Punch (77.1879)

CHARIVARI. [November 22, 1879.

"A GREAT GUILDHALL CRACKER."

"He Won it "Well, and may lie Wear it Long."

u The Queen has been pleased to confer upon Captain Eyre Massey
ShA'W the distinction of the Order of the Bath, Civil Division, in recognition
of his services as Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade."—Gazette.

Punch takes off his cap to Captain Shaw, C.B. Never was distinc-
tion tetter earned. If there had only been an order of the Fire-Engine
as well as of the Bath ! May he come to the Garter at last—in graceful
allusion to the hose !

Warfare oxtt op Place.—A Naval Battle in the Pacific.

Barons of Old and Barons To-day.

Two Barons big of Beef grace the Lord Mayor's Guildhall feast,
One installed high in the West, one installed high in the East.
Other Barons bold we've banished, and banished they remain :
With these Guildhall Baron's only 'tis " cut, and come again."

by a beast of an old bachelor.

What is the difference between the Male Clerks at St. Martins-
le-Grand and the Female Clerks at the Branch Offices ?

The one have " Manners " among them; the other have none.