On a bridge, or a boat,
You’re a picture of nous and of pluck
Never stuck.
They who say that Jack has altered talk muck!
Punch. August 19, 1882.
The Cardinal’s Hat.
A tremendous outcry against the Roman Catholics was raised in 1850, when the Pope created Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman—Archbishop of Westminster, and divided all England into Romish dioceses. But the agitation ended in smoke, it is true the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was passed in 1851, yet it has practically remained a dead letter, and it was wittily said of Lord John Russell that, after chalking up “No Popery” on Cardinal Wiseman’s door, and ringing the bell—he ran away.
Amongst the many pamphlets written on the topic was one published by Henry Beal, Shoe Lane, London, entitled “The Cardinal’s Hat: How, when, and where it was made, and what became of it.” By Ipsedixit. 1851. This is an imitation of the Ingoldsby Legends, and like them is very uncomplimentary to Roman Catholic priests, consequently, several passages have been omitted in the following reprint, as being not only offensive and ungenerous, but also untrue:—
We have all of us heard of the City of Rome,