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July 5, 1884
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17757#0012
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PUNCH, OP THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 5, 1884.
CRICKET.
Hrawn with a Stump by Dumb-Crambo Junior.
Taken at Point. Wide Bawl and Buy.
NEW MUNICIPALITY OE LONDON.
Guildhall, June, 1885.
In consequence of the serious illness of the Lord Mayor, from continuous hard
work, and the utter absence of all social enjoyment, the Deputy Mayor (Mr. Bottohley
! Firth) took the Chair.
There was a large attendance of Members, but they all, together with the numerous
; Officials, looked weary and worn.
! A report was brought up from the Leases Committee.
The Chairman, in moving its adoption, said that they had been informed by the
!j Town Clerk, who he was sorry to say was too ill to attend, that it had been the practice
with the old Corporation always to give a preference to an old Tenant when renewing
a Lease. He need hardly say that his Committee had no sympathy with such senti-
mental rubbish, but that their one aim had been to screw out the last farthing of rent
from the most needy of Tenants. (“ Hear, hear !”) He presumed there would be no
objection to Members tendering for leases? (“ Certainly not!") So, as there were no
tenders for some of them, they had taken them at once among them, at moderate rents.
Mr. Sneerwell : How long had they been advertised ?
I Chairman : Nearly a fortnight. (A laugh.)
| A report was brought up from the District Boards Committee.
The Chairman, in moving its adoption, said they had met every day since their
I appointment a month ago, to consider the various Budgets of the various District
| Councils, and Lad managed to get through no less than live of them, out of the thirty-
nine, but not one of them could be passed without very serious amendments, which
ij would all have to be considered by the Central Council, and then referred to the Dis-
trict Councils for their further consideration, and then referred back to his Committee
for their further consideration, and then finally submitted to the Central Committee
for adoption. Calculating what remained to be done by what had been done, they
reckoned that it would take quite twelve months before they got to the bottom of the
list!
An Hon. Member: Which is at the bottom of the list P
Chairman: Woolwich.
Hon. Member: Why ?
Chairman: Because W is at the bottom of the
alphabet.
Mr. Holland (North Woolwich) : Are we to
wait for twelve months before we can begin our
work ?
Chairman: Certainly; and you will be very
lucky if you can begin it then.
Ur. Holland : Why so ?
Chairman: Because we are nearly knocked up
already with our constant work, and find it get-
ting every day more tedious and more uninterest-
ing. I represent St. George’s, Hanover Square,
and what the dickens do 1 care what Bethnal
Green does with its own money P and yet here
have we been for four "whole days squabbling over
every item of their beggarly expenditure !
(“ Order! order!")
The Deputy Mayor said he could not allow lan-
guage which cut at the root of all their usefulness.
Chairman : Ah, it’s all very well for those who
are receiving jolly good salaries— (a laugh),—but
my Committee is getting very sick of the whole
business, and not a biscuit and a glass of sherry
allowed ! (“ Hear, hear !")
The Chairman of the General Purposes begg< d
to say that he had a report now reany bearing < n
that delicate subject, which he would ask to pre-
sent at once. (Loud cheers.)
The report stated that, after giving the important
subject “Banquets to Distinguished Guests” the
grave consideration it demanded, they unanimously
recommended that such Banquets should be givi n
once a fortnight for the next six months, and oi t
of gratitude to their distinguished originator, tl e
first distinguished guest to be thus honouri d
should be Sir William Yernon Harcourt, aid
that day fortnight should be fixed for the inti -
resting occasion. (Loud cheers, and shouts <■/
“Agreed! agreed!")
Chairman : I now move that it be referred to n y
Committee to make the necessary arrangements.
Mr. Goubmond (Whitechapel) suggested the.t
they had better have one or two Members of tl e
old Corporation added to the Committee for this
purpose, as their long experience might be very
useful, and he hop^d they wouldn’t sjare tie
money, but would do the thing scrumptiously.
(“ Hear, hear ! ” and a laugh.)
Mr. Mudd (Shoreditch), hoped there would 1 e
plenty of good Pteal Turtle Soup. He had quite a
longing desire to taste Callipnsh and Cailipee.
{A laugh.)
A Member: And none of Mr. Punch's Conger
Eel. (“Hear! hear!”)
Three of the Members of the old Corporation
were accordinglv added, viz., Mr. Weingott, Mr.
Game, and Mr. Bollinger.
The Officers and Clerks Committee reported that
two of the principal Officers were away ill, and
would most likely have to resign, and another was
hardly tit for his work, they therefore wished to
know what arrangements would be necessary if,
unfortunately, vacancies should occur ?
The Chamberlain, looking pale and wan, said
that they had a standing order in the old Corpora-
tion that no one of itsMembers could be a candidate
for any office until he had ceased to be a Member
for six months.
Mr. Corney Rant hoped that no such absurd
regulation would be permitted in their free and
independent Council. (“Hear, hear!") He
believed they could find as good men among their
own set as they could anywhere, especially if they
paid them good handsome salaries—(cheers),—and
as they had unlimited powers over the whole
rating of the Metropolis, amounting to more than
twenty-eight millions a-year, and held that
unlimited power for three years, there was not the
slightest reason for any cheeseparing economy.
(Loud cheers.) [.Left sitting.
The First Meet of the Foreign-Hand Club
took place last Saturday, Earl Granville taking
the lead.
PUNCH, OP THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 5, 1884.
CRICKET.
Hrawn with a Stump by Dumb-Crambo Junior.
Taken at Point. Wide Bawl and Buy.
NEW MUNICIPALITY OE LONDON.
Guildhall, June, 1885.
In consequence of the serious illness of the Lord Mayor, from continuous hard
work, and the utter absence of all social enjoyment, the Deputy Mayor (Mr. Bottohley
! Firth) took the Chair.
There was a large attendance of Members, but they all, together with the numerous
; Officials, looked weary and worn.
! A report was brought up from the Leases Committee.
The Chairman, in moving its adoption, said that they had been informed by the
!j Town Clerk, who he was sorry to say was too ill to attend, that it had been the practice
with the old Corporation always to give a preference to an old Tenant when renewing
a Lease. He need hardly say that his Committee had no sympathy with such senti-
mental rubbish, but that their one aim had been to screw out the last farthing of rent
from the most needy of Tenants. (“ Hear, hear !”) He presumed there would be no
objection to Members tendering for leases? (“ Certainly not!") So, as there were no
tenders for some of them, they had taken them at once among them, at moderate rents.
Mr. Sneerwell : How long had they been advertised ?
I Chairman : Nearly a fortnight. (A laugh.)
| A report was brought up from the District Boards Committee.
The Chairman, in moving its adoption, said they had met every day since their
I appointment a month ago, to consider the various Budgets of the various District
| Councils, and Lad managed to get through no less than live of them, out of the thirty-
nine, but not one of them could be passed without very serious amendments, which
ij would all have to be considered by the Central Council, and then referred to the Dis-
trict Councils for their further consideration, and then referred back to his Committee
for their further consideration, and then finally submitted to the Central Committee
for adoption. Calculating what remained to be done by what had been done, they
reckoned that it would take quite twelve months before they got to the bottom of the
list!
An Hon. Member: Which is at the bottom of the list P
Chairman: Woolwich.
Hon. Member: Why ?
Chairman: Because W is at the bottom of the
alphabet.
Mr. Holland (North Woolwich) : Are we to
wait for twelve months before we can begin our
work ?
Chairman: Certainly; and you will be very
lucky if you can begin it then.
Ur. Holland : Why so ?
Chairman: Because we are nearly knocked up
already with our constant work, and find it get-
ting every day more tedious and more uninterest-
ing. I represent St. George’s, Hanover Square,
and what the dickens do 1 care what Bethnal
Green does with its own money P and yet here
have we been for four "whole days squabbling over
every item of their beggarly expenditure !
(“ Order! order!")
The Deputy Mayor said he could not allow lan-
guage which cut at the root of all their usefulness.
Chairman : Ah, it’s all very well for those who
are receiving jolly good salaries— (a laugh),—but
my Committee is getting very sick of the whole
business, and not a biscuit and a glass of sherry
allowed ! (“ Hear, hear !")
The Chairman of the General Purposes begg< d
to say that he had a report now reany bearing < n
that delicate subject, which he would ask to pre-
sent at once. (Loud cheers.)
The report stated that, after giving the important
subject “Banquets to Distinguished Guests” the
grave consideration it demanded, they unanimously
recommended that such Banquets should be givi n
once a fortnight for the next six months, and oi t
of gratitude to their distinguished originator, tl e
first distinguished guest to be thus honouri d
should be Sir William Yernon Harcourt, aid
that day fortnight should be fixed for the inti -
resting occasion. (Loud cheers, and shouts <■/
“Agreed! agreed!")
Chairman : I now move that it be referred to n y
Committee to make the necessary arrangements.
Mr. Goubmond (Whitechapel) suggested the.t
they had better have one or two Members of tl e
old Corporation added to the Committee for this
purpose, as their long experience might be very
useful, and he hop^d they wouldn’t sjare tie
money, but would do the thing scrumptiously.
(“ Hear, hear ! ” and a laugh.)
Mr. Mudd (Shoreditch), hoped there would 1 e
plenty of good Pteal Turtle Soup. He had quite a
longing desire to taste Callipnsh and Cailipee.
{A laugh.)
A Member: And none of Mr. Punch's Conger
Eel. (“Hear! hear!”)
Three of the Members of the old Corporation
were accordinglv added, viz., Mr. Weingott, Mr.
Game, and Mr. Bollinger.
The Officers and Clerks Committee reported that
two of the principal Officers were away ill, and
would most likely have to resign, and another was
hardly tit for his work, they therefore wished to
know what arrangements would be necessary if,
unfortunately, vacancies should occur ?
The Chamberlain, looking pale and wan, said
that they had a standing order in the old Corpora-
tion that no one of itsMembers could be a candidate
for any office until he had ceased to be a Member
for six months.
Mr. Corney Rant hoped that no such absurd
regulation would be permitted in their free and
independent Council. (“Hear, hear!") He
believed they could find as good men among their
own set as they could anywhere, especially if they
paid them good handsome salaries—(cheers),—and
as they had unlimited powers over the whole
rating of the Metropolis, amounting to more than
twenty-eight millions a-year, and held that
unlimited power for three years, there was not the
slightest reason for any cheeseparing economy.
(Loud cheers.) [.Left sitting.
The First Meet of the Foreign-Hand Club
took place last Saturday, Earl Granville taking
the lead.