DOI issue:
November 15, 1856
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16618#0200
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[November 15, 1856.
allusion to an elephant. " We shall now cause the animal to afford
you a few illustrations of his wonderful sagacity." Hereupon hs pokes
the Lord Mayor in the stomach, and his Lordship, thus stimulated,
gesticulate^, kicks, and is thro *n into a paroxysm of unwieldy convul-
sions. ' The Lord Mayor will next oblige the company by balancing
himself on one leg "—and admonished by another touch of the wand,
my Lord a-sumes the required attitude. "He will now accomplish
the remarkable 'eat of standing on his head," and this achievement is
aUo effected in obedience to an additional incentive administered with
the long p^le. " The docile creature will next kneel down, and remain
in that posiute whilst the Cap of Maintenance is being sent round
among the honou>able spectators. P/ay remember the Recorder."
The ptoml-ed result is again obtained by a repetition of the stimulus.
" You _shall now behold him, at the word of command, seat himself
upon his haunches, and, resting upon that extraordinary basis, he will
ring a bell, fire off a pistol, and eat any quantity of singerbread-nuts
that the kindness of any parties present may dispose them to offer him.
After which he will ^ick up a sixpence with his mouth ; and lastly rise,
expressing his sense of tlie obligations conferred upon him by caking
an obeisance to the company." All these acts of intelligence ate accu-
rately, if clumsily, executed by the apparently half-reasoning dignitary,
who is then at length led off amid the applause of the beholders.
la answer to the congratu'a'ions of the Lord Chancellor on his
elevation to the Civic Chair, we do not find the Lord Mayor repre-
sentei as uttering any articulate sounds ; whence we conclude, that his
acknowledgments of them are tendered in dumb show at a signal
intimated to him by his Recorder.
Toe Lord Major's Show, and ail the other ceremonial chcumstances
inc dental to the Mayoralty, are of a character equally absurd with his
presentation to tbe Lord Chancellor. The ludicrous is a recognised
element in the Civic Constitution, atd ifs utility is evideuced in the
practical working of that system. Perhaps some erudite German pro-
fessor will some day expound the Theory of the Comic in Municipal
THE FIRST COOK, Government, as operating, with tbe force of a sustaining principle, in
, ... , v ■ ,(V . , , , ,, j, our Civic monaicby.
iiniid. Young .Bride (with delicacy). " You seem to nave had, then, Jive
new situations in four months.—Is not that rather—how is— ?"
Rawboned Candidate (with energy). " Bless yer 'art, mum, I've had
such young dooses of Missuses, mum I"
EXHIBITION OF THE LORD MAYOR ELECT!
Below is described a ceremony which a simply benevolent mind
would be pained to a itnebs :—
" Presentation of the Lord Mayor Elect.—At 11 o'clock yesterday, according But among the penny-foolish people We fear that We mUStf place the
to custom, the Lokd Mayor elect was presented to the Lord Chancellor for Her unfortunate persons (we hope, and indeed believe, that their number is
Majesty s approval. Hie Lord Mayor was introduced to the Lord Chancellor, at , 1 /Jl_ fhmv aopn^ thPir hawW« in nrnrwins- Mifh cheat)
his mansion in Upper Brook Street, Giosvenor Square. The Recorder, in a brief ^ i£F£e (.W"° ltlrow away tneir DaWDeCS ML procuring sucu Uieap
address, set forth the services that the worthy Alderman had performed in his various Scotch newspapers &s are ty Dined by an LdinOUIgll journal wuich Has
offices of Common Councilman, and Deputy of the Tower "Ward, for which he was been sent us, Called the Daily Express. One does not expect profound
elec'ed Alderman on the death of Alderman Lucas, as also his services.as Magistrate ,|0lih'p»] views 'irvwatp rfnnrta or arivthin" pise of much Value for
of the City of London. The learned Recorder also entered into a brief statement of WUUCai Views, accurate reports, 01 anVMUng else 01 mueil Vdiue iui
the success of the commercial pursuits of the Lord Mayor elect, which had raised him ^UX farthings; but, to adapt what a gentleman Ot the CUimney-SWetsping
to the proud position of being chosen Lord Mayor of the first city of the world. The persuasion bawled out one night at the Victoria Theatre,— ' We dou t
Lord Chancellor, in expressing on the part of Her Majesty her approval of the I look for no good grammar here; but, blow it, vou might shut the scenes
choice of the Livery, congratulated the Lord Mayor elect on his elevation. The Lord i > » \i o .l i '1, ' 11 'li it _i: 1, i_ „ v,„.»„+,Vq
Mayor elect, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and the other Civic functional then to ! ~tne PelW Scotchman might avoid homble English in a narrative
withdrew." j of a simple incident that took place under, or rather over his own eyes.
m. i , j • , , ,. , , . ! In the very centre and post of honour ia the Daily Express, we find the
. Ibe scrne above rcpor'ed is enacted &nnuauy, and everybody wtio following morceau__
attains to what is caiitd "the proud position of being chosen Lord1 ■ ' „ t a„ tt f(v wkuo
Ma.or of the first city in the world," ha5 also to occupy the extremely hZh^^
unaigmtiea position assigned to the LORD MAYOR elect in the above and gentlemen on his balcony, which did great credit to the landlord of the above-
narrative. The heir annually apparent to the Civic Crown has always, \ mentioned hotel."
within a few days of his accession to the throne of the City, to be j We have heard of a man's being enlightened (a process not likely to
Diought up befoie the Lord Chancellor, and exhibited and described be often undergo) e by a subscriber to the Daily Express), but how Mr.
to that nob!e and learned functionary by the Recorder. As if the Hutchison of ti e White Horse,managed to be "illuminated" puzzles
subject ot the Recorder's remarks were incapable of giving an account us. As Mrs Hemans wrote "There is fear in the path of his dim
of himself, and stating his own antecedents—birth, parentage, lineage,; White Horse.'" Passing from this mystery, we want to know why
in case of his having any, education, and commercial career, m decent j Scotch ladies and gentlemen are to be talked of as if they were fire-
Lnglisa. Iradition, derived from barbarous antiquity, appears to have ; ^orks A splendid display of ladies and gentlemen! We hope, fire-
piescnhed, that Lord Majors shall be presumed to be, as such, inca-! WOrks or not that the landlord did not "let them off," until they had
pable ot rational utterance, sure to omit, or misapply, the aspirate, and , paid their bills The balcony according to the Daily Express, did the
certain to confound the letter v and zf-tberefare unfit to open their j landlord 'great' credit but we trust that he gave little. The penny
rnouths, except to eat in any educated presence. The elect Lord | Scotchman "observed " all these things, for he says so, but his ability
Mayor is explained to the Lord Chancellor by the same kind of j to piece the result of his observations on paper is as limited as we
piolocutor as the one who, accoidir.g to the former Matthews, be-, should imagine, from the admitted shrewdness of our Scottish brethren,
tnenaed the school-boy, by informs g those whom it concerned, that ■ that his circulation must be. Even twa bawbees should not be wasted
this young gentleman s name was Norval. We snould somewhat like, 0n trash.
although, for the reason above given, it would a little hurt our feelings, ' ---- —
to witness the burlesque performed by the Recorder for the enter- _ , £
tainment of the higher legal functionary. Proverbs for Palk.
Left to imagination for an idea of the scene, we conceive the learned j Wash your dirty linen at home before you give advice to husbandmen,
gentleman provided with a long wand, and employing it, in his demon- j Hang a dog before you give him a bad name,
stratum, after the manner of the showman of a menagerie. Continuing : Take care of your pence before you let your charity begin at home,
his discourse iu terms reverently suppressed by the reporter, we fancy j A bird in band is the best policy,
him to proceed in something like the following strain, as though in' Honesty is worth two m a bush.
AN ILLUMINATED SCOTCHMAN.
There is such a thing as being Penny-Wise—there is also such a
thing as being Penny-Foolish. The former implies only comparative,
the latter positive folly. Among those who practise penny-wisdom, we
may class the purchasers of most of our London cheap newspapers,
seeing that such persons obtain an article which, though it is necessarily
inferior to the productions of those who employ first-class writers and
nay them adequately, contains some information and some good sense.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[November 15, 1856.
allusion to an elephant. " We shall now cause the animal to afford
you a few illustrations of his wonderful sagacity." Hereupon hs pokes
the Lord Mayor in the stomach, and his Lordship, thus stimulated,
gesticulate^, kicks, and is thro *n into a paroxysm of unwieldy convul-
sions. ' The Lord Mayor will next oblige the company by balancing
himself on one leg "—and admonished by another touch of the wand,
my Lord a-sumes the required attitude. "He will now accomplish
the remarkable 'eat of standing on his head," and this achievement is
aUo effected in obedience to an additional incentive administered with
the long p^le. " The docile creature will next kneel down, and remain
in that posiute whilst the Cap of Maintenance is being sent round
among the honou>able spectators. P/ay remember the Recorder."
The ptoml-ed result is again obtained by a repetition of the stimulus.
" You _shall now behold him, at the word of command, seat himself
upon his haunches, and, resting upon that extraordinary basis, he will
ring a bell, fire off a pistol, and eat any quantity of singerbread-nuts
that the kindness of any parties present may dispose them to offer him.
After which he will ^ick up a sixpence with his mouth ; and lastly rise,
expressing his sense of tlie obligations conferred upon him by caking
an obeisance to the company." All these acts of intelligence ate accu-
rately, if clumsily, executed by the apparently half-reasoning dignitary,
who is then at length led off amid the applause of the beholders.
la answer to the congratu'a'ions of the Lord Chancellor on his
elevation to the Civic Chair, we do not find the Lord Mayor repre-
sentei as uttering any articulate sounds ; whence we conclude, that his
acknowledgments of them are tendered in dumb show at a signal
intimated to him by his Recorder.
Toe Lord Major's Show, and ail the other ceremonial chcumstances
inc dental to the Mayoralty, are of a character equally absurd with his
presentation to tbe Lord Chancellor. The ludicrous is a recognised
element in the Civic Constitution, atd ifs utility is evideuced in the
practical working of that system. Perhaps some erudite German pro-
fessor will some day expound the Theory of the Comic in Municipal
THE FIRST COOK, Government, as operating, with tbe force of a sustaining principle, in
, ... , v ■ ,(V . , , , ,, j, our Civic monaicby.
iiniid. Young .Bride (with delicacy). " You seem to nave had, then, Jive
new situations in four months.—Is not that rather—how is— ?"
Rawboned Candidate (with energy). " Bless yer 'art, mum, I've had
such young dooses of Missuses, mum I"
EXHIBITION OF THE LORD MAYOR ELECT!
Below is described a ceremony which a simply benevolent mind
would be pained to a itnebs :—
" Presentation of the Lord Mayor Elect.—At 11 o'clock yesterday, according But among the penny-foolish people We fear that We mUStf place the
to custom, the Lokd Mayor elect was presented to the Lord Chancellor for Her unfortunate persons (we hope, and indeed believe, that their number is
Majesty s approval. Hie Lord Mayor was introduced to the Lord Chancellor, at , 1 /Jl_ fhmv aopn^ thPir hawW« in nrnrwins- Mifh cheat)
his mansion in Upper Brook Street, Giosvenor Square. The Recorder, in a brief ^ i£F£e (.W"° ltlrow away tneir DaWDeCS ML procuring sucu Uieap
address, set forth the services that the worthy Alderman had performed in his various Scotch newspapers &s are ty Dined by an LdinOUIgll journal wuich Has
offices of Common Councilman, and Deputy of the Tower "Ward, for which he was been sent us, Called the Daily Express. One does not expect profound
elec'ed Alderman on the death of Alderman Lucas, as also his services.as Magistrate ,|0lih'p»] views 'irvwatp rfnnrta or arivthin" pise of much Value for
of the City of London. The learned Recorder also entered into a brief statement of WUUCai Views, accurate reports, 01 anVMUng else 01 mueil Vdiue iui
the success of the commercial pursuits of the Lord Mayor elect, which had raised him ^UX farthings; but, to adapt what a gentleman Ot the CUimney-SWetsping
to the proud position of being chosen Lord Mayor of the first city of the world. The persuasion bawled out one night at the Victoria Theatre,— ' We dou t
Lord Chancellor, in expressing on the part of Her Majesty her approval of the I look for no good grammar here; but, blow it, vou might shut the scenes
choice of the Livery, congratulated the Lord Mayor elect on his elevation. The Lord i > » \i o .l i '1, ' 11 'li it _i: 1, i_ „ v,„.»„+,Vq
Mayor elect, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and the other Civic functional then to ! ~tne PelW Scotchman might avoid homble English in a narrative
withdrew." j of a simple incident that took place under, or rather over his own eyes.
m. i , j • , , ,. , , . ! In the very centre and post of honour ia the Daily Express, we find the
. Ibe scrne above rcpor'ed is enacted &nnuauy, and everybody wtio following morceau__
attains to what is caiitd "the proud position of being chosen Lord1 ■ ' „ t a„ tt f(v wkuo
Ma.or of the first city in the world," ha5 also to occupy the extremely hZh^^
unaigmtiea position assigned to the LORD MAYOR elect in the above and gentlemen on his balcony, which did great credit to the landlord of the above-
narrative. The heir annually apparent to the Civic Crown has always, \ mentioned hotel."
within a few days of his accession to the throne of the City, to be j We have heard of a man's being enlightened (a process not likely to
Diought up befoie the Lord Chancellor, and exhibited and described be often undergo) e by a subscriber to the Daily Express), but how Mr.
to that nob!e and learned functionary by the Recorder. As if the Hutchison of ti e White Horse,managed to be "illuminated" puzzles
subject ot the Recorder's remarks were incapable of giving an account us. As Mrs Hemans wrote "There is fear in the path of his dim
of himself, and stating his own antecedents—birth, parentage, lineage,; White Horse.'" Passing from this mystery, we want to know why
in case of his having any, education, and commercial career, m decent j Scotch ladies and gentlemen are to be talked of as if they were fire-
Lnglisa. Iradition, derived from barbarous antiquity, appears to have ; ^orks A splendid display of ladies and gentlemen! We hope, fire-
piescnhed, that Lord Majors shall be presumed to be, as such, inca-! WOrks or not that the landlord did not "let them off," until they had
pable ot rational utterance, sure to omit, or misapply, the aspirate, and , paid their bills The balcony according to the Daily Express, did the
certain to confound the letter v and zf-tberefare unfit to open their j landlord 'great' credit but we trust that he gave little. The penny
rnouths, except to eat in any educated presence. The elect Lord | Scotchman "observed " all these things, for he says so, but his ability
Mayor is explained to the Lord Chancellor by the same kind of j to piece the result of his observations on paper is as limited as we
piolocutor as the one who, accoidir.g to the former Matthews, be-, should imagine, from the admitted shrewdness of our Scottish brethren,
tnenaed the school-boy, by informs g those whom it concerned, that ■ that his circulation must be. Even twa bawbees should not be wasted
this young gentleman s name was Norval. We snould somewhat like, 0n trash.
although, for the reason above given, it would a little hurt our feelings, ' ---- —
to witness the burlesque performed by the Recorder for the enter- _ , £
tainment of the higher legal functionary. Proverbs for Palk.
Left to imagination for an idea of the scene, we conceive the learned j Wash your dirty linen at home before you give advice to husbandmen,
gentleman provided with a long wand, and employing it, in his demon- j Hang a dog before you give him a bad name,
stratum, after the manner of the showman of a menagerie. Continuing : Take care of your pence before you let your charity begin at home,
his discourse iu terms reverently suppressed by the reporter, we fancy j A bird in band is the best policy,
him to proceed in something like the following strain, as though in' Honesty is worth two m a bush.
AN ILLUMINATED SCOTCHMAN.
There is such a thing as being Penny-Wise—there is also such a
thing as being Penny-Foolish. The former implies only comparative,
the latter positive folly. Among those who practise penny-wisdom, we
may class the purchasers of most of our London cheap newspapers,
seeing that such persons obtain an article which, though it is necessarily
inferior to the productions of those who employ first-class writers and
nay them adequately, contains some information and some good sense.