Punch (72.1877)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHA.RIVARL [February 17, 1877.

PUNCH'S ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

PEN" Session! {Thursday, February 8th.) In Queen's wea-
ther, and the Queen's presence. " The Members .are, met—a
terrible show!" The Eight Hon. Benjamin "Disraeli,
Viscount Hughenden and Earl of Beaconsfield, "ob-
served of all observers," has appeared, between his sponsors,
the Earls of Derby and Bradford ; has served his writ
on the Lord Chancellor ; has duly taken the Oaths, and
walked round the House, as a prize-fighter walks round
the ring before setting-to; and has held the Sword of State
on the left of Her Most Gracious Majesty, while the Lord
Chancellor read the Speech which her Ministers have been
pleased to put into her Royal mouth.
If speech is silvern,".what should a Queen's Speech be P