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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
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regard to discomfort. He dawdles through life as he does in the j
excursion we have just described ; and when he dies, goes to the j
grave in the same loitering manner, almost regretting that he cannot
•attend his own funeral, to watch it pass, and afterwards go with it
into the cemetery and read all the tombstones.
THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Manchester fabrics.
LAMBETH.
At eight o'clock yesterday morning all the hands employed in
plastering the new houses near Bedlam left their work ; but they re-
turned in half-an-hour, without the interference of the authorities.
The same alarming occurrence took place in the middle of the day, |
and afterwards at four o'clock, when they were met in the yard by a
man with beer, which justifies the suspicion that there is some one in
the background who supplies them with provisions.
An immense number of persons paraded the New Cut on Saturday
night, and stared in at the provision shops, occasionally handling a j
joint of meat, and even asking the price of it. Some went so far as ;
. to carry it away-after having paid for it.
Considerable excitement prevailed among the greengrocers, who
could hardly keep pace with the demands made upon them for vege-
tables ; but it is a remarkable fact that though the mob seemed
■determined to secure provisions, no objection was raised to giving a j
fair price for them.
THE GREEN PARK.
At about dusk there was a general turn-out from the enclosure in
this park ; and though many of the hands would have remained for
the purpose of effecting a piece of work, they at last went out quietly,
aad a mill was stopped which would have been got into full play if
the turn-outs had not succeeded in their object.
RATHBONE PLACE.
The mill for grinding coffee in this district has only been going
half the week; but this is the choice of the proprietor, for no force has
Tieen employed to stop it. Crowds, or rather groups, of two or three j
—chiefly boys—have, however, been observed loitering about the
mill whenever it has been at work—though this is supposed to have
been intended as a diversion, rather than a serious demonstration.
CHARING CROSS.
The cab turn-outs—and very wretched-looking turn-outs some of
them were — assembled in large numbers on the coach-stand at !
Charing Cross; but they gradually dispersed by one at a time—though
it was observed that as one left the rank another generally joined it
ia a short time afterwards.
THE MARSH GATE.
Our own correspondent, who has been residing here in consequence
of the public distress—as well as his own—writes to us very gloomily
from this quarter. He complains bitterly of having been himself the
victim of a turn-out, by means of his own landlord, who seems to
have joined the malcontents ; and our correspondent is of opinion
that the landlords will continue to enforce their rents at all hazards.
It was reported that there had been a turn-out and a rising among
the laundresses in this district for wages. We have ascertained the
foundation for this rumour, which originates in the fact that several
laundresses did rise and actually turned out—of bed at a very early
hour for the wages which they are generally allowed when going out
to work by the day in private families. The police were walking up
and down during the whole of the day, and it was said they had been
tampered with. This appears to be incorrect, for,from returns which
have been ordered, it would seem that of two hundred glasses of gin
consumed by the force in one afternoon, one hundred and fifty were
drunk off duty, forty-six were paid for by themselves, three were
ijiven by the landlords, and the remaining one was part of a half-
i narteru left by a drunken man on the bar of the public-house in
which he had called for it.
VAUXHALL.
The turn-outs were very noisy here on Thursday last, and several
explosions were heard in the neighbourhood of the gardens. Dresses
of various descriptions were worn for the purpose of disguise ; but
most of those assembled, who were principally clerks, apprentices,
and shop-boys, returned to their work on the following morning.
CHELSEA.
Our letters from this place inform us that it continues quiet in the
extreme; and indeed it has been asserted that a pin was distinctly
heard to drop in a house in the High-street, by a gentleman seated
alone over his dessert, from whose neckcloth a brilliant mounted in
gold had accidentally fallen.
WANDSWORTH,
Our correspondent in this quarter is in high spirits. The Tariff,
letting in foreign asses, has already begun to have its effect on the
donkey-riding business; and there are now nearly ten constantly
saddled, where four were hitherto more than sufficient to meet the
demand of the public.
A rising was not expected; but the beadle had been sounded, and
it was alleged that he might be relied upon in the event of a crisis,
provided the crisis should not be too much for him.
THE WIND-UP.
It will be seen that all the accounts above recorded are so far
satisfactory. If there is any general cause for alarm in any direction
to which our information extends, it is in the case of the Suspension
Bridge at Hungerford, where, if a rising takes place, a turn-out is
sure to follow ; for if the Thames rises and fills the coffer-dam, tho
workmen must turn out as a matter of pure necessity. We hope for
the best; but in this quarter we can only look for the worst—which
has up to the present time invariably happened.
THE BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS.
Mmkm to Correspondents,
A la " Sunday Times."
Q,. R. S. is informed that we do not know on which side the author of
" Jack Sheppard " parts his hair. If our correspondent will take the
trouble to refer to his awta-biography in a late number of the Mirror, he
will most probably find the required information.
A. B., who bets A. S. S. that a hundred thousand tens do not amount to
a million, most decidedly wins. If the terms of the wager had stood •'< ten
hundred thousand," A. S. S. would have been the winner.
PAi/o-Walkingame,—When two and two are correctly added up, they
amount to four.
S. N. 0. and B. are playing at whist. 0. lends the tray of hearts ; N.
follows with the queen, and S. with the quarte, B. taking the trick with the
deuce of diamonds. At the end of the game, 0. and B. are declared to
have the odd trick ; but it is then discovered that diamonds were not
trumps, though nobody can remember what was. Now, as there were
about nine revokes out of thirteen rounds, what does either party score ?
Answer.—II N. had not put his queen upon O.'s tray, that, in all pro-
bability, would not have drawn out S.'s quatre, and B. would not have
played the deuce; so that, upon the whole, every person was to blame
for forgetting what was trumps ; and taking all these facts into considera-
tion, we cannot undertake the responsibility of answering the question.
F. R. G. S. ought to know that Ben More is no relation whatever to the
" bard of Erin," but an equally celebrated mountain near Perth ; neither
did we ever hear it called the "Upper Benjamin," that term belonging to
" Ben Nevis," which is eleven hundred feet higher than Ben More, and is
always provided with a thick coat of snow.
Thespis.—Can you inform a select company, meeting at the " Blue
Posts," who writes the theatrical critiques in the Observer $
Answer.—Herr Dobler, the conjuror.
Crispin.—Inquire of Hoby, or M'Donnel. We regret to say, we have
not yet been able to ascertain to a barleycorn the length of Sir Robert
Peel's foot; though we feel not the smallest hesitation in asserting that the
pannus-corium boots are capital things for bunions.
Were you ever at Rhode's Island?—Not exactly, but I sap at Uis Cyder-cellars Oc
caaiouaily,
97
regard to discomfort. He dawdles through life as he does in the j
excursion we have just described ; and when he dies, goes to the j
grave in the same loitering manner, almost regretting that he cannot
•attend his own funeral, to watch it pass, and afterwards go with it
into the cemetery and read all the tombstones.
THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Manchester fabrics.
LAMBETH.
At eight o'clock yesterday morning all the hands employed in
plastering the new houses near Bedlam left their work ; but they re-
turned in half-an-hour, without the interference of the authorities.
The same alarming occurrence took place in the middle of the day, |
and afterwards at four o'clock, when they were met in the yard by a
man with beer, which justifies the suspicion that there is some one in
the background who supplies them with provisions.
An immense number of persons paraded the New Cut on Saturday
night, and stared in at the provision shops, occasionally handling a j
joint of meat, and even asking the price of it. Some went so far as ;
. to carry it away-after having paid for it.
Considerable excitement prevailed among the greengrocers, who
could hardly keep pace with the demands made upon them for vege-
tables ; but it is a remarkable fact that though the mob seemed
■determined to secure provisions, no objection was raised to giving a j
fair price for them.
THE GREEN PARK.
At about dusk there was a general turn-out from the enclosure in
this park ; and though many of the hands would have remained for
the purpose of effecting a piece of work, they at last went out quietly,
aad a mill was stopped which would have been got into full play if
the turn-outs had not succeeded in their object.
RATHBONE PLACE.
The mill for grinding coffee in this district has only been going
half the week; but this is the choice of the proprietor, for no force has
Tieen employed to stop it. Crowds, or rather groups, of two or three j
—chiefly boys—have, however, been observed loitering about the
mill whenever it has been at work—though this is supposed to have
been intended as a diversion, rather than a serious demonstration.
CHARING CROSS.
The cab turn-outs—and very wretched-looking turn-outs some of
them were — assembled in large numbers on the coach-stand at !
Charing Cross; but they gradually dispersed by one at a time—though
it was observed that as one left the rank another generally joined it
ia a short time afterwards.
THE MARSH GATE.
Our own correspondent, who has been residing here in consequence
of the public distress—as well as his own—writes to us very gloomily
from this quarter. He complains bitterly of having been himself the
victim of a turn-out, by means of his own landlord, who seems to
have joined the malcontents ; and our correspondent is of opinion
that the landlords will continue to enforce their rents at all hazards.
It was reported that there had been a turn-out and a rising among
the laundresses in this district for wages. We have ascertained the
foundation for this rumour, which originates in the fact that several
laundresses did rise and actually turned out—of bed at a very early
hour for the wages which they are generally allowed when going out
to work by the day in private families. The police were walking up
and down during the whole of the day, and it was said they had been
tampered with. This appears to be incorrect, for,from returns which
have been ordered, it would seem that of two hundred glasses of gin
consumed by the force in one afternoon, one hundred and fifty were
drunk off duty, forty-six were paid for by themselves, three were
ijiven by the landlords, and the remaining one was part of a half-
i narteru left by a drunken man on the bar of the public-house in
which he had called for it.
VAUXHALL.
The turn-outs were very noisy here on Thursday last, and several
explosions were heard in the neighbourhood of the gardens. Dresses
of various descriptions were worn for the purpose of disguise ; but
most of those assembled, who were principally clerks, apprentices,
and shop-boys, returned to their work on the following morning.
CHELSEA.
Our letters from this place inform us that it continues quiet in the
extreme; and indeed it has been asserted that a pin was distinctly
heard to drop in a house in the High-street, by a gentleman seated
alone over his dessert, from whose neckcloth a brilliant mounted in
gold had accidentally fallen.
WANDSWORTH,
Our correspondent in this quarter is in high spirits. The Tariff,
letting in foreign asses, has already begun to have its effect on the
donkey-riding business; and there are now nearly ten constantly
saddled, where four were hitherto more than sufficient to meet the
demand of the public.
A rising was not expected; but the beadle had been sounded, and
it was alleged that he might be relied upon in the event of a crisis,
provided the crisis should not be too much for him.
THE WIND-UP.
It will be seen that all the accounts above recorded are so far
satisfactory. If there is any general cause for alarm in any direction
to which our information extends, it is in the case of the Suspension
Bridge at Hungerford, where, if a rising takes place, a turn-out is
sure to follow ; for if the Thames rises and fills the coffer-dam, tho
workmen must turn out as a matter of pure necessity. We hope for
the best; but in this quarter we can only look for the worst—which
has up to the present time invariably happened.
THE BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS.
Mmkm to Correspondents,
A la " Sunday Times."
Q,. R. S. is informed that we do not know on which side the author of
" Jack Sheppard " parts his hair. If our correspondent will take the
trouble to refer to his awta-biography in a late number of the Mirror, he
will most probably find the required information.
A. B., who bets A. S. S. that a hundred thousand tens do not amount to
a million, most decidedly wins. If the terms of the wager had stood •'< ten
hundred thousand," A. S. S. would have been the winner.
PAi/o-Walkingame,—When two and two are correctly added up, they
amount to four.
S. N. 0. and B. are playing at whist. 0. lends the tray of hearts ; N.
follows with the queen, and S. with the quarte, B. taking the trick with the
deuce of diamonds. At the end of the game, 0. and B. are declared to
have the odd trick ; but it is then discovered that diamonds were not
trumps, though nobody can remember what was. Now, as there were
about nine revokes out of thirteen rounds, what does either party score ?
Answer.—II N. had not put his queen upon O.'s tray, that, in all pro-
bability, would not have drawn out S.'s quatre, and B. would not have
played the deuce; so that, upon the whole, every person was to blame
for forgetting what was trumps ; and taking all these facts into considera-
tion, we cannot undertake the responsibility of answering the question.
F. R. G. S. ought to know that Ben More is no relation whatever to the
" bard of Erin," but an equally celebrated mountain near Perth ; neither
did we ever hear it called the "Upper Benjamin," that term belonging to
" Ben Nevis," which is eleven hundred feet higher than Ben More, and is
always provided with a thick coat of snow.
Thespis.—Can you inform a select company, meeting at the " Blue
Posts," who writes the theatrical critiques in the Observer $
Answer.—Herr Dobler, the conjuror.
Crispin.—Inquire of Hoby, or M'Donnel. We regret to say, we have
not yet been able to ascertain to a barleycorn the length of Sir Robert
Peel's foot; though we feel not the smallest hesitation in asserting that the
pannus-corium boots are capital things for bunions.
Were you ever at Rhode's Island?—Not exactly, but I sap at Uis Cyder-cellars Oc
caaiouaily,