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April 2, 1859
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THE CITY BARGE EOR SALE.
Song by an ©Iti Brputrj.
Oh, what a shame, oh what a pity !
My eyes, salt seas of tears discharge !
Alas, the City Lands Committee,
Has got to sell the City Barge.
The Lord Mayor's Barge of State is given
Into that trusty body's hands,
My stomach aches, my heart is riven,
Committee of the City Lands !
Oh, when ye sell that noble vessel,
The pangs within that you will feel i
How duty and regret will wrestle
When Memory makes her fond appeal!
The feasts that long ago were eaten
On board she then v,ill conjure up,
And to the lips she cannot sweeten,
Present an empty Loving Cup.
You'll feel a grief beyond the throes of-
Gout, colic, indigestion, bile,
" To sell or otherwise dispose of"
That gorgeous old aquatic pile.
Dispose of it—you neeu not sell it—
Maintain it for a show, at least;
Still let it float where all may smell it,
Perfumed with many a vanished feast.
The silent turtle—for the cooing
Another taste than mine may care—
The fat of green that needs no chewing,
Ha, ha! how oft I've gobbled there !
Oh, keep the dear old Barge in honour
Till I am gone!—and I am old—
I would not see you chalk upon her
The base inscription " To Be Sold ! "
A HAPPY NOTION.
What Age brings with it.—As we grow older, it is
Delightful Boy. "Oh! I'll tell you what I'll do! I'll go and play my I with hearts as with heads of hair; for one that we find
Drum at Uncle Foozle's Door ! " ' real there are nine that are false !—Truefitt.
room, where the Archduke Regnier of Austria, the Archduchess Maria hie
wife, and the Archduke Wilhelm were awaiting his arrival. As soon as tha
Princes saw Pius the Ninth they threw themselves at his feet with profound
respect."
HERE WE ARE AT ROME !
According to a letter from Borne, quoted in the Times, his Holiness
the Pope inaugurated Lent with a performance which in this country
would be deemed more suitable to Christmas :—
" The Pope proceeded on Ash Wednesday to the Sistine Chapel to give his
oenediction. in the usual manner, to the ashes which he received from the hands of
the Cardinal acting as first Penitentiary. His Holiness afterwards distributed a
portion to all the Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops, to several Members of the
diplomatic corps, the General in command of the French troops, and a number of ---- -
personages of distinction, and among the rest, Queen Christina. " j admirably for the business m which he was employed, so that it was
Did they expect that the Pope would tumble over them? Any
one who has seen the smile with which the Clown of the British stage
regards the attempt of any common rogue to pick his pocket, may
perhaps fancy the look given by his Roman representative to those
prostrate simpletons.
The hat of the Cardinal who served the Pope with ashes, did
Notwithstanding the name by which the first day of Lent is com-
monly called among ourselves, the scene above described will be
better imaginable by the British Public as occurring on the night of
unnecessary for him to borrow, or steal that of a dustman. _ The ashes
we presume were make-believe, like Popish wonders, and like Popish
measures for enforcing the faith. Otherwise, for aught we know, they
were the ashes of all the cigars which Pius and the Conclave of Car-
the day after Christmas Day, commonly called Boxing Night. At we asues 01 a i u,e ™ T:!^ ; JhpX
"Ramp ft ™flr« tw T,Pn< Or.™ rm.nrl tl,. P,ntnm;„,» ™£*!fi™.ll„ finals had smoked for a long time previously over then beei
Borne it appears that Lent brings round the Pantomime, pontifically
sustained. His Holiness on this occasion seems to have played Clown,
whilst the part of Pantaloon was taken by the Cardinal, who, in the
capacity of the first Penitentiary, handed him the ashes, which he
proceeded to distribute among the spectators; perhaps, characteris-
tically, both as Zany and as Pope, flinging dust in their eyes. The
Columbine of the performance may be presumed to have been the
celebrated Christina, Queen-Dowager ot Spain. Perhaps Monsieur
the General of the Prench troops did himself the honour to enact
Harlequin.
The papal Pantomime appears to have been splendidly got up, and put
on the stage with great magnificence ; for we read in continuation that—
" It would be difficult to imagine a greater contrast than was presented by the
gay appearance of the uniforms and embroidered costumes of a considerable portion
of the congregation and the day of mortification and humility which the fete was
intended to designate."
That portion of the congregation which appeared in embroidered
costume evinced their humility, and submitted to mortification, not
only by accepting the pontifical Merryman's present of ashes, but also
possibly, by allowing themselves_ to be knocked down, and in pelting
ne another with the contents of a vegetable-barrow. Humility, from
t lie sequel to the above description, appears to have been exhibited, by
the partics_mentioned in it, in another act, of a decidedly pantomimic
character, inasmuch as—
o
Ashes are odd things to bestow a benediction on; it is more natural,
though it may be just as absurd, to do the reverse; as when, for
instance, you find cinders accompanying your chop.
We are not told, but we may imagine, that the pontifical Pantomime
of Ash Wednesday concluded with a display of fireworks pinned to the
Pope's tail. It is greatlv to be feared that all this sort of thing will
convert the Prince op Wales.
THE SPREAD OP SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.
Paterfamilias, who reads his Times daily, knows that the column
of marriages continues to be remarkable for its brevity. The decline
of matrimony reported by the Registrar-General, was uot merely a tem-
porary thing, then, but is still proceeding. No other theory has been
advanced to account for it but that already proposed by Mr. Punch,
which the parties concerned, namely, Paterfamilias, himself, and
Materfamilias, if their family comprises daughters; and perhaps also
the daughters themselves; may as well take into their serious con-
sideration—for facts are confirming it.
Beauty, overclothed, ceases to exert influence, and a growing indif-
ference on the part of mankind towards the fair sex has resulted from
the fashion which has obscured ladies in their dresses, and Balmoralised
" After the ceremony, tlie Pope, on leaving the chapel, went into the throne- | temale society.
THE CITY BARGE EOR SALE.
Song by an ©Iti Brputrj.
Oh, what a shame, oh what a pity !
My eyes, salt seas of tears discharge !
Alas, the City Lands Committee,
Has got to sell the City Barge.
The Lord Mayor's Barge of State is given
Into that trusty body's hands,
My stomach aches, my heart is riven,
Committee of the City Lands !
Oh, when ye sell that noble vessel,
The pangs within that you will feel i
How duty and regret will wrestle
When Memory makes her fond appeal!
The feasts that long ago were eaten
On board she then v,ill conjure up,
And to the lips she cannot sweeten,
Present an empty Loving Cup.
You'll feel a grief beyond the throes of-
Gout, colic, indigestion, bile,
" To sell or otherwise dispose of"
That gorgeous old aquatic pile.
Dispose of it—you neeu not sell it—
Maintain it for a show, at least;
Still let it float where all may smell it,
Perfumed with many a vanished feast.
The silent turtle—for the cooing
Another taste than mine may care—
The fat of green that needs no chewing,
Ha, ha! how oft I've gobbled there !
Oh, keep the dear old Barge in honour
Till I am gone!—and I am old—
I would not see you chalk upon her
The base inscription " To Be Sold ! "
A HAPPY NOTION.
What Age brings with it.—As we grow older, it is
Delightful Boy. "Oh! I'll tell you what I'll do! I'll go and play my I with hearts as with heads of hair; for one that we find
Drum at Uncle Foozle's Door ! " ' real there are nine that are false !—Truefitt.
room, where the Archduke Regnier of Austria, the Archduchess Maria hie
wife, and the Archduke Wilhelm were awaiting his arrival. As soon as tha
Princes saw Pius the Ninth they threw themselves at his feet with profound
respect."
HERE WE ARE AT ROME !
According to a letter from Borne, quoted in the Times, his Holiness
the Pope inaugurated Lent with a performance which in this country
would be deemed more suitable to Christmas :—
" The Pope proceeded on Ash Wednesday to the Sistine Chapel to give his
oenediction. in the usual manner, to the ashes which he received from the hands of
the Cardinal acting as first Penitentiary. His Holiness afterwards distributed a
portion to all the Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops, to several Members of the
diplomatic corps, the General in command of the French troops, and a number of ---- -
personages of distinction, and among the rest, Queen Christina. " j admirably for the business m which he was employed, so that it was
Did they expect that the Pope would tumble over them? Any
one who has seen the smile with which the Clown of the British stage
regards the attempt of any common rogue to pick his pocket, may
perhaps fancy the look given by his Roman representative to those
prostrate simpletons.
The hat of the Cardinal who served the Pope with ashes, did
Notwithstanding the name by which the first day of Lent is com-
monly called among ourselves, the scene above described will be
better imaginable by the British Public as occurring on the night of
unnecessary for him to borrow, or steal that of a dustman. _ The ashes
we presume were make-believe, like Popish wonders, and like Popish
measures for enforcing the faith. Otherwise, for aught we know, they
were the ashes of all the cigars which Pius and the Conclave of Car-
the day after Christmas Day, commonly called Boxing Night. At we asues 01 a i u,e ™ T:!^ ; JhpX
"Ramp ft ™flr« tw T,Pn< Or.™ rm.nrl tl,. P,ntnm;„,» ™£*!fi™.ll„ finals had smoked for a long time previously over then beei
Borne it appears that Lent brings round the Pantomime, pontifically
sustained. His Holiness on this occasion seems to have played Clown,
whilst the part of Pantaloon was taken by the Cardinal, who, in the
capacity of the first Penitentiary, handed him the ashes, which he
proceeded to distribute among the spectators; perhaps, characteris-
tically, both as Zany and as Pope, flinging dust in their eyes. The
Columbine of the performance may be presumed to have been the
celebrated Christina, Queen-Dowager ot Spain. Perhaps Monsieur
the General of the Prench troops did himself the honour to enact
Harlequin.
The papal Pantomime appears to have been splendidly got up, and put
on the stage with great magnificence ; for we read in continuation that—
" It would be difficult to imagine a greater contrast than was presented by the
gay appearance of the uniforms and embroidered costumes of a considerable portion
of the congregation and the day of mortification and humility which the fete was
intended to designate."
That portion of the congregation which appeared in embroidered
costume evinced their humility, and submitted to mortification, not
only by accepting the pontifical Merryman's present of ashes, but also
possibly, by allowing themselves_ to be knocked down, and in pelting
ne another with the contents of a vegetable-barrow. Humility, from
t lie sequel to the above description, appears to have been exhibited, by
the partics_mentioned in it, in another act, of a decidedly pantomimic
character, inasmuch as—
o
Ashes are odd things to bestow a benediction on; it is more natural,
though it may be just as absurd, to do the reverse; as when, for
instance, you find cinders accompanying your chop.
We are not told, but we may imagine, that the pontifical Pantomime
of Ash Wednesday concluded with a display of fireworks pinned to the
Pope's tail. It is greatlv to be feared that all this sort of thing will
convert the Prince op Wales.
THE SPREAD OP SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.
Paterfamilias, who reads his Times daily, knows that the column
of marriages continues to be remarkable for its brevity. The decline
of matrimony reported by the Registrar-General, was uot merely a tem-
porary thing, then, but is still proceeding. No other theory has been
advanced to account for it but that already proposed by Mr. Punch,
which the parties concerned, namely, Paterfamilias, himself, and
Materfamilias, if their family comprises daughters; and perhaps also
the daughters themselves; may as well take into their serious con-
sideration—for facts are confirming it.
Beauty, overclothed, ceases to exert influence, and a growing indif-
ference on the part of mankind towards the fair sex has resulted from
the fashion which has obscured ladies in their dresses, and Balmoralised
" After the ceremony, tlie Pope, on leaving the chapel, went into the throne- | temale society.