Punch or The London charivari (4.1843)

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A barrier is thrown across the back of the Court, and in front of it is
nn uneasy bench for the juniors, while a row of chairs somewhat in ad- j THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ESTABLISHMENT
vance are placed for the accommodation of the Queen's Counsel. There
is nothing striking in the arrangements for the bar, but the seat of Vice- Wfi eive bv Priday»s Gazette that the Prince of Wales has got
Chancellor Wigram himself is a particularly effective piece oi workman- Chancellor and an Attorney-General; but it is not universally known thar
ship. On a platform about five feet long by thirty niches wide, and on tlle same day his Roval'Highness had a wooden Scaramouch and a tin
approached by two very low steps, covered with green baize, and flanked wheu Mr pe"niberton, the Chancellor of the Roval Infant, went
by a wooden bannister, is the judgment-seat It consists of an easy chair, tQ ^ liands Qn ^ appokrtmentj ,he Prinee playfully possessed himself
of the nose of the newly-constituted dignitary. We understand the fact
of his Royal Highness having experienced this addition to his state, was
announced to his Royal Highness by the Dowager Lady Littleton in the
following very appropriate words.
" Sal he have a chancellor ? Yes, that he sal, a little peshious. He
shan't be troubled with a little conscience. No, that he shan't. But he
sal have a Chancellor, all to his little self, to keep his little conscience
for him. (Hush-a-by, baby, on the tree top.j And an Attorney-General
too to advocate his little rights, and do all his little business for him..
(Baby, baby, bunting.) They shan't worry him with nasty accounts. No
that they shan't, but he will have a little auditor, won't he. (One, two,
buckle my shoe.)"
His Royal Highness condescended to receive this notification very
graciously, and smiling several times, as the nature of the several duties
of his new legal officers was alluded to.
We understand that the conscience of his Royal Highness has been,
already presented to Chancellor Pemberton on a sheet of blank vellum.
The Attorney-General has not yet had a brief, but Punch will not fail to-
communicate the important fact whenever it happens.

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—or at least a chair that would be easy, but for the mahogany Devonport THE DYING VENDOR OF VEGETABLES TO HIS PALFREY
in front, which must cramp the Vice-Chancellor's legs ; for his honour is Or JERUSALEM,
far too conscientious to kick, for his own comfort, a hole in the pannel.
His honour is placed between two windows-arid has .so far the position ' * »ER/- «''t thou now - where art, thou now ? my boautifu , my bold
of a pier, though he does not sit in t he House of Lords, and has only , £ud *■» **** tal^ Uiee <ar away to green-yards to be sold .-
received the dignity of knighthood. Side by side with the Devonport is "a | °™ther let tho™ ta];c *e bed' where n™< itlafs 1 he' , ,
■ • ■ I ban seize on thee, lor debt or rent, my beautiful—my shy !
They tell me they'll take care of thee—I know what 'tis they mean,
A truss of hay in half a year, with thistle-tops between.
0 no ! it shall not be thy fate, I'd rather, ere I part,
Plunge deep, my mild and patient ass, this pitchfork to thy heart I
Nay, do not turn aside thy nose, and shake thine honest ear,
Thy master's sense is wandering, but thou'st no cause to fear ;
But let me give thee one embrace, ere from the world I go.

Pembroke table, one flap of which is necessarily down—or there would be
no room for it. The platform seems to be suddenly cut short at the end
of the Pembroke table, and a screen is carried from this point as far as
the wall, so as to form a sort of retiring room for his Honour, who by
leaping off the platform—for there are no steps on this side—and
crouching down so as to preserve a stooping position, may manage to keep
out of sight for a few minutes. This space is, we presume, intended for
the robing-room ; but his Honour must certainly perform the judicial
toilette while sitting on the floor, for the screen is not more than four feet
high ; and accordingly if Vice-Chancellor Wigram should wig and gown
himself in an erect posture, the ceremony would be performed in sight of
the public. The library of the court is extremely select ; and, as far as
we could see, consists of a Court Guide and a Law List.
Considering that it was thought to be very important to liberty that the
place for administering justice should be fixed, instead of following the
person of the sovereign as it did in olden times, we are surprised that an
effort is not made to give permanently "a local habitation" to Vice-
Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram ;
At present they, alas '. are doom'd to soar
From basement up to first or second floor;

There ! there! nay, do not shrink from me, my terrified—my slow •
Thou 'st drawn with me, boy, many a year, the cart along the streets
Put thine hoof on thy master's heart—thou feelest how it beats.
But Oh, thine eyes benevolent, my anguish'd feelings lull.
Farewell, my Jackass !—Oh ! farewell—my beautiful ! my dull ! !

Fancy Fair in the New Cut.

here was a fancy fair in the New Cut on
Saturday evening last, in aid of the general
n a v fund for the relief of the mercantile interests-
And on the morrow mav iicTcniince he found, »\ /lS£Swl i i j 1 n
,,. . .... • 1 , , '. i'Cr^ *SEuI'' In order to keep the attendance select, all car
11 o'ding their sittings somewhere undcrsronnd. ii^- / JWjI r., ^ . „ ., ... \ .

Shall equity be foired its courts to hold
In dismal attics or in kitchens coid ?
Shall suitors' feelings undergo the rack
Within the limits of a two-pair back ?
By anxious parties shall the Judge be Bought,
Up stairs and down, through passage,gateway, court?
Oh, no—for Chancery has enough of frowns,
Without these horrid extra upa and downs.
The two Vice-Cimncellors must 'plex the bar,
Who would but know at all times where they are :
We only ask the Government to fix
A sitting worthy such a pair of bricks.


THE "CENTLE" SHAKSPEARE.
Mr. R. L. Jones said, a day or two since at Guildhall, " that there
ivere but five instances of the signature of Shakspeare in existence, three
of them being attached to his will at Doctors' Commons, one in a volume
of Marmontei''at the British Museum, and the autograph which had been
bought the day before." Shakspeare has worthily obtained the preno-
men of " gentle ;'' but how excessively kind of him to get out of his grave
to write his name in a copy of " Marmontei I " Was it not ? Punch
deferentially asks Montaigne.

Mr. Cobden is about to meet the farmers of Rye on the 10th of June. lie
Will, of course, see plenty of Rye faces.

riages entering the Cut from the Westminster
Road were compelled to pay a toll for admission,,
but the piomenade for visitors on foot was
gratuitous. The stalls were presided over by
the fair sex, some of whom attracted attention,
to their wares by grotesque allusions '' to lump-
ing penn'orths " and other allegorical expres-
fll^l Vbk sions, which an intercourse with the imagina-
I <t~-■==j live regions of the East has introduced amongst
us latterly to a very considerable degree. The musical arrangements
were under the arrangement of the police, who kept the various bands
and solo performers continually moving. The fishing interests must have-
profited largely by the immense consumption of whelks, which were de-
voured with most unaccountaMr avidity. The gaiety of the scene was kept
up until a late hour.

WIT AT WESTMINSTER,
A few days ago Mr. Roebuck entered the Court of Queen's Bench in
his silk gown, when Lord Deurnau addressed him in the usual form,.
asking him, when it came to Mr. Roebuck's turn, whether he was prepared
with a motion. The " learned gentleman " implied the usual negative-
by shaking his head. " I beg your pardon," observed Lord Denman,.
" I forgot, Mr. Roebuck, that you have moved.''

Can you spell blind pig with two letters? Why P G, to be sure; that's pig-
without an I, isn't it ?