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March 5, 1870
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A RITUALIST REDOUBT.
According to the John Bull" an ordinary meeting " of the English
Church Union took place the other day at the Freemasons' Tavern.
The lodge, however, of the English Church Unionists, was not tiled ;
for the John Bull reports their proceedings, and the speeches made by
some of them, with reference to the late ritual judgments in the Court
of Arches. Notwithstanding these, in moving a resolution—
" The Rev, Sir H. Baker . . . said that ... he had not yet given up
altar-lights. . . He regretted exceedingly the decision as to the north side
of the altar."
The north side of the altar appears to be a position of great impor-
tance to the Ritualist Division. Though pronounced untenable, it
has not been evacuated. Another reverend speaker, the Rev. R. T.
West, observed that—
" He should like to see the position of the priest at the altar tried again,
and he certainly should not give up the north side at present. . He thought
the Union would be prepared to try the question of the north side again, but
nobody had any faith in the integrity of the Judicial Committee, and their
judgment would not be regarded as binding by anybody."
So Mr. West still holds the north side of the altar. But how this
post is to be defended, the occupants of it have hardly determined.
Would a Moncrieff Battery answer their purpose ? Or would an iron-
clad stationed north of the side of the fortress attacked be more appro-
priate ? Perhaps; for Mr. West spoke rather as a sailor than a
soldier of the Church Militant, in saying :—
"He was almost determined to adopt the altar-lights again, but should
not do anything without consulting his brethren ; for he believed in 'along
pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together.' "
This may, indeed, be supposed to be an article in every seaman's
belief, although there is no such clause contained in any other creed.
It is, however, at any rate clear that these Church Unionists mean
fighting :—
"The Rev. C. J. Le Geyt was glad that no immediate action was in-
tended."
This declaration is warlike, if Fabian. They do contemplate going
into action then, by-and-by. With what enemy ? Apparently the
body named by Mr. West, when he said :—
"It was greatly to be regretted that Mr. Purchas had dragged them
through the mire as he had done ; for he thought that if they had been quiet
and unobtrusive in their services, they would never have been troubled by the
Church Association."
Hence it seems that the Church Association is the foe by whom the
north side of the altar is threatened—thanks to the too loudly demon-
strative proceedings of Mu. Purchas. The Church Union would not
have brought the Church Association down upon themselves " if they
had been quiet and unobtrusive in their services." There is, doubtless,
some sense in that observation, and not a little in another :—
" Mr. Donalbson personally thought that the north side was one of their
weakest points."
It is not perhaps too much to say, that these two remarks comprise
everything sensible which -was uttered by the united Ritualists at the
Freemasons' Tavern. The north side of the altar is doubtless one of the
weakest of the many weak points held by the Ritualists. Their enemies
will be all delighted to see them waste their time and labour in the
endeavour to strengthen it. Whilst they are busily and bravely engaged
in trying to maintain the north side of the altar, they may have the
whole Church knocked about, their ears. A Church, comprising a
Church Union and a Church Association at war with each other, can-
not be seriously said to be very unlike a house divided against itself.
In the meantime Papists and Dissenters smiling, remark that there is
nothing like Unity in the Church.
FOOD FOR FAITH.
From a contemporary's Own Correspondent we learn that, at the
Roman Council :—
" The assemblies of the 10th and 14th were devoted to the modification of
the catechism—' De novo et uniformi Catechisms edendo.' "
Dr. Cumming is respectfully informed that the Council intends this
Catechism to be published, not to be eaten, except, in so far as its
contents are meant, to be metaphorically swallowed by those who will
have to digest them as best they may. It may be possible, however,
but is hardly probable, that, the Council, about to edit, anew Catechism,
will eat some of their hard words contained in the old one.
EPITAPH on A fenian MaRTIR.
Siste, Viator :
Here lies a Traitor.
RAILWAY LIMB INSURANCE.
It is to be hoped that the necessity of united action, according to
the maxim that when rogues combine honest men should unite—to
defeat their schemes—will be suggested by the following extract from
the Observer:—
" We are informed that a strong combination has been formed among the
Directors of some of the leading Railway Companies for the purpose of intro-
ducing a Bill into Parliament in the present session on the subject of compen-
sation for accidents. It is proposed to limit the sum to be paid in cases of loss
or personal injury, but to give to passengers the right of insuring with the
companies for larger amounts for a moderate premium."
The rates of compensation for death or injury sustained from railway
accidents are high. But what can that signify if no accidents occur P
The expense of taking care they shall not. That, we are afraid, is what
the Directors, who want Parliament to limit liability for the conse-
quences of those accidents, object to.
As to Railway Insurance, no men would insure their lives with the
Railway Companies except fathers of families, caring about their wives
and families uncommonly. None but an extremely small few of the
very strongest-minded women would insure at all. No one, having not
any survivors to care for, would insure his life, unless he were an
Irishman ; he would only insure his limbs and living body. But every
prudent person would insure those. Railway Insurance would, there-
fore, require a tariff of premiums, for which, at corresponding charges,
the constitution in general, or each member or organ of the body could
be insured. This would have to be posted at every station, conspi-
cuously, in large letters, such that they who run may read ; an arm so
much, a hand so much, a finger so much, a leg, a foot, a toe, so much,
an ear, a nose, so much, and upwards. The list ought to include the
brain, to be insured against injury causing impaired intellect. Every
carriage also should contain a table of the terms of insurance in case of
death and all possible mutilations, which, if it made frivolous passengers
melancholy, would render a railway journey comparatively jolly for the
thinking traveller.
LEARNING FOR LADIES.
Here is an interesting morsel of intelligence. We learn it from our
fashionable teacher, the Court Circular:—
" M. J. Peyritsch has read before the Academy of Vienna a paper ' On
the Morphology of the Umbelliferee.' "
WTe wonder what are the ideas conveyed by these fine words to the
minds of the fair readers of our fashionable contemporary. Indeed,
how much the wiser will most, young ladies be, even if we strive to help
them to some knowledge of the matter, by digging up the Greek and
Latin roots of these fine words P Will Miss Smith or Miss Tomkins
condescend to avow herself enlightened, if we tell her that " morpho-
logy" is derived from two Greek words, the one morphe, meaning
" form " or " figure," the other logos, meaning "word " or " speech ; "
and that the word " umbelliferse " is compounded of two Latin words,
umbel/a, shade or parasol, and few, I bear or carry ? We fear such
explanation will but serve still more to puzzle those young ladies, and
lead them to imagine that the erudite professor has been delivering a
lecture on the figures of speech, or slang, say, of themselves and other
ladies, who, being umbelliferas, ail carry parasols.
A SABBATARIAN SAGE.
The Honorary Secretary of the Licence Amendment League is a
sagacious reasoner. Speaking for a deputation of vexatious busybodies,
who waited on the Home Secretary the other day, boring him with
solicitation to impose still greater restraint than the Government
intends on the liquor trade, this philosopher pressed on Mr. Bruce
the remarkable argument that, as picture-galleries and other places of
elevating recreation are closed upon Sunday, public-houses should be
closed also. This is just reversing the logic of our old position that,
whilst gin-shops and pot-houses are open on Sundays, picture-galleries
and museums ought not to be closed. The Honorary Secretary of the
Licence Amendment League has taken up a cudgel the same as ours,
and turned it against us, only he has got hold of the wrong end of the
stick.
NOTICE.—Mr. Punch is requested to say, in reply to several
complaining letters to the Proprietors of this Periodical, that the
persons in the country engaged in obtaining Advertisements for a
cover stated to be intended for distribution to the subscribers to
Punch, are acting without any authority for doing so, and that no such
cover is issued in connection with the Punch Office.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A RITUALIST REDOUBT.
According to the John Bull" an ordinary meeting " of the English
Church Union took place the other day at the Freemasons' Tavern.
The lodge, however, of the English Church Unionists, was not tiled ;
for the John Bull reports their proceedings, and the speeches made by
some of them, with reference to the late ritual judgments in the Court
of Arches. Notwithstanding these, in moving a resolution—
" The Rev, Sir H. Baker . . . said that ... he had not yet given up
altar-lights. . . He regretted exceedingly the decision as to the north side
of the altar."
The north side of the altar appears to be a position of great impor-
tance to the Ritualist Division. Though pronounced untenable, it
has not been evacuated. Another reverend speaker, the Rev. R. T.
West, observed that—
" He should like to see the position of the priest at the altar tried again,
and he certainly should not give up the north side at present. . He thought
the Union would be prepared to try the question of the north side again, but
nobody had any faith in the integrity of the Judicial Committee, and their
judgment would not be regarded as binding by anybody."
So Mr. West still holds the north side of the altar. But how this
post is to be defended, the occupants of it have hardly determined.
Would a Moncrieff Battery answer their purpose ? Or would an iron-
clad stationed north of the side of the fortress attacked be more appro-
priate ? Perhaps; for Mr. West spoke rather as a sailor than a
soldier of the Church Militant, in saying :—
"He was almost determined to adopt the altar-lights again, but should
not do anything without consulting his brethren ; for he believed in 'along
pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together.' "
This may, indeed, be supposed to be an article in every seaman's
belief, although there is no such clause contained in any other creed.
It is, however, at any rate clear that these Church Unionists mean
fighting :—
"The Rev. C. J. Le Geyt was glad that no immediate action was in-
tended."
This declaration is warlike, if Fabian. They do contemplate going
into action then, by-and-by. With what enemy ? Apparently the
body named by Mr. West, when he said :—
"It was greatly to be regretted that Mr. Purchas had dragged them
through the mire as he had done ; for he thought that if they had been quiet
and unobtrusive in their services, they would never have been troubled by the
Church Association."
Hence it seems that the Church Association is the foe by whom the
north side of the altar is threatened—thanks to the too loudly demon-
strative proceedings of Mu. Purchas. The Church Union would not
have brought the Church Association down upon themselves " if they
had been quiet and unobtrusive in their services." There is, doubtless,
some sense in that observation, and not a little in another :—
" Mr. Donalbson personally thought that the north side was one of their
weakest points."
It is not perhaps too much to say, that these two remarks comprise
everything sensible which -was uttered by the united Ritualists at the
Freemasons' Tavern. The north side of the altar is doubtless one of the
weakest of the many weak points held by the Ritualists. Their enemies
will be all delighted to see them waste their time and labour in the
endeavour to strengthen it. Whilst they are busily and bravely engaged
in trying to maintain the north side of the altar, they may have the
whole Church knocked about, their ears. A Church, comprising a
Church Union and a Church Association at war with each other, can-
not be seriously said to be very unlike a house divided against itself.
In the meantime Papists and Dissenters smiling, remark that there is
nothing like Unity in the Church.
FOOD FOR FAITH.
From a contemporary's Own Correspondent we learn that, at the
Roman Council :—
" The assemblies of the 10th and 14th were devoted to the modification of
the catechism—' De novo et uniformi Catechisms edendo.' "
Dr. Cumming is respectfully informed that the Council intends this
Catechism to be published, not to be eaten, except, in so far as its
contents are meant, to be metaphorically swallowed by those who will
have to digest them as best they may. It may be possible, however,
but is hardly probable, that, the Council, about to edit, anew Catechism,
will eat some of their hard words contained in the old one.
EPITAPH on A fenian MaRTIR.
Siste, Viator :
Here lies a Traitor.
RAILWAY LIMB INSURANCE.
It is to be hoped that the necessity of united action, according to
the maxim that when rogues combine honest men should unite—to
defeat their schemes—will be suggested by the following extract from
the Observer:—
" We are informed that a strong combination has been formed among the
Directors of some of the leading Railway Companies for the purpose of intro-
ducing a Bill into Parliament in the present session on the subject of compen-
sation for accidents. It is proposed to limit the sum to be paid in cases of loss
or personal injury, but to give to passengers the right of insuring with the
companies for larger amounts for a moderate premium."
The rates of compensation for death or injury sustained from railway
accidents are high. But what can that signify if no accidents occur P
The expense of taking care they shall not. That, we are afraid, is what
the Directors, who want Parliament to limit liability for the conse-
quences of those accidents, object to.
As to Railway Insurance, no men would insure their lives with the
Railway Companies except fathers of families, caring about their wives
and families uncommonly. None but an extremely small few of the
very strongest-minded women would insure at all. No one, having not
any survivors to care for, would insure his life, unless he were an
Irishman ; he would only insure his limbs and living body. But every
prudent person would insure those. Railway Insurance would, there-
fore, require a tariff of premiums, for which, at corresponding charges,
the constitution in general, or each member or organ of the body could
be insured. This would have to be posted at every station, conspi-
cuously, in large letters, such that they who run may read ; an arm so
much, a hand so much, a finger so much, a leg, a foot, a toe, so much,
an ear, a nose, so much, and upwards. The list ought to include the
brain, to be insured against injury causing impaired intellect. Every
carriage also should contain a table of the terms of insurance in case of
death and all possible mutilations, which, if it made frivolous passengers
melancholy, would render a railway journey comparatively jolly for the
thinking traveller.
LEARNING FOR LADIES.
Here is an interesting morsel of intelligence. We learn it from our
fashionable teacher, the Court Circular:—
" M. J. Peyritsch has read before the Academy of Vienna a paper ' On
the Morphology of the Umbelliferee.' "
WTe wonder what are the ideas conveyed by these fine words to the
minds of the fair readers of our fashionable contemporary. Indeed,
how much the wiser will most, young ladies be, even if we strive to help
them to some knowledge of the matter, by digging up the Greek and
Latin roots of these fine words P Will Miss Smith or Miss Tomkins
condescend to avow herself enlightened, if we tell her that " morpho-
logy" is derived from two Greek words, the one morphe, meaning
" form " or " figure," the other logos, meaning "word " or " speech ; "
and that the word " umbelliferse " is compounded of two Latin words,
umbel/a, shade or parasol, and few, I bear or carry ? We fear such
explanation will but serve still more to puzzle those young ladies, and
lead them to imagine that the erudite professor has been delivering a
lecture on the figures of speech, or slang, say, of themselves and other
ladies, who, being umbelliferas, ail carry parasols.
A SABBATARIAN SAGE.
The Honorary Secretary of the Licence Amendment League is a
sagacious reasoner. Speaking for a deputation of vexatious busybodies,
who waited on the Home Secretary the other day, boring him with
solicitation to impose still greater restraint than the Government
intends on the liquor trade, this philosopher pressed on Mr. Bruce
the remarkable argument that, as picture-galleries and other places of
elevating recreation are closed upon Sunday, public-houses should be
closed also. This is just reversing the logic of our old position that,
whilst gin-shops and pot-houses are open on Sundays, picture-galleries
and museums ought not to be closed. The Honorary Secretary of the
Licence Amendment League has taken up a cudgel the same as ours,
and turned it against us, only he has got hold of the wrong end of the
stick.
NOTICE.—Mr. Punch is requested to say, in reply to several
complaining letters to the Proprietors of this Periodical, that the
persons in the country engaged in obtaining Advertisements for a
cover stated to be intended for distribution to the subscribers to
Punch, are acting without any authority for doing so, and that no such
cover is issued in connection with the Punch Office.