DOI issue:
July 10, 1880
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
fJuLT 10, 1880.
mover of this proposal is reputed a Liberal; the seconder a,
Conservative; he ought to be something more—a representative
of the hierarchy and the ’squirearchy, and an extreme Sab-
batarian to boot. Amendment in slight mitigation of absolute
Sabbatarianism moved by Mr. Pease ; publichouses to “ be open for
a certain time on Sundays for the sale of beer to be consumed off the
premises, with special regulations for the metropolis.” This modifi-
cation of a menace to prohibit the sale of food and drink by shutting
up restaurants and refreshments altogether, was agreed to without a
division ! But not without remark. Sir William Harcoijrt pointed
out that it was totally opposed to the Local Option Resolution carried
the other evening.
It threatens to close all manner of publichouses without the
allowance of any Option whatever.
Sir Richard Cross thought it was impossible to legislate in
advance of public opinion, and it would be impossible to enforce
such a measure if passed to-morrow. “ Certainly in the Metropolis
no Secretary of State could be responsible for the peace if all the
publichouses were closed throughout Sunday.”
Take care, Sabbatarians. Teetotallers, draw it mild. Paternal
legislators, forbear!
As yet, the comfort, enjoyment, and accommodation of the
lodger, and the wayfarer on Sunday, remain imperilled by nothing
worse than a puritanical abstract Resolution. The last House of
Commons wa3 called a Publican’s Parliament. Which is the better,
a Publican’s or a Puritan’s Parliament?
Monday [Lords).—Some Bills having been advanced a stage,
Lord Sydney brought down the Queen’s reply to the Address of
their Lordships’ House praying for the omission of the fourth
schedule from the new Education Code. It graciously promised
that the matter should be carefully considered by the Committee of
Council.
(Commons.)—Questions over, Mr. Gladstone gave notice that he
would on Thursday move a Resolution declaring that every person
returned a3 a Member of the House of Commons who may claim to
be a person for the time being by law permitted to make a solemn
affirmation instead of taking an oath, shall henceforth—notwith-
standing so much of the Resolution adopted by the House on June 22
as related to affirmation—be permitted without question to make and
subscribe a solemn affirmation in the form prescribed by the Parlia-
mentary Oaths Act of 1866, as amended by the Promissory Oaths
Act of 1868, subject to any liability by statute. He would also
move to make that a Standing Order. This statement was so satis-
factory to Mr. Laboo'CHERE, that he forthwith announced that he
would withdraw his own Resolution inviting the House to eat its
recent anti-Bradlaugh vote.
In answer to Messrs. Samdelson and Broadhhrst, Mr. Mhn-
della declared that there was no intention to cut down the standard
of elementary education. A few hours previously, Lord Sydney, in
Another Place, had made an announcement, which see above. Had
the matter in question been carefully considered by the Committee
of Council in the meanwhile ?
The House went into Committee of Supply on the Naval Esti-
mates, despatched details, and adjourned.
Tuesday (Lords).—Royal Assent given by Commission to divers
Bills, and sundry others advanced a stage. Lord Beauchamp,
Chairman of the Select Committee on Reporting in their Lord-
ships’ House, called attention to the report thereon. The reporting
was unsatisfactory. Why? First, noble Lords did not always
speak out. Next, very often, whilst a noble Lord was addressing
the House, there were several other noble Lords talking to one
another out loud.
Imagine any noble Lord so far forgetting himself! It is enough
to make anybody quote Shakspeare, and cry with Wolsey—
“ If I blush,
It is, to see a nobleman want manners.”
Lastly, Lord Beauchamp said the acoustic properties of the House
were defective. To remedy these defects, he proposed three Resolu-
tions; two (the second and third) providing improved accommoda-
tion for reporters; the other (the first), with a view to make noble
Lords, in speaking, face the reporters’ gallery, going to the tremen-
THE ACADEMY SOIREE.
( Wednesday, June 30.)
ertainly a brilliant
spectacle! All the
Old Masters and all
the young ones.
Literature, Music,
the Drama, and
Mile. Sara Bern-
hardt, ail magnifi-
cently represented.
The President,
Sir Frederick the
Great, receiving
Your Representa-
tive, amid the
hushed silence of
the assembled
throng, was a
touching sight. A hundred Artists
seized on the subject for an historical
picture. In future.years old men will
tell it to their grandchildren, who
won’t believe them.
The Muses and Graces were all
there, with
All the Gods and Goddesses,
And oh, such skirts and bodices!
Apollo, in full uniform, conducted
the orchestia.
Olympus Mount is a pleasant place,
And happy there were we ;
But what lent a grace
To the charming place
Was the Royal Artillery—
whose band discoursed sweet music. Among the
guests unostentatiously eating an ice in a corner, was
little Jack Horner—I mean Mr. Joseph Hatton,
recovering from the fatigues of the previous evening
at Steinway Hall, where, to a select and brilliant
assembly, be had been reading—and reading capitally
too—his dramatic novel, as a rehearsal for his American
tour. Everyone was most anxious to know when he was going,—which did not sound kind,
but they meant well, and all wished him success.
Another subject for the historical painter was the meeting between Mile. Sara and Your
Representative. Surrounded by a pryiDg
and inquisitive crowd, we restrained our
feelings, and dissembled with common-
places. But ah ! there are moments,—a'nd
this was one of them!
Ganymedes in white ties handed ices,
strawberries, and lemonade; and Hebe in
the corner washed the plates. Mercury
was the chief of the Detective Force on
duty, so the coats and hats and umbrellas
were safe.
A popular demonstration was _ prepared
for Your Representative on quitting the
Academy, which, however, he modestly
avoided by pretending to be somebody else,
having previously ordered the splendidly-
liveried servants not to touch their hats on
seeing him. It was not until a late hour,
or rather an early one, that the last man of
the crowd outside dispersed himself, and
this only on the positive assurance of In-
spector Smhggins that Your Representative
had long since quitted the haUs of dazzling
light.
The beauty was eblouissante, ravissante,
and the costumes pyramidales ! A great
success ! and so said aU of Us.
Physic and French.
Britons who “speak French lik'd a
native”—of this Island—are advised to be
careful how they puu upon the name of
the French Ambassador, M. _ Challemel-
Lacour. Whethe'r or no it is right in the
present day to call the French our “ mercu-
rial neighbours,” they cannot with _ any
propriety whatever be said to be diplo-
matically represented at the British Court
by calomel.
A MOVE FOR THE MISSIONARIES.
Whither are the Jesuits expelled the
other day from the Rue de Sevres to go?
The Yoltairian members of the French
Government will perhaps reply, “From
Sevres to China.”
fJuLT 10, 1880.
mover of this proposal is reputed a Liberal; the seconder a,
Conservative; he ought to be something more—a representative
of the hierarchy and the ’squirearchy, and an extreme Sab-
batarian to boot. Amendment in slight mitigation of absolute
Sabbatarianism moved by Mr. Pease ; publichouses to “ be open for
a certain time on Sundays for the sale of beer to be consumed off the
premises, with special regulations for the metropolis.” This modifi-
cation of a menace to prohibit the sale of food and drink by shutting
up restaurants and refreshments altogether, was agreed to without a
division ! But not without remark. Sir William Harcoijrt pointed
out that it was totally opposed to the Local Option Resolution carried
the other evening.
It threatens to close all manner of publichouses without the
allowance of any Option whatever.
Sir Richard Cross thought it was impossible to legislate in
advance of public opinion, and it would be impossible to enforce
such a measure if passed to-morrow. “ Certainly in the Metropolis
no Secretary of State could be responsible for the peace if all the
publichouses were closed throughout Sunday.”
Take care, Sabbatarians. Teetotallers, draw it mild. Paternal
legislators, forbear!
As yet, the comfort, enjoyment, and accommodation of the
lodger, and the wayfarer on Sunday, remain imperilled by nothing
worse than a puritanical abstract Resolution. The last House of
Commons wa3 called a Publican’s Parliament. Which is the better,
a Publican’s or a Puritan’s Parliament?
Monday [Lords).—Some Bills having been advanced a stage,
Lord Sydney brought down the Queen’s reply to the Address of
their Lordships’ House praying for the omission of the fourth
schedule from the new Education Code. It graciously promised
that the matter should be carefully considered by the Committee of
Council.
(Commons.)—Questions over, Mr. Gladstone gave notice that he
would on Thursday move a Resolution declaring that every person
returned a3 a Member of the House of Commons who may claim to
be a person for the time being by law permitted to make a solemn
affirmation instead of taking an oath, shall henceforth—notwith-
standing so much of the Resolution adopted by the House on June 22
as related to affirmation—be permitted without question to make and
subscribe a solemn affirmation in the form prescribed by the Parlia-
mentary Oaths Act of 1866, as amended by the Promissory Oaths
Act of 1868, subject to any liability by statute. He would also
move to make that a Standing Order. This statement was so satis-
factory to Mr. Laboo'CHERE, that he forthwith announced that he
would withdraw his own Resolution inviting the House to eat its
recent anti-Bradlaugh vote.
In answer to Messrs. Samdelson and Broadhhrst, Mr. Mhn-
della declared that there was no intention to cut down the standard
of elementary education. A few hours previously, Lord Sydney, in
Another Place, had made an announcement, which see above. Had
the matter in question been carefully considered by the Committee
of Council in the meanwhile ?
The House went into Committee of Supply on the Naval Esti-
mates, despatched details, and adjourned.
Tuesday (Lords).—Royal Assent given by Commission to divers
Bills, and sundry others advanced a stage. Lord Beauchamp,
Chairman of the Select Committee on Reporting in their Lord-
ships’ House, called attention to the report thereon. The reporting
was unsatisfactory. Why? First, noble Lords did not always
speak out. Next, very often, whilst a noble Lord was addressing
the House, there were several other noble Lords talking to one
another out loud.
Imagine any noble Lord so far forgetting himself! It is enough
to make anybody quote Shakspeare, and cry with Wolsey—
“ If I blush,
It is, to see a nobleman want manners.”
Lastly, Lord Beauchamp said the acoustic properties of the House
were defective. To remedy these defects, he proposed three Resolu-
tions; two (the second and third) providing improved accommoda-
tion for reporters; the other (the first), with a view to make noble
Lords, in speaking, face the reporters’ gallery, going to the tremen-
THE ACADEMY SOIREE.
( Wednesday, June 30.)
ertainly a brilliant
spectacle! All the
Old Masters and all
the young ones.
Literature, Music,
the Drama, and
Mile. Sara Bern-
hardt, ail magnifi-
cently represented.
The President,
Sir Frederick the
Great, receiving
Your Representa-
tive, amid the
hushed silence of
the assembled
throng, was a
touching sight. A hundred Artists
seized on the subject for an historical
picture. In future.years old men will
tell it to their grandchildren, who
won’t believe them.
The Muses and Graces were all
there, with
All the Gods and Goddesses,
And oh, such skirts and bodices!
Apollo, in full uniform, conducted
the orchestia.
Olympus Mount is a pleasant place,
And happy there were we ;
But what lent a grace
To the charming place
Was the Royal Artillery—
whose band discoursed sweet music. Among the
guests unostentatiously eating an ice in a corner, was
little Jack Horner—I mean Mr. Joseph Hatton,
recovering from the fatigues of the previous evening
at Steinway Hall, where, to a select and brilliant
assembly, be had been reading—and reading capitally
too—his dramatic novel, as a rehearsal for his American
tour. Everyone was most anxious to know when he was going,—which did not sound kind,
but they meant well, and all wished him success.
Another subject for the historical painter was the meeting between Mile. Sara and Your
Representative. Surrounded by a pryiDg
and inquisitive crowd, we restrained our
feelings, and dissembled with common-
places. But ah ! there are moments,—a'nd
this was one of them!
Ganymedes in white ties handed ices,
strawberries, and lemonade; and Hebe in
the corner washed the plates. Mercury
was the chief of the Detective Force on
duty, so the coats and hats and umbrellas
were safe.
A popular demonstration was _ prepared
for Your Representative on quitting the
Academy, which, however, he modestly
avoided by pretending to be somebody else,
having previously ordered the splendidly-
liveried servants not to touch their hats on
seeing him. It was not until a late hour,
or rather an early one, that the last man of
the crowd outside dispersed himself, and
this only on the positive assurance of In-
spector Smhggins that Your Representative
had long since quitted the haUs of dazzling
light.
The beauty was eblouissante, ravissante,
and the costumes pyramidales ! A great
success ! and so said aU of Us.
Physic and French.
Britons who “speak French lik'd a
native”—of this Island—are advised to be
careful how they puu upon the name of
the French Ambassador, M. _ Challemel-
Lacour. Whethe'r or no it is right in the
present day to call the French our “ mercu-
rial neighbours,” they cannot with _ any
propriety whatever be said to be diplo-
matically represented at the British Court
by calomel.
A MOVE FOR THE MISSIONARIES.
Whither are the Jesuits expelled the
other day from the Rue de Sevres to go?
The Yoltairian members of the French
Government will perhaps reply, “From
Sevres to China.”