Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, CompleteVarious
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
The Report will also put the public in possession of the number of pot-
boys employed in London; what is the average number of pots they carry
out; and what is the gross weight of metal in the pots brought back
again. This interesting head will include a calculation of how much beer
is consumed by children who are sent to fetch it in jugs; and what is
the whole amount of malt liquor, the value of which reaches the
producers pocket, while the mouth of the consumer, and not that of the
party paying for it, receives the sole benefit.
There are also to be published with the Report elaborate tables, showing
how many quarts of milk are spilt in the course of a year in serving
customers; what proportion of water it contains; and what are the
average ages and breed of the dogs who lap it up; and how much is left
unlapped up to be absorbed in the atmosphere.
When this valuable Report is published, we shall make copious extracts.
A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Novelty is certainly the
order of the day. Anything that does not deviate from the old beaten
track meets with little encouragement from the present race of
amusement-seekers, and, consequently, does not pay the entrepreneur.
Nudity in public adds fresh charms to the orchestra, and red-fire and
crackers have become absolutely essential to harmony. Acting upon this
principle, Signor Venafra gave (we admire the term) a fancy dress ball
at Drury-lane Theatre on Monday evening last, upon a plan hitherto
unknown in England, but possibly, like the majority of deceptive
delusions now so popular, of continental origin. The whole of the
evenings entertainment took place in cabs and hackney-coaches, and
those vehicles performed several perfectly new and intricate figures in
Brydges-street, and the other thoroughfares adjoining the theatres. The
music provided for the occasion appeared to be an organ-piano, which
performed incessantly at the corner of Bow-street, during the evening.
Most of the élite of Hart-street and St. Giless graced the animated
pavement as spectators. So perfectly successful was the whole affairon
the word of laughing hundreds who came away saying they had never been
so amused in their livesthat we hear it is in agitation never to
attempt anything of the kind again.
DONE AGAIN. Dunn, the bailless barrister, complained to his friend
Charles Phillips, that upon the last occasion he had the happiness of
meeting Miss Burdett Coutts on the Marine Parade, notwithstanding all he
has gone through for her, she would not condescend to take the slightest
notice of him. So far from offering anything in the shape of
consolation, the witty barrister remarked, Upon my soul, her conduct
was in perfect keeping with her situation, for what on earth could be
more in unison with a sea-view than
A man carves 'Snooks' into a tree. A CUTTER ON THE BEACH?
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