Punch (62.1872)

Vol. LXIL]

INTRODUCTION.

[January to June, 1872.

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111 Essence of Parliament {Friday).—For the "Ewelme

Eectory business," see " Essence of Parliament," p. 78

{Tuesday), and "Introduction."
113 The Monster Slain {Cartoon).—The end of the Tichborne

Case (see "Introduction"). Wagga-Wagga in Australia,

where the " Claimant " had lived.

133 Another Empty Weapon {Cartoon).—See " Essence of
Parliament," p. 130 {Tuesday).—The attempt, by an Irish
lad of the name of O'Connor, to alarm the Queen by pointing
an empty pistol at her as she was about to leave her carriage
at Buckingham Palace is mentioned in the " Essence of
Parliament," p. 101 {Thursday). The boy was subsequently
tried, and sentenced to be imprisoned and whipped.

135 The Public and Kepublic.—See "The Republic out of
Doors," p. 127.

140 Natural Hesitation.—See "Essence of Parliament,"
p. 140 {Tuesday).

143 " Jeremy Diddlowe " {Cartoon).—See " Essence of Par-
liament," p. 140, under " Budget."

j49 r Mordecai. \ Mr. Disraeli had

j52 l Results. f been visiting Man-

j The Lancashire Lions {Car'i Chester in Easter
' toon). ' Week. At the Po-

mona Gardens, in that City, a great Conservative Demon-
stration was held in his honour. Mr. Gladstone paid a
visit of a similar character to Lancashire in 1868.

155 A Contradiction in Terms.—The new Governor-general
of Canada was the Earl of Dufferin, late Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster in the Ministry.

160 Essence of Parliament {Monday).—Tbe name of the
writer of Alice's Adventures and Through the Looking Glass is
also Dodson.

163 Land and Labour {Cartoon).—Agricultural labourers,
more particularly in Warwickshire, were agitating for in-
creased wages. Paid delegates stimulated the movement.

173 A Lay of the Embankment.—-See "Notes" to Vol.
LX., p. 160. The Government revived the question and
re-asserted the rights of the Crown this Session, but they
were defeated.

175 Odd-Handed Justice {Cartoon).—See " The Extenuating
Circumstance," p. 174.

177 Observations in an Oratory.—Refers to the marriage of
the Marquis rv Bute at the Roman Catholic Oratory,
Brompton.

,„0 ( The Two Cases. i rp, A - u, ,. ,

178 ^ o T / the American and Hinglisn

181 < "^op ' s counter-cases laid before the

180 / an 6 a Urn over \ Arbitrators at Geneva,
at Case. }

185 Out of the Question {Cartoon).—As to Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Eawcett (M.P. for Brighton), see " Essence of
Parliament," p. 182 {Monday and Wednesday).

187 Loyal Subjects. -See " Too Hot to Handle," p. 181.

189 Double or Single ?—See " Introduction " to the last vo-
lume—Mr. Gladstone's speech at Whitby.

195 "Busted Up!" {Cartoon).—See "Essence of Parlia-
ment," p. 192 {Thursday).

200 A Stir in the Kitchen—See "The Flag of Dundee,"
p. 194.

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Magee before Manning.—Eor what the Bishop of 201
Peterborough (Magee) said in Parliament, see " Essence
of Parliament," p. 193 (Thursday).

"Non Dolet" (Cartoon).—Ministers had been defeated 205
several times in Parliament this Session (see " A Warning
to our William," p. 204).

La Clemenza di Bruce [Home-Secretary].—The " Pro- 209

testant Lecturer " was the unfortunate Murphy, as to whose
fate see " TJe Hceretico Goedendo" p. 208, and "Essence of
Parliament," p. 234 (Friday).

Caution to Commissioners.—The Kooka Mutiny. The 210
Government of India visited with heavy displeasure two of
their Civil Servants for sentencing some of the Kooka Rebels
to be blown away from the guns.

"Under the Dark Blue Waters" (Cartoon). — See 215
"Essence of Parliament," p. 212 (Monday).

Alien and Alias.—Baigent was a witness on the side of 220
the "Claimant"—known as Castro in Australia—in the
Tichborne Case; Mr. Guilford Onslow, one of his
chief supporters.

Vaticinations of the Vatican.—Dr. Dollinger, the 223
celebrated Bavarian Theologian and the determined oppo-
nent of the decrees of the Vatican Council, especially that
one which declared the Pope to be infallible on questions of
faith and morals. He became the leader of the " Old
Catholic" party, i.e., of those who, though remaining in
the Church, are disaffected towards the Pope. In 1871 he
was excommunicated by the Archbishop of Munich, but
his conduct was approved by the Bavarian Government.

{Keogh and Catholicism. \ Refer to the judgment 236

St. Patrick for Galway (Car- > pronounced b>- Mr. 237
toon). ) Justice Keogh

(himself a Roman Catholic) in the Galway Election Petition,
unseating Captain Nolan, and reporting certain Roman
Catholic prelates and priests as guilty of intimidating elec-
tors from voting. The judgment created the greatest excite-
ment in Ireland. The upright, fearless judge was burnt in
effigy, and placed in peril of his life.

The Noble Savage among the Antiquaries.—Mr. Ayr- 239

ton had been called " The Noble Savage " (quotation from
Dryden) in Parliament.

A Perfect Paradise.—The allusion is to a Book of 240

Travels of the time, called The Great Lone Land.

For the Nonce.—The horse that won this year's Derby 241
was owned by Mr. S a vile.

Big John and Little John {Cartoon).—See "Essence of 247
Parliament," p. 244 (Tuesday).

Improving the International.—Refers to the four-oared 256
race on the Thames between the London Rowing Club and
the Atalanta Club of New York, which was won easily by the
former; and to the "Treaty of Washington," and the pro-
ceedings before the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration.

A Defeated Attempt.—See "Essence of Parliament," 264

p. 264 (Tuesday).

"Come to Grief" {Cartoon).—See " Essence of Parlia- 267

ment." p. 264 (Monday, last paragraph).