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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THE BURST BOILER AND THE BROKEN HEART
A STEAMICO-NAUTICAL ROMANCE.
By the Author of " The Raddled Ranger," " The Ocean Sorceress,''
" The Last ok the Tomahawkians," &c. &c. Sec. &c.
(Continued from paye 226.)
CHAP. II.—THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE
It has at length been determined to pave Oxford-street with wood, and
the vestry are now laying their heads together to furnish the material.
The new drain at the corner of Whiteombe-street was opened with
great solemnity on Wednesday last. One of the principal inhabitants
christened it with a pailfull of clean water, and it was immediately after-
wards thrown open'to the voluntary contributions of the surrounding
neighbourhood.
The plug-hole in the middle of the Westminster-road, which has been
so fatal to that fine animal the British ass, is at length to be covered over
with an iron plate. This humane measure is one which has our full con-
currence, and it is only astonishing that the donkey party, which is pecu-
liarly strong in the neighbourhood alluded to, should not have succeeded
earlier in its efforts.
It is at length resolved to add the missing nostril to the nose of the
statue in the centre of Golden-square. The subject has been long under
discussion, and the anti-nostril party has hitheito been extremely pow-j ON W1TH Y0UR TAIL-
erful. It was moved, by way of amendment, that the feature should be The emotion and graphic force with which Mr. Hobler embellished his
repaired with a lump of putty alone, but the puttey-ites at length gave narrative, had a considerable effect upon the old pensioner—it sent him
way without a division. The new nostril is to be open to competition, and to sleep ; so that the story-teller found it necessary to substitute a more ex-
art'ists are to be allowed to send in a whole nose, or a portion only, accord- citing liquor for dog's-nose. He ordered, in a loud tone, a pint of egg-flip,
in" to their own inclination. The name of each competitor is to be stuffed
into the nostril, and only the successful nose will be looked into. The
remainder will be devoted, just as they are sent iu, to macadamising the
carriage way.
porting Intelligence.
which awoke Hawshole to a sense of his situation.
''To be in the hands of an enemy," continued the chief mate of the
" Phizgig,''—" to suffer the gibes and jeers of exulting adversaries,is gall-
ing enough, but to know that one owes one's life to them—oh ! the
thought is distraction."
" Better nor being drowned," interrupted the listener, rubbing his eyes.
" Yes, it was a boat's crew of the ' Runumdown' that dragged me and
my Jemima from the damp bed of the Thames. Alas, we were now at
the mercy of the deadly foe ! "
" It was a lovely and serene morning ; everything around was still—for
the vessel was aground. We sat before the engine-house fire to dry our-
selves, our hands locked in a firm, fast grasp, in mute, unspeakble sor-
row. Jemima's eyes overflowed with tears, and she inquired in accents
broken by anguish,' whether a half quartern of brandy would not keep
the cold out ?' I made no answer, for my heart was too full, and my
pockets too empty. She paused for a reply but a second, and then
mounted the metal ladder, thus ironing herself before I was even dried.
heavy stkaks. I was not long in following her. I swept the horizon with my eye,
Mr. Gjblett, the highly distinguished and aristocratic purveyor of aud saw the last curl ot' smoke from the funnel of the 'Phizgig' die
animal nutriment, has favoured us with the following ' away m the distance. The ' Runumdown ' was crowded with the Honor-
able Society of the Noble Jacks—their excursion to the Nore and back
ENTRIES FOR SlEAKS had ended on a Plaistow mud-bank ; and to prevent a mutiny, the Master
and other articles for the Plates, which we have faithfully copied from his 0f the Ceremonies piped all hands to the first set of quadrilles. At this
da-m"lj0°k ' moment I beheld the slender fingers of my adored Jemima gracefullv
The Rdmp Steaks of two pounds each—2oz. fat—with a liberal entwined around a portly tumbler—her lovely nose inserted therein—iu
allowance if a quantity be taken the act of drinking what'appeared to be grog. Having emptied the glass
Doc-tor Blueples Tiger, out of Livery Ulb she handed it to an individual whose appearance powerfully awakened
JLa<.ly ttougemore s Flam Cook, out ot Brook-street, 21bs. cut thick. my attention
Mr. Ben D'Israeli's Maid-of-all-work, ' out of a Holiday," ^lb. on a
skewer.
Count Daresay's Valet, out of " Cash," (allowed \\h).
Mr. Roebuck's Grandfather, out of Elbows—a small " chuck," on a leaf
from his own family-tree.
Lord Melbourne's Errand-boy out of Heart—dam'd by the lad in the
shop. N.B.—To carry "2oz. home in the tray.
YARD ARM TO YARD ARM.
THE PROGRESS OF ART. Although he has little to do with my narrative, it is necessary that I
The public will have observed with satisfaction a new species of water- snould describe his costume minutely :—
ing cart, which not only serves for the roads, but is also adapted for " No less h? his hei8ht (considerably above the army standard), the
watering the feet of persons on the pavement. This ingenious process IenSth of moustache and amplitude of whisker, than by the longitude of
completely frees the boot from dust, and imparts to the leather an appear his sPurs and the latitude of his manners= was 11 to be instantly inferred
ance of dead jet, which in the present hot weather is preferable to the tnat the stranger was a 8on of Mars ; wmlst the alarming size of his
glare of patent polish or brilliant blacking. The ingenuity with which the riding-whip showed him to belong to that section of the British Army
cart is constructed to emit water to the distance of a yard or two on each which> in Military parlance, is denominated Cavalry. The precise regiment
side, and the sudden process by which it may be laid on to the le"s of
an unsuspecting passenger, may be said to combine the virtues of the
shower bath with the most admirable coolness, on the part of the driver
who has only to pull a string, which he generally does with a very nice
discretion.
EPIGRAM.
- He (Roebuck) therefore moved, that the duties on timber, stated in the proposed
tarift' as 3<>*. per load on foreign, and Is. a load colonial, be equalized henceforth —
Times-
No wonder that Roebuck so anxious should be
That the duties on wood should not vary;
For, being in search of his family tree.
With his doubts he is right to be chary.
it was difficult to ascertain because he was far from being in uniform, inas-
much as, to a nice observer, it was evident that no two articles of his cos-
tume were alike, in colour or cut. A pair of those boots to which the great
Prussian Commander. Blucher, gives the name, were surmounted by
King's pattern (or cord-au-roi) trousers, which were again met nearly at
the waist by a vest of variegated velvet, but scantily concealed by a bright
green coat, tastefully sobered by the sombre shades of a black collar. But
it was the buttons that invited alike the lover of heraldry, or the enthusi-
astic costume-fanciers, to the closest scrutiny. They were brilliantly gilt
and highly embossed ; the device being a fighting-cock volant, perched on
a bar-sinister, in a field vert.
" Following the fashion of the time, this martial apparition added con-
siderably to the dignity of his dress by the long hair which greased the
collar of his coat, and which was partially hidden by an airy hat to which
an invisible insect has supplied the nomenclature. Such was the ap-
pearance of one, the whole of whose brandy-and-water Jemima had
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THE BURST BOILER AND THE BROKEN HEART
A STEAMICO-NAUTICAL ROMANCE.
By the Author of " The Raddled Ranger," " The Ocean Sorceress,''
" The Last ok the Tomahawkians," &c. &c. Sec. &c.
(Continued from paye 226.)
CHAP. II.—THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE
It has at length been determined to pave Oxford-street with wood, and
the vestry are now laying their heads together to furnish the material.
The new drain at the corner of Whiteombe-street was opened with
great solemnity on Wednesday last. One of the principal inhabitants
christened it with a pailfull of clean water, and it was immediately after-
wards thrown open'to the voluntary contributions of the surrounding
neighbourhood.
The plug-hole in the middle of the Westminster-road, which has been
so fatal to that fine animal the British ass, is at length to be covered over
with an iron plate. This humane measure is one which has our full con-
currence, and it is only astonishing that the donkey party, which is pecu-
liarly strong in the neighbourhood alluded to, should not have succeeded
earlier in its efforts.
It is at length resolved to add the missing nostril to the nose of the
statue in the centre of Golden-square. The subject has been long under
discussion, and the anti-nostril party has hitheito been extremely pow-j ON W1TH Y0UR TAIL-
erful. It was moved, by way of amendment, that the feature should be The emotion and graphic force with which Mr. Hobler embellished his
repaired with a lump of putty alone, but the puttey-ites at length gave narrative, had a considerable effect upon the old pensioner—it sent him
way without a division. The new nostril is to be open to competition, and to sleep ; so that the story-teller found it necessary to substitute a more ex-
art'ists are to be allowed to send in a whole nose, or a portion only, accord- citing liquor for dog's-nose. He ordered, in a loud tone, a pint of egg-flip,
in" to their own inclination. The name of each competitor is to be stuffed
into the nostril, and only the successful nose will be looked into. The
remainder will be devoted, just as they are sent iu, to macadamising the
carriage way.
porting Intelligence.
which awoke Hawshole to a sense of his situation.
''To be in the hands of an enemy," continued the chief mate of the
" Phizgig,''—" to suffer the gibes and jeers of exulting adversaries,is gall-
ing enough, but to know that one owes one's life to them—oh ! the
thought is distraction."
" Better nor being drowned," interrupted the listener, rubbing his eyes.
" Yes, it was a boat's crew of the ' Runumdown' that dragged me and
my Jemima from the damp bed of the Thames. Alas, we were now at
the mercy of the deadly foe ! "
" It was a lovely and serene morning ; everything around was still—for
the vessel was aground. We sat before the engine-house fire to dry our-
selves, our hands locked in a firm, fast grasp, in mute, unspeakble sor-
row. Jemima's eyes overflowed with tears, and she inquired in accents
broken by anguish,' whether a half quartern of brandy would not keep
the cold out ?' I made no answer, for my heart was too full, and my
pockets too empty. She paused for a reply but a second, and then
mounted the metal ladder, thus ironing herself before I was even dried.
heavy stkaks. I was not long in following her. I swept the horizon with my eye,
Mr. Gjblett, the highly distinguished and aristocratic purveyor of aud saw the last curl ot' smoke from the funnel of the 'Phizgig' die
animal nutriment, has favoured us with the following ' away m the distance. The ' Runumdown ' was crowded with the Honor-
able Society of the Noble Jacks—their excursion to the Nore and back
ENTRIES FOR SlEAKS had ended on a Plaistow mud-bank ; and to prevent a mutiny, the Master
and other articles for the Plates, which we have faithfully copied from his 0f the Ceremonies piped all hands to the first set of quadrilles. At this
da-m"lj0°k ' moment I beheld the slender fingers of my adored Jemima gracefullv
The Rdmp Steaks of two pounds each—2oz. fat—with a liberal entwined around a portly tumbler—her lovely nose inserted therein—iu
allowance if a quantity be taken the act of drinking what'appeared to be grog. Having emptied the glass
Doc-tor Blueples Tiger, out of Livery Ulb she handed it to an individual whose appearance powerfully awakened
JLa<.ly ttougemore s Flam Cook, out ot Brook-street, 21bs. cut thick. my attention
Mr. Ben D'Israeli's Maid-of-all-work, ' out of a Holiday," ^lb. on a
skewer.
Count Daresay's Valet, out of " Cash," (allowed \\h).
Mr. Roebuck's Grandfather, out of Elbows—a small " chuck," on a leaf
from his own family-tree.
Lord Melbourne's Errand-boy out of Heart—dam'd by the lad in the
shop. N.B.—To carry "2oz. home in the tray.
YARD ARM TO YARD ARM.
THE PROGRESS OF ART. Although he has little to do with my narrative, it is necessary that I
The public will have observed with satisfaction a new species of water- snould describe his costume minutely :—
ing cart, which not only serves for the roads, but is also adapted for " No less h? his hei8ht (considerably above the army standard), the
watering the feet of persons on the pavement. This ingenious process IenSth of moustache and amplitude of whisker, than by the longitude of
completely frees the boot from dust, and imparts to the leather an appear his sPurs and the latitude of his manners= was 11 to be instantly inferred
ance of dead jet, which in the present hot weather is preferable to the tnat the stranger was a 8on of Mars ; wmlst the alarming size of his
glare of patent polish or brilliant blacking. The ingenuity with which the riding-whip showed him to belong to that section of the British Army
cart is constructed to emit water to the distance of a yard or two on each which> in Military parlance, is denominated Cavalry. The precise regiment
side, and the sudden process by which it may be laid on to the le"s of
an unsuspecting passenger, may be said to combine the virtues of the
shower bath with the most admirable coolness, on the part of the driver
who has only to pull a string, which he generally does with a very nice
discretion.
EPIGRAM.
- He (Roebuck) therefore moved, that the duties on timber, stated in the proposed
tarift' as 3<>*. per load on foreign, and Is. a load colonial, be equalized henceforth —
Times-
No wonder that Roebuck so anxious should be
That the duties on wood should not vary;
For, being in search of his family tree.
With his doubts he is right to be chary.
it was difficult to ascertain because he was far from being in uniform, inas-
much as, to a nice observer, it was evident that no two articles of his cos-
tume were alike, in colour or cut. A pair of those boots to which the great
Prussian Commander. Blucher, gives the name, were surmounted by
King's pattern (or cord-au-roi) trousers, which were again met nearly at
the waist by a vest of variegated velvet, but scantily concealed by a bright
green coat, tastefully sobered by the sombre shades of a black collar. But
it was the buttons that invited alike the lover of heraldry, or the enthusi-
astic costume-fanciers, to the closest scrutiny. They were brilliantly gilt
and highly embossed ; the device being a fighting-cock volant, perched on
a bar-sinister, in a field vert.
" Following the fashion of the time, this martial apparition added con-
siderably to the dignity of his dress by the long hair which greased the
collar of his coat, and which was partially hidden by an airy hat to which
an invisible insect has supplied the nomenclature. Such was the ap-
pearance of one, the whole of whose brandy-and-water Jemima had