. Punch . ink the gentleman,And bluster where Repealers dine ;I would not change his lot for mine. So here I 11 take my lowly stand, In what is called this favoured land ; Put up with strife, if need be mine, Nor at an empty purse repine. But when my pockets filled, with glee, I 11 dream that I OConnell be ; And when their mouths Repealers ope, I 11 thank my stars I m not the Pope. Irish Agricultural Association. In consequence of the declaration of Mr. OConnell, that he would dieon the floor of the House of Commons, and then go over to Ireland toagitate for repeal, there was an extra meeting
. Punch . ink the gentleman,And bluster where Repealers dine ;I would not change his lot for mine. So here I 11 take my lowly stand, In what is called this favoured land ; Put up with strife, if need be mine, Nor at an empty purse repine. But when my pockets filled, with glee, I 11 dream that I OConnell be ; And when their mouths Repealers ope, I 11 thank my stars I m not the Pope. Irish Agricultural Association. In consequence of the declaration of Mr. OConnell, that he would dieon the floor of the House of Commons, and then go over to Ireland toagitate for repeal, there was an extra meeting of the Irish AgriculturalAssociation, at which it was unanimously resolved that the first prizeshould be given to the Honourable Member, for the Greatest Bull thatever was known. ASTONISHING PRECOCITY. A Charity Boy, only six years old, belonging to St. Martins parish,being asked by one of the overseers what was his notion of perpetuity,instantly replied, The Income Tax. PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 10/. PUNCHS NOYS MAXIMS. ATuniE vis maxima. The forceof nature is the greatest.—This maxim meaus that nopower is greater than naturalaffection ; but the power ofthe steam-engine was un-known when the maxim waswritten. Parental affectionapproaches nearer to steam ;for a father frequently blowsup his child, and in somecases a good deal of theaffection of the former hasbeen known to The Law fatoureth somepersons.—The reader will nodoubt think that Not was in a merry mood when he talked of thelaw favouring any one but the lawyers themselves, though when itis ascertained who the favourites of the law really are, the maximis not quite so enigmatical. The favoured individuals are women,infants, idiots, madmen, and persons without intelligence, who beingall of them helpless, may be supposed to fall an easy prey to thelaw, and are therefore its favourites : in the same sense as thesparrow is the favourite of the hawk, or as the lamb is the especialpet of the wolf, when t
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