DOI issue:
July 26, 1856
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16618#0041
July 26, 1856.]
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
33
MORE SERVANT-GAL ISM.
ervant-Galism fias
lately reached a Dew
phase, and visiting
cards are now print-
ed for the use of the
" Young Ladies "
who condescend to
" accept office " as
cooks, nurses, and
housemaids in our
domestic establish-
ments. We have
heard an instance
in which a servant
going into a new
place, has left cards
with all the small
tradesmen she may
ceigQ to call upon,
and we have no doubt the Marine Store Dealer would be among the first to
receive, and to acknowledge, the compliment. We only hope that if the fellow
has the audacity to return the call at any respectable house, he will at once be given
into the custody of the nolice, which will be the best mode of introducing
him to bis proper " station."
BISHOPS.
In the debate on the Bill for giving needful rest (with
£6,000 a-year and Fulham Palace) to the Bishop op Lon-
don, ine Earl of Shaftesbury dwelt on the lamentable
ignorance of " many classes of the community," who for
the most part believed that Bishops "had nothing whatever
to do, that their incomes were too large, and that their
numbers might well be diminished." We fear there do
exist many such heathenisn unbelievers in the full efficacy
of Bishops. Nevertheless, his Lordship may take comfort
from the conviction that, on ihe other hand, such heretics
are at least equalled in number by the truly devout, whose
faith it is to believe that Bishops have at least everything
in this world to do, that they are not paid a twentieth part
enough: and that for the amelioration of every human
calamity there is but one great specific,—namely, the
multiplication of Bishops!
Complete Quietude.
The " quietness " produced by the antimonial powders
sold under that denomination by certain chemists at Boifcon
appears to he of toe kind mentioned in the hatchment
motto " In Ccelo Quies."
PLEASURE EXCURSIONS FOR PARLIAMENT.
That ail work and no play makes Jack: a dull boy, is a maxim which
applies as well to a public body as to a private person: at any rate it is
applied by Lord Palmerston to the Houses of Parliament. Every
now and then the noble Premier gives the Legislature a holiday. A
little while ago he took it to the Naval Review at Spithead, and now
he has just indulged it in an excursion to see a corresponding Military
exhibition at Aluershott, treating it on both occasions at the public
expense. This is good policy, not only with a view to retention of
office, but also for the purpose of getting Parliament to do its wotk
cheerfully and with alacrity. After a holioay, legislators may be
expected to set to with redoubled ardcur and diligence at their
appointed tasks.
We trust that the noble Lord will carry out the experiment which
he has commenced with such signal success, and that the newspapers
will soon, very frequently contain paragraphs of the following kind:—
"Yesterday being Coronation Day, the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons were taken by the Government for a day's pleasure and recreation
to Hampton Court. Noble lords and honourable gentlemen were con-
veyed in vans gaily decorated with flags and flowers, and accompanied
hy bands of music which played ' Cheer, Boys, Cheer,' the 'Ratcatcher's
Daughter' atid other appropriate airs. Tne merry party alighted in
Bushy Park, where an awning was spread, under which both Houses
assembled, and each Member received a piece of plum-cake and a glass
of wine. Afrer having partaken of this refreshment. Parliament
adjourned to Hampton Court, and spent several hours in inspecting
the pictures so fraught with historical recollections, and in admiring
the gold fish and other interesting objects abounding in that picturesque
locality. Among these, the miz-maze, or labyrinth, attracted particular
attention, as being pleasantly suggestive of the intricacies of debate.
Having examined every object in the Palace and grounds won hy of
attention, the delighted holiday-makers returned to the Park, wheie,
under the before-mentioned awning, a substantial meal was provided
for them, consisting of good old English fare, roast beef and plum-
pudding, which, a benediction having been previously pronounced by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, soon disapDeared. At the con-
clusion of the repast 'Non Nobis' was sung by professionals in
attendance, and was followed by the National Anthem; all hands
joining in the chorus. In the evening the merry legislators returned to
Town, highly gratified by the day's treat which they had experienced.
They were taken back by the same conveyances as those in which they
had been brought down, and, during the whole of their journey, evinced
their exhilaration by cheering and singing songs. We understand that
it is in contemplation to celebrate the anniversary of Her Majesty's
Coronation regularly, in future, by a Parliamentary excursion to some
attractive nlace of resort in the vicinity of London. The necessary
expenses of the trip will be defrayed by a geneiousnation, which will
r.eonly too glad to afford its hard-worked legislators the means of
enjoying that relaxation necessary no less to the cheerful than the
effective performance of their duties."
The Premier, the other day, regretted that it was not in the power
of the Government to take the laiies of Members to Aldershott. In
future, perhaps, this drawback on the Parliamentary holiday will be
obviated, and the tars of the pedestrian on the towing-path of the
Thames will often be sainted by the notes of harp and violin pro-
ceeding from a steamer ascending the River, with Members of Par-
liament on board, and their wives and daughters, taken up to Eel-pie
Island or Thames Ditton for a holiday.
A SORRY SAINT.
In a letter to the Record the following accusation is brought against
somebody by a nameless noodle or an anonymous hypocrite.
" Great rejoicings were felt that the chair at a very important meeting on behalf of
the Church Missionary Society was occupied by a very distinguished individual. Ia
a few days after, to my deep sorrow, I heard, as the last piece of information respecting
him, that he had gone to Town, and been seen at the Opera."
This fellow describes himself as " One who is jealous for our Evan-
gelical Societies," and his jealousy apparently causes him to think, or
pretend that he thinks, the Church Missionary Society's reputation
injured by the circumstance that a meeting of that association had been
presided over by a very distinguished individual who had subsequently
been seen at the Ooera. It must be very " painful"—to condescend to
the use of a sanctified vulgarism— very "painful" to this victim of the
evangelical green-eyed monster, to consider—as he must—that the most
distinguished individual in the kingdom, or, more accurately speaking,
the queendom, has oftentimes been seen at the Opera, the National
Anthem having been usually sung on those occasions. Eor that very
distinguished individual is, not, indeed, the chairman of the Church
Missionary Society, but, with all respect be it spoken, the chairwoman
or president of the Church itself. This consideration must exceedingly
deepen his already deep sorrow, and in that deep create a lower deep,
if the sorrow of this sorry 'ellow is unaffected sortow, instead of being,
as we rather think it is, affected sorrow, and, in one word, sham.
HOMCEOPATH1C GLOBULES. (Third Dose.)
Onck a humbug, always a humbug.
Ol all patients, the medical patient is the greatest coward.
It's all very well to say " Physician, heal thyself," but no Physician likes doing it.
Those cases pay the best in which there is nothing the matter with the patient.
One " Malade Imaginaire " to a Doctor is an income—two a brougham—six a
fortune.
The highest skill of a Doctor is in putting his patients on bread and water without
their knowing it; making the bread into pills, and colouring the water so as to make
them believe it is medicine.
Ills, pills, and bills are members ot the same family, that often meet at the same
bedside.
The patient may do without the physician, but the physician cannot do without *he
patient.
Lake and His Sword.
The folks of Ramsgate have presented Colonel Lake, one of the
heroes of Ears, with a sword: we are happy to announce the fact.
Perhaps the gallant officer may now be permitted, with that sword in
hand, to cut his way through routine, or whatever obstacle it may be,
between his merits and the Palace.
Vol. 31.
2
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
33
MORE SERVANT-GAL ISM.
ervant-Galism fias
lately reached a Dew
phase, and visiting
cards are now print-
ed for the use of the
" Young Ladies "
who condescend to
" accept office " as
cooks, nurses, and
housemaids in our
domestic establish-
ments. We have
heard an instance
in which a servant
going into a new
place, has left cards
with all the small
tradesmen she may
ceigQ to call upon,
and we have no doubt the Marine Store Dealer would be among the first to
receive, and to acknowledge, the compliment. We only hope that if the fellow
has the audacity to return the call at any respectable house, he will at once be given
into the custody of the nolice, which will be the best mode of introducing
him to bis proper " station."
BISHOPS.
In the debate on the Bill for giving needful rest (with
£6,000 a-year and Fulham Palace) to the Bishop op Lon-
don, ine Earl of Shaftesbury dwelt on the lamentable
ignorance of " many classes of the community," who for
the most part believed that Bishops "had nothing whatever
to do, that their incomes were too large, and that their
numbers might well be diminished." We fear there do
exist many such heathenisn unbelievers in the full efficacy
of Bishops. Nevertheless, his Lordship may take comfort
from the conviction that, on ihe other hand, such heretics
are at least equalled in number by the truly devout, whose
faith it is to believe that Bishops have at least everything
in this world to do, that they are not paid a twentieth part
enough: and that for the amelioration of every human
calamity there is but one great specific,—namely, the
multiplication of Bishops!
Complete Quietude.
The " quietness " produced by the antimonial powders
sold under that denomination by certain chemists at Boifcon
appears to he of toe kind mentioned in the hatchment
motto " In Ccelo Quies."
PLEASURE EXCURSIONS FOR PARLIAMENT.
That ail work and no play makes Jack: a dull boy, is a maxim which
applies as well to a public body as to a private person: at any rate it is
applied by Lord Palmerston to the Houses of Parliament. Every
now and then the noble Premier gives the Legislature a holiday. A
little while ago he took it to the Naval Review at Spithead, and now
he has just indulged it in an excursion to see a corresponding Military
exhibition at Aluershott, treating it on both occasions at the public
expense. This is good policy, not only with a view to retention of
office, but also for the purpose of getting Parliament to do its wotk
cheerfully and with alacrity. After a holioay, legislators may be
expected to set to with redoubled ardcur and diligence at their
appointed tasks.
We trust that the noble Lord will carry out the experiment which
he has commenced with such signal success, and that the newspapers
will soon, very frequently contain paragraphs of the following kind:—
"Yesterday being Coronation Day, the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons were taken by the Government for a day's pleasure and recreation
to Hampton Court. Noble lords and honourable gentlemen were con-
veyed in vans gaily decorated with flags and flowers, and accompanied
hy bands of music which played ' Cheer, Boys, Cheer,' the 'Ratcatcher's
Daughter' atid other appropriate airs. Tne merry party alighted in
Bushy Park, where an awning was spread, under which both Houses
assembled, and each Member received a piece of plum-cake and a glass
of wine. Afrer having partaken of this refreshment. Parliament
adjourned to Hampton Court, and spent several hours in inspecting
the pictures so fraught with historical recollections, and in admiring
the gold fish and other interesting objects abounding in that picturesque
locality. Among these, the miz-maze, or labyrinth, attracted particular
attention, as being pleasantly suggestive of the intricacies of debate.
Having examined every object in the Palace and grounds won hy of
attention, the delighted holiday-makers returned to the Park, wheie,
under the before-mentioned awning, a substantial meal was provided
for them, consisting of good old English fare, roast beef and plum-
pudding, which, a benediction having been previously pronounced by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, soon disapDeared. At the con-
clusion of the repast 'Non Nobis' was sung by professionals in
attendance, and was followed by the National Anthem; all hands
joining in the chorus. In the evening the merry legislators returned to
Town, highly gratified by the day's treat which they had experienced.
They were taken back by the same conveyances as those in which they
had been brought down, and, during the whole of their journey, evinced
their exhilaration by cheering and singing songs. We understand that
it is in contemplation to celebrate the anniversary of Her Majesty's
Coronation regularly, in future, by a Parliamentary excursion to some
attractive nlace of resort in the vicinity of London. The necessary
expenses of the trip will be defrayed by a geneiousnation, which will
r.eonly too glad to afford its hard-worked legislators the means of
enjoying that relaxation necessary no less to the cheerful than the
effective performance of their duties."
The Premier, the other day, regretted that it was not in the power
of the Government to take the laiies of Members to Aldershott. In
future, perhaps, this drawback on the Parliamentary holiday will be
obviated, and the tars of the pedestrian on the towing-path of the
Thames will often be sainted by the notes of harp and violin pro-
ceeding from a steamer ascending the River, with Members of Par-
liament on board, and their wives and daughters, taken up to Eel-pie
Island or Thames Ditton for a holiday.
A SORRY SAINT.
In a letter to the Record the following accusation is brought against
somebody by a nameless noodle or an anonymous hypocrite.
" Great rejoicings were felt that the chair at a very important meeting on behalf of
the Church Missionary Society was occupied by a very distinguished individual. Ia
a few days after, to my deep sorrow, I heard, as the last piece of information respecting
him, that he had gone to Town, and been seen at the Opera."
This fellow describes himself as " One who is jealous for our Evan-
gelical Societies," and his jealousy apparently causes him to think, or
pretend that he thinks, the Church Missionary Society's reputation
injured by the circumstance that a meeting of that association had been
presided over by a very distinguished individual who had subsequently
been seen at the Ooera. It must be very " painful"—to condescend to
the use of a sanctified vulgarism— very "painful" to this victim of the
evangelical green-eyed monster, to consider—as he must—that the most
distinguished individual in the kingdom, or, more accurately speaking,
the queendom, has oftentimes been seen at the Opera, the National
Anthem having been usually sung on those occasions. Eor that very
distinguished individual is, not, indeed, the chairman of the Church
Missionary Society, but, with all respect be it spoken, the chairwoman
or president of the Church itself. This consideration must exceedingly
deepen his already deep sorrow, and in that deep create a lower deep,
if the sorrow of this sorry 'ellow is unaffected sortow, instead of being,
as we rather think it is, affected sorrow, and, in one word, sham.
HOMCEOPATH1C GLOBULES. (Third Dose.)
Onck a humbug, always a humbug.
Ol all patients, the medical patient is the greatest coward.
It's all very well to say " Physician, heal thyself," but no Physician likes doing it.
Those cases pay the best in which there is nothing the matter with the patient.
One " Malade Imaginaire " to a Doctor is an income—two a brougham—six a
fortune.
The highest skill of a Doctor is in putting his patients on bread and water without
their knowing it; making the bread into pills, and colouring the water so as to make
them believe it is medicine.
Ills, pills, and bills are members ot the same family, that often meet at the same
bedside.
The patient may do without the physician, but the physician cannot do without *he
patient.
Lake and His Sword.
The folks of Ramsgate have presented Colonel Lake, one of the
heroes of Ears, with a sword: we are happy to announce the fact.
Perhaps the gallant officer may now be permitted, with that sword in
hand, to cut his way through routine, or whatever obstacle it may be,
between his merits and the Palace.
Vol. 31.
2