Punch (60.1871)

1H PUNCH, OE THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [March 18, 1871,

AMERICAN EXETER HALLS.

In these retrograde days, we catch eagerly at the slightest hope
for the future of mankind which any piece of intelligence pointing
thereto encourages us to cherish. The following announcement, ex-

THE AFFAIR-DIAMOND.

The interesting Mrs. Torpey (who as the Chaplain of the House
of Commons, remarked in his sermon at the Chapel Ptoyal, Savoy, was
acquitted by "a chicken-hearted jury"—rather, perhaps, because

tracted from the Musical___ __she made artistic use of

her own "chick" in

Standard, is the best hit
of news in that way
which has appeared for
some time:—

" We hear that the Han-
del and Haydn Society of
Boston (United States) has
begun its rehearsal of the
music to be performed at its
triennial festival in May, for
which it has in view engage-
ments of several English
artists, including, we hear,
Madame Lemmens-Shek-
rington and Mr. Sant-
let."

The refining influence
of Music, and in particu-
lar of the sort of music
which, like that of the
great Masters above-
named, especially affects
the sentiments of rever-
ence and spirituality, and
awakens the senses of
beauty and grace, will,
it may be hoped, be
brought to bear upon the
American character with
a degree of advantage.
Absorbing devotion to
commercial pursuits has
rendered that character
susceptible of some im-
provement in those re-
gions of the mind of
which the development
is promoted by any im-
pressions they are capable
of deriving from divine
harmony. Should IIan-
del and HAYDN become
popular in the United
States, hereafter nobody
will have cause to say
that the mission of the
great American branch of
the Anglo-Saxon family
is to vulgarise creation.
Cultivated musical taste
in the land of Washing-
ton will very likely in
time produce a Composer;
and by-and-by the great
and glorious Common-
wealth of the New World
may be provided with a
finer National Anthem
than " Yankee Doodle."

Sovereigns and Ex-
Sovereigns.

The Times very truly
remarks, in a leading
article, that it is from
France, above all coun-
tries, that the flight of
Sovereigns has been most
abundant. Just so ; and
now we expect to have
one Napoleon added to
all those Sovereigns. Let

A DOMESTIC TALE OF HORROR.

TABLEAU I.

Timid Wife. " Henry, dear, Henry! There are Thieves in the House!

arms) will doubtless join
her self-exiled lord, and
as a contemporary sug-
gests, will amuse him
with "singing the praises
of English law." More
likely her favourite song
to him will be the Ger-
man lied "Du hastDia-
mantenund Perlen." But
what do the Strong-
Minded women say to the
case ? Are they willing,
for the sake of Equal
Rights, to forego the de-
lightful arrangement by
which a married lady
who does anything wrong
is supposed to have done
it under marital coercion ?
Or are they so confident
in their own strongmind-
edness and strongbodied-
ness as to despise the
idea that they could be
" made " to do anything 'i

RITUALISM IN
REBELLION.

The John Bull reports
a meeting of Ritualists,
lay and clerical, at which
it was unanimously re-
solved to disobey the late
judgment of the Privy
Council, which forbids
clergymen of the Church
of England to play at
Roman Catholics. Our
High Anglican contem-
porary, referring to the
parsons present, states
that '' the Incumbents
seemed prepared to re-
sign their livings.'' Only
seemed prepared to re-
sign their mere livings ?
One would think they
would have been pre-
pared to resign their
lives. " Sir John Old-
castle died a martyr,"
and there may be rever-
end gentlemen prepared
to follow his example;
but seemingly these are
not the men. Although
Ritualists advocate Au-
ricular Confession, they
do not, themselves, seem
even prepared to be so
much as what the Calen-
dar calls Confessors.

TABLEAU II.

An ingenious student
replied in answer to a
question on this subject,
that this "plot" was the

us hope "that tie" loan ' ~ ~ ' ground on which the

Voice from the Bedroom. "Henry, dear, Henry! I Forgot to Say the
Sweeps weke Coming this Morning."

The Rye-House Plot."

required by France for the indemnity she has to pay will not, on the
reverse, draw too many sovereigns out of England.

The Closest Study.—Any Study where the windows haven't
been opened for the last Six Months.

Tower of Pisa stood, "which," he explained, "was the wryest
house he'd ever seen."

A Jumper.—It is said that a certain female Gymnast can jump fifty
feet at one spring. This seems to be beyond the bounds of possibility.

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