The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-15
Voices CT the Wisht.

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Eyary body in the world kuows-that is 10 say
rs soon as the publication Of this number of
I'""ch shall be complete, every civilized being
will know-that among Sir Charles Barry's cx-
quisetly thoughtful arrangements IN the New
House Of Commons, the Ladies Gallery" is
placed clone behind tina, Of the Reporters 1t
seenr hardly necessary to add that the apccioi.
ts of one class of auditors slightly clashes with
that Of the other We regret to learn that du.
ring recent debates series II earnest messages
have been sent up stairs to Mr, Ellis, the curator
Of the ladies' .pMtinent-messages which may
be divided into two heads
From Tie siHqic EsyortTs-Woud you init.
mate to the ladies' that If they would kindly pre-
serve silence while the Minister is speaking
We"
From tie married Reportcr'--Do tell those
women to hold their tongues. How DO they
think one eau take sentence Of Disraeli while
they make such an abominable cla,ter rha,--'
But need We add, that no lady Of proper spir.
It ever ,ouehsaicd notice of i,npcrintnt requests
An occasional Good gracious what next.
wonder & with an indignant giggle, by way Of
note of nonadmration at the end, broke through
the guided grating, (which Oriental w,-e, screens
the Parliamentary Harem,l announcing that poor
Mr.. Ellis bad humbly thrown in his second hand
suggestion at the door behind but not one whit
the less fas; and furious did the lady voices de
scend, minged with the blasts Of hot and cold
air poured down by DR.. Reid that air Pump Of
the nation
In despair, the Reporters have thrown them.
selves upon Mr., Punch. One oi them by way
Of evidence of his atilction has enclosed to that
universal phllauthropi-t the following extract
from his notebook The unfortunate stenograph.
er was making desperate efforts To report n
speech Of the Chancellor If the EIchcqurr; but
the concurrent exertions Of the sweet little cher.
ubs who sat up aoit, appear To have caused him
to introduce variety Of illusions, Of which the
best tiat can be said Is, that they are about as
irrelevant as good many of the topics usually
introduced by the Honorable and Semitic Mem
Der himself Here Is specimen
Mr. Dlsrae (contnued) And sir, when
am officially apprIscd that the noble Lord, then
virtually the first Of Her Aaies,ys servants, was
dismissed because oh, my dear soul, we found
in her box all sorts of thngs--my ehdtclaibs
Edwards studs, and several Of mammas silk
stocklngs-aud when also learn from the Lon
don Gazette, that uuimpeachable oracle that OF
der Of the Garter which, sir, if my historical
"reminiscences are not utterly unayaiIing, is a
perfect duck of blue ribbon, and only to be got
at one place Buckingham House, dear think
they call It-what suppostlon remains TO NE,
save the insulated conviction that here here up
on the very threshold, that servant refused to
bea, the duormats and scour the steps pretty
thing indeed | suppose she fInced ought to
do 1t for her Then, sir, if revert to Hc pre-.
text on which this motion has been founded, can
anything be more flimsy, or more certain to 90 to
pieces the first time it gets Into tie washing tub,
to say nothing of the colours Of the skirt all run.
u la cha I.ttr Of tltn
/ clustering Freetrader from Manchester TO Join
the noble Lord in the lobby but what sort Of a
party was that Not corRtta pisioH nothing
but the poor governess at the piano, and a stand
the woman alwayslsc 'We"gfr q! rS ai,HPG9y a,
these newl.ngled bonds Of rarlamentry cour
preston; We are well aware that lhc adiposc
representatives. ef anarchy is so stout YOU would
hardly know her, IN spite of her lacing So tight.
ly that tie air We breathe, the Palladium Of
Freedom is endangered by n protcctoni-t ma
jorty. Well, sir anobIe and learned lord in ma.
other place; law, no, the queeri-t old Brongham
you ever saw; and one never know, where she :
going. Did that noble and LEANED lord respond
to the ovcrturcs thus rendered Is he handsum (
no, certainly not, but good match for any BODY
but don't believe they'll catch him for either of
the girls. However sir, | have undertaken to Lr
short, and trank-no my love, Frank promises to
be tall and more like his papa than me. and o.
pmlunated and dosyucratc as is my antagonists
, organIzatIon-he has got into words of five svl.
Iables, and likes his book pretty well for his age;
but don't worry him with it, rs his expeiimen.
taIizlng upon the EXchcqucr mast be trmporar
Iy unproductiyo, and cannot accrde to his re.
quest for an advance, unless he can demonstrate
To me how ! can otherwise remuuerate the ma.
tional resources. He has Become 20 dreadfuly
mean, my dear, that he would rot give me a
cheque to buy new dressc, for the children, for
their party, unless agreed to make some rrduc
ton IN the housekeeping, which declare, can
and won't which is more. Conscientiousiy. there.
fore, II regretfully, sir, must conclude by resi..
ting this motion (chccrs)-O, he's LETT of, dear !
| wonder who lie was. declare didn't listen
to word he was saying Who's nexti What
a Guy Did you eyeri Come dca5s, let's 20 ;
We shall be IN time Tor the scene from Norma
It's stupid work here
M Punch will only add at present. that it
IS his early intention to place himself in the
Ladies Gallery. He will then report progress. q"
but has some notion that he shall not have occa.
sion " 10 ask leave to sit there again - Iunch.