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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
L April 3, 1858.
THESE THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.
In the Adventures of a Jack-of-all-Trades, included ir
Mr. Charles Reade's last very amusing volume, pub
hshed under the eccentric title—Cream, that ingenious
author has allegorised the present position of the Cabinet,
under the transparent veil of the misadventures, trials,
terrors, and crowning disappointment, of the man who
travelled with an Elephant.
The least learned in the political history of the day will
| at once recognise in the daring Mr. Loett, jack-qj-all-trades
and Master of none, our present dashing Premier, with his
happy-go-lucky temperament, his readiness to change
masters, and liveries, his turn for speechifying, and his
happy knack of dazzling the country by a grand turn-out,
and a lavish display of posters. Nor less recognisable—
notwithstanding the change of sex—is a certain well-
known Member of the Cabinet, Lord Ell—n—b—r—gh,
under the guise of the terrible Elephant, Mademoiselle
Djek, the object of Mr. Loetfs hopes and fears, of his
I coaxing and his curses, alternately—the gifted, but unfor-
j giving animal, which thinks nothing of bearing off a huge
pair of gates, of annihilating a whole regiment of Direc-
! tors, one after another, and invariably winds up its exhi-
bitions by squelching its keepers behind the scenes.
The allegory is published most opportunely. Lord
Derby ought certainly to read, mark, learn, and inwardly
digest Mr. Reade's volume. The lessons it inculcates
may save him from being "Djekmated" by bis unruly
President of the Board of Control, and future Secretary o f
State for India.
DEBATE ON THE NEW MINISTRY.
Smike. " I say, Bill, how about the Derby this year?"
Bill. " Oh. nothin' but a Oax ! Nothin' but a Oax ! Barrin the pun !
The Initials.
We haven't the least thought of calling such a states-
man as Disraeli a goose; but it is a fact, that since his
recent spar with Bernal Osborne, if you want to raise
his dander, you have only to say B. 0.! to him.
" But wnen they seldom come they wiehed-for come,
And nothing pleaseth like rare accidents."
When Mr. Rarey's five hundred ten-guinea pupils
are all horse-taming, where will be the rarity of the
thing?
Al t^tptt AT/"1 c T?r\T> ttt t? t? vrc tt TATn XKrwiT Sat- Muster of P. .licemen in all the principal thoroughfares, to see the doors 01
AlLML I IJNljD iUK LHVj EINbUUNbr WElilx. the public-houses closed, 1'2.
«« „„„„___ , ,___. „ , j ,__. ., . „ t, ,. „ . — Rush of more panting gentlemen, who are late, to the Albion, Simpson's
M ..>. MebtihG of long-bearded foreigners outside the Penny Read.ng-Rooms in Evau8,8 WellwtonCaf<5, St. James's Hall, &c. 4c, and great indignation
Leicester Square, reading the democratic placards outside, before they go forcibly expressed bv the same, that they cannot find admission, 12 h. 5 m.
in to have their penny worth.
— Punch and Judy Show in Panton Street, at S.________
— Crowd of buys and thieves round the upsetting of a dirty-linen-cart opposite
the Marble Arch. Grand effect of a blackguard holding up a lady's
crinoline.
Turn Kite-flying by Messrs. Johnson and Piggins (as<ed respectively 8 and
on Hampstead Heath, from 10 to 11.
— Muster of nurserymaids and juvenile bonnes to hear the band play in St.
James's Park, 11.
— Mob collected by a horse taking fright at the electric light darted across
tlie road from the second-floor window of Dr. Kant's Museum in Coventry
Ktroet. Shouts of indignation that such a uuisauce should be tolerated,
10£ P.M.
Wkd. Bathing in the Serpentine from 7 to 8. Sensation created by a little boy
coining out of the water as green as a cucumber.
— Meeting between Mrs. Scrimmidge and her husband, for the latter (a police-
man in the w. Division,' to receive his basket of broken provisions through
the area gate, 84.
— Feline Society, Leicester Square, 2 a.m. Scamper round the Globe in 2
minutes by four-and-twenty cats, pursued by a bull-dog.
S !U is. Hydrostatics (with grand display of waterworks on fire-plug by charity
boy), 9.
— Old Ladies' Scandal Society on door-step of Mrs. Bomptious, 5, Little
Muggins' Rents, Whetstone Park, Holborn, dispersed by some of the
husbands coming home to dinner, i.
— Angry Meeting of Creditors on the landing outside the Comte de Sansche-
mise's Chambers (adjourned till the C'omte's return to town), 3.
— Ethiopian Serenaders', opposite the Scandinavian Stores, Regent Street,
8 to 11.
FttiB. Hare-skin buyers, Belgrave Square. 6 a.m.
— Water-cress Sellers, Eaton Square, 7.
— Dust! oh. and Old Clothes ! in Grosvenor Place, 8.
— Meeting on the Snsoension Bridge in St. James's Park of loiterers of both
sexes and all ages to look into the water and feed the ducks, 12.
— Tripe Society, Old Fogey's Hall, 9. Song bv Mr. Samuel Hall, " I'm ex-
ceedingly Wulgar." 94.
— The Ebony Minstrels in the Haymarket, 12.
CiAT. Meeting of numerous actors at the various treasuries of the different
theatres, 2 p.m.
— Crowd outnide Adelphi Theatre, 65.
— Rush of venerable panting gentlemen to get into the hotels and public-
houses before they are closed, 11 h. 55 m.
Uttetatp Notice.
" We understand that the Press has changed hands, and is henceforth to advocate
the doctrines of Mr. Newdegate."—Morning Herald.
In " The Press," and shortly will be published, in a new and much
enlarged edition,
THE NEW(DE) GATE CALENDAR,
Containing a narrative of the lives, crimes, and trials of
EMINENT CRIMINALS,
With highly-coloured Elustrations, and brought down to our own time,
This Edition will include the lives of the most notorious Popish,
Puseyite, and Political offenders of the day, including the late Sir R.
Peel, Bowyer, H. Drummond, A. B. Hope, Roebuck, Russell,
&c. &c. &c.
With a supplement brought up to 1858, in which the Editor hopes
to be in a position to include the crimes, and sentences, of Derby,
Stanley, Pakington, Disraeli, &c. &c. &c.
Hear, Hear!
Why can't a gallery for the Reporters be put up immediately behind
the Speaker's chair ? As it is, the Members of the House of Commons
address the country over the Right Hon. Gentleman's shoulder.
Military Nickname fob the Delhi Prize Money. — The
I light Bobs.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
L April 3, 1858.
THESE THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.
In the Adventures of a Jack-of-all-Trades, included ir
Mr. Charles Reade's last very amusing volume, pub
hshed under the eccentric title—Cream, that ingenious
author has allegorised the present position of the Cabinet,
under the transparent veil of the misadventures, trials,
terrors, and crowning disappointment, of the man who
travelled with an Elephant.
The least learned in the political history of the day will
| at once recognise in the daring Mr. Loett, jack-qj-all-trades
and Master of none, our present dashing Premier, with his
happy-go-lucky temperament, his readiness to change
masters, and liveries, his turn for speechifying, and his
happy knack of dazzling the country by a grand turn-out,
and a lavish display of posters. Nor less recognisable—
notwithstanding the change of sex—is a certain well-
known Member of the Cabinet, Lord Ell—n—b—r—gh,
under the guise of the terrible Elephant, Mademoiselle
Djek, the object of Mr. Loetfs hopes and fears, of his
I coaxing and his curses, alternately—the gifted, but unfor-
j giving animal, which thinks nothing of bearing off a huge
pair of gates, of annihilating a whole regiment of Direc-
! tors, one after another, and invariably winds up its exhi-
bitions by squelching its keepers behind the scenes.
The allegory is published most opportunely. Lord
Derby ought certainly to read, mark, learn, and inwardly
digest Mr. Reade's volume. The lessons it inculcates
may save him from being "Djekmated" by bis unruly
President of the Board of Control, and future Secretary o f
State for India.
DEBATE ON THE NEW MINISTRY.
Smike. " I say, Bill, how about the Derby this year?"
Bill. " Oh. nothin' but a Oax ! Nothin' but a Oax ! Barrin the pun !
The Initials.
We haven't the least thought of calling such a states-
man as Disraeli a goose; but it is a fact, that since his
recent spar with Bernal Osborne, if you want to raise
his dander, you have only to say B. 0.! to him.
" But wnen they seldom come they wiehed-for come,
And nothing pleaseth like rare accidents."
When Mr. Rarey's five hundred ten-guinea pupils
are all horse-taming, where will be the rarity of the
thing?
Al t^tptt AT/"1 c T?r\T> ttt t? t? vrc tt TATn XKrwiT Sat- Muster of P. .licemen in all the principal thoroughfares, to see the doors 01
AlLML I IJNljD iUK LHVj EINbUUNbr WElilx. the public-houses closed, 1'2.
«« „„„„___ , ,___. „ , j ,__. ., . „ t, ,. „ . — Rush of more panting gentlemen, who are late, to the Albion, Simpson's
M ..>. MebtihG of long-bearded foreigners outside the Penny Read.ng-Rooms in Evau8,8 WellwtonCaf<5, St. James's Hall, &c. 4c, and great indignation
Leicester Square, reading the democratic placards outside, before they go forcibly expressed bv the same, that they cannot find admission, 12 h. 5 m.
in to have their penny worth.
— Punch and Judy Show in Panton Street, at S.________
— Crowd of buys and thieves round the upsetting of a dirty-linen-cart opposite
the Marble Arch. Grand effect of a blackguard holding up a lady's
crinoline.
Turn Kite-flying by Messrs. Johnson and Piggins (as<ed respectively 8 and
on Hampstead Heath, from 10 to 11.
— Muster of nurserymaids and juvenile bonnes to hear the band play in St.
James's Park, 11.
— Mob collected by a horse taking fright at the electric light darted across
tlie road from the second-floor window of Dr. Kant's Museum in Coventry
Ktroet. Shouts of indignation that such a uuisauce should be tolerated,
10£ P.M.
Wkd. Bathing in the Serpentine from 7 to 8. Sensation created by a little boy
coining out of the water as green as a cucumber.
— Meeting between Mrs. Scrimmidge and her husband, for the latter (a police-
man in the w. Division,' to receive his basket of broken provisions through
the area gate, 84.
— Feline Society, Leicester Square, 2 a.m. Scamper round the Globe in 2
minutes by four-and-twenty cats, pursued by a bull-dog.
S !U is. Hydrostatics (with grand display of waterworks on fire-plug by charity
boy), 9.
— Old Ladies' Scandal Society on door-step of Mrs. Bomptious, 5, Little
Muggins' Rents, Whetstone Park, Holborn, dispersed by some of the
husbands coming home to dinner, i.
— Angry Meeting of Creditors on the landing outside the Comte de Sansche-
mise's Chambers (adjourned till the C'omte's return to town), 3.
— Ethiopian Serenaders', opposite the Scandinavian Stores, Regent Street,
8 to 11.
FttiB. Hare-skin buyers, Belgrave Square. 6 a.m.
— Water-cress Sellers, Eaton Square, 7.
— Dust! oh. and Old Clothes ! in Grosvenor Place, 8.
— Meeting on the Snsoension Bridge in St. James's Park of loiterers of both
sexes and all ages to look into the water and feed the ducks, 12.
— Tripe Society, Old Fogey's Hall, 9. Song bv Mr. Samuel Hall, " I'm ex-
ceedingly Wulgar." 94.
— The Ebony Minstrels in the Haymarket, 12.
CiAT. Meeting of numerous actors at the various treasuries of the different
theatres, 2 p.m.
— Crowd outnide Adelphi Theatre, 65.
— Rush of venerable panting gentlemen to get into the hotels and public-
houses before they are closed, 11 h. 55 m.
Uttetatp Notice.
" We understand that the Press has changed hands, and is henceforth to advocate
the doctrines of Mr. Newdegate."—Morning Herald.
In " The Press," and shortly will be published, in a new and much
enlarged edition,
THE NEW(DE) GATE CALENDAR,
Containing a narrative of the lives, crimes, and trials of
EMINENT CRIMINALS,
With highly-coloured Elustrations, and brought down to our own time,
This Edition will include the lives of the most notorious Popish,
Puseyite, and Political offenders of the day, including the late Sir R.
Peel, Bowyer, H. Drummond, A. B. Hope, Roebuck, Russell,
&c. &c. &c.
With a supplement brought up to 1858, in which the Editor hopes
to be in a position to include the crimes, and sentences, of Derby,
Stanley, Pakington, Disraeli, &c. &c. &c.
Hear, Hear!
Why can't a gallery for the Reporters be put up immediately behind
the Speaker's chair ? As it is, the Members of the House of Commons
address the country over the Right Hon. Gentleman's shoulder.
Military Nickname fob the Delhi Prize Money. — The
I light Bobs.