[40] Here is to be observed the astonishing similarity of manners and customs, between the Irish and Scotch, in former days. How close is
“Whack for O’Shaughnashane! Tooleywhagg, ho!
to “Roderigh Vich Alpine Dhu! ho ieroe!”—See The Lady of the Lake.
In the present instance, ’tis a Song at a Banquet; in the latter, ’tis a Song in a Boat. ’Tis merely the difference betwixt wine and water. The vassals on both occasions express their attachment to their Chief, and their ardour for his Crest; one being an Evergreen Pine, the other a Potato.
[41] Jokeby was said to have been written by an Amateur of Fashion.
[42] The indefatigable researches of my friend, Mr. Francis Douce, have at last enabled him to procure me one of these celebrated banners. It is quartered according to the most received military practices, and in the midst appears a portrait, which I at first mistook for the effigy of a goose and trimmings; but now find to compose the head and wig of my friend Robert Warren. On either side are blazoned two blacking brushes rampant, armed and langued gules, with a pair of top boots argent. The whole forms a striking heraldic curiosity, and is now deposited in the British Museum.
[43] Major Yelverton.
[44] The deeds of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, as commander of the Baltic Fleet in the Russian War, bore a very insignificant relation to his boasts before he assumed the command.
[45] Sir Edmund Henderson, formerly Chief of the Metropolitan Police.
[46] Much comment was made upon the fact that the Duchess of Kent and her daughter, the Princess Victoria (heiress to the throne), were not present at the coronation of William IV.