DOI issue:
July 16, 1859
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16864#0043
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 16, 1859.
>
THE HOEEID STATE OE THE SERPENTINE.
Daring Swell. “Do, they are dot becobibg, perhaps ; but, pod by life, wud bust hold
wud's dose sobelioio in this codfndded effluviub. Abeidcad Clips they’re called. Odly a
peddy a piece ! I recobbedded eb to se'd a lot doivd to the House o' Cobbods.—Ida, ha !—
Good borlig."
AN ART BANBURY CROSS.
According to the Banbury Guardian, a new Cross is in
course of being built in the town named in the title of that
newspaper. The structure, now nearly completed, will,
when it is quite so, be fifty-two feet six mehes high, and
will have three drinking fountains at its base. On the next
stage there will be no spouting, but spaces have been pro-
vided for three large statues, and it is expected that one of
them will represent the Queen, though whether this ex-
pectation will be disappointed or not will necessarily depend
somewhat upon the imitative ability of the artist. The
Guardian of the interests of Banbury further states that the
new Cross, like the old one, “stands ‘in the fayrest strete
in the towne,’ ”—of which last words the orthography
seems less appropriate to Banbury than it would be to
Malmesbury. Lastly, our Banburian contemporary in-
forms us, that “ Coats of arms of distinguished personages
in connection with the history of Banbury, and other rich
ornaments, will adorn the Cross.” We presume that the
rich ornaments will consist largely of those sweet cakes for
which Banbury is so widely and justly celebrated. We may
also conjecture that the two statues which are to accom-
pany the image of her Majesty will be equestrian. One
of them will probably be that of an elderly female on an
animal resplendent in the native hue of stainless marble.
The fingers of this effigy of an ancient dame will be adorned
with rings; and to the ten toes, visible through the pecu-
liarity of her costume and chaussure, will be appended as
many small bells, which, vibrating in the breeze, will make
perpetual music. The other statue will be the figure of a
child of tender years, bestriding the species of quadruped
denominated a cock-horse y and as a cock-horse may be
supposed to have wings, the sculptured steed will perhaps
be Pegasus, and, to maintain a classical consistency, the
little horseman, Cupid. The anile figure will be meant for
| the old woman alluded to in a piece of the poetry of early
years ; and the infantile form for that of the little fellow
invited, in the same poem of “philoprogenitiveness,” to
proceed on the back of a hybrid of bird and horse to wit-
ness the equestrian performance of that aged party, whose
display of horsewomanship has conferred everlasting renown
on Banbury Cross. Renovated, and raised to an imposing
altitude, and beautified and enriched by British sculpture
and blazonry, the Cross of Banbury will exhibit an
amount of grandeur and magnificence suitable to its
fame, and entitling it to a high rank among our national
monuments.
A HELPING HAND EOR THE HANDEL COLLEGE.
Cambridge Dons and Oxford Doctors may be startled by this heading,
and may wonder where on earth the Handel College is, for at neither
University has its name been ever extant. Mr. Punch who is in this,
as in all other matters, more learned than the learnedest of either
Dons or Doctors, will devote himself as usual to the task of their
enlightenment.
To the question, where on earth the Handel College is, the answer
is, at present it is not on earth at all. The Handel College is as yet in
being but in print; but of course now Mr. Punch is pleased to advocate
its name, its local habitation will be speedily complete. To dolts who
doubt the power of Mr. Punch's influence, it may be shown from the
Prospectus that there are other grounds for a belief in his prediction:—
“ A Plot of ground, (tlie lowest value of which, for building purposes, is estimated
at £5,000,) has been offered gratuitously, and Mr. Owen Jones, likewise gratui-
tously, has consented to act as Honorary Architect, to draw plans and superintend
t.he building. This part of the movement cannot fail to be considered as the ground-
work of the charity, and justifies the Promoters in making an appeal to the Public
for their cordial support in the undertaking.”
As the promoters of the College are doing a good work, Mr. Punch
will give them pardon for making a bad pun, in speaking of the building
land and plans which have been offered them as being, in their view,
the “groundwork” of the charity. With what good intentions the
College will be paved, the short sentence which next follows is quite
long enough to show
“ The study and toil of the Musician do not always lead to large pecuniary
rewards, and, consequently, the Orphan children of poor but deserving Musicians
are often, whilst still young and helpless, thrown upon the world unprotected and
unprovided for ; and it remains only to state that the College or Asylum will be for
the Orphans of Musicians of all Classes, to afford those Orphans a Home whilst
unable to assist themselves, and so to educate them as to enable them to obtain a
respectable living when they arrive at a proper age to go out into the world.”
Lest some may think the College inappropriately christened, the
promoters state their reasons for the name they have selected: which
are, that as the College is intended to be founded in the year which is
to all known as the first Handel centenary, they wish to pay a “lasting
tribute to his memory” by connecting with his name the charity
they set on foot. As Handel was himself a charitable man, and pre-
sented to a charity the greatest of his works, there seems fit reasou
now to make a handle of his name, if it will be of service to a charitable
end. Other good and noble names, too, are connected with the College
as guarantees that all in-comings will be properly laid out. The
smallest contributions will be thankfully received, and the largest will
by no means be less thankfully acknowledged. If the more than
eighty thousand who attended the late Festival were to pay a fit thank-
offering for the pleasure they received, the Handel College Fund
would nearly be as goodly a property as Punch
One last grind on the reader’s organ of benevolence. Let him, if in
his soul he be musical, reflect, that by helping to bring up the helpless
Orphans of Musicians he will lend a helping hand to the preserving of
their race; and may be the means of rescuing jmd of ^bringing up a
genius who may
name.
equal him from whom the Handel College has its
A Fearful Engagement.
Listz has had another fearful engagement in Dresden. The shock,
we are told, was something terrible. Not less than two pianos were
killed under him, and upwards of two dozen music-stools severely
wounded. The noise was so intense that the inmates of an entire
Deaf Asylum, at a distance of a hundred leagues, suddenly recovered
their hearing.
a hough definition.
“ I say,” cries Dick, “ old Feller, wot’s the meaning of Armistice ? ”
Says Jim, “ Why coves a fightin’, for a while uuclinchin’ fistes.”
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 16, 1859.
>
THE HOEEID STATE OE THE SERPENTINE.
Daring Swell. “Do, they are dot becobibg, perhaps ; but, pod by life, wud bust hold
wud's dose sobelioio in this codfndded effluviub. Abeidcad Clips they’re called. Odly a
peddy a piece ! I recobbedded eb to se'd a lot doivd to the House o' Cobbods.—Ida, ha !—
Good borlig."
AN ART BANBURY CROSS.
According to the Banbury Guardian, a new Cross is in
course of being built in the town named in the title of that
newspaper. The structure, now nearly completed, will,
when it is quite so, be fifty-two feet six mehes high, and
will have three drinking fountains at its base. On the next
stage there will be no spouting, but spaces have been pro-
vided for three large statues, and it is expected that one of
them will represent the Queen, though whether this ex-
pectation will be disappointed or not will necessarily depend
somewhat upon the imitative ability of the artist. The
Guardian of the interests of Banbury further states that the
new Cross, like the old one, “stands ‘in the fayrest strete
in the towne,’ ”—of which last words the orthography
seems less appropriate to Banbury than it would be to
Malmesbury. Lastly, our Banburian contemporary in-
forms us, that “ Coats of arms of distinguished personages
in connection with the history of Banbury, and other rich
ornaments, will adorn the Cross.” We presume that the
rich ornaments will consist largely of those sweet cakes for
which Banbury is so widely and justly celebrated. We may
also conjecture that the two statues which are to accom-
pany the image of her Majesty will be equestrian. One
of them will probably be that of an elderly female on an
animal resplendent in the native hue of stainless marble.
The fingers of this effigy of an ancient dame will be adorned
with rings; and to the ten toes, visible through the pecu-
liarity of her costume and chaussure, will be appended as
many small bells, which, vibrating in the breeze, will make
perpetual music. The other statue will be the figure of a
child of tender years, bestriding the species of quadruped
denominated a cock-horse y and as a cock-horse may be
supposed to have wings, the sculptured steed will perhaps
be Pegasus, and, to maintain a classical consistency, the
little horseman, Cupid. The anile figure will be meant for
| the old woman alluded to in a piece of the poetry of early
years ; and the infantile form for that of the little fellow
invited, in the same poem of “philoprogenitiveness,” to
proceed on the back of a hybrid of bird and horse to wit-
ness the equestrian performance of that aged party, whose
display of horsewomanship has conferred everlasting renown
on Banbury Cross. Renovated, and raised to an imposing
altitude, and beautified and enriched by British sculpture
and blazonry, the Cross of Banbury will exhibit an
amount of grandeur and magnificence suitable to its
fame, and entitling it to a high rank among our national
monuments.
A HELPING HAND EOR THE HANDEL COLLEGE.
Cambridge Dons and Oxford Doctors may be startled by this heading,
and may wonder where on earth the Handel College is, for at neither
University has its name been ever extant. Mr. Punch who is in this,
as in all other matters, more learned than the learnedest of either
Dons or Doctors, will devote himself as usual to the task of their
enlightenment.
To the question, where on earth the Handel College is, the answer
is, at present it is not on earth at all. The Handel College is as yet in
being but in print; but of course now Mr. Punch is pleased to advocate
its name, its local habitation will be speedily complete. To dolts who
doubt the power of Mr. Punch's influence, it may be shown from the
Prospectus that there are other grounds for a belief in his prediction:—
“ A Plot of ground, (tlie lowest value of which, for building purposes, is estimated
at £5,000,) has been offered gratuitously, and Mr. Owen Jones, likewise gratui-
tously, has consented to act as Honorary Architect, to draw plans and superintend
t.he building. This part of the movement cannot fail to be considered as the ground-
work of the charity, and justifies the Promoters in making an appeal to the Public
for their cordial support in the undertaking.”
As the promoters of the College are doing a good work, Mr. Punch
will give them pardon for making a bad pun, in speaking of the building
land and plans which have been offered them as being, in their view,
the “groundwork” of the charity. With what good intentions the
College will be paved, the short sentence which next follows is quite
long enough to show
“ The study and toil of the Musician do not always lead to large pecuniary
rewards, and, consequently, the Orphan children of poor but deserving Musicians
are often, whilst still young and helpless, thrown upon the world unprotected and
unprovided for ; and it remains only to state that the College or Asylum will be for
the Orphans of Musicians of all Classes, to afford those Orphans a Home whilst
unable to assist themselves, and so to educate them as to enable them to obtain a
respectable living when they arrive at a proper age to go out into the world.”
Lest some may think the College inappropriately christened, the
promoters state their reasons for the name they have selected: which
are, that as the College is intended to be founded in the year which is
to all known as the first Handel centenary, they wish to pay a “lasting
tribute to his memory” by connecting with his name the charity
they set on foot. As Handel was himself a charitable man, and pre-
sented to a charity the greatest of his works, there seems fit reasou
now to make a handle of his name, if it will be of service to a charitable
end. Other good and noble names, too, are connected with the College
as guarantees that all in-comings will be properly laid out. The
smallest contributions will be thankfully received, and the largest will
by no means be less thankfully acknowledged. If the more than
eighty thousand who attended the late Festival were to pay a fit thank-
offering for the pleasure they received, the Handel College Fund
would nearly be as goodly a property as Punch
One last grind on the reader’s organ of benevolence. Let him, if in
his soul he be musical, reflect, that by helping to bring up the helpless
Orphans of Musicians he will lend a helping hand to the preserving of
their race; and may be the means of rescuing jmd of ^bringing up a
genius who may
name.
equal him from whom the Handel College has its
A Fearful Engagement.
Listz has had another fearful engagement in Dresden. The shock,
we are told, was something terrible. Not less than two pianos were
killed under him, and upwards of two dozen music-stools severely
wounded. The noise was so intense that the inmates of an entire
Deaf Asylum, at a distance of a hundred leagues, suddenly recovered
their hearing.
a hough definition.
“ I say,” cries Dick, “ old Feller, wot’s the meaning of Armistice ? ”
Says Jim, “ Why coves a fightin’, for a while uuclinchin’ fistes.”