DOI issue:
February 14, 1863
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16871#0071
February 14, 1863.]
Schleswig question. I know enough about it to say that Earl
Bussell can’t, and his Mellow Harvest of Autumnal Indiscretion has
led him to act towards I he Pope in a way I hope to hear explained.
Lord Palmerston seems to have gone all round upon the subject of
Turkish independence; and as for Greece, our conduct is utterly absurd.
I know there are wild opinions about, “ Professors and rhetoricians
find a System for every contingency, and a Principle in every chance,
but do not let us leave the British Empire to Prigs and Pedants.” As
the Address applauding the Speech does not mean that I applaud any-
thing in it, I shall not oppose that Address.
Colonel Sykes seemed to think the Taepings were pious people.
Lord Robert Montagu accused Sir George Grey of nursing a
breed of Thugs.
Mr. Maguire complained of distress in Ireland. So did Sir P.
O’Brien.
Mr. C. Forster attacked the wicked Income-Tax. (Bravo, Mr.
Forster, P.)
Mr. B. Cochrane said the Morning Post was an able paper, and had
misled the Greeks.
Sir J. Hanmer said that the Welsh were pleased with the Prince’s
choice of a wife.
Mr. Hennessy spoke well about Poland, and praised the Pope at the
expense of Victor-Emmanuel.
Mr. Smollett insisted on an early Indian debate (sensation).
Lord Palmerston said that the Prince of Wales’s marriage was a
“ Love-Match.” . He answered Mr. Disraeli, praised the Greeks,
abused the Taepings, defended Lord Bussell on all points, declared
his affection for Turkey, was sorry for Ireland, but stated that the
distress was exaggerated—and never mentioned America at all.
Sir E. Bowyer praised the Pope and abused Mazzini and Piedmont.
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald made a smart answer to the Premier,
and specially dwelt on the military value of Corfu.
Mr. Whalley said something or other, and the Address was
agreed to.
In both Houses befitting tribute was paid to the character of the late
Marquis of Lansdowne, to whom our own tribute is paid elsewhere.
Friday. Nothing worth record, save that Mr. Layard, explained a
certain transaction in Brazil, where Earl Bussell appears to have
used a very High Hand.
TOUCHING THESE CLUBS.
Abuse of the Times newspaper is at present the chief occupation of
the cheap press, and the orators at mob meetings. This it is not
impossible that the journal in question may survive, but we have
nothing to do with that. In the interest of common sense, however,:
we should like to invite an uncommonly indignant writer in the
Morning, Star to answer a question suggested to us by a tremendous
burst of celestial ire with which he has recently favoured the world:—
“ The Times means, by the world, the Clubs, and nothing more.”
Whether this be true or not, is apart from our purpose. What are
these Clubs? There are about four-and-twenty of them in London.
They comprise nearly every Member of each House of Parliament, the
choice and pick of the Universities, all the leading City men, and a
great mass of other City men, all the respectable members of the bar,
a great number of the best men in the medical professions, such of the
wealthy manufacturers as reside or sojourn in town, a great many of
the clergy, all the authors, artists, and men of science who have made
a position in society, the men of note in the Army and Navy, and in
addition a very large number of the best class of English gentlemen.
In a line, the Clubs mean the governing classes, and the still more
important class that makes and leads public opinion, and, if education
is to count in the game, ought to do so. The CJuhs are not Everybody,
but they are not Nobody.
Is this such a bad “ following ” for any newspaper ? If the Times ex-
presses the opinion ot the Clubs, it is at least worth listening to, and
we do not quite see the use of abusing it. We should prefer in reply a
few arguments, if convenient, to any vituperation, however pious. May
we propose the writer for the Pelargonium Club, and give him an
opportunity of seeing what it is that he holds so cheaply ? We ’ll get
him seconded by an Archbishop.
THE BEPBOOF VALIANT.
Among the advertisements which are vulgarly forced upon the eye>
by repetition, American fashion, is this
T)0 AS THOUSANDS HAVE DONE ! ” — CHAFF, CHAFF
-1-7 Chaff, Chaff.
Mr. Punch has no idea what it means, but, interpreting it in a natural
way, is always inclined to reply, “ Yes, and get what thousands have
got.,—a punch in the head for chaffing people who won’t stand it.”
63
NURSERY RHYMES.
[To he continued until every Town in the Kingdom has been immortalised.)
There was a Young Lady of Alnwick,
Whose touch was so highly galvanic.
That the people she’d meet
Used to spring on both feet.
And fly down the street in a panic.
There was a Young Lady of Sark,
Who bought such a pretty Noah’s Ark,
But flung it away
On the very next day,
Because the blue dogs wouldn’t bark.
There was a Young Lady of Ottery,
Who once drew a prize in a lottery,
To show she was pleased.
She shouted and sneezed,
And smashed a whole shopfull of pottery.
ADVEBTISING GAME BUTCHEBS.
Regularly every year, when the shooting season ends, we find
inserted in the newspapers such paragraphs as this -.—
“The Last Three Days of Cover Shooting.—On Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, the 29th, 30th, and 31st ult., Lord D-, Sir H. S-, G.C.B., the Hon.
Col. C. H. L-, and Mr. T. C-, shot the Marquis of H-’s extensive covers
at S-, in Suffolk, when the following results were obtained, notwithstanding the
gale of wind which was blowing during most of the time :—Four guns—Thursday,
29th.—Pheasants, 400; hares, 514; rabbits, 19 ; partridges, 4 ; total 937. Friday,
30th.—Pheasants, 339 ; hares, 274 ; rabbits, 23; partridges, 3; woodcocks, 2 ; total
641. Saturday, 31st.—Pheasants, 334 ; hares, 95; rabbits, 18 ; partridges, 2 ; wood-
cocks, 8 ; total 457. Grand total, 2035.”
We presume, of course, such notices are paid for as advertisements;
else it puzzles us to fancy why they are inserted. Surely not one in a
thousand of ordinary readers cares to hear what slaughter there has
been at a battue, and sub-editors could surely find more interesting
matter to fill up a vacant corner than extracts from the game books of
great owners of preserves.
We wonder, is it the head-keeper who forwards these returns ? or
are they furnished by the flunkeys of the gentlemen who shoot ? It
cannot glorify the shooters much to have it known that they assisted in
a barn-yard sort of sport; and we presume, therefore, the keepers, by
inserting these announcements, wish to advertise their skill in the
stocking of preserves, and treasure up the notices by way of testimonials
when they want a place. Or possibly the notices are meant to catch
the eye of wholesale game-dealers and poulterers, that they may know
where to apply when they want a lot of game. At all events, we must
repeat, the fact that four men in three days have killed two thousand
head of game redounds but very little to their credit as good sports-
men, although some cockney-minded shooters might consider it good
sport.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Schleswig question. I know enough about it to say that Earl
Bussell can’t, and his Mellow Harvest of Autumnal Indiscretion has
led him to act towards I he Pope in a way I hope to hear explained.
Lord Palmerston seems to have gone all round upon the subject of
Turkish independence; and as for Greece, our conduct is utterly absurd.
I know there are wild opinions about, “ Professors and rhetoricians
find a System for every contingency, and a Principle in every chance,
but do not let us leave the British Empire to Prigs and Pedants.” As
the Address applauding the Speech does not mean that I applaud any-
thing in it, I shall not oppose that Address.
Colonel Sykes seemed to think the Taepings were pious people.
Lord Robert Montagu accused Sir George Grey of nursing a
breed of Thugs.
Mr. Maguire complained of distress in Ireland. So did Sir P.
O’Brien.
Mr. C. Forster attacked the wicked Income-Tax. (Bravo, Mr.
Forster, P.)
Mr. B. Cochrane said the Morning Post was an able paper, and had
misled the Greeks.
Sir J. Hanmer said that the Welsh were pleased with the Prince’s
choice of a wife.
Mr. Hennessy spoke well about Poland, and praised the Pope at the
expense of Victor-Emmanuel.
Mr. Smollett insisted on an early Indian debate (sensation).
Lord Palmerston said that the Prince of Wales’s marriage was a
“ Love-Match.” . He answered Mr. Disraeli, praised the Greeks,
abused the Taepings, defended Lord Bussell on all points, declared
his affection for Turkey, was sorry for Ireland, but stated that the
distress was exaggerated—and never mentioned America at all.
Sir E. Bowyer praised the Pope and abused Mazzini and Piedmont.
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald made a smart answer to the Premier,
and specially dwelt on the military value of Corfu.
Mr. Whalley said something or other, and the Address was
agreed to.
In both Houses befitting tribute was paid to the character of the late
Marquis of Lansdowne, to whom our own tribute is paid elsewhere.
Friday. Nothing worth record, save that Mr. Layard, explained a
certain transaction in Brazil, where Earl Bussell appears to have
used a very High Hand.
TOUCHING THESE CLUBS.
Abuse of the Times newspaper is at present the chief occupation of
the cheap press, and the orators at mob meetings. This it is not
impossible that the journal in question may survive, but we have
nothing to do with that. In the interest of common sense, however,:
we should like to invite an uncommonly indignant writer in the
Morning, Star to answer a question suggested to us by a tremendous
burst of celestial ire with which he has recently favoured the world:—
“ The Times means, by the world, the Clubs, and nothing more.”
Whether this be true or not, is apart from our purpose. What are
these Clubs? There are about four-and-twenty of them in London.
They comprise nearly every Member of each House of Parliament, the
choice and pick of the Universities, all the leading City men, and a
great mass of other City men, all the respectable members of the bar,
a great number of the best men in the medical professions, such of the
wealthy manufacturers as reside or sojourn in town, a great many of
the clergy, all the authors, artists, and men of science who have made
a position in society, the men of note in the Army and Navy, and in
addition a very large number of the best class of English gentlemen.
In a line, the Clubs mean the governing classes, and the still more
important class that makes and leads public opinion, and, if education
is to count in the game, ought to do so. The CJuhs are not Everybody,
but they are not Nobody.
Is this such a bad “ following ” for any newspaper ? If the Times ex-
presses the opinion ot the Clubs, it is at least worth listening to, and
we do not quite see the use of abusing it. We should prefer in reply a
few arguments, if convenient, to any vituperation, however pious. May
we propose the writer for the Pelargonium Club, and give him an
opportunity of seeing what it is that he holds so cheaply ? We ’ll get
him seconded by an Archbishop.
THE BEPBOOF VALIANT.
Among the advertisements which are vulgarly forced upon the eye>
by repetition, American fashion, is this
T)0 AS THOUSANDS HAVE DONE ! ” — CHAFF, CHAFF
-1-7 Chaff, Chaff.
Mr. Punch has no idea what it means, but, interpreting it in a natural
way, is always inclined to reply, “ Yes, and get what thousands have
got.,—a punch in the head for chaffing people who won’t stand it.”
63
NURSERY RHYMES.
[To he continued until every Town in the Kingdom has been immortalised.)
There was a Young Lady of Alnwick,
Whose touch was so highly galvanic.
That the people she’d meet
Used to spring on both feet.
And fly down the street in a panic.
There was a Young Lady of Sark,
Who bought such a pretty Noah’s Ark,
But flung it away
On the very next day,
Because the blue dogs wouldn’t bark.
There was a Young Lady of Ottery,
Who once drew a prize in a lottery,
To show she was pleased.
She shouted and sneezed,
And smashed a whole shopfull of pottery.
ADVEBTISING GAME BUTCHEBS.
Regularly every year, when the shooting season ends, we find
inserted in the newspapers such paragraphs as this -.—
“The Last Three Days of Cover Shooting.—On Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, the 29th, 30th, and 31st ult., Lord D-, Sir H. S-, G.C.B., the Hon.
Col. C. H. L-, and Mr. T. C-, shot the Marquis of H-’s extensive covers
at S-, in Suffolk, when the following results were obtained, notwithstanding the
gale of wind which was blowing during most of the time :—Four guns—Thursday,
29th.—Pheasants, 400; hares, 514; rabbits, 19 ; partridges, 4 ; total 937. Friday,
30th.—Pheasants, 339 ; hares, 274 ; rabbits, 23; partridges, 3; woodcocks, 2 ; total
641. Saturday, 31st.—Pheasants, 334 ; hares, 95; rabbits, 18 ; partridges, 2 ; wood-
cocks, 8 ; total 457. Grand total, 2035.”
We presume, of course, such notices are paid for as advertisements;
else it puzzles us to fancy why they are inserted. Surely not one in a
thousand of ordinary readers cares to hear what slaughter there has
been at a battue, and sub-editors could surely find more interesting
matter to fill up a vacant corner than extracts from the game books of
great owners of preserves.
We wonder, is it the head-keeper who forwards these returns ? or
are they furnished by the flunkeys of the gentlemen who shoot ? It
cannot glorify the shooters much to have it known that they assisted in
a barn-yard sort of sport; and we presume, therefore, the keepers, by
inserting these announcements, wish to advertise their skill in the
stocking of preserves, and treasure up the notices by way of testimonials
when they want a place. Or possibly the notices are meant to catch
the eye of wholesale game-dealers and poulterers, that they may know
where to apply when they want a lot of game. At all events, we must
repeat, the fact that four men in three days have killed two thousand
head of game redounds but very little to their credit as good sports-
men, although some cockney-minded shooters might consider it good
sport.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.