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[July to December, 1866.
You. LL]
INTRODUCTION.
Middlesex. He was subsequently appointed a County Court
Judge.
107 What a Name for a Senator.—This weOs the name of
an American Senator.
109 Punch on the Low Wire.—Messrs. Glass and Can-
ning, and Professor William Thomson, were the eminent
electricians who laid the Atlantic Cable. They were knighted
the following October. The Great Eastern was the vessel
employed.
113 Bribery and Corruption.—(See also “ The Brummagem
Rough to the Totnes Respectable,” p. 102, “A Standing
Nuisance,” p. Ill, “ Sovereign Alley,” p. 121, &c.). Bribery
Inquiry Commissioners were at this time investigating the
proceedings at the Great Yarmouth, Reigate, Totnes, and
Lancaster Elections.
115 Teaching the Young Idea howto Shoot.—(See also
“Emphatically the Best,” p. 118, and Cartoon, p. 153). A
new Latin Primer, compiled by a Committee of Head-Mas-
ters, had recently been brought into use in the chief public
schools, dispossessing the old Latin Grammar. There was
a difference of opinion at the time as to the advantage of this
change.
126 “ The Master of The Horse.”—Lord Lyon won for
his owner the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the
St. Leger this year (See also “ The Lesson of the Leger,”
p. 127—Savernake—formerly The Bribery Colt—ran second
to Lwd Lyon in the Leger).
133 Vulcan’s Best Customer,—See “The War Black-
smith,” p. 132.
141 “ Knock-Outs,”—Trade and Parliamentary—See
Cartoon, p. 143.
147 An Error Corrected.—See “Evenings from Home,”
p. 151.
150 “ The Long Strike.”—The title of a play, then having
a great run.
163 The Popular Poll-Parrot.—Mr. Bright had been
speaking at great Reform Meetings, and attacking Mr.
Lowe. (See also “ The Festive Season,” p. 263.)
172 The Road to Ruin.—The London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company was at this time in great difficulties.
173 Venetia Victrix.—Venice ceded by Austria was now
again incorporated with Italy, a proceeding not approved
of by the Pope. Subsequently the King of Italy made a
triumphant entry into the city.
189 Risk-Allah.—Refers to the trial of Risk Allah Bey
at Brussels on a charge of murdering his step-son, by
whose death he had profited pecuniarily. The accused was
acquitted.
PAGE
Dr. Dulcamara in Dublin.—See “Pat’s Welcome to 193
John,” p. 192. A banquet had been given to Mr. Bright
by the Dublin Liberals.
A Parting Word.—Alderman Sir B. Phillips had 208
been popular as Lord Mayor, and the Mansion House was
the scene, during his term of office, of much splendid and
graceful hospitality.
The Canterbury Pilgrim.—Refers to the journey of 218
the Archbishop of Canterbury in Scotland.
A Passion for Astronomy.—A Meteoric shower of 222
great splendour and duration took place, as predicted by
Science, on the 13th of November.
Of anything but the Right Brand.—Lieut. Brand, 231
R.N. (who was mixed up with the proceedings in Jamaica),
having written a very extraordinary letter to Mr. Charles
Buxton, M.P., who had charged him with recklessly
causing the death of a great many persons in that island,
was suspended by the Admiralty and sent home.
To a Retiring L.C.J.—Lord Chief Justice Erle 237
retired from the Common Pleas on the 26th of November,
when the Attorney General, as the head of the Bar,
“ eulogized the great ability with which his Lordship had
reconciled positive law with moral justice.”
The Queen in the Black Country.—On the 30th of 238
November, Her Majesty visited Wolverhampton to un-
veil the Memorial erected in that town to the Prince
Consort. (These verses were not relished by the “ Black
Country”—See “The Black Country not all Black,” p.
262.)
The Quack’s Farthing.—Refers to the case of Hunter 239
v. Sharpe, being an action for libel by the Plaintiff (M.D.,
New York University), against the Pall Mall Gazette.
Verdict for the Plaintiff. Damages one farthing.
A Palpable Error.
Explanatory.—
239
242
' Refer to the London Trades De-
monstration in favour of
Reform. It was held in the
grounds of Beaufort House,
' Chiswick, and the long pro-
I cession (estimated at more
! than 20,000) started from the
Mall in St. James’s Park.
\ The day passedoff peaceably, J
Rome, 1866.—The Emperor of the French having 253
withdrawn his forces from Eome, the last detachment of the
troops, which had so long occupied that city, quitted it on
the 11th of December. “ The coming Guest ” was the King
of Italy.
A Plea for Pantaloons.—The American Lady Doctor, 258
Dr. Mary Walker, was, at this time, the subject of much
comment.
You. LL]
INTRODUCTION.
Middlesex. He was subsequently appointed a County Court
Judge.
107 What a Name for a Senator.—This weOs the name of
an American Senator.
109 Punch on the Low Wire.—Messrs. Glass and Can-
ning, and Professor William Thomson, were the eminent
electricians who laid the Atlantic Cable. They were knighted
the following October. The Great Eastern was the vessel
employed.
113 Bribery and Corruption.—(See also “ The Brummagem
Rough to the Totnes Respectable,” p. 102, “A Standing
Nuisance,” p. Ill, “ Sovereign Alley,” p. 121, &c.). Bribery
Inquiry Commissioners were at this time investigating the
proceedings at the Great Yarmouth, Reigate, Totnes, and
Lancaster Elections.
115 Teaching the Young Idea howto Shoot.—(See also
“Emphatically the Best,” p. 118, and Cartoon, p. 153). A
new Latin Primer, compiled by a Committee of Head-Mas-
ters, had recently been brought into use in the chief public
schools, dispossessing the old Latin Grammar. There was
a difference of opinion at the time as to the advantage of this
change.
126 “ The Master of The Horse.”—Lord Lyon won for
his owner the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the
St. Leger this year (See also “ The Lesson of the Leger,”
p. 127—Savernake—formerly The Bribery Colt—ran second
to Lwd Lyon in the Leger).
133 Vulcan’s Best Customer,—See “The War Black-
smith,” p. 132.
141 “ Knock-Outs,”—Trade and Parliamentary—See
Cartoon, p. 143.
147 An Error Corrected.—See “Evenings from Home,”
p. 151.
150 “ The Long Strike.”—The title of a play, then having
a great run.
163 The Popular Poll-Parrot.—Mr. Bright had been
speaking at great Reform Meetings, and attacking Mr.
Lowe. (See also “ The Festive Season,” p. 263.)
172 The Road to Ruin.—The London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company was at this time in great difficulties.
173 Venetia Victrix.—Venice ceded by Austria was now
again incorporated with Italy, a proceeding not approved
of by the Pope. Subsequently the King of Italy made a
triumphant entry into the city.
189 Risk-Allah.—Refers to the trial of Risk Allah Bey
at Brussels on a charge of murdering his step-son, by
whose death he had profited pecuniarily. The accused was
acquitted.
PAGE
Dr. Dulcamara in Dublin.—See “Pat’s Welcome to 193
John,” p. 192. A banquet had been given to Mr. Bright
by the Dublin Liberals.
A Parting Word.—Alderman Sir B. Phillips had 208
been popular as Lord Mayor, and the Mansion House was
the scene, during his term of office, of much splendid and
graceful hospitality.
The Canterbury Pilgrim.—Refers to the journey of 218
the Archbishop of Canterbury in Scotland.
A Passion for Astronomy.—A Meteoric shower of 222
great splendour and duration took place, as predicted by
Science, on the 13th of November.
Of anything but the Right Brand.—Lieut. Brand, 231
R.N. (who was mixed up with the proceedings in Jamaica),
having written a very extraordinary letter to Mr. Charles
Buxton, M.P., who had charged him with recklessly
causing the death of a great many persons in that island,
was suspended by the Admiralty and sent home.
To a Retiring L.C.J.—Lord Chief Justice Erle 237
retired from the Common Pleas on the 26th of November,
when the Attorney General, as the head of the Bar,
“ eulogized the great ability with which his Lordship had
reconciled positive law with moral justice.”
The Queen in the Black Country.—On the 30th of 238
November, Her Majesty visited Wolverhampton to un-
veil the Memorial erected in that town to the Prince
Consort. (These verses were not relished by the “ Black
Country”—See “The Black Country not all Black,” p.
262.)
The Quack’s Farthing.—Refers to the case of Hunter 239
v. Sharpe, being an action for libel by the Plaintiff (M.D.,
New York University), against the Pall Mall Gazette.
Verdict for the Plaintiff. Damages one farthing.
A Palpable Error.
Explanatory.—
239
242
' Refer to the London Trades De-
monstration in favour of
Reform. It was held in the
grounds of Beaufort House,
' Chiswick, and the long pro-
I cession (estimated at more
! than 20,000) started from the
Mall in St. James’s Park.
\ The day passedoff peaceably, J
Rome, 1866.—The Emperor of the French having 253
withdrawn his forces from Eome, the last detachment of the
troops, which had so long occupied that city, quitted it on
the 11th of December. “ The coming Guest ” was the King
of Italy.
A Plea for Pantaloons.—The American Lady Doctor, 258
Dr. Mary Walker, was, at this time, the subject of much
comment.