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November 23, 1861
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November 23, 1861.J PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 213
Enter Mart the Housemaid with the Morning Letters.
Old Ladt (who has seen the ‘ delivery ’ through the blinds). “ But there was a book or a paper, Mary, I thought I saw-”
Mart. “ Only this 'ere Mum, ivhich it’s for me, Mum, the ‘ 'Lustrated Penny Weekly Bell Assembly,' Mum, as I takes in myself reg’lar."
THE POLICEMAN'S PROGRESS.
Notwithstanding the contempt which is likely to be incurred by
the quotation of a trite maxim, we will venture to observe that the
proper study of mankind is man. We will further remark, that if the
study of man is one which is proper for mankind in general, there are
certain particular classes of men by whom it is, or may be, cultivated
with an especial propriety. Among these are all the divisions of the
Police; for man is a subject that in the discharge of their duty they
have continual occasion for taking up. Therefore we recognise a
peculiar fitness of things in the attention which, at Chatham, according
to the ensuing extract from a report of Naval and Military Intelligence,
a number of those' protectors of the public have been lately devoting to
a knowledge of that organisation which they are so often called upon
to collar:—
“ A series of very interesting and exceedingly able’lectures have been delivered
to the members of tbe Metropolitan Police Force doing duty in'Chatham Dockyard.
The concluding lecture of the series was ‘On the Physiology of Man,’ and was illus-
trated by numerous sketches and diagrams, and the whole of them have been
delivered by Mr. Litchfield at the reading-room which is provided in the yard for
the accommodation of the force.”
Prom what follows we are led to infer that the learned lecturer is no
professed anatomist, but an uncommonly intelligent officer of the corps
which formed his audience, who hasacquired a knowledge of anatomy
and various other sciences to the end of instructing his comrades
in blue
“ In the physiology of man the lecturer appeared to have made himself thoroughly
conversant with his subject, and in a very clear manner described the beautiful
framework of bones, muscles, and tendons, which are the organs of locomotion;
the brain and nervous system, the lungs, the heart, bloodvessels, and absorbents
for the circulation of the vital fluids through the body, and the teeth, the stomach,
and digestive organs ; he also described the continual waste and renewal of every
portion of the frame.”
The knowledge of all the particulars above enumerated will afford
the policeman, whilst upon his beat, abundant food for contemplation,
a perpetual repast which he will be enabled to enjoy without any descent
into areas, and breach of discipline. In pacing to and fro ou the pave-
ment, he will be enabled to reflect on that portion of the beautiful
framework of bones, muscles, and tendons wherein are comprised the
particular organs of that locomotion which he is engaged in practising.
Catching a pickpocket in the act of theft, his view will not be limited to
the spectacle of a little ragamuffin twitching the corner of a passenger’s
protruding handkerchief; his mind’s eye will discern the mechanism of
the arm, wrist, palm, fingers; the bones, and the flexors and extensors,
and little delicate fidicinal muscles, working by means of finely ramified
nerves deriving their influence from a brain wonderfully organised, but
perhaps too protuberant in the regions assigned by phrenology to
secretiveness and acquisitiveness. He will take the offender into
custody also with an intelligent consciousness of the organic machinery
which, in so doing, he puts in force together with the law. Should the
delinquent give him a run, he will, when the chace is over, have an
opportunity, as he fetches breath, of pondering the action of the lungs,
heart, and blood vessels • and when off duty, and employing his teeth
on the plateful provided for him by the hand of affection, he will be in
a position to meditate on the functions of the stomach and the rest of
the digestive organs. We rejoice to learn that—
“The educational movement is well supported by the members of the force, and
is earnestly promoted by the superintendent, Mr. Richardson.”
Hitherto the Policeman has confined his attention to the arrest of
evil-doers, but he has now begun to apprehend the facts of science.
No longer content with clutching rioters and rogues, and members of
the swell mob, he is endeavouring to grasp ideas: he not only com-
mands progress in the thoroughfares, but exemplifies it in the walks of
intellect; and his motto as well as his injunction is, “ Move On! ”
Pat on Butter.
“ An Irish paper draws attention to the remarkable fact, that American butter is
beginning to reach Liverpool, Manchester, &c., in such large quantities as to imperil
the Irish trade in that commodity.”
All we can say is, that the article in question does not come wrapped
in American newspapers.
Enter Mart the Housemaid with the Morning Letters.
Old Ladt (who has seen the ‘ delivery ’ through the blinds). “ But there was a book or a paper, Mary, I thought I saw-”
Mart. “ Only this 'ere Mum, ivhich it’s for me, Mum, the ‘ 'Lustrated Penny Weekly Bell Assembly,' Mum, as I takes in myself reg’lar."
THE POLICEMAN'S PROGRESS.
Notwithstanding the contempt which is likely to be incurred by
the quotation of a trite maxim, we will venture to observe that the
proper study of mankind is man. We will further remark, that if the
study of man is one which is proper for mankind in general, there are
certain particular classes of men by whom it is, or may be, cultivated
with an especial propriety. Among these are all the divisions of the
Police; for man is a subject that in the discharge of their duty they
have continual occasion for taking up. Therefore we recognise a
peculiar fitness of things in the attention which, at Chatham, according
to the ensuing extract from a report of Naval and Military Intelligence,
a number of those' protectors of the public have been lately devoting to
a knowledge of that organisation which they are so often called upon
to collar:—
“ A series of very interesting and exceedingly able’lectures have been delivered
to the members of tbe Metropolitan Police Force doing duty in'Chatham Dockyard.
The concluding lecture of the series was ‘On the Physiology of Man,’ and was illus-
trated by numerous sketches and diagrams, and the whole of them have been
delivered by Mr. Litchfield at the reading-room which is provided in the yard for
the accommodation of the force.”
Prom what follows we are led to infer that the learned lecturer is no
professed anatomist, but an uncommonly intelligent officer of the corps
which formed his audience, who hasacquired a knowledge of anatomy
and various other sciences to the end of instructing his comrades
in blue
“ In the physiology of man the lecturer appeared to have made himself thoroughly
conversant with his subject, and in a very clear manner described the beautiful
framework of bones, muscles, and tendons, which are the organs of locomotion;
the brain and nervous system, the lungs, the heart, bloodvessels, and absorbents
for the circulation of the vital fluids through the body, and the teeth, the stomach,
and digestive organs ; he also described the continual waste and renewal of every
portion of the frame.”
The knowledge of all the particulars above enumerated will afford
the policeman, whilst upon his beat, abundant food for contemplation,
a perpetual repast which he will be enabled to enjoy without any descent
into areas, and breach of discipline. In pacing to and fro ou the pave-
ment, he will be enabled to reflect on that portion of the beautiful
framework of bones, muscles, and tendons wherein are comprised the
particular organs of that locomotion which he is engaged in practising.
Catching a pickpocket in the act of theft, his view will not be limited to
the spectacle of a little ragamuffin twitching the corner of a passenger’s
protruding handkerchief; his mind’s eye will discern the mechanism of
the arm, wrist, palm, fingers; the bones, and the flexors and extensors,
and little delicate fidicinal muscles, working by means of finely ramified
nerves deriving their influence from a brain wonderfully organised, but
perhaps too protuberant in the regions assigned by phrenology to
secretiveness and acquisitiveness. He will take the offender into
custody also with an intelligent consciousness of the organic machinery
which, in so doing, he puts in force together with the law. Should the
delinquent give him a run, he will, when the chace is over, have an
opportunity, as he fetches breath, of pondering the action of the lungs,
heart, and blood vessels • and when off duty, and employing his teeth
on the plateful provided for him by the hand of affection, he will be in
a position to meditate on the functions of the stomach and the rest of
the digestive organs. We rejoice to learn that—
“The educational movement is well supported by the members of the force, and
is earnestly promoted by the superintendent, Mr. Richardson.”
Hitherto the Policeman has confined his attention to the arrest of
evil-doers, but he has now begun to apprehend the facts of science.
No longer content with clutching rioters and rogues, and members of
the swell mob, he is endeavouring to grasp ideas: he not only com-
mands progress in the thoroughfares, but exemplifies it in the walks of
intellect; and his motto as well as his injunction is, “ Move On! ”
Pat on Butter.
“ An Irish paper draws attention to the remarkable fact, that American butter is
beginning to reach Liverpool, Manchester, &c., in such large quantities as to imperil
the Irish trade in that commodity.”
All we can say is, that the article in question does not come wrapped
in American newspapers.