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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
^ttucfTs Comapoutonce.
During the past week Punch has received so many letters from sd many
distinguished individuals, that the vanity of his human nature, or wooden
nature—for 'tis sometimes the same thing—will not allow him to be silent
•on the dignity of his correspondents. Punch, himself, allows very little
importance to conventional rank ; but then, unhappily for the world,
every man is not Punch ; every man has not his philosophy ; his proud
stoicism ; his beautiful contempt of mere stars and garters ; his great
power, that strips humanity to its mere moral nakedness, and cails it
beautiful or ugly as it then appears. Punch, therefore, will not light his
cigar with the King of Hanover's letter, but enshrine it in everlasting type.
King Ernest to Punch.
"St. -James's, July 13, 1843.
"Mr. Pdnch,—If I have sustained with more than my wonted moral
dignity the various attacks that havt been directed at me by the dema-
gogues and evil-speaking Radicals of England, it is to you that I feel myself
bound to attribute that highest valour. Yes, Mr. Punch, during my
painful absence from England, I have read you—studied you—worn your
pages next my heart, as naughty men, resolved upon penitence, wear iron
chains and hedgehog shirts. To my friend, Lord Brougham, I am in.
debted to my first introduction to Punch. It was his lordship who first
forwarded to me your maguanimous publication. His lordship, it may
be recollected, once called me ' illustrious only by courtesy.' 1 am now,
I feel it, illustrious by every moral right ; and this I owe to—Punch !
You are aware, Punch, that since my happy accession to the throne
of Hanover I have received 23,000/. per annum from the pocket, and
DRAWING UPON HIS BANKER.
affections, of England. You also know, that, within a few days, a most
dastardly attempt has been made to deprive me of this, my hard-earned
Income. Within a few days !—yes, the time was chosen when I was the
guest of the Queen of England !—after my tedious journey—my suffer-
ings of sea-sickness—the peril of landing—my hair-breadth escape from
eggs and other fetid missiles, that, I hear, were prepared to greet me,—
after all this, lam attacked by Mr. Joseph Hume,—that Jack Sheppard
to the peace of kings,—and called upon to ' Stand and deliver !' Well,
Parliament has done its worst. I suffered the debate to be talked to ;in
end, merely to see how far the impudence of demagogues would carry
them. An enormous majority assures to me the continuance of my
income. It is mine—mine—until the approach of the undertaker.
And now, Mr. Punch, now for kingly magnanimity !
I give up—of my own will give up—(but pray put this line in large and
striking letters) —
€1)C Ivtttg of ^<inab«- buluntartlo uj) f)t£ petition!
Yes, Mr. Punch, I have taken counsel with myself—instructed, let me
add, by the sweetness and benevolence of your philosophy,—and I hence-
forth refuse to touch one penny coined from the blood of the poor and
desolate English. I am no longer their pensioner, but
Their affectionate friend,
Ernest.
Of course, Punch lost no time in forwarding the King of Hanover's
letter to Sir Robert Peel, who as yet, however, has wanted the courtesy
to acknowledge the communication. But the country will pay proper
homage to the generosity of Ernest ; and we doubt not that in our next
we shall be able to give the programme of the ceremony (with a particu-
lar account of the procession) that will solemnise the departure of King
Ernest from England. He will take away its blessings in the exact pro-
portion that he leaves its money.
The next correspondent is the Duke of Wellington, who writes as
follows :—
The Duke of Wellington to Punch.
"Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments
to Punch, and as he has received the inclosed, requests that he* will
favour him by inserting it with F. M. the Duke's answer in his columns.
• It will be seen from the subjoined, which has goae the round of the papers, that the
Duke u aot a very able Field Marshal at a review of pronouns; —
"London, July 15, 1843.
" Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Muiock.
As it appears that Mr. Muiock has addressed the minister, the Duke concludes that hiJ
will give him an answer. He [Who?—Sir Robert.] is one of the few mea in these day»
who do aot meddle with questions over which they have no coatrol.''
A. B. to the Duke of Wellington.
"My Lord Duke,—The late sad and most disgraceful affair of honour
(as it is miscalled) presents an opportunity which should not be lost sight
of by you, the Commander-in-Chief, for marking your disapprobation of
duelling in the army by dismissing every individual implicated from the
service. Your obedient servant,
" A. B."
The Duke of Wellington's Reply to A. B.
" Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to
A. B., and does not see how he could cashier any officer or officers for
fighting a duel, he himself having dignified the example by burning powder
on a memorable event in the fields of Battersea."
This, Punch thinks, is a settling blow for A. B. The next epistle is
from an illustrious German bridegroom.
Hereditary Duke of Mecklenburg Strehiz to Punch.
" Mr. Punch,—I beg to inform the world, through you, that, previous to
my departure from England, I did in the very handsomest manner present
the poor of Kew, for clothes and coals, the munificent sum of thirty
pounds I am not a very subtle arithmetician ; will you, then, inform
me what per centage the said 30/. may be on the parliamentary grant to
my wife of 3000/. per annum for—say twenty years 2
" Your obedient servant,
" Mecklenburg Strelit/!."
Punch, avowing that his arithmetical education has been shamefully
neglected, sent the sum to be worked by Mr. Hume. When Mr. H.
returns the calculation, it shall be forwarded to the Hereditary Duka
Mecklenburg Strelitz.
The next and last epistle is from the Rev. Robert Montgomery, author
of " The Age Reviewed," " Satan," &c.
The Rev. Robert Montgomery (of St. Jude's) to Punch.
" Sir,—My dear friend, Mr. Jenkins, of The Mprning Post, has directed
my attention to the subjoined paragraph, which appeared in hia own
illustrious print of the 6th iust. :—
' Letters from Rome state that the Pope is anxious to revive the ancient ceremony so
graphically described by Madame de Stael in her Corinne) of solemnly crowning the
greatest poet at the Capitol, and that he has offered this distinguished honour to Chateau-
briand. The venerable and amiable Vicomte, with that modesty which is a leading
feature in his character, has declined the intended honour, declaring that he did not
believe he had done sufficient to deserve it.'
" Now, Mr. Punch, as Chateaubriand has very properly refused the
honour—and how could he do otherwise, having read my Satan? — I beg
leave through you, who have, I know, interest at the Vatican, to offer
myself, to the Pope. 1 know my value as a poet; I feel I am exactly worth
a crown ; albeit my Satan, bound in sheep for schools, is sold at the low
A TALE Or HORROR.
charge of eighteenpence. As his Holiness has never heard of my last
poem, Luther, you need not mention it. Or if, indeed, the Pope should
by any miracle know of the existence of that work, you can inform him
that I have not the slightest objection (the crown being assured to me) to
alter the title to Gregory, or Innocent, or to the name of any other Pope
his Holiness may put his finger upon.
" Awaiting an early answer, I remain your admirer,
" Robert Montgomery.
" P.S Being of St. Jude's (the erudite pronounce it Judy) will, I trust
not be my least recommendation to the good office of Punch.
" P.S. No. 2.—You may tell the Pope that I will find my own crown,
being of course the best judge of the quantity of laurels necessary to me.
This crown, at my own expense, I have already ordered of Mr. Bradwell,
of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden."
Punch has twenty other epistles ; but his distinguished correspondents
must wait their turn.
Punch's literary Review.
rookes' History of Prices.—Considering the reputation this work ha3
acquired, we are astounded at its incompleteness. We trust that, in future
editions, this defect will be remedied. A chapter on the price of unripe
gooseberries would, particularly at this season of the year, form one Oa
the many introductions we shouid have suggested.
Patent Granted.—Lord William Lenuox, for inipitremcLt in transfer
work and literary mosaics.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
^ttucfTs Comapoutonce.
During the past week Punch has received so many letters from sd many
distinguished individuals, that the vanity of his human nature, or wooden
nature—for 'tis sometimes the same thing—will not allow him to be silent
•on the dignity of his correspondents. Punch, himself, allows very little
importance to conventional rank ; but then, unhappily for the world,
every man is not Punch ; every man has not his philosophy ; his proud
stoicism ; his beautiful contempt of mere stars and garters ; his great
power, that strips humanity to its mere moral nakedness, and cails it
beautiful or ugly as it then appears. Punch, therefore, will not light his
cigar with the King of Hanover's letter, but enshrine it in everlasting type.
King Ernest to Punch.
"St. -James's, July 13, 1843.
"Mr. Pdnch,—If I have sustained with more than my wonted moral
dignity the various attacks that havt been directed at me by the dema-
gogues and evil-speaking Radicals of England, it is to you that I feel myself
bound to attribute that highest valour. Yes, Mr. Punch, during my
painful absence from England, I have read you—studied you—worn your
pages next my heart, as naughty men, resolved upon penitence, wear iron
chains and hedgehog shirts. To my friend, Lord Brougham, I am in.
debted to my first introduction to Punch. It was his lordship who first
forwarded to me your maguanimous publication. His lordship, it may
be recollected, once called me ' illustrious only by courtesy.' 1 am now,
I feel it, illustrious by every moral right ; and this I owe to—Punch !
You are aware, Punch, that since my happy accession to the throne
of Hanover I have received 23,000/. per annum from the pocket, and
DRAWING UPON HIS BANKER.
affections, of England. You also know, that, within a few days, a most
dastardly attempt has been made to deprive me of this, my hard-earned
Income. Within a few days !—yes, the time was chosen when I was the
guest of the Queen of England !—after my tedious journey—my suffer-
ings of sea-sickness—the peril of landing—my hair-breadth escape from
eggs and other fetid missiles, that, I hear, were prepared to greet me,—
after all this, lam attacked by Mr. Joseph Hume,—that Jack Sheppard
to the peace of kings,—and called upon to ' Stand and deliver !' Well,
Parliament has done its worst. I suffered the debate to be talked to ;in
end, merely to see how far the impudence of demagogues would carry
them. An enormous majority assures to me the continuance of my
income. It is mine—mine—until the approach of the undertaker.
And now, Mr. Punch, now for kingly magnanimity !
I give up—of my own will give up—(but pray put this line in large and
striking letters) —
€1)C Ivtttg of ^<inab«- buluntartlo uj) f)t£ petition!
Yes, Mr. Punch, I have taken counsel with myself—instructed, let me
add, by the sweetness and benevolence of your philosophy,—and I hence-
forth refuse to touch one penny coined from the blood of the poor and
desolate English. I am no longer their pensioner, but
Their affectionate friend,
Ernest.
Of course, Punch lost no time in forwarding the King of Hanover's
letter to Sir Robert Peel, who as yet, however, has wanted the courtesy
to acknowledge the communication. But the country will pay proper
homage to the generosity of Ernest ; and we doubt not that in our next
we shall be able to give the programme of the ceremony (with a particu-
lar account of the procession) that will solemnise the departure of King
Ernest from England. He will take away its blessings in the exact pro-
portion that he leaves its money.
The next correspondent is the Duke of Wellington, who writes as
follows :—
The Duke of Wellington to Punch.
"Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments
to Punch, and as he has received the inclosed, requests that he* will
favour him by inserting it with F. M. the Duke's answer in his columns.
• It will be seen from the subjoined, which has goae the round of the papers, that the
Duke u aot a very able Field Marshal at a review of pronouns; —
"London, July 15, 1843.
" Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Muiock.
As it appears that Mr. Muiock has addressed the minister, the Duke concludes that hiJ
will give him an answer. He [Who?—Sir Robert.] is one of the few mea in these day»
who do aot meddle with questions over which they have no coatrol.''
A. B. to the Duke of Wellington.
"My Lord Duke,—The late sad and most disgraceful affair of honour
(as it is miscalled) presents an opportunity which should not be lost sight
of by you, the Commander-in-Chief, for marking your disapprobation of
duelling in the army by dismissing every individual implicated from the
service. Your obedient servant,
" A. B."
The Duke of Wellington's Reply to A. B.
" Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to
A. B., and does not see how he could cashier any officer or officers for
fighting a duel, he himself having dignified the example by burning powder
on a memorable event in the fields of Battersea."
This, Punch thinks, is a settling blow for A. B. The next epistle is
from an illustrious German bridegroom.
Hereditary Duke of Mecklenburg Strehiz to Punch.
" Mr. Punch,—I beg to inform the world, through you, that, previous to
my departure from England, I did in the very handsomest manner present
the poor of Kew, for clothes and coals, the munificent sum of thirty
pounds I am not a very subtle arithmetician ; will you, then, inform
me what per centage the said 30/. may be on the parliamentary grant to
my wife of 3000/. per annum for—say twenty years 2
" Your obedient servant,
" Mecklenburg Strelit/!."
Punch, avowing that his arithmetical education has been shamefully
neglected, sent the sum to be worked by Mr. Hume. When Mr. H.
returns the calculation, it shall be forwarded to the Hereditary Duka
Mecklenburg Strelitz.
The next and last epistle is from the Rev. Robert Montgomery, author
of " The Age Reviewed," " Satan," &c.
The Rev. Robert Montgomery (of St. Jude's) to Punch.
" Sir,—My dear friend, Mr. Jenkins, of The Mprning Post, has directed
my attention to the subjoined paragraph, which appeared in hia own
illustrious print of the 6th iust. :—
' Letters from Rome state that the Pope is anxious to revive the ancient ceremony so
graphically described by Madame de Stael in her Corinne) of solemnly crowning the
greatest poet at the Capitol, and that he has offered this distinguished honour to Chateau-
briand. The venerable and amiable Vicomte, with that modesty which is a leading
feature in his character, has declined the intended honour, declaring that he did not
believe he had done sufficient to deserve it.'
" Now, Mr. Punch, as Chateaubriand has very properly refused the
honour—and how could he do otherwise, having read my Satan? — I beg
leave through you, who have, I know, interest at the Vatican, to offer
myself, to the Pope. 1 know my value as a poet; I feel I am exactly worth
a crown ; albeit my Satan, bound in sheep for schools, is sold at the low
A TALE Or HORROR.
charge of eighteenpence. As his Holiness has never heard of my last
poem, Luther, you need not mention it. Or if, indeed, the Pope should
by any miracle know of the existence of that work, you can inform him
that I have not the slightest objection (the crown being assured to me) to
alter the title to Gregory, or Innocent, or to the name of any other Pope
his Holiness may put his finger upon.
" Awaiting an early answer, I remain your admirer,
" Robert Montgomery.
" P.S Being of St. Jude's (the erudite pronounce it Judy) will, I trust
not be my least recommendation to the good office of Punch.
" P.S. No. 2.—You may tell the Pope that I will find my own crown,
being of course the best judge of the quantity of laurels necessary to me.
This crown, at my own expense, I have already ordered of Mr. Bradwell,
of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden."
Punch has twenty other epistles ; but his distinguished correspondents
must wait their turn.
Punch's literary Review.
rookes' History of Prices.—Considering the reputation this work ha3
acquired, we are astounded at its incompleteness. We trust that, in future
editions, this defect will be remedied. A chapter on the price of unripe
gooseberries would, particularly at this season of the year, form one Oa
the many introductions we shouid have suggested.
Patent Granted.—Lord William Lenuox, for inipitremcLt in transfer
work and literary mosaics.