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April 8, 1882
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Apeil 8, 1882.] PUNCH, OE THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 161
“ telling” the Opijosition; dreadful whisper that hehas
been burked, dropped over the Embankment, and will
next figure in the Parliamentary Return that is being
moved for, showing how many bodies picked up out of
theriver between Westminster and Blackfriars Bridge ;
a welcoming shout as he breaks through the crowd by the
Speaker’s Chair ; more delay on account of Mr. Cowen’s
difficulty with his hat. What shall he do with it ? Can
he bring it up before the eyes of Mr. Speaker and the
watchful House ? He can not.
After a moment’s pause, and a rapid survey of Members
below the Gangway, he selects the Lord Mayor ,of
Dublin, walks up to him, publicly deposits the hat inhis !
charge, chivalrously refuses to take a ticket, and rejoins.
the Tellers. They pause a moment whilst the Liberals
make weak imitation of a Tory cheer; then advance, a
thin streak of black, up the floor of the House with the
excited throngon either side. Lord Richard announces
that the Opposition Amendment has been negatived by
318 votes ag'ainst 279.
“ Marry-ott, come up !” says Sir John Lubbock, who
sometimes lapses into Ancient Monumental speech, ‘ ‘ I
hope my Amendment will be as handsomely beaten.”
Home at three o’clock in the morning.
Fridciy Night.—Wish the Lord Advocate had been
allowed to finish his speech on herring-brands. Never
heard a Lord Advocate’s opinion on herring-brands. Ho;
one can say when we shall have another opportunity.
There is a.subtle something about the personal aspect of
the Lord Advocate which indicates that he would have
been able to add something striking to the stock of human
knowledge on the subject. Eager look, as *one who sought
for knowledge everywhere, and sometimes found it in the
writing burned in upon small kegs that smell of fish
come from Scotland, and probably contain herrings. |
Withal a gentle, kindly aspect, as one who, if he caught
the fish himself, would follow old Izaak Walton’s in-
junetion, and handle the worm tenderly, as if he loved i
it. [Not quite sure as to Izaak Walton’s age, but
people always say Old Izaak, and generally spell the i
name wrong. Also, am not quite clear wffiether they
1 catch herrings with worms. But let it pass.] Lord :
Advocate just opened his speech—as it were, laid a keg
of herrings on the table—and about to call attention
to the brand, when the deathless Joseph Gillis appeared Juliet ? ”
on the scene, and the House Counted Out. Mean to as_k Second Ditto. “ I have ; and I confess he didn’t come up to my Ixpic-
the Lord Advocate to print his speech: sure to have it tations. To tell ye the truth, I niver thougbt he would !”
I in manuscript. Great orators, I ’m told, always do. j ——— ___ - -
[ Business done.—None.
GYE-FUL NEWS.
The programme of the Opera Season for 1882 promises some good things.
We are to have Patti, Albani, and Lucca, who has been too long absent,
Valleria and Fusch-Madier, with new singers named Olga Berghi, and
Stahl, and the ever-welcome Trebelli. Eor tenors we have Mierzwinsky
(what a delightful name to have all to yourself), Erapoli, Yergnet, and
Lestellier, while there is a strong list of Baritones and Basses. The repertoire
at Covent Garden is to be strengthened by the production of Boito’s Mejistofele
and Bizet’s pretty opera Carmen, which is so full of dramatic Bizet-ness. A
new opera, Velleda, will be given for Madame Patti’s benefit, and L’Africaine
for Madame Lucca. Massenet’s Herodiade is also promised, and Mr. Gye
has had the Uhretto thoroughly re-written, and the objectionable features
expunged,* a process which we imagine must have been by no means an easy one.
Still more news comes to us concerning the Opera. There is to be only one
house open. Messrs. Gye and Mapleson have buried the hatchet,t and f'ormed
a Limited Company, with His “ AllSerene ” Highness Count Gleichen and the
Earl of Lathom among the Hirectors. Mr. Ernest Gye is Managing Hirector
here, and Mr. Mapleson goes to America, where he has had large experience.
The two Operas used to cut each other’s throats like Italian bandits. One
Italian Opera at Covent Garden ought to be a great—no, more, a Gye-gantie
success.
* ¥e are glad to hear this—as we dislike “ objectionable features” on the stage—
espeeially in an Opera.— Ed.
f Where ? This will be a curiosity for the Antiquarian of the future.—Ed.
“ Hinner to Sir Henry Irving began Miss Lavlnia, reading the heading
of a paragraph in the Times of Thursday last. “ Good gracious ! ” exclaimed
her excellent Aunt, Mrs. Ramsbotham:, “that’s very sudden! Why, he
must have been Knighted since yesterday evening, or, of course, we should
have seen it in the bill,—Romeo by Sir Henry Irving. Well, I am glad, for
really, Lawy dear, I do think he deserves it.” “ Oh, Aunt, dear ! ” exclaimed
Miss Lavinia, “this was a dinner to Sir Henry T. Irving, K.C.M.G., on the occa-
sion of his departure as Governor of British Guiana.” “Ah! Well, it doesn’t
sound nice, my dear,” returned Mrs. Ram, “ and I ’m glad Mr. Irving is going
to stay at the I.yceum. Kow read something else.”
SKETCHES FROM “ BOZ.’’
[Adapted to Well-knoivn Cliaraders.)
“Hare and Kendal” as Codlin and Short.
Mrs. Ramsbotham says her Xephew at Oxford comes
home at Easter for a month’s Yaccination,
First Critic. “Well, have you seen the Great Traqedian in Romeo and
“ telling” the Opijosition; dreadful whisper that hehas
been burked, dropped over the Embankment, and will
next figure in the Parliamentary Return that is being
moved for, showing how many bodies picked up out of
theriver between Westminster and Blackfriars Bridge ;
a welcoming shout as he breaks through the crowd by the
Speaker’s Chair ; more delay on account of Mr. Cowen’s
difficulty with his hat. What shall he do with it ? Can
he bring it up before the eyes of Mr. Speaker and the
watchful House ? He can not.
After a moment’s pause, and a rapid survey of Members
below the Gangway, he selects the Lord Mayor ,of
Dublin, walks up to him, publicly deposits the hat inhis !
charge, chivalrously refuses to take a ticket, and rejoins.
the Tellers. They pause a moment whilst the Liberals
make weak imitation of a Tory cheer; then advance, a
thin streak of black, up the floor of the House with the
excited throngon either side. Lord Richard announces
that the Opposition Amendment has been negatived by
318 votes ag'ainst 279.
“ Marry-ott, come up !” says Sir John Lubbock, who
sometimes lapses into Ancient Monumental speech, ‘ ‘ I
hope my Amendment will be as handsomely beaten.”
Home at three o’clock in the morning.
Fridciy Night.—Wish the Lord Advocate had been
allowed to finish his speech on herring-brands. Never
heard a Lord Advocate’s opinion on herring-brands. Ho;
one can say when we shall have another opportunity.
There is a.subtle something about the personal aspect of
the Lord Advocate which indicates that he would have
been able to add something striking to the stock of human
knowledge on the subject. Eager look, as *one who sought
for knowledge everywhere, and sometimes found it in the
writing burned in upon small kegs that smell of fish
come from Scotland, and probably contain herrings. |
Withal a gentle, kindly aspect, as one who, if he caught
the fish himself, would follow old Izaak Walton’s in-
junetion, and handle the worm tenderly, as if he loved i
it. [Not quite sure as to Izaak Walton’s age, but
people always say Old Izaak, and generally spell the i
name wrong. Also, am not quite clear wffiether they
1 catch herrings with worms. But let it pass.] Lord :
Advocate just opened his speech—as it were, laid a keg
of herrings on the table—and about to call attention
to the brand, when the deathless Joseph Gillis appeared Juliet ? ”
on the scene, and the House Counted Out. Mean to as_k Second Ditto. “ I have ; and I confess he didn’t come up to my Ixpic-
the Lord Advocate to print his speech: sure to have it tations. To tell ye the truth, I niver thougbt he would !”
I in manuscript. Great orators, I ’m told, always do. j ——— ___ - -
[ Business done.—None.
GYE-FUL NEWS.
The programme of the Opera Season for 1882 promises some good things.
We are to have Patti, Albani, and Lucca, who has been too long absent,
Valleria and Fusch-Madier, with new singers named Olga Berghi, and
Stahl, and the ever-welcome Trebelli. Eor tenors we have Mierzwinsky
(what a delightful name to have all to yourself), Erapoli, Yergnet, and
Lestellier, while there is a strong list of Baritones and Basses. The repertoire
at Covent Garden is to be strengthened by the production of Boito’s Mejistofele
and Bizet’s pretty opera Carmen, which is so full of dramatic Bizet-ness. A
new opera, Velleda, will be given for Madame Patti’s benefit, and L’Africaine
for Madame Lucca. Massenet’s Herodiade is also promised, and Mr. Gye
has had the Uhretto thoroughly re-written, and the objectionable features
expunged,* a process which we imagine must have been by no means an easy one.
Still more news comes to us concerning the Opera. There is to be only one
house open. Messrs. Gye and Mapleson have buried the hatchet,t and f'ormed
a Limited Company, with His “ AllSerene ” Highness Count Gleichen and the
Earl of Lathom among the Hirectors. Mr. Ernest Gye is Managing Hirector
here, and Mr. Mapleson goes to America, where he has had large experience.
The two Operas used to cut each other’s throats like Italian bandits. One
Italian Opera at Covent Garden ought to be a great—no, more, a Gye-gantie
success.
* ¥e are glad to hear this—as we dislike “ objectionable features” on the stage—
espeeially in an Opera.— Ed.
f Where ? This will be a curiosity for the Antiquarian of the future.—Ed.
“ Hinner to Sir Henry Irving began Miss Lavlnia, reading the heading
of a paragraph in the Times of Thursday last. “ Good gracious ! ” exclaimed
her excellent Aunt, Mrs. Ramsbotham:, “that’s very sudden! Why, he
must have been Knighted since yesterday evening, or, of course, we should
have seen it in the bill,—Romeo by Sir Henry Irving. Well, I am glad, for
really, Lawy dear, I do think he deserves it.” “ Oh, Aunt, dear ! ” exclaimed
Miss Lavinia, “this was a dinner to Sir Henry T. Irving, K.C.M.G., on the occa-
sion of his departure as Governor of British Guiana.” “Ah! Well, it doesn’t
sound nice, my dear,” returned Mrs. Ram, “ and I ’m glad Mr. Irving is going
to stay at the I.yceum. Kow read something else.”
SKETCHES FROM “ BOZ.’’
[Adapted to Well-knoivn Cliaraders.)
“Hare and Kendal” as Codlin and Short.
Mrs. Ramsbotham says her Xephew at Oxford comes
home at Easter for a month’s Yaccination,
First Critic. “Well, have you seen the Great Traqedian in Romeo and