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April 28, 1860
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Apiul 28, I860.]
PUNCH, Oil THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
1G9
Serious Governor. “ I am surprised, Charles, that you can take any interest in
these repulsive details—haw many Rounds (I believe you term them) do you say these
ruffians fought l Um, disgraceful! the Legislature ought to interfere, and-it appears
then that this Benicia Man did not gain the—hem—best of it. 1 ’ll take the paper when
you have done with it, Charles.”
THE EFFECTS OF EXCOMMUNICATION.
Whom lias the Pope excommunicated ? The French
and Italian Clergy at least do not seem to know. Bona-
parte had the communion given him the other day; and
as for Victor Emmanuel, a telegram from Florence
informs us that—
“ The King has received the Archbishop and clergy of Florence.”
Is it possible that the Clergy of Florence, with their
Archbishop at their head, should go and offer homage to
a sovereign whom they believed to be an excommunicated
usurper ? If the ban of his Holiness was neither aimed at
the King oe Italy nor the Emperor op the French, it
must have been intended for the head of some person or
persons unknown. The successor of Peter meant to
smite those, whoever they may be, to whom he owed the
loss of his dominions. If a Papal Bull, as Homan Catholics
affirm, never misses its mark, though that may be out of
sight, this apparently random shot of Infallibility, like
Zamiel’s seventh bullet, will unerringly hit its unapparent
victim or victims. They will turn up after a time, exhi-
biting, bodily, tlie withering effects of the Pontifical curse,
like the jackdaw in those edifying legends versified by the
late Rev. Mr. Barham, which came in for the indefinite
anathema of the Saint. What if the damaged parties
should turn out to be evil counsellors ? What if Cardinal
Antonelli should some fine morning astonish the Eternal
City by appearing with ragged robes, in a state of mange ;
and if the King of Naples and the Emperor of Austria
should be suddenly attacked with ringworm, and flea-bitten,
or seized with convulsions, and afflicted with the mumps
and the stomach-ache ?
Persecuted Holiness.
The Pope has long been talking of an intention to take
refuge in the Catacombs. At length we understand that
orders have been issued for the fitting up of those interest-
ing retreats of early Christianity for the reception of the
Holy Father, in a style of upholstery consonant with modern
ideas, and with that civilisation with which the cause of
the papacy, according to Lamoriciere, is identical.
A New Reading.—Considering what it costs to get into
Parliament, M.P. must mean Money Power.
A COCKNEY ON A FOX-HUNT.
The truth that “different men have different opinions” is one which
scholars know, was anciently asserted, and which is still continually
receiving confirmation. Here for instance is a paragraph from the
Daily Telegraph, which expresses an opinion on the noble sport of fox-
hunting, vastly different from that which one would find, say, in Bell’s
Life:-
“ We would not be understood as decrying or undervaluing the masculine sports
and pursuits which tend to harden the bones and invigorate the sinews of English-
men. We may not deem it very heroic for fifty mounted gentlemen, preceded by
a pack of bloodthirsty dogs, to chase a miserable fox at full speed for hours, until
the terrified animal has been hunted off its legs. We may not think it a glorious
day's work to shoot down forty brace of pheasants in a preserve, where the creatures
have learned to come together at their keeper’s voice. [With this we quite agree,
Punch) We may not regret the good old days of cock-fighting and bull-baiting.
. . but our readers will bear us out when we say, that legitimate and manly sports
and pursuits find in us unreserved supporters.”
This passage occurs in an article condemning the practice of prize-
fighting, which the writer calls “a compound of rascality and ruffianism,
unredeemed by a single softening or mitigating element.” This des-
cription possibly some readers may applaud; but very few, we fancy,
will agree that the above words give a fair view of the fox-hunt, or
will endorse the writer’s estimation of that sport. Most people view a
foxffiunt as a means of manly exercise; a pastime which not merely
invigorates the body, but imparts a healthy tone and cheerful temper
to the mind : a sport, moreover, which affords a place of meeting for
all classes, from the peasant to the peer, aud promotes a kindly sym-
pathy and fellow feeling among men who might otherwise be tempted
to lose thought of their relationship.
In forming an opinion, much depends, however, on the influence of
position, and the point of view from which the person looks. A
man who cannot spar, and has chanced to get his eye blacked, will not
unnaturally complain of the brutalities of boxing, and speak of eveiy
bruiser as a ruffianly brute. So a cockney who cau’t ride, and
therefore can’t enjoy the pleasure of a fox-hunt, is apt perchance to
call it a bloodthirsty amusement, and a way of spending time which is
at best a waste of it. How can a man appreciate the pleasures of the
field when his riding is confined to a trot up Rotten Row, or an Easter
Monday canter upon Hampstead Heath? A cockney clapped on
horseback has no power to look about him, and enjoy like better
horsemen the pleasures of the hunt. When in. the saddle his chief
thought is how to keep his seat, and he cannot rightly relish the fresh
air of “ the open,” or spare reflection on the pleasantness of seeing
men enjoy themselves, or on the other kindly feelings engendered by
the sport. This, it may be said, is less his fault than his misfortune ;
hut he surely should abstain from disparaging a pastime, simply for
the reason that he can’t himself enjoy it.
Something in Homoeopathy.
A Disciple of Hahnemann advertises a work entitled Homoeopathic
Treatment of Indigestion. Nowhere you have homoeopathy proposed
for application to a disease which it is really capable of curing. Like
will cure like in this disease at any rate, if like is administered in
infinitesimal quantities. The minutest possible doses of mock-turtle, in
the case of an Alderman, for example, conjoined with a plain and
moderate diet, will doubtless, if taken with sufficient perseverance,
generally remove, or at least relieve indigestion.
Female Heroism.
It appears from the Army and Navy Gazette that the regular Army is
disinclined to Salute the Yolunteer Officers. Mr. Punch is authorised,
on the part of the Ladies of England to state that, in the interest of
their beloved country, they undertake, henceforth, to relieve the
regulars by performing the above ceremony at all fitting times and
seasons.
Yol. 33.
6—2
PUNCH, Oil THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
1G9
Serious Governor. “ I am surprised, Charles, that you can take any interest in
these repulsive details—haw many Rounds (I believe you term them) do you say these
ruffians fought l Um, disgraceful! the Legislature ought to interfere, and-it appears
then that this Benicia Man did not gain the—hem—best of it. 1 ’ll take the paper when
you have done with it, Charles.”
THE EFFECTS OF EXCOMMUNICATION.
Whom lias the Pope excommunicated ? The French
and Italian Clergy at least do not seem to know. Bona-
parte had the communion given him the other day; and
as for Victor Emmanuel, a telegram from Florence
informs us that—
“ The King has received the Archbishop and clergy of Florence.”
Is it possible that the Clergy of Florence, with their
Archbishop at their head, should go and offer homage to
a sovereign whom they believed to be an excommunicated
usurper ? If the ban of his Holiness was neither aimed at
the King oe Italy nor the Emperor op the French, it
must have been intended for the head of some person or
persons unknown. The successor of Peter meant to
smite those, whoever they may be, to whom he owed the
loss of his dominions. If a Papal Bull, as Homan Catholics
affirm, never misses its mark, though that may be out of
sight, this apparently random shot of Infallibility, like
Zamiel’s seventh bullet, will unerringly hit its unapparent
victim or victims. They will turn up after a time, exhi-
biting, bodily, tlie withering effects of the Pontifical curse,
like the jackdaw in those edifying legends versified by the
late Rev. Mr. Barham, which came in for the indefinite
anathema of the Saint. What if the damaged parties
should turn out to be evil counsellors ? What if Cardinal
Antonelli should some fine morning astonish the Eternal
City by appearing with ragged robes, in a state of mange ;
and if the King of Naples and the Emperor of Austria
should be suddenly attacked with ringworm, and flea-bitten,
or seized with convulsions, and afflicted with the mumps
and the stomach-ache ?
Persecuted Holiness.
The Pope has long been talking of an intention to take
refuge in the Catacombs. At length we understand that
orders have been issued for the fitting up of those interest-
ing retreats of early Christianity for the reception of the
Holy Father, in a style of upholstery consonant with modern
ideas, and with that civilisation with which the cause of
the papacy, according to Lamoriciere, is identical.
A New Reading.—Considering what it costs to get into
Parliament, M.P. must mean Money Power.
A COCKNEY ON A FOX-HUNT.
The truth that “different men have different opinions” is one which
scholars know, was anciently asserted, and which is still continually
receiving confirmation. Here for instance is a paragraph from the
Daily Telegraph, which expresses an opinion on the noble sport of fox-
hunting, vastly different from that which one would find, say, in Bell’s
Life:-
“ We would not be understood as decrying or undervaluing the masculine sports
and pursuits which tend to harden the bones and invigorate the sinews of English-
men. We may not deem it very heroic for fifty mounted gentlemen, preceded by
a pack of bloodthirsty dogs, to chase a miserable fox at full speed for hours, until
the terrified animal has been hunted off its legs. We may not think it a glorious
day's work to shoot down forty brace of pheasants in a preserve, where the creatures
have learned to come together at their keeper’s voice. [With this we quite agree,
Punch) We may not regret the good old days of cock-fighting and bull-baiting.
. . but our readers will bear us out when we say, that legitimate and manly sports
and pursuits find in us unreserved supporters.”
This passage occurs in an article condemning the practice of prize-
fighting, which the writer calls “a compound of rascality and ruffianism,
unredeemed by a single softening or mitigating element.” This des-
cription possibly some readers may applaud; but very few, we fancy,
will agree that the above words give a fair view of the fox-hunt, or
will endorse the writer’s estimation of that sport. Most people view a
foxffiunt as a means of manly exercise; a pastime which not merely
invigorates the body, but imparts a healthy tone and cheerful temper
to the mind : a sport, moreover, which affords a place of meeting for
all classes, from the peasant to the peer, aud promotes a kindly sym-
pathy and fellow feeling among men who might otherwise be tempted
to lose thought of their relationship.
In forming an opinion, much depends, however, on the influence of
position, and the point of view from which the person looks. A
man who cannot spar, and has chanced to get his eye blacked, will not
unnaturally complain of the brutalities of boxing, and speak of eveiy
bruiser as a ruffianly brute. So a cockney who cau’t ride, and
therefore can’t enjoy the pleasure of a fox-hunt, is apt perchance to
call it a bloodthirsty amusement, and a way of spending time which is
at best a waste of it. How can a man appreciate the pleasures of the
field when his riding is confined to a trot up Rotten Row, or an Easter
Monday canter upon Hampstead Heath? A cockney clapped on
horseback has no power to look about him, and enjoy like better
horsemen the pleasures of the hunt. When in. the saddle his chief
thought is how to keep his seat, and he cannot rightly relish the fresh
air of “ the open,” or spare reflection on the pleasantness of seeing
men enjoy themselves, or on the other kindly feelings engendered by
the sport. This, it may be said, is less his fault than his misfortune ;
hut he surely should abstain from disparaging a pastime, simply for
the reason that he can’t himself enjoy it.
Something in Homoeopathy.
A Disciple of Hahnemann advertises a work entitled Homoeopathic
Treatment of Indigestion. Nowhere you have homoeopathy proposed
for application to a disease which it is really capable of curing. Like
will cure like in this disease at any rate, if like is administered in
infinitesimal quantities. The minutest possible doses of mock-turtle, in
the case of an Alderman, for example, conjoined with a plain and
moderate diet, will doubtless, if taken with sufficient perseverance,
generally remove, or at least relieve indigestion.
Female Heroism.
It appears from the Army and Navy Gazette that the regular Army is
disinclined to Salute the Yolunteer Officers. Mr. Punch is authorised,
on the part of the Ladies of England to state that, in the interest of
their beloved country, they undertake, henceforth, to relieve the
regulars by performing the above ceremony at all fitting times and
seasons.
Yol. 33.
6—2