A CABMAN ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND CENTRALISATION.
To Mr. Punch.
« Sin,— Avin lately 'e,ml a lectur from Mr Toolmnn Smith on the feubjec of loKhI self guvment and stntrylisition, finbowldens me> io call •> rvur tention to tlie sentiylizin moovmsnts of M; Kad Commithuner of Police, wich he may bf- si >' to l>" a puttm down of the lokal self-guvment of us ; o, i o ( 'abbies by mane force. " Sir, Mr. Toolman Smith as also rote a book on the Bime subjeck of bis lectur, wich 1 avent a dout you can get it at the liberies ; and lays it bout that lokal selfguvment is the manidgement of things by the gratest number of peple as nows most about it, and has the gratest intirest in it ; and that centrylisation is the manidgement of a thing by theleasie number of peple as nows loaste aboute it, and has the leaste intirest in it ; wich I appele to you if this ere ant jist the case v/itb the new Cab regylashuns. " I arx you wether us Cabbies wasn't a case of lokal self-guvment, wich I'm sure there was a grate many on us, as did pretty much wot we liked in regard of fairs ; and hevry stand ad its own rool6, and there was the waterman as was mostly an old cabby a 9 we looked hup to in regard of dispewts and such like, and nowed wot was wot ; but etill he adn't no more autlioiity uor we liKed to let im aye; not like a be«k or a bloo, or such hLe arbitry coves, and we guvnd ourselves, and looked out foi n'imber yon ; and, unless we wag pulled Lap now and then, it was houtanout self-guvment altogether, pertickly as regards fairs, wich depended. But now look ere at this ere sentrylistn guvment ov owrn, wich there's to be a pliceman at hevry stand, and tbe cad Commishnur isself, that's Mayne, a bemeanin of isself to print a list of fairs wich it's nown to contane horrors ; but in course fairs won't lissen to us ; and now all on us is xpected allus to charge the same munney foy the same distance, wich ow is a man to pay is way, and not a chance left us witb-a lushy patty, or a greenun, and not to speke of foiiners, wich, they may say wot they like, but I'm blest if 1 don't think thoni formers is up to he very think, and fites as hard about a hodd sixpence as tbe Temple and Westminster fairs, wich it's well nown is no use, bein lawyears, and down upon a poore feller as dead as nales, unless in an urry. " Now. Sir, I aix you and Mr. Toolman Smith to epeke hup for the Cabbies, wich that gent as made bout to evrybody's sulisfacsbun, as ow this ere country as allus ad lokal self-guvment till the wigs come in, and now sentrylisatton is a goin to be our rewin, wicb it's safe to be with us poore Cabbies.
"And I say ibat the Cabbies as a rite to selfguvnicnt, ncos there's a grate many on us, and we now« more aboute fairs and distances, and such like, than Mr. Maine any day, and has a stronger interist iv the same, wich sentiylisation can't aye, tho' they put two Bobbies to stand centry over a stand itisted o' vun. So do no more at present from youis to command, ''James Tiltup y> his mark." SELECT POETRY. MAY-DAY~ODE— 181 85 1 . 3y \V. M. Tiuckkuy, Author of ' Vanity Fair,' tie., i'c. But yesterday a naVcd tod, The cianilk' sncriH from llolton-i ow, And c tntcr'd o't r it lo .md fro , And sec, 'tis ilonc ' Ai though 'twere by a vuzaid's lod, A blazing aich of lucid ulass, Leaps like a fomitdi?) fiom the giais, To meet the sun! A quiet nicon but few days since, With cattle biowsing in the shade, Ami lo ' long lines ot bright hi cade In order mist d ; A pain -c as for fairy pi ince, A rare pavilion such <\s man Saw uever since mankind begun And built and glazed ! A peaceful place it was but now, And lo ' within its sinning stieets A multitude of nations meets ; A countless thiong. I see beneath the Ciystal bow, And Gaul and German Ru« and Turk Each -with lite native iiaiulnvork And bu<y tongue. High Sovereign in your Royal State ! Captains and Chiefs and Councillors, Kelore the lofty palace doors Are open set. Hush ' ere you pass the shining gatr ; ilusli! ere the heaving curtain dims, Aud let the iojal pageaut pause A moment yet. 1 People and Piince a silence keep! Bow'CoionLt »nd Kingly Crown, Helmet and plume bow lowly dovn : The while the pi lest ! 'Before the splendid poital step, ! While still the wond'ious banquet stays, From Heaven supreme a blciiing prays j Upon the feast ! Then onwards let the triumph march ; Then let the loud artillery roll, And trumpets ling, and joy belli toll, Ami pass the gate : Pasi nnderneath the shining arch ' Neath which the leafy elmi are green— Ascend unto jour throne, O Queen And take yom stati !' Behold her in her royal place: A gentle lady — and the hand That iwayi the iceptre of tins land, How frail and vt eak ! Soft is the voice and fair the face She bicathes Ainon to prajcr and hymn, No wonder that hei ey«s aie dim, And pale her cheek. Thii moment round her Empire's shorei The winds of Aiistra! winter sweep, And thousands lie in midnight sleep At rest to day O, awful is that Ciown of yours, (Jiieen of iunnmci .u>lc realms, |>- Sitting beneath the budding elm» Of English May ! A wondrous sceptic 'tis to bear, Strange mystery of God winch »ct Upon her brow yon Coronet— The foremost Ciown Of all the ■woi Id on one so fail ! That chose hei to it from her With, And bade the sons of all the earth To hei bow down. The representatives of man Here horn the far Antipodes And from the subject Indian Sea* In congiess meet; From Afric and from Hindustan Fiom Western Continent and isle, The envoys of her Empire pile Gift! at hei feet. Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides, Loading the gallant docl»i which once Roared a defiance to our guns With peaceful store; Symbol of peace I their vessels ride • ; O'er English waves float Star and Strips And firm their fuendly anchor* giipc The father shore ! From Rhine and Danube, Hhonc and Seme, As rivers trom their sources gush The swelling floods.of nations rush, And Scawjrd pour : From Coast to Coast, in Fuendly chain, With Countless ships aad bridge th« itniiti ; And angry ocean separate! Euiope no more. From Mississippi and from Nile— ' From Baltic, Ganges, Bosphoius, In England's Ai k assembled thus Are friend and guest. Look dov.n the mighty Sunlit aifle, And see the sumptuous banquet set, The brotherhood of nations met Ai omul the feast. Along the dazzling Collonnade, Far ai the straining eye can gaze, Gleam Cioss aud fountain, bell and va«e. In vistas bright. And statues fair of nymph and maid, And steeds and paids and Air>j7ons, Wiilhing and grappling in the bionze In endless fight. To deck the glorious roof and dome To make the Queen a canopy, Tbe peaceful hoMs of indnstiy Tlieir standards bear. Yon are the woiks ot Brahmin loom; Ou such a web of Pcisian tlnc.id The deseit Arab bows his head, And cnes his prayu. Look yonder wheve the engines toil ; These England's arms of conquest arc, The ttophies of her bloodless war . Brave weapons these. Victoriou* over wave and soil With these she sail*, she weaves, she tills, Pierces the everlasting hills, And spans the seas. — The rnjrine roais upon its race, TN Jjnflle wlnirt along the woof, The people bum fiom flooi to roof With Babel tongue. The fountain in the fiasin plaj ', Tiie chanting organ echoe s clear, An awful chorus 'tis to hear, A wondrous song! Swell oigan, swell your trumpet blast, March, Qneen and Royal page.")t, maich By splendid aisle; and tipnngmg Jrcb. Of this fan hall: And see above the fabnc vast, God's boundless Heaven is bending blue, God's peaceful .Sun r. Wtning through. And shining o\ci all. * Tbe St. Lawrence.
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New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 582, 12 November 1851, Page 4
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