THE BRUMMAGEM BONAPARTE. [From Punch, December 27.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 5 June 1852, Page 4

THE BRUMMAGEM BONAPARTE. [From Punch, December 27.]

Pantomimes and Politics. — Punch, on behaif of his friends, Messrs. Merry man, presents: his compliments to the Lprd Chamberlain, and having understood that bis lordship intends tqeuforce a rigid censorship this year on the pantomimes, in reference to allusions to foreign affairs, begs to enquire whether it will be considered as a personal affront to Louis Napoleon, if the clown, shall, this year, perform bis customary and time-honoured feat of swallowing a string of sausages ? A Bitter Cv?. — The friends of Louis Napoleon pretend that he has acted with impartiality* towards the soldiers and the people ; for if he gave wine to the military, be did, not fail to give the citizens-^ taste of.tUe/grape^:..*- - .—--, ,-. * Parisian Fashions tor December, 1851. — At the beginning of the present momh 'the favourite colour was a shot, which was r raet with almost everywhere in the promenades on the Boulevards. Steel has been almost universal in Paris, and a great deal of it has been seen in points by way of trimming to the jacket. The material most in requisition has been- MuzshV, which has been much worn by members of the Assembly and the writers for the newspapers. Louis Napoleon.'s Pyramid. — *' Soldiers, forty centime* of Champagne bottles are looking down upon you !" , ' Oh, Name Him N.ot ! — Various titles hare been given to Louis Napoleon, and some people have called him all manner of name*. By some he is termed the Prinze President ; by others, the Dictator ; but perhaps the best title to, give him, in allusion to tbecgame he has been playing, would be that of Unlimited Loo. The French President's Drill. — So com-pletely-is France a military nation, that bodies of its private citizens even, have been drilled by Louis Napoleon — with'bullets.