Punch (63.1872)

August 17, 1872.1 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 65

PUNCH'S ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

jjflBE? i***^^iSI K;- PEACOCK in one of his delightful novels (which are not novels,
jffir /^•|raB ■ except in the sense that they are full of wit and wisdom, now

HE. ij^rV^yS H novelties, save in these immortal columns) has the genial chant:

^^/^^^vlB " ^VGr' over' over> J°^y> j°lly rover ! "

W*J^^^tn^^~'riWi ^e l<3essi011 Is over, over, over, and you may all be jolly,

^^^^^^rJ—^-^M j°Uy rcvers, if you like. But do as you please. Mr. Punch

ISfBllPT^MTW W01^(l not coerce anybody into jollity. All unnecessary legis-

■*^SK£^-^%J§ lation is tyranny. Stay in town, and be dismal if you like,

JKfflE^nyi^/' / / ""S^ ^? there's no "charge. We shan't. Boll on, thou deep and dark
jraHftSfflj^ir / Mm&t - --r " '•'blue ocean, and roll up plenty of prawns. Is this levity ? We

/^vl^SSiV/ y)/''^^ JjEt^B^L sMsC MilPlf care no^' Parliament is up. Roar to the cads and the cabs,

\sJ%""'"^J3ryW W ' Jp* <*^^f%^Srf^ Jljp3 Big Ben, we hope not to hear thee again for many a night!

---"§ •^>aa^^\WKFi^^=^^^"' Boom to the boats and the bridge, cracked one that hangest so

\ /I t-^^^p*Sto;^^*^ K^^^^^"^ high, and overflow thy bower with thy questionable melodies !

n..... s^fsS^^s^ J We shall hear them not—

— — " Where the broad ocean leans against the land."

But we must dismiss the Assembly with decorum.
Monday, August 5.—Greenwich Hospital is to be made a grand and complete Naval University, which is to confer sea-degrees.

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