DOI issue:
August 2, 1856
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16618#0058
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[August 2, 1856.
"Whoever dares this boot displace,
Must meet BOMBAstes face to face."
A BLOW FOR THE BARONS OF ENGLAND.
We wonder the Peerage has not taken alarm at the intro-
duction of a Bill for the abolition of the office of Curator
Baron of the Exchequer. The pretext for sweeping away
the Barony by act of Parliament is simply that there was
nothing for the Baron to do except to make a ridiculous
speech once a-year on introducing the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs to the Judges at Westminster. This is really a
dangerous precedent; for if every Baron may be got rid of
and utterly done away with, if he is only heard of when he
makes a ridiculous speech, there are several members of
the Peerage who might be swept away in the most summary
manner. We are really astonished that the Lords have not
protested against the measure in question; for there is
something so sacred in the mere name of aristocracy, that
even the Barony of Nathan ought, uot to be lightly
touched, at lea^t in the opinion of those who consider that
uo title can be abolished without puiting the Constitution
in jeopardy.
The Recorder deserves to be thanked in the name of
common sense for recommending that the introduction
of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs should be effected
by some shorter method than " a ridiculous speech," and
his proposal to do the business by a short "aside" to the
usher of the Court is certainly preferable to the old plan,
which, put the world in possession of the biography of every
tradesman who had attained to shiieval dignity in the
Metropolis. Nobody cares to know that the new Sheriff
besides being a tailor or cutler, as the case may be, is also
an architect and builder ; by virtue of'his having been the
aichiteco of his own fortunes.
These tiresome anecdotes of the private life of a new
Sheriff will henceforth be whispered into the eats of the
ushers in Westminster Hall, who may, if they please, retail
t he memoirs over their evening beer at the Checquers, for
1 lie enlightenment of the parlour company. Nails are no
'onger to be counted, nor are sticks ro be chopped, and
Mb,. Wortxey has certainly hit the right nail on the head
hy proposing to do away with the former process, while in
throwing the hatchet away he has gor, rid of a most
ridiculous fiction.
Effectual Destruction of Weeds :—Marrying a widow.
A LUCID LETTER.
rovidence has blessed you
with health, strength, and
abilities; instead of which
you go and steal geese off a
common. This famous ad
should be known. Those ci< cumstances arc, that a certain person,
being in the receipt of a military pension, had been drilling certain
rebels during a little time, and had, on the night before he drilled them,
marched a given number of them, armed with sundry weacoos, to a
stated place, in the expectation of there meeting all the disaffected
inhabitants cf a district named, who had concerted an attack on a
specified town which was occupied by so many companies of such a
dxes'a'oTrme^o^ together with a late gallant officer's troop, belonging to
gentleman and ma^istra^e to I a"0,Der raiment; the whole of these forces heing under the command
the culprit whom he was an0' hftr gallant officer. The historian of these circumstances has
sending to'prison has lone fea*on8 r0r his opinion that it is well they should be known. These
been considered to stand 1 eas0ns arej firstly, his having observed that an honourable Member
without a parallel - but a had given notice or a question relative to the liberation of the persons
match to it will perhaps be ' convicted of the crime above described; secondly, that he, with the
considered to be presented i aSbisr£U,ce °' *lW0 other men, respectively the tenants of a nobleman and
in the following letter ad- I a gentleman, apprehended, on the hiah road, the man in the receipt of
dressed to the Editor of the ! f'ie serieant's pension, another pensioner, and one man more; thirdly,
Morning Post. " \ r',at thirty-six year8 have elapsed since the occurrence of these events.
I ELrff such teasous account for-such an opinion, will not, perhaps, be
" SlE,r°bservin- Mr t- DlIS-1 quite so clear to the majority of oeople as appears to be suDDOsed bv the
combe to have given not,ce that ..^^ Qf Carlton Lodge . ^ ^ ^ his%t?Jej one jnfer tQ be
a porter's lodge, or the abode of a gamekeeper.
We shall pursue this subject no turther, for the a'tempt to elucidate
treason a?'York Tissofas 'n'S '"coherence, and to explain rigmarole has cost us a headache.
i-isted by a tenant of Sir john___
Kayk's. and one of Lord Whakn- j
oi.iffe's) captured these two pen- j
sioners, together with another man, j A Case of Influenza.
ou the high road, and thirtv-six i , ... . .
years having passed, i think it j A disagreeable r-ensation in the no*e is a prevalent complaint at
William Cojkttvf «*«,'. • . ^til it should he know,, that preseut. It is occasioned bv an »rivertisement of a very ple;.sant look
arming the^o^ with a very unpleasant title, which makes everybody «MfL« in trying
them thei night previous, armed with pikes, &c, to Grange Moor, exi.ec.ing to meet i ,0 P'ODOUUCe it—Lake ftgatm.
1,7 tl.edisafecred of the West Riding, who had arranged to attack Huddersneld. !
tro n o the Eh Z'^r °f ,the 83,11 **S™ent and the lax Colonkl SiBTH,.*^--
troop of the 4th Drngo.ni Guards, under the direction of Colonel dk Bathe. i
" Carlton Ledg-, I'ordejmet, July 22. .< Charles Wool. " ! hew servants.
Let pnd-.vnnr tk „4i • , n , • . ! " Lm sure the Smelleunguses chancre their servants verv often."
The wr ter r >Z W he tl ink - W0Dfeful P'ere of compo*rr,on « Why, what makes you think so?" " Because I've noticed 'that their
writer btatea that he thinks it well that certain circumstances I servants invariably answer the bell the £hst time."
he should ask whether an order
hid been sent for the liberation
of William Comstive, Richaki
[August 2, 1856.
"Whoever dares this boot displace,
Must meet BOMBAstes face to face."
A BLOW FOR THE BARONS OF ENGLAND.
We wonder the Peerage has not taken alarm at the intro-
duction of a Bill for the abolition of the office of Curator
Baron of the Exchequer. The pretext for sweeping away
the Barony by act of Parliament is simply that there was
nothing for the Baron to do except to make a ridiculous
speech once a-year on introducing the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs to the Judges at Westminster. This is really a
dangerous precedent; for if every Baron may be got rid of
and utterly done away with, if he is only heard of when he
makes a ridiculous speech, there are several members of
the Peerage who might be swept away in the most summary
manner. We are really astonished that the Lords have not
protested against the measure in question; for there is
something so sacred in the mere name of aristocracy, that
even the Barony of Nathan ought, uot to be lightly
touched, at lea^t in the opinion of those who consider that
uo title can be abolished without puiting the Constitution
in jeopardy.
The Recorder deserves to be thanked in the name of
common sense for recommending that the introduction
of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs should be effected
by some shorter method than " a ridiculous speech," and
his proposal to do the business by a short "aside" to the
usher of the Court is certainly preferable to the old plan,
which, put the world in possession of the biography of every
tradesman who had attained to shiieval dignity in the
Metropolis. Nobody cares to know that the new Sheriff
besides being a tailor or cutler, as the case may be, is also
an architect and builder ; by virtue of'his having been the
aichiteco of his own fortunes.
These tiresome anecdotes of the private life of a new
Sheriff will henceforth be whispered into the eats of the
ushers in Westminster Hall, who may, if they please, retail
t he memoirs over their evening beer at the Checquers, for
1 lie enlightenment of the parlour company. Nails are no
'onger to be counted, nor are sticks ro be chopped, and
Mb,. Wortxey has certainly hit the right nail on the head
hy proposing to do away with the former process, while in
throwing the hatchet away he has gor, rid of a most
ridiculous fiction.
Effectual Destruction of Weeds :—Marrying a widow.
A LUCID LETTER.
rovidence has blessed you
with health, strength, and
abilities; instead of which
you go and steal geese off a
common. This famous ad
should be known. Those ci< cumstances arc, that a certain person,
being in the receipt of a military pension, had been drilling certain
rebels during a little time, and had, on the night before he drilled them,
marched a given number of them, armed with sundry weacoos, to a
stated place, in the expectation of there meeting all the disaffected
inhabitants cf a district named, who had concerted an attack on a
specified town which was occupied by so many companies of such a
dxes'a'oTrme^o^ together with a late gallant officer's troop, belonging to
gentleman and ma^istra^e to I a"0,Der raiment; the whole of these forces heing under the command
the culprit whom he was an0' hftr gallant officer. The historian of these circumstances has
sending to'prison has lone fea*on8 r0r his opinion that it is well they should be known. These
been considered to stand 1 eas0ns arej firstly, his having observed that an honourable Member
without a parallel - but a had given notice or a question relative to the liberation of the persons
match to it will perhaps be ' convicted of the crime above described; secondly, that he, with the
considered to be presented i aSbisr£U,ce °' *lW0 other men, respectively the tenants of a nobleman and
in the following letter ad- I a gentleman, apprehended, on the hiah road, the man in the receipt of
dressed to the Editor of the ! f'ie serieant's pension, another pensioner, and one man more; thirdly,
Morning Post. " \ r',at thirty-six year8 have elapsed since the occurrence of these events.
I ELrff such teasous account for-such an opinion, will not, perhaps, be
" SlE,r°bservin- Mr t- DlIS-1 quite so clear to the majority of oeople as appears to be suDDOsed bv the
combe to have given not,ce that ..^^ Qf Carlton Lodge . ^ ^ ^ his%t?Jej one jnfer tQ be
a porter's lodge, or the abode of a gamekeeper.
We shall pursue this subject no turther, for the a'tempt to elucidate
treason a?'York Tissofas 'n'S '"coherence, and to explain rigmarole has cost us a headache.
i-isted by a tenant of Sir john___
Kayk's. and one of Lord Whakn- j
oi.iffe's) captured these two pen- j
sioners, together with another man, j A Case of Influenza.
ou the high road, and thirtv-six i , ... . .
years having passed, i think it j A disagreeable r-ensation in the no*e is a prevalent complaint at
William Cojkttvf «*«,'. • . ^til it should he know,, that preseut. It is occasioned bv an »rivertisement of a very ple;.sant look
arming the^o^ with a very unpleasant title, which makes everybody «MfL« in trying
them thei night previous, armed with pikes, &c, to Grange Moor, exi.ec.ing to meet i ,0 P'ODOUUCe it—Lake ftgatm.
1,7 tl.edisafecred of the West Riding, who had arranged to attack Huddersneld. !
tro n o the Eh Z'^r °f ,the 83,11 **S™ent and the lax Colonkl SiBTH,.*^--
troop of the 4th Drngo.ni Guards, under the direction of Colonel dk Bathe. i
" Carlton Ledg-, I'ordejmet, July 22. .< Charles Wool. " ! hew servants.
Let pnd-.vnnr tk „4i • , n , • . ! " Lm sure the Smelleunguses chancre their servants verv often."
The wr ter r >Z W he tl ink - W0Dfeful P'ere of compo*rr,on « Why, what makes you think so?" " Because I've noticed 'that their
writer btatea that he thinks it well that certain circumstances I servants invariably answer the bell the £hst time."
he should ask whether an order
hid been sent for the liberation
of William Comstive, Richaki