DOI issue:
January 30, 1892
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17693#0069
January 30, 1892.]
PUNCH, OK THE LONDON CHAEIVAEI.
59
POLITE LITERATURE.
Dear Mr. Punch,—
Having' seen in the pages
of one of your contem-
poraries several deeply
interesting letters telling
of "the Courtesy of the
Cavendish," ! think it
will be pleasing to your
readers to learn that I
have a fund of anecdote
concerning the politeness
—the true politeness—of
many other members of
the Peerage. Perhaps you
will permit me to give
you a few instances of
what I may call aristo-
cratic amiability.
On one occasion the
Duke of Ditchwater and
a Lady entered the same
omnibus simultaneously.
There was but one seat,
and noticing that His
Grace was standing, I
called attention to the
fact. " Certainly," re-
plied His Grace, with
a quiet smile, "but if I
had sat down, the Lady
would not have enjoyed
her present satisfactory
position ! " The Lady
herself had taken the
until then vacant place !
Shortly afterwards I
met Yiscount Yermilion
walking in an opposite
direction to the path I
myself was pursuing.
'' My Lord,''I murmured,
removing my hat, '' I was
quite prepared to step
into the gutter." "It
was unnecessary," re-
turned his Lordship, gra
FANCY PORTRAIT.
THE JUDGES IN
COUNCIL.
[" All the judicial wisdom
of the Supreme Court has
met in solemn and secret
conclave, heralded by letters
from the heads of the Bench,
admitting serious evils in
the working of the High
Court of Justice ; a full
working day was appro-
priated for the occasion; the
learned Judges met at 11 a.m.
(nominally) and rose
promptly for luncheon, and
for the day, at 1-30 p.m.
Two-and-a-half hours' work,
during which each of the
twenty-eight judicial per-
sonages no doubt devoted all
his faculties and experience
to the discovery, discussion,
and removal of the admit-
tedly numerous defects in
the working of the Judica-
ture Acts ! Two-and-a-half
hours, which might have
been stolen from the relaxa-
tions of a Saturday after-
noon ! Two - and - a - half
hours, for which the tax-
payers of the United King-
dom pay some eight hundred
guineas! Truly the spectacle
is eminently calculated to
inspire the country with
confidence and hopes of re-
form."—Extract from Let-
ter to the Times.]
Scene—A Room at the
Royal Courts. Lord
Chancellor, Lord
Chief Justice, Mas-
ter of the Rolls,
Lords Justices, Jus-
tices.
L. C. Well, I'm very
glad to see you all look-
eiously, "for as the path ^''-Jmm^'- ^^^S^^^^^^^^^f ^nS 80 well, but can any
was wide, there was room
enough for both of us to
pass on the same pave-
ment !"
On a very wet evening
I saw My Lord Tom-
noddicomb coming from
a shop in Piccadilly.
Noticing that his Lord-
ship had no defence
against the weather, 1
ventured to offer the
Peer my parapluie.
'1 Please let me get into
my carriage," observed
SENOR DRUMMONDO WOLFFEZ,
Representing the John Bullfighter at Madrid,
" TOREADOR CONTENTO !"
one tell me why we've
met at all ?
L. C. J. Talking of
meetings, do you remem-
ber that Exeter story
dear old Jack Tompkins
used to tell on the West-
ern Circuit ?
[Proceeds to tell Jack
Tompkins's story at
great length to great
interest of Chancery
Judges.
M, R. {who has listened
his Lordship. Then discovering, from my bowing attitude, that IJ with marked impatience). Why, my dear fellow, it isn't a Western
meant no insolence by my suggestion, he added,— And as for your Circuit story at all. It was on the Northern Circuit at Appleby.
umbrella—surely on this rainy night you
can make use of it yourself ? "
Yet again. The Marchioness of Loam-
shire was on the point of crossing a
puddle.
Naturally I divested myself of my great-
coat, and threw it as a bridge across her
Ladyship's dirty walk.
The Marchioness smiled, but her Lady-
ship has never forgotten the circumstance,
and I have the coat still by me.
And yet some people declare that the
wives of Members of the House of Lords fuss ? It seems to me
are wanting in consideration! L. C. J. Talking of cross-examina-
Believe me, dear Mr. Punch, tion—do you fellows remember the
Yours enthusiastically, S. Nob. excellent story dear old Johnnie
TheCringeries, Loiv Booington. \ Browbeat used to tell about the " Fee-simple
_ Launceston election petition ?
[Proceeds to tell story in much detail. L. C. looks uncomfort-
Notice.—No. XXY. of " Travelling Companions " next week. able at its conclusion.
[Proceeds to tell the same story all over
again, substituting Appleby for
Exeter. At the conclusion of story,
Great laughter from Chancery
Judges. Common Law Judges look
bored, having all told same story
on and about their own Circuits.
Ij. c. Yery good—very good—used
to tell it myself on the South Wales
Circuit—but what have we met for ?
Lord Justice A. I say, what do you
think about this cross-examination
PUNCH, OK THE LONDON CHAEIVAEI.
59
POLITE LITERATURE.
Dear Mr. Punch,—
Having' seen in the pages
of one of your contem-
poraries several deeply
interesting letters telling
of "the Courtesy of the
Cavendish," ! think it
will be pleasing to your
readers to learn that I
have a fund of anecdote
concerning the politeness
—the true politeness—of
many other members of
the Peerage. Perhaps you
will permit me to give
you a few instances of
what I may call aristo-
cratic amiability.
On one occasion the
Duke of Ditchwater and
a Lady entered the same
omnibus simultaneously.
There was but one seat,
and noticing that His
Grace was standing, I
called attention to the
fact. " Certainly," re-
plied His Grace, with
a quiet smile, "but if I
had sat down, the Lady
would not have enjoyed
her present satisfactory
position ! " The Lady
herself had taken the
until then vacant place !
Shortly afterwards I
met Yiscount Yermilion
walking in an opposite
direction to the path I
myself was pursuing.
'' My Lord,''I murmured,
removing my hat, '' I was
quite prepared to step
into the gutter." "It
was unnecessary," re-
turned his Lordship, gra
FANCY PORTRAIT.
THE JUDGES IN
COUNCIL.
[" All the judicial wisdom
of the Supreme Court has
met in solemn and secret
conclave, heralded by letters
from the heads of the Bench,
admitting serious evils in
the working of the High
Court of Justice ; a full
working day was appro-
priated for the occasion; the
learned Judges met at 11 a.m.
(nominally) and rose
promptly for luncheon, and
for the day, at 1-30 p.m.
Two-and-a-half hours' work,
during which each of the
twenty-eight judicial per-
sonages no doubt devoted all
his faculties and experience
to the discovery, discussion,
and removal of the admit-
tedly numerous defects in
the working of the Judica-
ture Acts ! Two-and-a-half
hours, which might have
been stolen from the relaxa-
tions of a Saturday after-
noon ! Two - and - a - half
hours, for which the tax-
payers of the United King-
dom pay some eight hundred
guineas! Truly the spectacle
is eminently calculated to
inspire the country with
confidence and hopes of re-
form."—Extract from Let-
ter to the Times.]
Scene—A Room at the
Royal Courts. Lord
Chancellor, Lord
Chief Justice, Mas-
ter of the Rolls,
Lords Justices, Jus-
tices.
L. C. Well, I'm very
glad to see you all look-
eiously, "for as the path ^''-Jmm^'- ^^^S^^^^^^^^^f ^nS 80 well, but can any
was wide, there was room
enough for both of us to
pass on the same pave-
ment !"
On a very wet evening
I saw My Lord Tom-
noddicomb coming from
a shop in Piccadilly.
Noticing that his Lord-
ship had no defence
against the weather, 1
ventured to offer the
Peer my parapluie.
'1 Please let me get into
my carriage," observed
SENOR DRUMMONDO WOLFFEZ,
Representing the John Bullfighter at Madrid,
" TOREADOR CONTENTO !"
one tell me why we've
met at all ?
L. C. J. Talking of
meetings, do you remem-
ber that Exeter story
dear old Jack Tompkins
used to tell on the West-
ern Circuit ?
[Proceeds to tell Jack
Tompkins's story at
great length to great
interest of Chancery
Judges.
M, R. {who has listened
his Lordship. Then discovering, from my bowing attitude, that IJ with marked impatience). Why, my dear fellow, it isn't a Western
meant no insolence by my suggestion, he added,— And as for your Circuit story at all. It was on the Northern Circuit at Appleby.
umbrella—surely on this rainy night you
can make use of it yourself ? "
Yet again. The Marchioness of Loam-
shire was on the point of crossing a
puddle.
Naturally I divested myself of my great-
coat, and threw it as a bridge across her
Ladyship's dirty walk.
The Marchioness smiled, but her Lady-
ship has never forgotten the circumstance,
and I have the coat still by me.
And yet some people declare that the
wives of Members of the House of Lords fuss ? It seems to me
are wanting in consideration! L. C. J. Talking of cross-examina-
Believe me, dear Mr. Punch, tion—do you fellows remember the
Yours enthusiastically, S. Nob. excellent story dear old Johnnie
TheCringeries, Loiv Booington. \ Browbeat used to tell about the " Fee-simple
_ Launceston election petition ?
[Proceeds to tell story in much detail. L. C. looks uncomfort-
Notice.—No. XXY. of " Travelling Companions " next week. able at its conclusion.
[Proceeds to tell the same story all over
again, substituting Appleby for
Exeter. At the conclusion of story,
Great laughter from Chancery
Judges. Common Law Judges look
bored, having all told same story
on and about their own Circuits.
Ij. c. Yery good—very good—used
to tell it myself on the South Wales
Circuit—but what have we met for ?
Lord Justice A. I say, what do you
think about this cross-examination