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November 15, 1856
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November 15, 1856.1
7 «j
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
191
Bigot. I see no reason WHIT gunpowder treason should hever
be EORGOT !—OLLER boys ! OlLER ! "
[This print of the Protestant Biijot of the 19th Cuitury, is dedicated to
his Eminence Cardinal w—sem—n.
A PROPHETIC SCENE ON TOWER-HILL.
{From the Morning Herald, of April the First, in the Year-,)
The fearful event that has just delivered England from the interested
machinations of one of the boldest, one of the least scrupulous, and
let us add, one of the most adroit Ministers that ever pursued, like the
snake, a tortuous policy for his own advancement,—will, we profoundly
hope, operate so terribly as an example for all time, that never may the
yesterday's spectacle of Tower-Hill be again repeated. But the blow
is struck! And at this solemn moment, laying our hand upon our
heart, we do not shrink from the responsibility of the part we nave
played in the tragedy, knowing as we do, that in our pursuit of the
noble Viscount to Tower-Hill, we have followed no meaner motive
than our love of country, to say nothing of our philanthropy for uni-
versal human kind.
But it was impossible that the unhappy nobleman could continue to
struggle against the accumulated proofs of treason that it was our
agonising duty to p.ef&fagainst him. The Morning Herald had but one
course to pursue, even if that course, in its inevitable end, drove a Prime
Minister of England to the block. Let history judge and acquit us of
all personal ill-will, all mere party malice. No: we do not scruple to
affirm that there were many qualities in Viscount P—ih—st—n that
had our cordial respect: would they had been sufficient to have saved
him from a vengeance that was maiie sacred by its cause ! Bur, the end
of the unhappy statesman, it is to be hoped, will remain a wa ning to
all future Ministers^ that it is not given to them to betray England and
escape the avenging wrath of the Morning Herald.
With the mournful scene of yesterday ensanguined in the recolltcion
of tens of thousands—(for never, perhaps, was Tower Hill so crowded)
it is not our purpose to dilate upon the circumstances that led to the
tragedy: nevertheless, we may be permitted to cast back a retro-
spective glance on Westminster Hall p epaied for the trial of the fallen
Minister. We are free to confers that Viscount P—lm—st—sr bore
himself with all his constitutional ease and even gaiety on that mournful
occasion. At the ve<y time that the toils—our toils—were closing
around him, and the faces of his friends fell and darkened with anti-
cipation (one middle-aged peeress was removed from the gallery in
hysterics)—at tnat very time, the pleasant audacity of the Viscouat did
not forsake him; and when he entered upon his defence, he took up the
theme with the same grace and vivacity with which it was his wont to
make a congratulatory nuptial speech at a bridal breakfast.
_ But the proofs were all too damning. We had proved as cle&r as
light the many treasons of Viscount P—lm— st—n with Russia. We
showed how in the Ota".eitan difficulty he had been secretly iu accord
with the court of Sr. Petersburg to precipitate the Syrian war, and to
accomplish the Spanish marriages. Well, and what is the result? Has
not Russia—so long estranged from Spain—acknowledged the throne
of Isabella the Second ?
D,d he not aho defeat a treaty between Austria and Turkey, for the
sole purpose of weakening the Porte towards the aggression of
Nicholas? If the spurs of a Menschik.of]? jingled contemptuously
on the marble hearth of a Turkish Minister, to whom was t* e circum-
stance attributable but to the treason of Viscount P—lm—st—n ?
When England and Austria were about 10 ratify a commercial treaty
for a free-tiade in meerschaum-pipes and Whitney blankets, who—
bribed by Russia, aswe proved in the solemnity of Westminster Hall—
who defeated the measure? Viscount P—dm—st—is !
Who flung Teheran into the arms of St. Petersburg? Who
fastened upon Poland the fetters of the Czar ? Who pocketed the
insult of the Vixen? Who blocked up the Sulina mouths of th-
Danube in complicity with Russia ? Why, P—lm—st— n !
And further, and to conclude, who—with no mo*e remorse than was
shown by the Cruel Uncle of ttie Children in the Wood—who set aside
the rights of nineteen heira to the throne of Denmark—('hey were all
in London in lodgings during the impeachment, and were r<-ady to be
examined, but it was thought unnecessary, for the accused had but one
neck)—who violated the Danish throne for thefutute advan'age of the
Czar of ail the Russias; who but P—lm—st—n ?
But the axe has fallen: treason has bten punished! England hat.
been avenged ! And for the important part the Morning Herald has
taken in the tragedy, we trust that we have too much real patriotism
to make any boast of that. Wo ! all we claim of the country is the
admission teat, fearless• of every consequence, we have done our
duty.
To return to the Tower. From the time that the noble prisoner
entered through Traitor's Gate, his spirits never deserted him. This
; allowance we owe io truth and to the memory cf the man. He was
allowed every privilege consistent with safe-keeping; and it affords a
pleasing aspect of political life to know that men of all parties sens in
iheir cards a*d consolations. Eor ourselves (we niakr no boast of the
trifle) we took care that an early copy of the Morning Herald was placed
upon the breakfast table of the fallen sta'esman; and derive some
comfort from the conviction that more than one ot our leaders shed a
ray of departing sunlight on his approaching end.
His Lordship slept very soundly, and breakfasied with his usual
appetite. Indeed, we regret that as historians it is our duty io chronicle
a jest uttered by the unfortunate nobleman whilst at table, betraying,
as we think, a levity very unseemly on the occasion. Carving a cold
partridge, the prisoner raised a piece of the breast towards his mouth,
winked, and said " game to the last." It was also observable that he
ate more than his usual supply of tiussiau caviare, thus showing the
ruling passion very strong even in the. Tower. He had also cue the
Russian eagle in the stone wall of his dungeon.
At nine o'clock several bishops, the High Priest of the Jew?, with
several distinguished Wesleyans and Baptist ministers, were piesent,
moved to offer their services. The noble Viscount regretted that he
could not see them all, but thanked them equally lor their solicitude
and good-will
As the clock struck 1 en the hair-dresser was introduced, who pro-
ceeded to cuil tn* noble Viscount's hair ; for which the noble prisoner
gave, the man a five-sovereign piece ( he gold, no doubt, originally from
; the Ural Mountains).
The fatal moment having arrived, his Lordship in the most affable
manner declared himself quite ready. Never, perhaps, did Tower-Hill
display so imposing a spectacle. Tue home-tops were thronged; and
at least half-a-dozen peeresses were pointed out to us who had paid
twenty pounds a-piece lor a seat in au attic window.
j The noble Viscount was dressed in a rich court suit; and it w«s
observed that the waistcoat was somewhat ostentatiously embroidered
j with heart's-ease. For our own part, as Christians, we can only hope
that the heart's-ease was not ail outside.
: As the clock struck tleven, the-
And now all is past, this much we must say of the departed state
\ man. A nobler, honester, braver spirit never worked for his country'?
| good, however mistaken may now and then have been his policy. Bur
who is infallible ? No man. And thus was Viscount P—lm—st—n
taken away, even as it seemed, in the fulness of his triumph. It
appears but yesterday and the departed statesman was making a proud
progress throughout the country. In Manchester, he inspected how
cotton was spun by the process of Sir Elkanah AtiMiiage ; and
where is now his vital thread ? In Liverpool, he--
Shoe-lane, Midnight.
Our office is attacked by a set of ruffians from the neighbourhood
of Tower-Hill, all of them singing, "For he was a jolly good
fellow!"
Ma. Urq—h—rt has addressed the mob, and has in the handsomes'
manner expressed himself ready to go into short mourning. Tnis
has feeemesi to tranquillise the miscteant«, who are gradually de-
parting. Should they return, we will make known the fact in another
edition.
7 «j
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
191
Bigot. I see no reason WHIT gunpowder treason should hever
be EORGOT !—OLLER boys ! OlLER ! "
[This print of the Protestant Biijot of the 19th Cuitury, is dedicated to
his Eminence Cardinal w—sem—n.
A PROPHETIC SCENE ON TOWER-HILL.
{From the Morning Herald, of April the First, in the Year-,)
The fearful event that has just delivered England from the interested
machinations of one of the boldest, one of the least scrupulous, and
let us add, one of the most adroit Ministers that ever pursued, like the
snake, a tortuous policy for his own advancement,—will, we profoundly
hope, operate so terribly as an example for all time, that never may the
yesterday's spectacle of Tower-Hill be again repeated. But the blow
is struck! And at this solemn moment, laying our hand upon our
heart, we do not shrink from the responsibility of the part we nave
played in the tragedy, knowing as we do, that in our pursuit of the
noble Viscount to Tower-Hill, we have followed no meaner motive
than our love of country, to say nothing of our philanthropy for uni-
versal human kind.
But it was impossible that the unhappy nobleman could continue to
struggle against the accumulated proofs of treason that it was our
agonising duty to p.ef&fagainst him. The Morning Herald had but one
course to pursue, even if that course, in its inevitable end, drove a Prime
Minister of England to the block. Let history judge and acquit us of
all personal ill-will, all mere party malice. No: we do not scruple to
affirm that there were many qualities in Viscount P—ih—st—n that
had our cordial respect: would they had been sufficient to have saved
him from a vengeance that was maiie sacred by its cause ! Bur, the end
of the unhappy statesman, it is to be hoped, will remain a wa ning to
all future Ministers^ that it is not given to them to betray England and
escape the avenging wrath of the Morning Herald.
With the mournful scene of yesterday ensanguined in the recolltcion
of tens of thousands—(for never, perhaps, was Tower Hill so crowded)
it is not our purpose to dilate upon the circumstances that led to the
tragedy: nevertheless, we may be permitted to cast back a retro-
spective glance on Westminster Hall p epaied for the trial of the fallen
Minister. We are free to confers that Viscount P—lm—st—sr bore
himself with all his constitutional ease and even gaiety on that mournful
occasion. At the ve<y time that the toils—our toils—were closing
around him, and the faces of his friends fell and darkened with anti-
cipation (one middle-aged peeress was removed from the gallery in
hysterics)—at tnat very time, the pleasant audacity of the Viscouat did
not forsake him; and when he entered upon his defence, he took up the
theme with the same grace and vivacity with which it was his wont to
make a congratulatory nuptial speech at a bridal breakfast.
_ But the proofs were all too damning. We had proved as cle&r as
light the many treasons of Viscount P—lm— st—n with Russia. We
showed how in the Ota".eitan difficulty he had been secretly iu accord
with the court of Sr. Petersburg to precipitate the Syrian war, and to
accomplish the Spanish marriages. Well, and what is the result? Has
not Russia—so long estranged from Spain—acknowledged the throne
of Isabella the Second ?
D,d he not aho defeat a treaty between Austria and Turkey, for the
sole purpose of weakening the Porte towards the aggression of
Nicholas? If the spurs of a Menschik.of]? jingled contemptuously
on the marble hearth of a Turkish Minister, to whom was t* e circum-
stance attributable but to the treason of Viscount P—lm—st—n ?
When England and Austria were about 10 ratify a commercial treaty
for a free-tiade in meerschaum-pipes and Whitney blankets, who—
bribed by Russia, aswe proved in the solemnity of Westminster Hall—
who defeated the measure? Viscount P—dm—st—is !
Who flung Teheran into the arms of St. Petersburg? Who
fastened upon Poland the fetters of the Czar ? Who pocketed the
insult of the Vixen? Who blocked up the Sulina mouths of th-
Danube in complicity with Russia ? Why, P—lm—st— n !
And further, and to conclude, who—with no mo*e remorse than was
shown by the Cruel Uncle of ttie Children in the Wood—who set aside
the rights of nineteen heira to the throne of Denmark—('hey were all
in London in lodgings during the impeachment, and were r<-ady to be
examined, but it was thought unnecessary, for the accused had but one
neck)—who violated the Danish throne for thefutute advan'age of the
Czar of ail the Russias; who but P—lm—st—n ?
But the axe has fallen: treason has bten punished! England hat.
been avenged ! And for the important part the Morning Herald has
taken in the tragedy, we trust that we have too much real patriotism
to make any boast of that. Wo ! all we claim of the country is the
admission teat, fearless• of every consequence, we have done our
duty.
To return to the Tower. From the time that the noble prisoner
entered through Traitor's Gate, his spirits never deserted him. This
; allowance we owe io truth and to the memory cf the man. He was
allowed every privilege consistent with safe-keeping; and it affords a
pleasing aspect of political life to know that men of all parties sens in
iheir cards a*d consolations. Eor ourselves (we niakr no boast of the
trifle) we took care that an early copy of the Morning Herald was placed
upon the breakfast table of the fallen sta'esman; and derive some
comfort from the conviction that more than one ot our leaders shed a
ray of departing sunlight on his approaching end.
His Lordship slept very soundly, and breakfasied with his usual
appetite. Indeed, we regret that as historians it is our duty io chronicle
a jest uttered by the unfortunate nobleman whilst at table, betraying,
as we think, a levity very unseemly on the occasion. Carving a cold
partridge, the prisoner raised a piece of the breast towards his mouth,
winked, and said " game to the last." It was also observable that he
ate more than his usual supply of tiussiau caviare, thus showing the
ruling passion very strong even in the. Tower. He had also cue the
Russian eagle in the stone wall of his dungeon.
At nine o'clock several bishops, the High Priest of the Jew?, with
several distinguished Wesleyans and Baptist ministers, were piesent,
moved to offer their services. The noble Viscount regretted that he
could not see them all, but thanked them equally lor their solicitude
and good-will
As the clock struck 1 en the hair-dresser was introduced, who pro-
ceeded to cuil tn* noble Viscount's hair ; for which the noble prisoner
gave, the man a five-sovereign piece ( he gold, no doubt, originally from
; the Ural Mountains).
The fatal moment having arrived, his Lordship in the most affable
manner declared himself quite ready. Never, perhaps, did Tower-Hill
display so imposing a spectacle. Tue home-tops were thronged; and
at least half-a-dozen peeresses were pointed out to us who had paid
twenty pounds a-piece lor a seat in au attic window.
j The noble Viscount was dressed in a rich court suit; and it w«s
observed that the waistcoat was somewhat ostentatiously embroidered
j with heart's-ease. For our own part, as Christians, we can only hope
that the heart's-ease was not ail outside.
: As the clock struck tleven, the-
And now all is past, this much we must say of the departed state
\ man. A nobler, honester, braver spirit never worked for his country'?
| good, however mistaken may now and then have been his policy. Bur
who is infallible ? No man. And thus was Viscount P—lm—st—n
taken away, even as it seemed, in the fulness of his triumph. It
appears but yesterday and the departed statesman was making a proud
progress throughout the country. In Manchester, he inspected how
cotton was spun by the process of Sir Elkanah AtiMiiage ; and
where is now his vital thread ? In Liverpool, he--
Shoe-lane, Midnight.
Our office is attacked by a set of ruffians from the neighbourhood
of Tower-Hill, all of them singing, "For he was a jolly good
fellow!"
Ma. Urq—h—rt has addressed the mob, and has in the handsomes'
manner expressed himself ready to go into short mourning. Tnis
has feeemesi to tranquillise the miscteant«, who are gradually de-
parting. Should they return, we will make known the fact in another
edition.