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THE COURT.
THE COURT. THE Queen and junior branches of the Royal family are residing at Balmoral. Her Majesty has the enjoy- ment of excellent health, and takes frequent walks and drives in the vicinity of the castle. The Prince and Princess Christian are on a visit to her Majesty at Balmoral, and their Royal Highnesses will remain in Scotland to accompany the Queen on her return to Windsor. PRINCE ARTiicp., attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle for Blackheath, where his Royal Highness is pursuing his studies.. THE Prince and Princess of Wales are residing at Marlborough-house. Her Royal Highness is daily pro- gressing in health, and it is hoped before long that she will have the free use of her limbs, and that'the Icnee Joint which threatened to be permanently stiffened will recover its elasticity. The Prince of Wales was the guest of the Duchess of Sutherland at her Grace s beauti- ful seat near Ascot during the "Royal meeting there. His Royal Highness was on the heath on Tuesday and Thursday. & THE Prmce of Wales attended Divine sernce on Sun- day morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James. The 'Communion service was read by the Rev. the Subdean "and the Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester. Anthem: "God is gone up."—Croft: sung by Masters Car- fflichap.l nml Coward. Messrs. R. Barnby, Foster, Ben- son, and 'Lawler. Mr. Goss presided at the organ. The sermon "Was preached by the Very Rev. the Dean of Clifchester, from Malachi, eh. iv., v. ii.. „ His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh left Marseilles for Gibraltar on Saturday, in command of Galatea. IT' is said that the Emperor has taken a great fancy to young Prince Alfred, as he is familiarly termed Napoleon likes Ms frank, bluff, sailor-like ways. It is "certain that the Emperor paid him great attention. A contemporary says it would be a suggestive little picture 'to paint the Emperor and the Prince making the tour of the Exhibition, the former leaning on the arm ol ttie young Prince. It would be a curious companion picture to one or two of the lifetime of the First Napoleon, and., a comparison of the relationship of the two countries k mow and then.
POLITICAL GOSSIP. If--...---
POLITICAL GOSSIP. If WE are authorised to state, says the that there is no truth in the report that Sir William Heatheote in- tends to retire from the representation of the University <rf Oxford at the next election. f MR. BRAND has at length formally ceased his xunc- L tions as "whip" -to the Liberal party. Mr. Glyn, nis successor 'has issued circulars in his new official ca- Pacity. IN the House of Lords, on the 24th of June, Earl Russell will move—" That an humble address be pre- sented to her Majesty, praying taht her Majesty will be < graciously pleased to give directions that by the opera- tion of a-comriiision, or otherwise, full and accurate in- formation be procured as to the amount and nature of the property and revenues of the Established Church m Ireland, and as to the means of rendering that property more productive." 7, O'u SOME of bur contemporaries, says the Herald, have alluded to a meeting of county members, announced to tneet at Devonshire-house on Thursday. We under- stand that only 34 county members were present, with Mr. Gladstone as fugleman. The unanimous determina- tion of the meeting to oppose the right of voting by t signed./papers is not therefore of the importance attached to it in some quarters. THE writer of the Flaneur in the Star, says a valued correspondent, sends him the following epigram, which e caMs
THE DISTINCTION OF THE DAY.…
THE DISTINCTION OF THE DAY. 'Twixt Liberals and Tories the contest runs tight, I f And what is the short and the long? u.u "is that those could not-pass what they wrong] y tnou.n.u right, 1 v These pass what they rightly think wrong WE .understand, says -the Leeds Mercury, that Me. P. R. Welch, one of the registrars of the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, has resigned his office, and that he retires on a pension of about X600 per annum, being one-third of his salary. Mr. Winder, of the Northern t Circuit, who was acting for Mr. Welch during his absence through illness, left Leeds a few weeks ago, and is not likely to return. The Registrarship has been E. conferred by the Lord Chancellor on Mr. J. A. Yorke, of the Home Circuit. The salary attached to the office is £ 1,000 a year. THE Herald has reason to believe that Mr. Jefferson Davis, President of the late Confederate States, may be expected to arrive in this country in the month of June. „ IT is stated that Lord Devon has erased the names of Messrs. Fenwick and Schneider, late M.P. s for Lancas- ter from the commission of the peace for the county, ?■ and that of Mr. H. T. Wilson from the list of borough THE Government are, the Owl understands, again -going to obtain statistics relative to agriculture, not only showing the amount of land under cultivation, but f:also giving the number of live stock. WILLIAM ROWLAND'PYNE, Esq., has been appomte ."President and Senior Member of the Executive Council Oi the Island of Montserrat. MR. INGHAM, M.P., in a letter to one of his consti- tuents, contradicts in the niost positive terms a report that has appeared in some of the morning papers that he has an intention to resign the representation of South Shields. THE Standard says it is currently reported in legal circles that the public are about to lose the services of Mr. Baron Channell, whose failing health requires that he should cease from pursuing his anxious and arduous abouvs. „ v i. ON the invitation of Lord Hartmgton, the 1S county members of the Liberal party assembled at Devonshire-house the other day, to consider tlle course 'to be adopted in reference to clause 29 of the Reform Sill, which would permit electors to vote by means of signed papers. The gentlemen present were of opinion .that the voter should not be relieved of any proper personal responsibility in the exercise of the franchise, .and hence it was unanimously resolved to meet the clause with the most determined opposition. A DEPUTATION on the subject of the Irish Reform Bill, consisting of the following members of Parliament repre- senting Irish constituencies, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday in Downing- streetMajor-General Dunne, Sir F. Heygate, Sir Hervey Bruce, Colonel Hon. H. A. Cole, Hon. 1 T Hnlft Mr. Torrens, Mr. R. P. Dawson, .J.I.. "v. Mr. W. F. Dick, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Vance, Sir J Stronge, Mr. Lanyon, Mr. S. G. Getty, Lieut Colenel Hon. Stewart Knox, Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr. E. W. Verner, Mr. Ion Hamilton, Lieut.- Colonel Forde, Lieut, Taylor, and Lieut-Colonel Tatten- ham. Lord Naas, M.P., Chief. Secretary for Ireland, was present at the interview. The con- ference lasted but a short time, commencing at half-past two, and terminating soon after three. The view of the deputation was to^tam J °P £ lsh™^ is understood that the honourable members adv sed a course which may be satisfactory to Conservatives in the sister island, but will scarcely find much fa ■ English Reformers—viz., to leave the Irish constituen as they are at present. The absolute review of the interview did not transpire, as the press was refused admission on the ground of the conference being a private Meeting. „ AT a meeting of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture on Saturday, the question of the future representation of the county in Parliament again came on for discus- sion. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., the chairman, stated that he had seen the private secretary of Mr. Disraeli, and had represented to him the hardship which Norfolk would sustain if it lost three members, as proposed. The secretary appeared disinclined to receive a depu- tation on the subject—but he said it seemed to him only just that the county should be divided into three districts. THE Tims of June SAYS Tlie finaI determina- tiøn of the Government, hacked ul by an overwhelming majority of the House of Comimns, to disfranchise Great Yarmouth created a pamfulfeelmg m that town on Friday and Saturday. Up to the last it had been hoped that Yarmouth, as a large bwn of nearly 40,000 inhabitants, would have been spared at least one member, or that the writs woul< only have been sus- pended for 20 years, in which toe it was hoped that electoral corruption would have been eradicated. The number of voters under the BW Reform Bill would have amounted to 6,000, aginst 1,600 under the present system, and it would h?e been hopeless on the part of any candidate to attemt to sway by undue in- fluences so large a body of votei „ IT is worthy of remark, says te Sunday Gazette, that the boroughs which Mr. Laing' motion will deprive of one member each-namely, the having a population under 10,000 and above 7,000-return a large prepon- derance of Liberal members, J to seven. Of the 13 boroughs, Stamford alone retus two Conservatives Buckingham, Bridgenorth, Coclrmouth, Guildford and Newport send one of each polcal persuasion and the remainder Liberal. In the novery improbable event of the success of Serjeant Gasee's amendment, totally disfranchising all boroughs with population of not less than 5 000—Marlborough, Mhallerton, Evesham, W«lls Dartmouth, Thetford, Baton, Lyme, Ashburn- ham and Arundel—the House 3uld lose seven Liberal and 'nine Conservative members.
THE ARTS, LlTEATUBE, &c.
THE ARTS, LlTEATUBE, &c. ON Saturday a fine state, kjFoley^of Lord Herbert of Lea erected in front ofie %r Office, Pall-mall, was unveiled by the Command-m-(hief, in the presence of a distinguished assemblagof nblemen and gentlemen. His Royal Highness delired an appropriate address, and Mr. Gladstone, as Cb'mal of the committee, and Sir John Pakington, as tliead of the War Department, also spoke. With great'od taste the name cut upon the face of the pedestal that by which the deceased nobleman will be best rembered—" Sidney Herbert." A LARGE collection of- M'Callum's landscapes was exhibited last year at Egyptian-hall. He has now availed himself of the kitfss of a friend to open another -exhibition of them ajiriton-house-terrace. Several new works have been ad to- the collection, the most important of which is to which Mr. M'Callum has given the suggestive t of "The Last,of his Race." Those who are awareMr. M'Callum's love for the delineation of woodlaijoenery will readily apprehend that this title refers tree. An enormous oak,, old enough to haye shelt beneath its vast branches the troops of Lancastriawl Yorkists is depicted in its decay, gnarled and løs, on a level in one respect, it is true, with its yor fellows, .for it rises from the snows of winter and rich glowing light that plays upon its huge trunk, on and about its branches is the light of a winter's- The force of the painting is remarkable, every bo'd broken piece of bark seems to have been the (t of careful study, and the management of the must have been the result of the closest observat: The work appeals so strongly to the imagination, it is almost as much a poem as a picture. Thereseveral other new works in the collection, most of ton analagous themes, amongst them some water-c( drawings, one of which is of a very fine cedar in thdens at Chiswick. A VERY interestvork of art by Mr. William Bradford of New Y( now exhibited at 5, Haymarket, London.' It is a landscape on a novel subject, and by an artist, nc whose pictures, though highly estimated in Amerce, as far as we know, hitherto reached this countitich a delineation as that of a vessel crushed by -,s could scarcely fail to prove impressive if treatfh but ordinary skill and mere honesty of executor. Bradford's merits, it must I be acknowledged, r beyond this; he has a free, bold hand, painti decision and force, and has evidently studied hject in "high latitudes." The picture is so large3 be almost dioramic, and per- haps in its tender enect advances m some degree from the pure p1 'towards -the scenic art. The handling amountot to 'illusion, so perfectly is the semi-transparencyrilliancy which darts from the vast blocks of i-t crowd the foreground repre- sented. The shielf is jammed in the ice beneath a tall iceberg, anl that .and on the ship the glow of the evening s^. In the distance is a burning ship, in the fwd sailors variously employed. The'strong contif colour, the bright pure green, the dazzling wh-ied by iridescent hues, and the crandeur and dim of the forms, combine to give the impression Qlete fidelity and truth as well as of power of exei THE New Yoday News announces that Charles Dickens is to wew story for that paper, and pub- Jishes a fac sirdart of the .novelist's last letter to him on the s thus .:—" Gad's-hill-plaee, Hing- hamby, Rochent, Tuesday, 9th April, 1867.— Dear Sir I )e pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of yourdated the 16th of last month. I pledge myselflrsuance of my memorandum of agreement, aMen, to write the story referred to in that letter yours. The manuscript is to be ready by the August, at latest, and to become yours on theons mentioned in my communica- tion. I hopee ready for presentation to Brown, Shipley, and the 1st of July.—Faithfully yours, CHARLES DicThe Hon. Benjamin Wood, New York?' THE groupuary by William Theed, represent- m" the Quee'riDce Consort, placed in the prin- cipal corridollsor Castle, which was recently un- covered by hty, has been much admired for its fidelity to na he group consists of figures of her Majesty and lce Consort, the size of life, in the Saxon costnr- ninth century, which lends itself favourably tuitions of sculpture. Her Majesty wears a ligtraceful diadem and a rich mantle. The Prince l1 mantle, and his dress, in which re- minisèencesmtique are discernible, displays his figure to g-mtage. The position of the two figures readthe tale of deep affection ,and pre- sent earthlon. They stand side by side, her Majesty loolt her husband with an expression in which grlciPe are combined, her right hand over his iger, her left hand grasped in his left. The looking down at the Queen with tender solevith his right hand raised, and pointing u]The heads and hands are portraits conceived ^able feeling. Round the left arm of the Qu, armlet inscribed with the name Albert." :he right arm of the Prince is one inscribed flie details and ornaments of the costiuery rich and elaborate. The flat embroider Majesty's mantle, consisting of hunches otnrock, and thistle, is of a peculiarly rich and description. The execution of all theseobjtÜdel of the most delicate and finished workmanflccounting for the five years which Mr. Thee'ted to this remarkable work. The figures arurest Carrara marble the pedestal of the marble called Marmo Africano," wrought itique fragment found in Rome. On the pedo line, from Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" H jrighter worlds and led the way."
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Cusi INLAND REVENUE.—The new Act on tI and Inland Revenue, wh,-ch received the Róyl Friday last, was issued on Monday. Besides averal former Acts on sea insurancen it enacts duty of 3d. for every £100 shall be charged, same amount for time up to six months/f more than six and under twelve months J 1S to be for a longer period than oneyealand Revenue Commissioners are to ptovidenped forms, and open an office for their sity, of London. ÚN lythe venerable Auber traversed the wh>a"s Exhibition on foot. As soon as the prthe distinguished composer became knownlty of musical instruments, whether in Pruld, America, or France, the pianos lolve ftnair from the Muette, or the overture to thèr the prayer in Fra Diavolo, or a I choiwft &c., so that M. Auber might almost have At no other music but his own was plavedhition, a,
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. .
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. FENIANISM IN IRELAND. The recent Irish rebellion was wrong, because it was ridiculous, because it never had a chance of being suc- cessful-because it was the origin of deplorable loss of life, political disturbance, and consequent injury to the well-being of the nation, without a hope of these evils being overbalanced by a preponderating good result. The best means to give an Irish insurrection the right to exist is to elevate a few wretched intriguers into the position of national martyrs, and thereafter so to mis- govern (in the interest of the greatest number) the country that not only the entire Irish people, but a large portion of their English brethren will welcome effort to throw off an intolerable yoke. There are symptoms, however, in the political horizon of a greater desire among our legislators to do Ireland justice, and so remove an ugly stain from the reputation of our country-a project which we earnestly hope will be accomplished, pharisaic blindness and philosophic dilettanteism notwithstanding. -London Review. From the Conservative point of view the policy of mercy has no firm ground to stand on. If the Government of Ireland is all that it ought to be if the people are as prosperous and contented as the laws of nature will allow; if emigration is merely a necessary drain on a too numerous population if the tenants want nothing but that no meddling legislation should come between them and their landlords if the Catholic peasantry are only anxious to have an Establishment of educated Protestant gentlemen maintained among them at the public cost; then, indeed, there seems little cause for any mitigation of Burke's sentence. The serpent who comes to tempt the dwellers in a political Eden deserves the worst that may befall him. The true justifica- tion of the leniency which has at test prevailed is one of which no Conservative can avail himself without ceasing ipso facto to be a Conservative. it is that, amidst all the folly and wickedness which characterises the Fenian movement, there is at the bottom of it that abiding sense of wrong which bad government creates and cherishes in its victiins.-Clironicle. DAVIS AND 'BURKE. While the Tory papers indulge in poetic prose over, Mr. Davis's noble domestic affections, and the proof he gave of them after happy, babbling Richmond had sunk to rest" by going to weep over his child's grave, they have nothing but the brutal "serve him right" for the sorrows of a rash firebrand like Burke and the j hired desperadoes," as they are pleased to call his associates. Now, for the triumphant advocates of a Democratic Reform Bill, we submit that this undis- guised loathing for rash and mistaken rebels when they come from the ranks of the people, in such close juxta- position, with this rapt admiration for rasher rebels when they come from the ranks of a bastard aristocracy, is a mistake. Nothing can point out more clearly in what sense the Tory organs are really Democratic than these little loopholes into the true feelings of the party. Their love for slavery is quite as fresh as ever. If they are cultivating the people it is only with the view of making tools of them. Mr. Jefferson Davis is their true political ideal. As Mr. Jefferson Davis would have used-and so far as his power went—did use, the mean whites of the South to serve his purposes, so the Tory Democrats—these patrons of the" residuum" will use, if they can, itke new voters to serve their pur- poses.-Spectator. SETTLEMENT OF THE REFORM QUESTION. It may now be taken that the Reform Bill has sub- stantially been settled by the House of Commons. There remain several clauses which will give rise to animated discussion, but there are none whose importance is such that their fate should determine that of the bill. Special franchises may be created or abandoned without affecting the vitality of a bill which will in its present form in- crease the electoral body to an extent which would have terrified sound Liberals a short twelvemonth since. The scheme of redistribution, as sketched out in the measure now before the House, may be faulty, but, even if it should be rejected in its entirety, such rejection would not in any way jeopardise the bill. It is true some plan of re- distribution is necessary, but a Government may reason- ably be excused if it should fail to devise that particular one which would commend itself to the acceptance of the majority of the House of Commons. There is no ques- tion of principle involved in the redistribution of seats and, except so far as existing interests would be affected, there is no general rule which can be adopted and acted on as a guide. The claims of new constituencies must depend on circumstances peculiar to each particular case, whilst those of existing boroughs, from which at least a partial sacrifice is expeeted, cannot always be equitably estimated by the application of an arbitrary standard. It is, however, unnecessary to consider what may be the scheme of redistribution ultimately resolved upon, be- cause it can in no way affect those essential portions of the measure which have already received the sanction of the House of Commons. The borough and the county franchise have now been definitively settled, and it is a matter of comparatively little importance whether a few persons more or less shall be entitled to a vote on excep- tional grounds. The battle of the Reform Bill has been fought, and nothing remains but to ascertain what are the results of the conflict.—Morning Post. THE FEMALE SUFFRAGE. The opponents of feminine pretensions to political power feel and believe that women are extremely different from men, but they are not disposed to repeat unnecessarily a proposition which may, perhaps, sound offensive. Mr. Denman indeed showed that modern English legislation has, for its own purposes, almost effaced the distinction of sex. An interpreting statute provides that the masculine shall include the feminine and, consequently, women are entitled to all privileges which may be granted to men. Nature, however, has irrevocably adopted an interpretation clause of an oppo- site character: and there are many spheres of action in which a woman is as much out of place as a man in a nursery. As a general rule, it is for men to govern, and the best and wisest women are not the least willing to obey. The numerous exceptional instances in which the wife has a far sounder judgment, or a more commanding character than the husband, furnish little reason for female enfranchisement. The chief authority in the household will, for the most part, find little difficulty in managing the family vote. If the perverse elector rebels in the matter of politics, a judicious woman will allow him license in a matter which she will certainly not regard as of the first importance. If she had a vote, she would not proclaim either her difference of opinion or her dissent by ostentatiously opposing her mutinous partner. --Saturday Review. AFFAIRS IN MEXICO. We have reason enough to be glad that the inevitable end has come at last. Even the unlucky Maximilian in Mexico itself was no better advised than to declare, when his case was desperate, that all resistance to him had been crushed, and that those who still remained in arms were, when taken, to be shot as brigands. We are now told that he is himself taken, and have no doubt that, if so, he will receive more merciful treat- ment at the hands of the Mexican people, bitter reason as they have for strong and terrible resentment. In the United States there is more generosity and wisdom than to take advantage of the weakness of the bleeding State of Mexico, that has so painfully maintained its nationality and held by its constitution as a free Re- public. The common resistance against foreign invasion has served, doubtless, as a bond of union to many who before were disputants. The mean and miserable priest party, that tempted even France out of the path of honour, can never hold up its head again in Mexico. Left to themselves, and needing more forbearance than they had a right to expect in the first days of the Tri- partite Convention, the Mexicans may be the better citizens for having passed through this fiery ordeal. History shows how a people may win strength even while pouring its blood out in defence of its own soil. The Mexicans have been bled cruelly, but there is life in them yet.-Exanzilzer. —*
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lOUR MISCELLANY. .
l OUR MISCELLANY. AN AFRICAN CHIEF'S ADVICE." You are going into the bush," said he; "you will find there no one of your tribe look up to Chaillie as your chief, and obey him. Now, listen to what I say. You will visit many strange tribes. If you see on the road, or in the street of a village, a fine bunch of plantains with ground-nuts lying by its side, do not touch them, leave the village at once; this is a tricky village, for the people are on the watch to see what you do with them. If the people of any village tell you to go and catch fowls or goats, or cut plantains for yourselves, say to them, Strangers do not help themselves; it is the duty of a host to catch the goat or fowl, and cut the plan- tains, and bring the present to the house which has been given to the guest.' When a house is given to you in any village, keep to that house, and go into no other and if you see a seat, do not sit upon it, for there are seats which none but the owners can sit upon. But, above all, beware of the women I tell you these things that you may journey in safety." The speech of the old sage was listened to with great attention. Like most other good advice, it was not followed if it had been, many of my subsequent troubles would have been avoided. Journey to Ashango Land," by Paul B. du Chaillu. VERBAL SLIPS.-There have been occasions when a little vanity has caused individuals, when before the public, to "lose their head" and control over their tongue. A slip of this sort, born of vanity, was once committed by Lord Camden. As he was coming out from St. James's at the end of a Royal festival, Towns- end, the police chief at all Court doings, called aloud, "Lord Camden's carriage !-Lord Camden's carriage Townsend," said my lord, in an undertone, to the great Bow-street runner, "the King has made me a marquis!" Oh J" exclaimed the police superintendent, as he turned round to the chariots and charioteers, Lord Camden's carriage. The King has made him a marquis The newly-elevated peer could hardly forgive himself for having committed that little slip. The marquis was the grandson of the Lord Chancellor Camden, whose family name was Pratt, and one of whose sons was the holder of many offices. On a new one being added to the half- dozen for which he was well paid and did little, Selwyn, who was one of those men who could never make a slip, except in the direction of wit, joyously exclaimed, Sat Prata biberunt!" and even the country gentlemen roared. -Cornhill Magazine. A NEW WORD.-SO much has been lately said of the Qhauvinisme of the French people, that it may be interesting to know the true meaning and origin of the term. Chauvin was the name of the principal character in a French comedy, which was played with immense success at the time of the Restoration. He represented a bragging veteran of the empire, who was continually talking of his achievements at Austerlitz and Jena, and his determination to take a brilliant revenge for Waterloo. Since then a c/iauviniste has come to mean a man who is always seeking quarrels with his neighbours, and will not admit that anyone is brave or great but himself. He cares little under what Government or for what cause he fights, so long as it gives him the opportunity of fighting, and therefore obtaining gloire, which is the darling object of, his life. At the same time, he is by no means indifferent to more material considerations. There is a story of a French colonel at Solferino which is very characteristic of this peculiarity in the chauviniste. Havmg received the order to attack, the colonel felt con- vinced that the issue of the battle could be no longer doubtful. He tore a leaf out of his pocket-book, wrote on it three words and an address, and instantly sent a messenger with the missive to the nearest telegraph-office. The address was that of his broker; the words were, Bataille gagnee, A clietez "-Pall-inall Gazette. SWELL-MOBSMEN.—Socially, the swell-mobs- man is at the head of his profession. Seeking his prey among the better classes, he is obliged to study dress, and to a certain extent manner hence he always wears good clothes, lives at a good address, and passes as a married man; generally picking up with some woman equally well got up, who plies her trade as a shoplifter or as an omnibus thief. To a certain extent the swell- mobsman, especially if he be working single, or upon his own hook, must be an actor, and no mean one either. There are a certain number who are known to do this business with a skill worthy of a better cause. They change their clothes and their style just as an angler changes his fly to suit the character of the water and the fish he is angling for. Thus, at the time of May meetings, he prepares to victi- mise the good people who come to town to attend them. As a, rule, it is known that visitors of this class, and indeed those who reside among us, are omnibus-riders—not that they want money to pay for a cab, but that it is their habit to ride in this general con- veyance. With this knowledge, the pickpocket gets himself up in black, with the regulation white tie, and passes as a very respectable Baptist or Methodist parson among the riders, who duly make the journey from Clapham or Brixton to Exeter-hall on these occasions. These worthies more usually work with a woman, who sits close by the side of the lady to be operated upon, whilst they hold her in conversation. By means of a cloak thrown over her arm, she easily manages to insert her hand into the very wide pocket of the lady's dress, and the purse is with ease extracted. It is generally the practice to "spot" the individual to be robbed before proceeding to operations. This is done by passing the hand, as if by accident, over the pocket, when the pre- sence of a purse is immediately detected. When the man operates, he generally uses a cloak with arm-holes, through which the hands can be passed under the cover of another cloak when the time for action comes.— From "Gentlellwn who are Wanted," by Dr. Wynter, in "Cassell's ill agc(zíne. ■LJL-J—! .3
EXTRACTS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS.
EXTRACTS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) PUZZLED. I'm sick, Oh, Compound Householder, Of thee and of thy claims, Thou Proteus of the Commonwealth, One shape of many names Whether thou art old England's pride, Or doomed to work her fall— The running sore of city life, Or the best class of all- Whether thy rates thou pay'st in rent, Or part, or all, or none- Whether, if not compounded for, Tenant, or landlord's done- Whether, when thou hast registered, The franchise thou wilt prize Whether in social scale or price The man or vote will rise- Whether thou'lt tend to pipe and pot, Or quite the other way- Whether thou'lt rush to swamp the poll, Or stay supine away- Whether corruption's upas-growth Checked by thy means will be, Or bribes and bribers, nothing loath, Find a new field in thee- Whether the Tenements Rating Act Perforce should be the law- Whether 'tis true Sir William Clay Has made or cured a flaw- Whether in Gladstone's reasoning, Or Dizzy's to confide— To whom pin faith, whose view accept, And for whose view divide- Who'll tell a helpless true-blue squire Who fain would do what's right, But gets confused twixt Ayes and Noes, And hears his black called white Who sees things topsy-turvy turned, Finds heads where tails should be, And feels he's aiding, deuce knows how, To arm Democracy
NOTES ON REFORM PHRASS&.
NOTES ON REFORM PHRASS&. I suppose it is only a question of the metm imSavu Whether or no a dinner at Richmond's StaT. -And (Sari's.- entitles the diner to be considered as one stake in the country." Women," observed Mr. Mill, "do net. gs"t, tbj monster meetings." To hint at the possibilit-ydt fair ones doing such a thing is ungallant to the able member. The only instance on record of s woman having anything to do with a meeting 33 found in the tale of "Beauty and the BeasL" Whalley would suggest that this is an allegory, Hit planation of which is, a lady going over to RoJIW-
LINES ON THE LODGER FRANCHISE.
LINES ON THE LODGER FRANCHISE. Enfranchised are lodgers. Be quiet, then, Odgers, And yon noisy codgers, Beales, Bradlaugh, and Bright Give up agitation; Cease intimidation; To make demonstration, Roughs no more incite,
RITUALISM RAMPANT. -
RITUALISM RAMPANT. Harum scarum, Bishop Sarum,, Horum corum, divo. Cope, stole, chasuble, alb, dalmatic and hatte £ *&. High cockalorum genitivo. Colney IMisSk.
SNAKES V. RABBITS
SNAKES V. RABBITS Simple answer to Humane Objectors. (By the LawjhiiVj The snake eats the rabbit, 'Cos it's his habit.
RITUALISTIC DUOLOGUE.
RITUALISTIC DUOLOGUE. Says Sarum to Oxon, I shall put these togs on. Says Oxon to Sarum,, I should like to wear jèm ST. STEPHEN'S AND THE DRAGON.—We see by De"tno that Mr. Bright's crest is "a dragon's head, Trail- ing flames of fire." This crest seems quite app:ttJL to so fiery a speaker. Having our Lempriere at sasr elbow, the dragon's head reminds us that, like Mr. Bright must have sowed some dragon's tooth far military men are always rising to oppose him. FROM THE SHADES.—The ladies in Parhare a new colour Bismarck en colere." What is 1'Ð a. about ? Luxemburg ? Then instead of this novelty bssaj; denominated, as it is, a light brown, ought it mcA IsrA to-, called a done brown ? PIOUS USES ON THE TURF.—rWho, after Derby, will dare say that racing is a sinful amaseuiesft* Think of £160,000 carried off from a Rake by a iteixcifi for the benefit of a Chaplin "NEW AMERICA."—What Mr. HepwoltIUJixccbm. made of his book about the Mormons is a Book. THE PROPER GODFATHER FOR THE ffNI& W AIRSS; AND SCIENCES.—Mr. Coles Child. MOTTO FOR MR. CHAPLIN'S DARK HORSE.—TSTCG^. gentle Hermit of the veil." <,
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(From Fun.) "WITH A TOW-ROW-ROW-ROW, ETC. TKII BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS." TO THE EDITOR OF FUN. Sir,—As a citizen of London, I feel posioriiy indignant at the scanty programme sketched ui& entertainment of the Belgian volunteers. I trwi, afe,. you will not permit the occasion to pass without cnXEaugs;. the attention of the Reception Committee to England's brightest spots which appear to have esctipeC. their memory. No foreigner should be allowed to quit these sLenssi. without having seen- The Thames Tunnel, The British Museum, Billingsgate, The Statue in Leicester-square, St. Pancras Workhouse, The house in which Cole, C.B., was borE The Banks of the Thames at low water. If time admits, he should also travel-say about. SIMS miles—in one of our third-class carriagea. Thew, the things to inspire foreigners with wonder ami awe.;— Yours, &c., CIVIS ROMANU&SOMXL I TOO-BERLIEVE YE, MY Boy We are tokl by Sfc papers that a woman residing at East Lulworil* warn- time ago accidentally lost her wedding-ring, but ti« other day, while peeling a sort of double potato covered it in the middle of that vegetable. We mrSnn- we can hardly swallow the potato in question. SocM- conjuror must have had a finger in that ring ;at rate, it was no common-tatur that thus restored it BOTANICAL NOTES.—We cannot state as a EURT&K;*j: but we believe that the mountain ash was kojx>iis$k from Vesuvius. A correspondent informs us that tlas, chances of a good crop of black currants can be best:, ascertained by learning the time of the high title at, London-bridge. The easiest way to train fruit trees is- to dig them up, and send them to the nearest railwasF station. But if you require full crops from them after this, we fear you will have to faU back on your fowls. THE DERBY.—On Wednesday, the 22nd of May, FES: fate of thousands (of pounds) was Hermit-ically seaiesS Had the better-men been wiser men they would known that the place a Hermit would take Kmst Jejs, cell, and that he was sure to separate himself from t. rest of the race. The example he set was for we observed many a wreck-loose on the 33cmiiii afterwards. APPOINTMENT.—Mr. Pope Hennessy, late ALP: fa- King's County, has been offered the Governorship 1;>!(' Labuan and Consul-Generalship of Borneo, with a srilimr of a thousand guineas. This may be regarded as H. nessy-sary result of his devotion to the party. THEATRICAL.—Why ought hen-houses to be. boSt upon Shakespearian principles ? Because they oogkfe- to have their egg-sits and their entrances." HINTS FOR YOUTH.—Beware of beginning year jszta- mer games too early. An attempt at croquet on a DAXSSJI^ lawn may end in croaki-ness with a vengeance. WHY is a franc fresh from the Mint like grass jwetcsfik- down ?—Because it's new monnaie (mown hay). FROM COVENT-CARDEIT.-An ever-Green. Padfiy, Sm. boys. A SMOOTH BORE.—Young Hopeful's chin ii; beard won't grow. (From Judy.) COURT NEWS.—We had scarcely recovered froin !&:< shock caused by the repeated announcements is t Court Circular that the members of the Royal fanrily were in the habit of walking and riding on ponies, vtdwsr. we were suddenly informed by a correspondent that W' youthful Prince Leopold had been seen wa2km<* est without his LEGG What next ? °
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WHICH WAY "WILL" THEY HATE IT. When from the People's Park debarrH They thought their doom was very hard, And therefore they pull'd down the palings;: Now they are let inside to go, A strange perversity they show, And, restless still, keep up their railings*
ITWO SWELLS IN CLUB BAY WINDOW
TWO SWELLS IN CLUB BAY WINDOW (This Dialogue is written down exactly as if. wgst:- spoken.) 1st Sioell. Do Zoo to-mowow?' 2nd Swell. Oh! of course, great Zoo to-Komsw Sunday before the Derby, you know-always do Zee Sunday before the Derby. Don't you.? 1st Swell. Why, ye-es—shall do a little ZO first, assa then dwive down to Wichmond. (What the swells actually-meant is, that ihei; take a promenade in the Zoological Gardens ctfiesr church.) STRICT INCOGNITO. A correspondent enlightens- 'I."Œ" on the meaning of this term. It signifies, be second-class railway carriage, no lugguage, aEj ccue- mercial-room instead of private sitting-room, SJESB fesB. and no bother. THE best "Ladies' Companion."—Her. Hu.sT?