the Free,
That he, the Bugbear of the world,
Henceforth may cease to be.

Set on him now, you Swedes :

Ye may reclaim your kin.
Upon the brute whilst yet he bleeds !

Get back from him the Finn.
For all his Baltic prey,

With us if you combine,
Wrest from his weaken'd clutch you may
And force him to resign.

Rise, by Gbstavus, rise !

Rise in your Charles's name !
Ye Danes be also our Allies,

And share our glorious aim.
Aloft, the Raven fly,

Your flag of old renown,
Hurrah for Scandinavia! cry;

now, we do hope this old gentleman is not going to be asked to show his ticket ' With brutal Russia, Down !

because this old gentleman has just packed himself up qitite comfortably, and his
Ticket is in the vert innermost Recess of his Waistcoat Pocket; and because, you
see, this is just the sort of old gentleman who is likely to be much irritated b"y j ' the pfietender to the crown.—a lady's
such a Request at such a Time. Bonnet.

IN THE NAME OF THE PHOPHETI-FIGS.

HE following announcement
appears in Friday's Gazette.
In its original form it occu-
pies nearly two columns of a
daily New?paper, but Mr.
Punch has ventured to com-
press all but the names and
titles, on which—especially
as he hears of most, of them
for the first time—the Gotha
Almanac forbid he should
lay a sacrilegious hand.

" Her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, on the one part, and
His Majesty the King of Prussia,
as well in his own name as in
that of his Majesty the King of
Saxony, his Royal Hignness the
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, his
Royal Highness the Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen, his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Cobnrg-Gotha,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick, his Royal Highness the Duke of Anhalt-
Dessau-Cothen, his Royal Highness the Duke of Auhalt-Bernburg, his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Sehwarzburg-Rudolstadt, his Serene Highness the Prince of Schwarz-
burg-Sondersbausen, his Serene Highness the Prince of Reuss (elder branch), and his
Serene Highness the Prince of Reuss (younger branchj, on the other part,"

Have—but stop—let us take a little breath.
Now, then Have agi eed—

No, no. Don't be in a hurry. Great people do not do things de
main en main. Kven their Royal Highnesses Field-Marshals, when
they go out shooting, take the gun not from the vulgar hand of the
gamekeeper who loads, but from that of the equerry, to whom the
gamekeeper hands it. So the above distinguished folks

Have named their respective Plenipotentiaries, viz.:—

" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Right Hon. George W. Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde, of Hindon, a peer
of the United Kingdom, a member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, Knight, of the Most Kohle Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs : and the Right Hon. Edward John, Baron Stanley of Aiderley,
% peer of the United Kingdom, a member of her Britanuic Majesty's Most Honourable

Privy Council, and President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade
and Foreign Plantations;

"And his Majesty the King of Prussia, his Privy Councillor and Chamberlain,
Albert, Count of Bernstorff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to her
Britannic Majestv, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, and of the
Orders tor Civil Merit of the Bavarian Crown, of St. Januarius of the Two Sicilies,
and of St. Stanislaus of Russia, Knight Commander of the Order of Christ of Portugal;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in
good and due form, have agretd upon and concluded "—

Now for it.

That the Copyright treaties between England and Germany shall apply
to translations of German Books and Flays !

Who dares to say that Royalties, little and big, are not benefactors
to mankind ?

THE CHELTENHAM CONJURORS.

We should like to know the wiseacre who drew up the annexed

advertisement:—

CHELTENHAM COLLEGE.—The Present War.—It has been deter-
^ mined by several Cheltenham collegians, both old and present, to erect a suitable
monument in memory of their schoolfellows, who have fallen and may fall in the
present war. Any old collegian who is willing to aid this object can communicate with
the Secretary of the Memorial Committee, the College, Cheltenham.

We respect the feeling which dictates the erection of a monument to
those who " have fallen " in the War ; but we do not see how those who
"mayfall" are to be included in the honour, unless the Cheltenham
worthies are gifted with the power of prophecy. Perhaps the
Reverend Mr. Close, who has written on Spirit-rapping—whether
against or in favour of it we are not prepared to say—may be able to
enlighten his associates on the possibility, or otherwise, of ascertaining
the names of those about to fall, so that their names may appear wita
those of the already deceased heroes on the suggested monument.

The Way to the Bank.

We see there is to be a new Omnibus Company formed in London,
and certainly an improvement in these vehicles of abuse is sadly
needed. If well-conducted—that is to say, if tbey have good conductors
—we hope this new speculation in Omnibuses will turn out as profitably
as the recent investment of Ears in Asia.