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December 13, 1856
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December 13, 1856.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 2ay
Cardinal Wiseman's enemy say so, nor shall he do our ears that
violence. We must be allowed to consider this too modesr insinuation, A LOVE-SONG OF THE MONEY-MARKET,
together with one or two marvellous stories of Roman clairvoyance, not
reported by the Star, but given by another contemporary, as intended 1 will not ask thee to be mine,
by his Eminence principally for the e« of that celebrated Ameiican Because I love tHee far too well;
gentleman, Mr. Buncombe. Ah ! what I feel, who thus resign
____ All hope in life, no words can tell.
■ On'y tr-e dictate I obey
NOVELTY IN SCOTTISH SCULPTURE. W&SZ^&ffiSr
(To Pbot^-oh Blackie.) Farewell to thee and happiness.
ch, My Blackie-A'm tauld ! Th? ^ce so tranquil and serene
that ye makit a speech the i p>u!?^Ttfij^J^!25
ither day, before an unco Pinched with hard thrift, s expression mean,
gatherin' o' Provosts, an' T ^'sfigured with the lines of care,
Sherras, an' Baillie bodies at 1 c°uKld *0' b,ook ^ day to see
When thou would'st not, as thou hast now,
Ha«e ail those things surrounding thee
That light the eye and smooth the brow.
Edinbro1, wherein ye exponed
the need, an' necessity, an'
expediency, an' the propriety
of erectin' a statue till the, Thou wilt smiIe calml ftt fear
memory o Sir Wulliam Wal- that wmt wquw e>er approacll our door
lace on t„e Abbey Craig, near r know {t mu8t to thee appear
btirimg, jus . ^ melancholy dream: no more.
" Overlooking the field where, five Wilt thou not Oe With riches blest ?
centuries and a half since, he routed is BOt my fortune ample too?
the invading English army, and ' Must I not, therefore, be possessed,
established the liberties and inde-
pendence of Scotland."
"An' a'm also tellit that
ye're g an gin' to hae the monu-
To feel that dread, of devils blue?
Alas! my wealth, that should maintain,
My bride in glory and in joy,
mentof cannie Wallace wight Is built on a foundation vain,
made oot o' bruize, an' exe- Which soon a tempest will destroy,
cuted in the varra highest style le^. yes, an interest high, I know
o' Scottish art. Noo, a' hope My capital at present bears ;
je wuuna be fasht gin a' offer Hut in a moment it may g<>:
It is invested ali in shares.
The Comoany is doomed to fall,
Spreading around disaster dire,
I hear ihat the Directors all
Are rogues—'he greatest rogue tby Si e !
Go—seek a happier, wiser mate,
Who had the wit to be content
With 'he returns of his estate,
And with Consols at Th.ee per Cent !
ye a wee suggestion, whilk is
aiblins something in my way,
je ker, for this gran' new
wark o' Caledouia'i sculpture.
W'heu a' tak ma walks abroad
in the City o' London, and the
Borough o' Souihwark, an' the
Bailliewick o' Westminster, and study the various specimens o'
Scottish art whilk a' encoonfer in the course o' ma nerambulations,
seetuated at the vestibules o' waist o' the splendid edifices devoted to
what a'11 venture to ca' the Nicotian department o' commerce, a' ju3t
observe one defec in the conception o' these national monuments,
whilk a wee bit detracks from their superiority over the uroductions
o' Phidias, an' Flaxman, an' Benventjto Cellini, an' Michael
Angelo, an' Canova, an' Westmacott. There ia too mu. kle samness
an' uniformity, a'm thinking, about ane an' a' o' th<m ; i'ka ane wi' an
ontstretcb.it arm presentin' to the spectator a gteat mull. JNoo, then, i
giu ye'll tak my advice, ye'll just min' to hae the position, an'the j
posture, an' the aUiiude o' Wullie Wallace sae otderif, that naebody
shall hae ony groond to objeck till the statue for na bein' original eneuch.
I wadna recommen' that tne national costume should be discarded. Gie
the figure a kilt, an' a philabeg, an' a spleuchan, an' a dirk, an' a bonnet
decorated wi' a cairngorm and a plume o' feathers. But just re quest, j
the artist-chiel, whaever he may be, that designs the model, to mak' a
guid braid pedestal, an' thereon, atween twa claymores disposed in !
what the heralds ca'saltier, plant Wullie Wallace upon trie top-joints j
o' his toes, an' the toes o' ilka fute turned oot, ae fate in advance o' the j
ither, an' the legs a wee bent at tne knees. Mahover, the left fist suld ^/a°
be restin' on the hip, an' the right arm lilted in the air, and the twa . _______
first fingers o' the right, han' applied to the thumb. Sae, ye see, ye '11
just hae Wallace balancin'himsel'elegantly atween'he twa claymore- A Word for Buffoons,
bladies, dancin' our warlike sword-dance, an' snappin' his fingeis wi'
scorn an' defiance at proud auld Edward's power an' tne Southron Abchdeacon Denison is an ill-used man. He has been condemned
loons; as muckl* as to say that he didna care a bawbee for a' of ttiem j for holding doctrines differing in sense from the Articles, whereas the
pit thegither. Ye'll express an historical fac, an' for bye hae the doctrines which he promulgates have no sense at all. Punch sympa-
advantaxe of exhibitin' our kintra's hero in a novel an' natural an': thises with the Archdeacon op Taunton. What is to become of
gracefu' vareeaty o' action. 1 Punch it anybody is to be punished for talking nonsense ?
" Believe me, my Blackie, wi' muckle sympathy, _
" Nationally and individually yours ever,
•'85, Fleetstreetie, Dec, 1856. "Sawney Mac Punch." 08 the icel
I A Distinguished British Bank Director—"a purely West End
man "—attracted great attention on the ice la*t week. It was won-
derful the dexterity with which he cut £ s. d., and straightway cut
away again.
All the Difference.
A Pamphlet published lately, propounds to us the question—
" While Banks thus fail, who are safe?"—a problem we have neither
time nor inclination properly to solve._ We therefore skip the working
of it, and jump at once to the conclusion that it has been proved in far
more instances than we have room to print, that Speculations are but
peculations—with the prefix of an S.
" Punch" in Paris.
" Poor Punch," writes the Correspondent of the Daily News, " is
again seized this week." Quite correct; "seized" with a malady to
which print is subject in France ; namely, the Lues Imperiaiis.
Cardinal Wiseman's enemy say so, nor shall he do our ears that
violence. We must be allowed to consider this too modesr insinuation, A LOVE-SONG OF THE MONEY-MARKET,
together with one or two marvellous stories of Roman clairvoyance, not
reported by the Star, but given by another contemporary, as intended 1 will not ask thee to be mine,
by his Eminence principally for the e« of that celebrated Ameiican Because I love tHee far too well;
gentleman, Mr. Buncombe. Ah ! what I feel, who thus resign
____ All hope in life, no words can tell.
■ On'y tr-e dictate I obey
NOVELTY IN SCOTTISH SCULPTURE. W&SZ^&ffiSr
(To Pbot^-oh Blackie.) Farewell to thee and happiness.
ch, My Blackie-A'm tauld ! Th? ^ce so tranquil and serene
that ye makit a speech the i p>u!?^Ttfij^J^!25
ither day, before an unco Pinched with hard thrift, s expression mean,
gatherin' o' Provosts, an' T ^'sfigured with the lines of care,
Sherras, an' Baillie bodies at 1 c°uKld *0' b,ook ^ day to see
When thou would'st not, as thou hast now,
Ha«e ail those things surrounding thee
That light the eye and smooth the brow.
Edinbro1, wherein ye exponed
the need, an' necessity, an'
expediency, an' the propriety
of erectin' a statue till the, Thou wilt smiIe calml ftt fear
memory o Sir Wulliam Wal- that wmt wquw e>er approacll our door
lace on t„e Abbey Craig, near r know {t mu8t to thee appear
btirimg, jus . ^ melancholy dream: no more.
" Overlooking the field where, five Wilt thou not Oe With riches blest ?
centuries and a half since, he routed is BOt my fortune ample too?
the invading English army, and ' Must I not, therefore, be possessed,
established the liberties and inde-
pendence of Scotland."
"An' a'm also tellit that
ye're g an gin' to hae the monu-
To feel that dread, of devils blue?
Alas! my wealth, that should maintain,
My bride in glory and in joy,
mentof cannie Wallace wight Is built on a foundation vain,
made oot o' bruize, an' exe- Which soon a tempest will destroy,
cuted in the varra highest style le^. yes, an interest high, I know
o' Scottish art. Noo, a' hope My capital at present bears ;
je wuuna be fasht gin a' offer Hut in a moment it may g<>:
It is invested ali in shares.
The Comoany is doomed to fall,
Spreading around disaster dire,
I hear ihat the Directors all
Are rogues—'he greatest rogue tby Si e !
Go—seek a happier, wiser mate,
Who had the wit to be content
With 'he returns of his estate,
And with Consols at Th.ee per Cent !
ye a wee suggestion, whilk is
aiblins something in my way,
je ker, for this gran' new
wark o' Caledouia'i sculpture.
W'heu a' tak ma walks abroad
in the City o' London, and the
Borough o' Souihwark, an' the
Bailliewick o' Westminster, and study the various specimens o'
Scottish art whilk a' encoonfer in the course o' ma nerambulations,
seetuated at the vestibules o' waist o' the splendid edifices devoted to
what a'11 venture to ca' the Nicotian department o' commerce, a' ju3t
observe one defec in the conception o' these national monuments,
whilk a wee bit detracks from their superiority over the uroductions
o' Phidias, an' Flaxman, an' Benventjto Cellini, an' Michael
Angelo, an' Canova, an' Westmacott. There ia too mu. kle samness
an' uniformity, a'm thinking, about ane an' a' o' th<m ; i'ka ane wi' an
ontstretcb.it arm presentin' to the spectator a gteat mull. JNoo, then, i
giu ye'll tak my advice, ye'll just min' to hae the position, an'the j
posture, an' the aUiiude o' Wullie Wallace sae otderif, that naebody
shall hae ony groond to objeck till the statue for na bein' original eneuch.
I wadna recommen' that tne national costume should be discarded. Gie
the figure a kilt, an' a philabeg, an' a spleuchan, an' a dirk, an' a bonnet
decorated wi' a cairngorm and a plume o' feathers. But just re quest, j
the artist-chiel, whaever he may be, that designs the model, to mak' a
guid braid pedestal, an' thereon, atween twa claymores disposed in !
what the heralds ca'saltier, plant Wullie Wallace upon trie top-joints j
o' his toes, an' the toes o' ilka fute turned oot, ae fate in advance o' the j
ither, an' the legs a wee bent at tne knees. Mahover, the left fist suld ^/a°
be restin' on the hip, an' the right arm lilted in the air, and the twa . _______
first fingers o' the right, han' applied to the thumb. Sae, ye see, ye '11
just hae Wallace balancin'himsel'elegantly atween'he twa claymore- A Word for Buffoons,
bladies, dancin' our warlike sword-dance, an' snappin' his fingeis wi'
scorn an' defiance at proud auld Edward's power an' tne Southron Abchdeacon Denison is an ill-used man. He has been condemned
loons; as muckl* as to say that he didna care a bawbee for a' of ttiem j for holding doctrines differing in sense from the Articles, whereas the
pit thegither. Ye'll express an historical fac, an' for bye hae the doctrines which he promulgates have no sense at all. Punch sympa-
advantaxe of exhibitin' our kintra's hero in a novel an' natural an': thises with the Archdeacon op Taunton. What is to become of
gracefu' vareeaty o' action. 1 Punch it anybody is to be punished for talking nonsense ?
" Believe me, my Blackie, wi' muckle sympathy, _
" Nationally and individually yours ever,
•'85, Fleetstreetie, Dec, 1856. "Sawney Mac Punch." 08 the icel
I A Distinguished British Bank Director—"a purely West End
man "—attracted great attention on the ice la*t week. It was won-
derful the dexterity with which he cut £ s. d., and straightway cut
away again.
All the Difference.
A Pamphlet published lately, propounds to us the question—
" While Banks thus fail, who are safe?"—a problem we have neither
time nor inclination properly to solve._ We therefore skip the working
of it, and jump at once to the conclusion that it has been proved in far
more instances than we have room to print, that Speculations are but
peculations—with the prefix of an S.
" Punch" in Paris.
" Poor Punch," writes the Correspondent of the Daily News, " is
again seized this week." Quite correct; "seized" with a malady to
which print is subject in France ; namely, the Lues Imperiaiis.