Punch (90.1886)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[Mat 15, 1886.

MEMORIES !

Friend (taking leave, after spending the evening). "admirable talker your wife is,
Brown. i could listen to her a whole Night."
llroicn (icith a sigh). "Ah! I often do!"

A BIRMINGHAM BALLADE.

arranged for tee tbihe minister.

Gentle Caucus, tell me true, " Gentle Caucus, do not heed

Am I then thine only love; What the lesser throng would urge ;

Dost thou, spite my latest hue, Follow blindly where I lead,

( Hold me still all else above ! And in this all duty merge."

Can no boasting rival claim I So I pray'd thee. Thy reply
He hath made thee all his own! Falleth sweeUy on my ear,

TeU me is thy party flame

Kindled but for me alone ;
Prithee, say that Chamberlain
Pleads to thee—but pleads in vain!

And I know full well that I

Now can murmur without f car,
" Gentle Caucus, Chamberlain
Hath appeal'd to thee in vain ! "

SUNDAYS AT SYDENHAM.

The Palace of Crystal in June, tra la!

A beautiful place when fine,
Will open on Sundays—a boon—tra la!
And offer a knife, fork, and spoon, tra la!
To those who will go there to dine,
To those who will go there to dine.
And that's why to Gilbert and Sullivan's
tune

I sing how the Palace on Sundays in June
Will, tra la la la la!
Give, tra la la la la!
Us dinners on Sundays in June!

One "Note " not in The Whistler CoUection. Bank Note in Tite Street. " Reserved."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

{Items & la Mode.)

Her Majesty's ship Timorous that started
yesterday from Portland for the trial practice
of her new 83-ton guns, returned this morn-
ing for repairs, owing to the unexpected
blowing up of three of them. The hull is
naturally much damaged by the explosion,
for which, however, no reasonable cause has
been assigned. The officers in charge, do
not on this occasion, refer the accident to
faulty loading, and it is imagined that in-
quiry will establish the fact that there must
have been some slight defect, probably in the
outer metal case. A full investigation of the
matter will take place on the return of what
is left of the vessel to port, but it is not sup-
posed that her necessary repairs can be com-
pleted under three years.

The Majestic, composite screw sloop, went
over the measured mile yesterday, but some-
what disappointed the Authorities in her
going powers, which, owing to the rapid pri-
ming of her boilers, did not show a higher
record than three knots and a half under all
the steam that could be got on to her. There
being also a slight sea on, her rolling was
considerable, and in turning she heeled over
to such an extent, showing an angle of
seventy-two degrees on the record, that for
some moments there was visible alarm mani-
fested by all on board as to whether she
would right herself again._ She, however,
got safely back, and it is estimated that after
she has been dry-dooked and undergone cer-
tain radical alterations in her construction,
these defects may be partially remedied.

From Malta it is reported that the
Armourer, that had run out of coals
300 miles from land, and got something the
matter with her screw, had been towed into
harbour by a passing tug. It is under-
stood that her main-shaft, supplied in her
refit at Portsmouth, has again broken, and
it is now announced that she will have to be
brought home for the necessary repairs.

A WELCOME TO OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES.

The Poet-Doctor,Oi.ivER Wendell Holmes,
Across the Atlantic—welcome tidings!—
comes.

Dear Autocrat, " our little Mother Isle "
Will break into an universal smde.
Like its May-buds and cherry-bloom, to
greet you,

Luck speed your keel, for we all long to
meet you.

Big blow is here, to help us shout" Hooray!"
For him who sang "The Wonderful One-

Hoss Shay."
Slips of our mutual stock from every clime
Throng London; you have picked a happy

time,

And trust us there '11 be no one England
through

More welcome to our hearts—and theirs—
than you!