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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[March 12, 1859.

voters in carriages had a squeak for it, but the second reading was shanks come in at a canter, was little Clara Potty a bad second,
carried by a small majority. Honourable Gentlemen do not like their and were the rest no where ? Finally, we would respectfully demand
kindness to their poorer friends (who hare votes) to be interfered! whether, if the Turf is to contribute ecclesiastical adornments, the

Ring may not do the same, and what the Earl of Zabtjlon and the
twelve bridesmaids would say to this ?—

" At the marriage of Miss Mart Ann Crasher, of the Boxing-Gloves Tavern, a.
few days ago, her bridesmaids, four in number, were arrayed in the fighting colours

with,

Thursday. Some row made by Mb. Chisholm Anstey at Hong-
Kong was poked into by the ever-restless Lobd Gbey, but Lord

Carnarvon with a piteous allusion to the masses of despatches which ., . ......... ..... ... .............

M-r Aatqttpv «pnds liomp bv everv mail be°-£red to nostnone the I ot tne iIMON Slasher, a near relation of the bride, the dresses being blue, with red
ALR. ANSTE1 Senas Rome Dy evei> nidll, oeggeu to postpone me I tastefully copied from the fogies distributed by the Slasher it his last mil*

subject. . ' ! with the Birmingham Bubblyjock."

The Jews having been fairly, if not m very dignified fashion, landed j __

in Parliament, the House is to consider how the arrangement can be ; '
made a little more decorous. The House then decided that the duties |

on foreign wood should not be removed; that a commission should be oLOlo WHA HAE.

appointed to consider the Liquor Laws of Scotland, and what could be ■
done to make that dreadfully drunken province more moral; that an (Mr. Fundi s Version.)

inquiry into the condition of the West Indies should not be made and j scots wha hae dune Wallace dead,

that people should be at liberty to marry their defunct wives sisters.: Scotg wha Bbjjce flj t ^

Lord Bury gamed this final tnumpn by 137 to 89. Dr0p sic havers md i °stead;

Friday. Lord Lyndhtjrst, as became the son of Singleton Copley,
painter, made a very good speech about the "Royal Academy, which, it
.-.eems, is dreadfully afraid of being considered responsible to the
country, or anything but an institution under the Crown. It demands,
however, about half of Burlington House, which cost £140,000 of our
money, and something will have to be said about this little fact. Why

do not the artists of England, Academicians or not, meet, and let the Scots hae wuts, and Scots hae mils,

country which only desires to do the best for art, know what is the Gudeness knows, to help their-sels,

ieehng of the painters, generally, upon the giving this grand present 0ut of Southron pocks and tills,

to an exclusive body. 11 the Palette fands it unpaletteable, let it Sacking the bawbee

Let's like freens agree.

Now's the day, and now's the hour
Britain's a united power;
Why should Scotland's lion glower
Wi sic angry 'ee ?

say so.

The Commons got on the Army Estimates, and gave Peel 122,655 \ For each plack John Bull can make,

men, and £3,724,474 in money, and Mr. Punch went off to his Club,
cheering like one o'clock, which it was.

TWELVE LITTLE JOCKEYS.

Sawney still his pound will take,
They are Scottish hauns that shake
The Pagoda tree.

Wha wad idly rant and rave,
Ilk dead feud dig frae its grave,
Scour auld spear and rusty glaive,
Let him growl wi' ye.

Wha in bonds o' luve an' law,
British hearts wad closer draw,
A' wi' each, an' each wi' a',
Let him laugh wi' me.

Wha speaks scorn o' Wallace wight ?
Wha denies that Bruce could fight,
Burns could sing and Scott could write,
Wi' the best that be ?

Wha'd ding Scotland's Lion down,
Chp his claws or shave his crown ?
The bonnie beastie need na frown,
At Lions gude as he.

I'm no anxious to oppose
Case o' Thristle versus Rose;
Why still thrust it neath mv nose,
Wi' the holly tree ?

Baith hae glories to maintain,
On the land and on the main :
Gude sake, let's each keep our ain,
We copy this from the Inverness Courier, only varying names and Nor wi ither jee.

address, lady is mentioned:— I __

" At the marriage of Miss Henrietta Biggs, of Walton, a few days ago, her
bridesmaids, twelve in number, were arrayed in the racing colours of the Earl of j " gj^CK THEM WITH AITCHES."—John Ke/llbie,

Kabui.on, a near relation of the bridegroom, the dresses and scarfs being of white
muslin with scarlet spots, white silk bonnets, picquees with a spray of holly and
frosted leaves inside."

The aristocracy, and those who imitate them, are so wise and so
refined, that they never do anything without the best and most graceful
of reasons. Therefore in all humility, and with a sincere wish to be
instructed, Mr. Funch asks, why twelve young ladies condescended to

Mr. Hadfield, or Adfield, as he would call himself, is really too
bad with his aspirations, and something must be done. Punch is
overwhelmed with complaints of Mr. H.'s or Mr. A.'s liberties with
the alphabet. The other day he was speaking to Sir G. C. Lewis,
who, adapting his discourse to his companion's calibre, remarked,
"Very warm to-day, but the rough winds of March will play the deuce

array themselves in garments designed to remind the spectator of the with our skins.''—" Yes," replied H, (or A.), " as the Greeks said,
nveries which the Earl of Zabulon puts upon his jockeys ? Also, I we must beware of the Hides of March." Sir George (being a

whether the groomsmen, for there must have been companions for the
twelve graces, were arrayed in the colours of the Earl of Zabulon's
footmen. Surely a footman, home-trained and fastidious, is as legitimate
an object for the imitation of a gentleman, as a promoted stable-boy

classical scholar) nearly faulted, but (being a patriot) supported him-
self into the lobby, and voted. But this is not the worst. Meeting
another Member on his way to the washing rooms, H., (or A.) said,
Ah, going to wash your conjunctions ? "—" My what ? " asked the

is for that of a lady. Next, in the same humble spirit, we would ask ■ other senator, aghast. " Why, your Ands." We repeat it, something
(nothing doubting to receive a sufficing answer) what was the fitness ; mUst be done.

of bringing racing associations into a sacred edifice? Rejecting any —

miserable jingle about a horse's halter and a holy altar, we enquire- „ father."

Lid the twelve young ladies keep up the idea bv going oft at a XIS a W1 .

scamper, on alighting at the church door, first bridesmaid being Men newly raised to honours used to be described by old heraldic

rewarded with a bracelet, but being bound to accept any one who writers as " sons of their works." On this principle wiU Sir W.

would claim the winner. And who was first ? Did Emily de Long- 1 Armstrong take it as an offence to be styled " son oi a gun?