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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PUNCH'S BAL MASQUE'- ■ THE WONDERFUL " CALF'S HEAD" DEBATE.
. ... , HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The utter impossibility of giving any description of this splendid . ^ ^ q{^ ^ q{ ^
event has induced us to endeavour o describe it; and as the faintest i g ^ ^ ^ £ .fl Qf tfa »
idea of it cannot be conveyed to the public, we furnish our leadeis j i^r »
with the full particulars.
The suite of rooms appropriated to the splendid revel comprised
an entire first floor ; and the folding-doors, which were turned back
to the full extent, were hung with draperies of costly chintz, carefully
selected from an enormous stock, which have long been ticketed as—
"all at fourpence-halfpenny." The great attraction consisted,however,
in the costumes, of which we shall endeavour to give a brief outline.
Perhaps the most conspicuous figure in the brilliant assemblage was
that of Mr. Jones, who, in the characteristic habiliments of Gufflawme
des Earn (familiarly known as Billy Waters) headed the Quadrille de
Petite Bretagne (or Little Britain) with considerable energy. His head-
dress was a cocked hat of a certain age, and he wore the coat of a
naval lieutenant of the present century. He carried in his hand a I J.ind
violin, whose antiquity was shown by its dilapidated strings, and his
hat was surmounted by the feather of the 49th regiment of infantry.
The Quadrille de Punch, of course, excited considerable interest, and
was made up as follows : —
Colonel Sibthorp begged to call the attention of the right hon. Baronet
to a subject, which he, (the hon. and gallant Colonel) conceived to be, not
only of great general importance to himself, but to many hon. Members
on his side of the House. The hon. and gallant Member then proceeded
to read the original advertisement from The Morning Advertiser.
" wonderful exhibition.
" A calf with two heads, four eyes, and two months, to be seen daily,''
&c. &c.
The hon. and gallant Member would read no further ; for he thought
he had read enough to show that a gross case of breach of privilege had
been committed, and therefore moved that the printer of the Mornir.g Ad-
vertiser be forthwith summoned to the bar; if wonderful exhibitions of this
Judy Punch
de la Rue de Wellington. de la Rue de Wellington.
The Doctor. Shai.labat.la.
LONGMAN AND COMPANY.
were to be permitted, he felt that his importance as a Member of that
House was gone. Not but what he believed, the whole affair was a base,
radical trick, to supplant him in the affections of his constituents of Lincoln
He, however, defied the machinations of a base and disappointed part;. .
He still hoped to prove that his head was equal to the two heads sought b
o
The ball was opened bv the above illustrious persons, Punch's I be br°ught against him—but his two eyes could see quite as much humbug
n j • i • „JL„4;«., „r n;-o a-™v, „„fv„„ ,,„ri;,.„i„ as any four—and as for mouths, he believed without vanitv, that what
Pandean-piper playing a selection ot airs iiom nothing in particular. , J . . , . .', , . „ . , __ '',,
mi- j li ,° "e was in the habit ot letting nightly fall in that House, would shut up
I his was followed by the ^ the mouthg of a]1 the calves in England. (Loud cheers.) Nevertheless,
Quadrille d'Angleterrc, he held it to be a duty to himself—a duty to hi? constituents—to persevere
in which we observed several remarkable costumes. Mr. Snooks, in g his motion ; and trusted he should have the support of the right hon.
the dress of a gentleman in the time of William Fourth, was habited ^n35* „ ... t. , ..
* iii- v.- j x „„„„ „i„,-x„/i n.a «-o;ot j n, l oir v. Blake seconded the motion. He thought it a case of peculiar
in a pair of old-fashioned trousers, plaited at the waist, and cut out hards] the hm t fo| Lincohi [
round the boot, giving altogether such an appearance of antiquity, as disintereste£ mai! could read &e advei.tisement, without perceiving it to
to carry the spectator back to the year 1831, and the good old days ; bc a dead-set made at the hon. and gallant Member. (Loud cheers.)
of the deceased monarch. I sir Robert Peel assured the hon. and gallant Member for Lincoln, that
Baron Nathan was present in a rich costume, and he superintended j he entirely sympathized with him on the present occasion. (Hear.) Never-
the splendid theless, the motion originated in the modesty of the hon. and gallant Mem-
Quadrille de Tiwli (Margate). ber; for the House would testify that if it were possible for nature to
The Baron wore the well-known buff slipper of the Isle of Thanet, Pro^c,e a caIf with as man>' heads as H)'dra (a laugh), the united hundred
would be as nothing to
" That dome of thought, that palace of the soul,"—
adorning the shoulders of the gallant Member. (Loud cheers.; He, there-
fore, hoped the gallant Member would withdraw his motion. The tariff
was yet to be considered. The condition of asses in every part of the
globe, but of British asses in particular, was at present most uncertain.
He, therefore, put it to the feelings of the House and the gallant Member,
whether—under such peculiar claims to his forbearance—he would not
withdraw the motion.
Colonel Sibthorp replied. The right hon. Baronet had triumphed.
He (Colonel Sibthorp) felt that on this occasion only, he must consider
" the greatest happiness of the greatest number," and would therefore
merge his individual feelings touching the calf, into the very natural interest
he took in all asses—and the asses of his native country in particular.
Motion withdrawn.
and a grey tunic highly characteristic of the natives of that remote
coast, being made much after the model of an ordinary dressing-gown.
Besides the Quadrilles already mentioned, there was a magnificent
Hornpipe du College, in which the company generally took a part ;
and amongst other splendid historical impersonations, we were parti-
cularly struck by that of Sarah de la Porte de Billing, familiarly known
as Sal of Billingsgate.
Among the other antique costumes was that of a watchman of the
year 1828, the representative of which, by lying down asleep the
whole night, most ably kept up the illusion, and realised the character.
THE TURF.
The great race for the Clapham Handicap, which is to come off next
week on the Common, is exciting very considerable interest in the sport-
ing world. The great jackass stakes are already nearly made up, and
William Soames, Esq., has declared that his grey Jerusalem filly, got by
Accident out of Green-yard, shall run at all hazards. The odds are in a
very uneven state, and have hitherto been all in favour of the three-year-
old donkey, Flying Eugenia ; and as the owner's eldest daughter, Elizabeth,
(a very stout young woman,) is to be the rider, there will be a heavy Bet
upon the animal, which will try her mettle.
You distress me"—as Sir Edward Erie Lytton Bulwer said to the Income Tax. ____
You'll put. me out of temper "-as the razor said to the obstinate oyster. London, Urndbur, * Et».. Pnnt«,, WhitefrU™
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PUNCH'S BAL MASQUE'- ■ THE WONDERFUL " CALF'S HEAD" DEBATE.
. ... , HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The utter impossibility of giving any description of this splendid . ^ ^ q{^ ^ q{ ^
event has induced us to endeavour o describe it; and as the faintest i g ^ ^ ^ £ .fl Qf tfa »
idea of it cannot be conveyed to the public, we furnish our leadeis j i^r »
with the full particulars.
The suite of rooms appropriated to the splendid revel comprised
an entire first floor ; and the folding-doors, which were turned back
to the full extent, were hung with draperies of costly chintz, carefully
selected from an enormous stock, which have long been ticketed as—
"all at fourpence-halfpenny." The great attraction consisted,however,
in the costumes, of which we shall endeavour to give a brief outline.
Perhaps the most conspicuous figure in the brilliant assemblage was
that of Mr. Jones, who, in the characteristic habiliments of Gufflawme
des Earn (familiarly known as Billy Waters) headed the Quadrille de
Petite Bretagne (or Little Britain) with considerable energy. His head-
dress was a cocked hat of a certain age, and he wore the coat of a
naval lieutenant of the present century. He carried in his hand a I J.ind
violin, whose antiquity was shown by its dilapidated strings, and his
hat was surmounted by the feather of the 49th regiment of infantry.
The Quadrille de Punch, of course, excited considerable interest, and
was made up as follows : —
Colonel Sibthorp begged to call the attention of the right hon. Baronet
to a subject, which he, (the hon. and gallant Colonel) conceived to be, not
only of great general importance to himself, but to many hon. Members
on his side of the House. The hon. and gallant Member then proceeded
to read the original advertisement from The Morning Advertiser.
" wonderful exhibition.
" A calf with two heads, four eyes, and two months, to be seen daily,''
&c. &c.
The hon. and gallant Member would read no further ; for he thought
he had read enough to show that a gross case of breach of privilege had
been committed, and therefore moved that the printer of the Mornir.g Ad-
vertiser be forthwith summoned to the bar; if wonderful exhibitions of this
Judy Punch
de la Rue de Wellington. de la Rue de Wellington.
The Doctor. Shai.labat.la.
LONGMAN AND COMPANY.
were to be permitted, he felt that his importance as a Member of that
House was gone. Not but what he believed, the whole affair was a base,
radical trick, to supplant him in the affections of his constituents of Lincoln
He, however, defied the machinations of a base and disappointed part;. .
He still hoped to prove that his head was equal to the two heads sought b
o
The ball was opened bv the above illustrious persons, Punch's I be br°ught against him—but his two eyes could see quite as much humbug
n j • i • „JL„4;«., „r n;-o a-™v, „„fv„„ ,,„ri;,.„i„ as any four—and as for mouths, he believed without vanitv, that what
Pandean-piper playing a selection ot airs iiom nothing in particular. , J . . , . .', , . „ . , __ '',,
mi- j li ,° "e was in the habit ot letting nightly fall in that House, would shut up
I his was followed by the ^ the mouthg of a]1 the calves in England. (Loud cheers.) Nevertheless,
Quadrille d'Angleterrc, he held it to be a duty to himself—a duty to hi? constituents—to persevere
in which we observed several remarkable costumes. Mr. Snooks, in g his motion ; and trusted he should have the support of the right hon.
the dress of a gentleman in the time of William Fourth, was habited ^n35* „ ... t. , ..
* iii- v.- j x „„„„ „i„,-x„/i n.a «-o;ot j n, l oir v. Blake seconded the motion. He thought it a case of peculiar
in a pair of old-fashioned trousers, plaited at the waist, and cut out hards] the hm t fo| Lincohi [
round the boot, giving altogether such an appearance of antiquity, as disintereste£ mai! could read &e advei.tisement, without perceiving it to
to carry the spectator back to the year 1831, and the good old days ; bc a dead-set made at the hon. and gallant Member. (Loud cheers.)
of the deceased monarch. I sir Robert Peel assured the hon. and gallant Member for Lincoln, that
Baron Nathan was present in a rich costume, and he superintended j he entirely sympathized with him on the present occasion. (Hear.) Never-
the splendid theless, the motion originated in the modesty of the hon. and gallant Mem-
Quadrille de Tiwli (Margate). ber; for the House would testify that if it were possible for nature to
The Baron wore the well-known buff slipper of the Isle of Thanet, Pro^c,e a caIf with as man>' heads as H)'dra (a laugh), the united hundred
would be as nothing to
" That dome of thought, that palace of the soul,"—
adorning the shoulders of the gallant Member. (Loud cheers.; He, there-
fore, hoped the gallant Member would withdraw his motion. The tariff
was yet to be considered. The condition of asses in every part of the
globe, but of British asses in particular, was at present most uncertain.
He, therefore, put it to the feelings of the House and the gallant Member,
whether—under such peculiar claims to his forbearance—he would not
withdraw the motion.
Colonel Sibthorp replied. The right hon. Baronet had triumphed.
He (Colonel Sibthorp) felt that on this occasion only, he must consider
" the greatest happiness of the greatest number," and would therefore
merge his individual feelings touching the calf, into the very natural interest
he took in all asses—and the asses of his native country in particular.
Motion withdrawn.
and a grey tunic highly characteristic of the natives of that remote
coast, being made much after the model of an ordinary dressing-gown.
Besides the Quadrilles already mentioned, there was a magnificent
Hornpipe du College, in which the company generally took a part ;
and amongst other splendid historical impersonations, we were parti-
cularly struck by that of Sarah de la Porte de Billing, familiarly known
as Sal of Billingsgate.
Among the other antique costumes was that of a watchman of the
year 1828, the representative of which, by lying down asleep the
whole night, most ably kept up the illusion, and realised the character.
THE TURF.
The great race for the Clapham Handicap, which is to come off next
week on the Common, is exciting very considerable interest in the sport-
ing world. The great jackass stakes are already nearly made up, and
William Soames, Esq., has declared that his grey Jerusalem filly, got by
Accident out of Green-yard, shall run at all hazards. The odds are in a
very uneven state, and have hitherto been all in favour of the three-year-
old donkey, Flying Eugenia ; and as the owner's eldest daughter, Elizabeth,
(a very stout young woman,) is to be the rider, there will be a heavy Bet
upon the animal, which will try her mettle.
You distress me"—as Sir Edward Erie Lytton Bulwer said to the Income Tax. ____
You'll put. me out of temper "-as the razor said to the obstinate oyster. London, Urndbur, * Et».. Pnnt«,, WhitefrU™