The History of the Catnach Press: at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, LondonHindley, Charles
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The History of the Catnach Press: at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London
Hindley, Charles
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'And when the Queen arrived in town,
The people called her good, sirs;
She had a Brougham by her side,
A Denman, and a Wood, sirs.
'The people all protected her,
They ran from far and near, sirs,
Till they reached the house of Squire Byng,
Which was in St. James's-square, sirs.
'And there my blooming Caroline,
About her made a fuss, man,
And told how she had been deceived
By a cruel, barbarous, husband.'"
Street papers continued to be printed and sold in connection with Queen
Caroline's trial up to the date of her death, in the month of August,
1821.
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A COPY OF VERSES IN PRAISE OF QUEEN CAROLINE.
"Ye Britons all, both great and small,
Come listen to my ditty,
Your noble Queen, fair Caroline,
Does well deserve your pity.
Like harmless lamb that sucks its dam,
Amongst the flowery thyme,
Or turtle dove that's given to love:
And that's her only crime.
Wedlock I ween, to her has been
A life of grief and woe;
Thirteen years past she's had no rest,
As Britons surely know.
To blast her fame, men without shame,
Have done all they could do;
'Gainst her to swear they did prepare
A motley, perjured crew.
Europe they seek for Turk or Greek,
To swear her life away,
But she will triumph yet o'er all,
And innocence display.
Ye powers above, who virtue love,
Protect her from despair,
And soon her free from calumny,
Is every true man's prayer."
J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials.
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Immediately following the Queen's death, there were published a whole host
of monodies, elegies, and ballads in her praise. Catnach made a great hit
with one entitled--"Oh! Britons Remember your Queen's Happy Days,"
together with a large broadside, entitled "An Attempt to Exhibit the
Leading Events in the Queen's Life, in Cuts and Verse. Adorned with Twelve
splendid Illustrations. Interspersed with Verses of Descriptive Poetry.
Entered at Stationers' Hall. By Jas. Catnach, Printer, 7 Dials. Price 2d."
A copy is preserved in the British Museum. Press Mark. _Tab._ 597, _a_,
1-67, and arranged under CATNACH, from which we select two pieces as a
fair sample of Jemmy's "poetry-making!"--Which please to read carefully,
and "Mind Your Stops!" quoth John Berkshire.
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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