And daily curse that chapel bell!

The Gownsman, (Cambridge), February 18, 1830.


The Fatal Moustache.

The Duke of Cumberland had grossly insulted some ladies in the public high road near Barnes. He attempted to deny his identity, but was recognised by his white moustache.

My white moustache, my white moustache,

You speak the truth, however harsh,

Of Barnes and Kew, and of the time

When I rode past with air sublime.

The curs’d excrescence does away