The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE NEWEST WHIG GUIDE.

" Believe me, trail those endeai tog young charms.
Winch I gaze on so loudly to day," So.—Tor Mooas.

" Relieve me, when all those ridiculous aiiw,
Which you practise so pretty to-day," he.—Loan P/LMILItiI

Believe me, when all that mere vapour of fame,
Which makes you notorious to-day,
Shall have vanished, 'twill leave you exactly the same—
The political Vicar of Bray.
You will still be a rat, as a rut you have been,
Though Premier of England no more;
And the jokes that delighted the world in 'l5
Are in '57 only a bore.

It is not while Downing-street still is your own,
And the vessel of England you steer,
That your true popularity well can be known—
Who loves Pam—and who loves the Premier.
Oh ! the fool who is truly so never forgets,
But still fools it on to the close ;
And the nonchalant Viscount will be, when he sets,
Just the willing he was when he rose !

CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE COUNTRY.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—The qualifications of Sir John Bowring for his high and
important post have been much discussed of late, and Cabinet
Ministers have loudly proclaimed their faith in his "judgment,"
" ability," " modesty" (!) and " discretion."
In Mr. Raikes's published Journal I find this entry :
Extract from Raike's Journal, vol. 1., p. 245, June, 1834.

Of all the men high or low, Dr. Bowring is the most presuming and the most con.
ceited. He is the fit charlatan for Whig employment ; pus:ling and overbearing in his
manners, and, like other parvenus,assuming official importance which is highly ridiculous.
Some years ago he was arrested by the French Government at Boulogne, and his papers
seized. Irritated at this embarrassment. he wrote a most violent letter to the police in
Paris, in which, after bitterly complaining of this infraction cf the law of nations, be
concluded by saying that the Bourbons had committed an act on his person which might
hurl them from their throne.

Mr. Raikes was a shrewd man ; and the opinion which he formed
of our monomaniac Doctor twenty-three years ago is, in my humble
judgment, much more correct than that expressed with so much
solemnity a fortnight back by our Premier in the House of Commons,
and with such graceful modesty by the Duke of Argyll in the House
of Lords.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
Crankholme Manor, March 20.

THOMAS FOGY.

PS. (in a lady's handwriting)—Oh ! my dear Mr. Editor, us papa
is writing to you about some STUPID politics, I can't resist the tempta-
tion of JUST raising the wafer of his envelope and adding a line to ask
you why in the Times of one day last week the postponement of Lady
Derby's Ball was printed in such VERY small type, and inserted as an
advertisement, whereas ALL announcements about Lady Palmerston's
soirees are conspicuously printed, and appear among the other items of
news as ordinary newspaper paragraphs.
There are such a number of young ladies in this neighbourhood who
can't go to town this spring, because our papas WILL stay down here to
canvass for the Colonel,. Of course we are anxious to know all about
the balls and parties in dear London, from which we poor Peris are,
for the present, excluded ; but this affair about Lady Derby's Ball
appearing as an advertisement, pit.7:les us ALL WOFULLY.
The Colonel, who is a dear man, but who loves to MYSTIFY young
ladies, says it is because Mr. de L-- is not invited to Lady Derby's
parties, though he is a regular attendant at Lady Palmerston's reunions.
But this explanation only adds to our bewilderment. Who is Mr.
De L-- ? And how on earth can his going or not going to either of
those ladies' houses explain the tea4ing MYSTERY of that odious adver-
tisement

Do tell us in to-morrow's paper. I hear papa coming. Good bye.
Yours distractedly,

SELINA FOGY.

A MODEL LETTER TO " THE R-D."

Mr. Editor,—

Spurgeon rants and bawls ;
Why shouldn't he preach iu the nave of St. Pauls?
Spurgeon can gammon like any brisk cabby ;
Why shouldn't he preach in Westminster Abbey
think for a change the age is ripe;
So please put my letter in leader type.
HAM AN IN SICCe.