Punch (32.1857)

180

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[May 2, 1857.

DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE.

Hector. "Now, then, Young Feller—who are you staring at?1

ROYAL NURSERY RHYMES.

Says Prince Albert, on Tuesday,
" I've come to tell news t' ye.
There's a new Baby. Guess ! "
" Girl, Pa," cries the Princess
" To make up for the bride"
Adds sly Wales, half aside
" Let's light up the Palace,
Says light-hearted Alice ;
" I '11 teach her spellin' or
Erench," says grave Helena ;
" I'll never tease her,"
Says laughing Louisa ;
" I '11 nurse her, rather,"
Says gallant young Arthur ;
" And Me too, me hope hold
Um baby," says Leopold ;
" Who '11 write and tell Al ? "
Says Prince Albert, " I shall."

Then they all began shouting, for, coming to lunch
And caudle, they saw their best friend, Mr. Punch.

THE MOTHER OE THE REGIMENT.

La Figlia del Reggimento is just at present attracting
some attention, which might be likewise as well bestowed
on La Madre. Poor old Mrs. Seacole is hard-up. Now
Mrs. Seacole was a real suttler-woman in the Crimea;
and a mother and a nurse to the wounded soldier. She
did not skip and amble about in the costume of a military
Bloomer ; but she often marched under fire, distributing
refreshments and restoratives among the wounded, and
dressing their injuries with her own hands. She also used
to doctor the navvies and the Land Transport Corps, and
her practice in cases of camp-disease was highly success-
ful. The Opera of Mrs. Seacole, la Madre del Reggimento,
consisted in these good, works. It will suffice to add that
a fund—which is described as yet in its infancy—has been
got up for her benefit.

query on military education.

Out of 100 Candidates for a Commission in the Army,

Hodge. " Whoy shouldn't I stare at yer ? / pays vor yer!" how do 99 generally spell aide-de-camp ?

LEGITIMATE INDIGNATION.

Mr. Rowland Hill reports, with satisfaction, that the Initial
system, by which the delivery of London letters is to be so greatly
facilitated, has been all but completely adopted by the public, and that

THE SCHOOLMASTER IN THE CITY.

Mr. Alderman Rose asked the Common Council to assist, by a
grant of money, in the purchase of Crosby Hall for educational pur-
poses. This matter, put m the shape of a motion, was defeated by an

55,000 Metropolitan letters are daily posted with the proper initials. S amendment, seconded by the severe Mr. H. L. Taylor; of

This gratifying result he mainly attributes to Mr. Punch, who refuses
to take in any letter addressed to himself, unless it has the essential
E.C. upon it. Mr. Punch has some notion that among the epistles he
has rejected for want of these letters was one from Lord Palmerston
(who should have been more careful) asking him to accept a Baronetcy.
If so, Mr. P. begs to express his indignation that what was pressed on
a W. Williams and given to a Locock, should be offered to Him.
He is neither a Nass nor a Naccoucheur. Has Pam's brilliant suc-
cess turned his head ? If so, the sooner he begins to right about face,
and ceases to write about folly, the better.

A BRITISH WELCOME FOR BOMBA.

Where does King Bomba expect to go to ? Mivart's has been
suggested as an asylum for the expected Royal refugee ; but if Naples
is getting too hot to hold him, England has become so already. Mr.
John Bull is not very particular about his guests, but Mr. Bull
cannot extend his hospitality to torturers; and if the modern
Tiberius should repair to this country, he will find it as necessary
to shut himself up as he does in his own. Shut up indeed he would
probably be by medical order, and not merely because it would be
unsafe for himself personally if he were allowed to go about. In one
sense only can the mad tyrant hope that England will afford him an
asvlum.

The Rise and Eall or a Successpul Eool.—He shot up like a
Balloon, and came down like a monkey in a parachute!—Cremorne
Proverb.

whcm, said Deputy Lott, it would be as well to expect moustachios
on the face of the Arc hbishop oe Canterbury, as a charitable smile
on the countenance of Mr. H. L. Taylor. We think there is less
difficulty with the Archbishop. His Grace, if it so pleased him, might
grow moustachios; but by what hitherto unknown process is Mr. H. L.
Taylor to obtain even a look of charity ? And it is right it should be
so. When charity begins at home, why should a careful citizen insist
upon bringing it abroad with him ? Charity, like the poker, should
remain at the fireside.

BUCKNALL AND THE BAB5T.

On Thursday a Court of Common Council was held to consider the
pleasing fact of the birth of a Princess. Common Councilman Buce-
nall was eloquent, impressive, and truthful. Hence, he said—

" i am convinced that, however much any member of the Court may feel interested
in the birth of a child by a member of his own family, or by <>ne with whom he is
connected by ties of duty and affection, he must feel an equal interest in the birth of
a Princess by our glorious and gracious Qukkn."

Hence, the Royal family is, in fact, only an extension of Bucknall's
family circle, and the Prince op Wales and the Princess Royal
hold precisely the same place in the heart of the speaker as Albert
Edward Bucknall and Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa Buck-
nall. Beautiful is loyalty, when deepened by such truth!

Moderation in all Things.—A tremendous talker is like a greedy
eater at an ordinary, keeping to himself an entire dish of which every
one present would like to have partaken.