. Punch . ays getting away as fast as possible. Fairy. And now farewell, ye motley group, away ! You ve all of you some wondrous tricks to play.[The Fairy disappears. Pantaloon (Peel) tries to trip up Clown(Brougham), and Harlequin (Young England) helps him inthe attempt. Harlequin (Young England) takes hold of Clown(Brougham) by both Stands, and swings him completely round ;after which Clown (Brougham) is seized by Lover (Palmerston),who swings him round a little way in the other direction. Pantaloon(Peel) offers his hand t,o Clown (Brougham), who pretends notto see it, and, raising his foot,
. Punch . ays getting away as fast as possible. Fairy. And now farewell, ye motley group, away ! You ve all of you some wondrous tricks to play.[The Fairy disappears. Pantaloon (Peel) tries to trip up Clown(Brougham), and Harlequin (Young England) helps him inthe attempt. Harlequin (Young England) takes hold of Clown(Brougham) by both Stands, and swings him completely round ;after which Clown (Brougham) is seized by Lover (Palmerston),who swings him round a little way in the other direction. Pantaloon(Peel) offers his hand t,o Clown (Brougham), who pretends notto see it, and, raising his foot, suddenly gives the hand a severekick. There is a considerable quantity of comic business,at the close of which Pantaloon. (Peel) and Clown (Brougham)find themselves together in the Cave of Despair, while Harlequin(Young England) waves his wand, and shows the realms oflight and lbceliness,with the word Treasury in illuminated lamps,ami Pantaloon (Peel) stands on his head amid a grand displayof fireivorhs.]. A FARTHING FOR REPEAL; OR, THE IRISH CONJUROR. Our English readers may recollect an ingenious wayfarer, whowas wont to levy small contributions on the pockets of his spec-tators by means of a sheet of white paper ; yes, of one sheet of Bathpost. This paper the adroit beggar would fold up into differentshapes, all distinctly representing twenty different things. Now,he would say, it is a chest of drawers, and a chest of drawers itwas ; now it is a ladys bonnet; nobody could dispute it—it was aladys bonnet; and now, it is a coal-scuttle. The, crowd would bytheir applause declare it to be a coal-scuttle, and nothing else. Nowthis man was an honest showman, though he dealt in sleight of hand ; though he earned his mutton and potatoes by dexterity of finger—he was nevertheless no cheat; what he promised to do, he faithfullyaccomplished. Why will not Daniel OConnelt. copy the high principle of theEnglish showman ? As, like him, he deals in legerdemain—why,like him, does he n
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