Punch (41.1861)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[December 14, 1861.

GOOD NEWS FOR THE NAVY.

ack’s Alive appears
to be the tune just now
in Portsmouth, and
our other naval ports.
And that Jack may be
kept lively, the Ad-
miralty very clearly
seems to wish. Else
we should not see such
an announcement in
the Fra as that which
we subjoin:—

WANTED, for the
Royal Navy, a few
BANDSMEN that can Play
a Brass and String Instru-
ment. Also, aAew FID-
DLERS, that japan Play
Jigs, Reels, and Horn-
pipes.—Apply, <fee.

In our joy to find
that Jack is to be fur-
nished aboard ship
with some more music
to enliven him, we
have little wish to
quarrel with the word-
ing of this notice: or
we certainly might say that “ a brass and string instrument ” is a thing we never
heard of, and the nearest approach to it that we can call to mind is a wretched
old tin fiddle with its strings all out of tune, which was played by a blind beggar
who used to haunt our neighbourhood, and weekly did his utmost to drive us
into Bedlam. But jigs, reels, and hornpipes, played on any sort of instrument,
from a trombone to a jew’s harp, are certain to have life in them, and to impart
that liveliness to any pair of legs attached to any body that hath the ears to
listen. So as men always work the better when cheerful in their minds, we rejoice
to see this increase to the music of the Navy, and we are not disposed to fear
that any fiddler in the fleet will have to give up Rule Britannia, and, at an enemy’s
command, take to playing Yankee Doodle.

! reservation. Or perhaps the arcana of masonry include
a clairvoyance which enables a lodge of Ereemasons to
see through any candidate for admission to their order,
and discern a disciple of Ignatius Loyola from a respect-
able man.

A MYSTERY BEYOND PRIESTCRAET.

In a “pastoral” relative to the Eeast of the Immaculate Conception just pub'
lished. Dr. Cullen, the great Irish theologian and astronomer, takes occasion to
denounce the Ereemasons. He avers that

“ Robespierre, Dahton, Marat, Carrier, and other monsters in the shape of men, who
inundated France with the blood of hundreds of thousands . . who delighted in ruin and

devastation, were all adepts of.masonic lodges.”

Suppose they were, which is doubtful because Dr. Cullen asserts it, what then ?
The Brotherhood of Ereemasons is a fraternity of demons, of course, according to
the logic of Cullen ; and if every institution is to be judged of by members who
disgrace it, what does Dr. Cullen, by parity of reasoning, make out of the
community which calls him Archbishop of Dublin ?

Dr. Cullen’s ideas of Ereemasonry seem to be rather hazy. He proceeds to
say:—

“The great leaders of the revolutionary movements—Mazzini, Kossuth, and Garibaldi—
are looked up to as the chiefs and leaders of secret societies or masonic lodges. Who can describe
the evils they have inflicted or are actually inflicting on the world ? See how they assail the holy
Catholic Church.”

But we do not see how they assail the holy Catholic Church, or the Roman
Catholic Church, which is what Dr. Cullen means, but is another thing. They
seem to us to be for letting the Roman Catholic Church alone, to manage its
affairs in its own way, only without the assistance of the secular arm and the aid
of bayonets. They—that is, both the three liberal leaders whom Dr. Cullen

names, and also the “ secret societies or masonic lodges,” which he speaks of as
identical. Does he really not know that though a masonic lodge is a secret
society, a secret society is not necessarily a masonic lodge, or does he only pretend
to _ confound the one with the other, and to represent Ereemasons as inflicting
evils, when he well knows that they have conferred great benefits on the world,
and whom, even in Ireland, can he expect to mystify by all that fatuous bosh F

From the Irish intelligence, whence the foregoing extracts from Dr. Cullen’s
nonsense about Ereemasonry are derived, it appears that:—

“ Many IrisB. Roman Catholics, despite the denunciations of Dr. Cullen and his priests, still
remain Freemasons. They will not permit the inquisitive glance of the priesthood, however,
to penetrate its secrets (not even in the confessional), and hence the hatred they exhibit towards
the society.”

The Jesuits are not so clever as they are generally supposed. They, at least,
ought to be in possession of the masonic secret, if that is to be discovered through
initiation into the masonic mysteries, and an affidavit of secrecy made with a mental

A VOICE FROM WASHINGTON.

From our Special Correspondent.

We Yankees ain’t given to brag,

John Bull, we expect, has no notion
Of going to war; but his flag
If he does, we shall sweep from the ocean.

And when the old vagabond lies
In a state of teetotal prostration,

Old Ireland in glory will rise,

Independence to win as a nation.

Our breadstuffs from England kept back,

The sequel must be destitution.

Her famishing millions, in lack
Of food, will force on revolution.

Victoria will have to retire;

Aristocracy, friends of Secession,

Will he hurled down, and trod in the mire,

N o more for to practise oppression.

Rebellion we ’ll bring to an end.

The slaves ’mongst our heroes dividing,

Or arms to the niggers we ’ll lend, _

To give their darned masters a hiding.

Work up all our cotton at home.

Let not one more bale be exported,

Have the world at our feet, like old Rome,

By the kings of the airth as was courted.

Want money P I reckon not we ;

A national debt we ’ll create.

Twice as heavy as yonm, which will be,

Eor Samsons like we air, no weight.

On Government bonds we shall borrow
Any money in Europe with ease.

Why London and Pans, to-morrow
Mill lend us as much as we please.

Eoreign goods we shall purchase with paper,
Which let foreign usurers hold;

The British may swagger and vapour,

At home whilst we keep all our gold.

As Belmont to Seward has written,

Any stock may in Europe be “ placed,”

And the chance, if the Rothschilds ain’t bitten.
Will be by the Barings embraced.

We’ve twice afore whipped all creation,

We’ve now got to whip it again.

We air a remarkable nation
Of modest, but resolute men.

John Bull, then, allow ns to kick you.

And don’t go resenting the act,

Or into a cocked hat we ’ll lick you,

Yes, Sir-ree, you old hoss, that’s a fact.

A Joke Never domes Too Late

We wonder that it had never occurred to us before—we,
who generally think of everything, and always at the very
right moment—that the Cabinet Council, which was con-
vened after the arrival of the news of the Yankee outrage
on the British flag, might appropriately he called “The
Council of Trent.”

punch’s money article.

Unless the armaments of France are considerably re-
duced, we would not advise our readers to subscribe to the
loan about to be proposed by the new French Minister of
Finance. It will he the old story over again of “ The
Eould and his money soon parted.”

Naval Promotion.—The
Trent Mail Packet to be Post

rallant Commander of
Japtain.

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