Douglas Jerrold and 'Punch' . by the Government, and issurrounded by a silver rail. Whenever his plays areplayed, the Oueen invariably goes in state to the theatre,and makes it pain of death to any of the nobility to stopaway. All his relations are dead, or it is to be feared—such is the devotion of the Court to Shakespeare—thatthey would be turned into lords, and have fortunes settledupon them, like retired Ministers and Chancellors. A mannamed Char Les Knite, for only publishing his works,received from the Oueen her portrait set in preciousdiamonds, and was made Baron of
Douglas Jerrold and 'Punch' . by the Government, and issurrounded by a silver rail. Whenever his plays areplayed, the Oueen invariably goes in state to the theatre,and makes it pain of death to any of the nobility to stopaway. All his relations are dead, or it is to be feared—such is the devotion of the Court to Shakespeare—thatthey would be turned into lords, and have fortunes settledupon them, like retired Ministers and Chancellors. A mannamed Char Les Knite, for only publishing his works,received from the Oueen her portrait set in preciousdiamonds, and was made Baron of a word, from the Oueen to the peasant, all the peopleworship Shakespeare, The first thing seen on approachingDover is a statue of the poet, forty feet high, perchedupon the Cliff. It is lamentable to record these things ;but to fully show the moral darkness of the barbarians, itis necessary. Case III.—An Actor In England, play-actors are very different to the playersof the * flowery countrv. Thev all of them keep their. carriages. When they do not, they, like Lord ChancellorLyndhurst, job a Brougham. An actor sometimes spendstwelve thousand a year ; or if he doesnt exactly spend it, 404 DOUGLAS JERROLD AND PUNCH he takes credit for the same. Actresses, too, like watches,to act well, must act upon diamonds : these are sometimesborrowed at the rate of a hundred and fifty pounds perannum. The present specimen of the Actor is also asample of the first fashions. He is allowed great privilegesbeyond those of any vulgar tradesman. When he cantpay his debts he is allowed to make a joke, which istaken by the judge (commissioner he is called) as a veryhandsome dividend to be shared among the jokes and a fair intention at a fourth are generallyreceived from the Actor as satisfaction in full to anyamount of thousands. Case IV.—A Sempstress The women who live by needle and thread amount tomany thousands ; and are easily known by the freshness
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