MrPunch's history of modern England . s in the Gazette? Arethese ceremonies nowadays useful and decorous, or absurd andpitiable; and likely to cause the scorn and laughter of men of sense?When the greatest and wisest Statesman in England [Sir RobertPeel] dying declares he will haveno title for his sons, and, as itwere, repudiates the Peerage asa part of the Protective systemwhich must fall one day, as otherProtective institutions have fallen—cant sensible people read thesigns of the times and be quiet?When Lord John comes down tothe House (with that pluck whichhis Lordship always shows whenhe


MrPunch's history of modern England . s in the Gazette? Arethese ceremonies nowadays useful and decorous, or absurd andpitiable; and likely to cause the scorn and laughter of men of sense?When the greatest and wisest Statesman in England [Sir RobertPeel] dying declares he will haveno title for his sons, and, as itwere, repudiates the Peerage asa part of the Protective systemwhich must fall one day, as otherProtective institutions have fallen—cant sensible people read thesigns of the times and be quiet?When Lord John comes down tothe House (with that pluck whichhis Lordship always shows whenhe has to meet an unpopularmeasure) and asks for an allow-ance, which the nation grudg-ingly grants to its pensioners—when the allowance is flung athis Royal Highness with agrumble, is it wise to comeout the next day with a tail offour Equerries and three clergy-men? Louis Napoleon standsapart from the other Europeansovereigns of the mid-nine-teenth century in virtue of hisorigin and his career. But heran the Tsar Nicholas close, if. THE MODERN DAMOCLES 195 M7\ PitncJis History of Modern England he did not equal him, as Punchs pet aversion. As early as 1849his imperialistic ambitions led to the hostile comment that em-pire meant empircr. The Coup dEtat was the signal for thefiercest attacks on his policy of homicide. His matrimonialventures prompted the ribald suggestion that the EmperorLouis should marry Lola Montez! His persistent gaggingof the Press in France, and his attempts to subsidize ormanipulate that in England, are vehemently attacks ceased during the Crimean War, but it was areluctant truce, and they broke out again after the Peace wassigned. Douglas Jerrold cordially detested the Emperor, andwas responsible for the hardest of the many hard things saidagainst him in Punch. By a strange irony of fate it was Douglas Jerrolds ownson, William Blanchard Jerrold, who, working upon materialssupplied him by the Empress Eugenie, produced in the fourvolumes


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