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    • AT THE COUNCIL.
    • SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
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      J Une I, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 45 I _

      J une i , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 45 I _

      At The Council.

      AT THE COUNCIL .

      (Before Mr. Baron Tom A' Hawk, And A Com...

      ( Before Mr . Baron Tom a' Hawk , and a Common Jury . ) Curious Case of Disputed Ownership . —The Brush versus The Pen . duced A NEW recentl comedy y at -drama Drury , Lane entitled Theatre A Great , and City ( according , has been to pro the - advertisements ) , has gained a " brilliant and legitimate

      sueby cess Mr . " . Andrew The dialogue Halliday of the , and play its in scenery question has has been been painted written by * Mr 4 brilliant The . Beverley first and witness . leg Messrs itimate called . Halliday success was Mr " . and which Andrew Beverley the Halliday piece both has . claim attained He said the . that he was the author of The Great City . It was a comedydrama . kindl The yud lain ge . ' what Now , before mean we bthe go term on any comed further -drama , will ? you The y exp Witness ( in a you melancholy y tone ) . Well , , to y tell you the

      truth truth piece , . my mv When lord lord . , I I I wrote havp have it the the , I intended vaguest vatniest possible nossible it to be funny notions notions , but about about when my mv I deed saw it . acted It is , rather I was a obli painful ged to subject allow that to touch it was upon very , but gloomy the fact inthat of the I matter have settled is , I have into written a deep melancholy so many burlesques . in my time , to The understand yudge . that Why , burlesques Mr . Halliday are , I invariabl have always y received been g with iven laughter .

      of The Witness last remark . It that is quite clear can to never me , my have lord seen , from the of sense burlesques your . If you , are at you all curious , about their merits any , I am my at sure Hanwell you will or be Colney furnished Hatch with . every I am particular much patronised , on application by the members appreciate of my the wit Asy . Stay lums , , I who am unjust are the to the only far peop -famed le who Academy really at of was my Earlswood written humour b , y . whose me But , its inmates to plot return is have to ori our g constantly inal muttons , its characters . been The seen Great to are smile City origmal ginal , and and its its situations situations are are ori original ginal . . I I ask ask who who ever ever saw saw a a

      Member , of Parliament like my pet hero Jacob Blount ( proyoung nounced lady Blownt like Miss by the Edith way ? M Who . P . ) 1 ever Who saw ever a came nobleman across like a Lord Churchmouse ? No , no , all these characters are entirely could original be , — made they to have exist never . They existed are , superhuman and by no possible or rather means they with certainl your y are permission not human , call . a But few if of you my allow other me characters , , my lord to , I prove will , their sion ) descent fertile brain from my The ( if your first lordshi witness p will I will allow put me into the the expres box

      -. shall convict be . Mr Mr . . M Mogg ogg , will a gentleman you kindly described step forward in . the bills as a ness Mr -box . Mogg , pulled , a roug his hair h-looking to the man Judge , then , and stepped winked into at Mr the . Halli Wit- - day , who gracefully returned the salutation . lord Mr shi . Halliday here what . Now , know Mr . of Mogg me ? , perhaps you will tell his p you

      hired The me Witness out of . Great Certainl Expectations y , guv * nor to : wh play y you in the ' re the Great gent City as , to and and make boshier all I such can smartness tell a cussed you is , I fool this would , of if me I never 'd onl with y have known all your consented you bosh were y to pathos going leave the Mr . removal Dickens' of novel Hungerford , where at M least arket I didn like ' t a go half mora -demented lising about and wholl smoke y it uneducated . parson . There , put that in your pipe and Mr Mr . . Jrialliday Hallidav . . You You can can stand stand down down . Sir Sir . . Call Call Mr Mr . . Mendez Mendez ..

      box and Mr . a . very Mendez obvious , a gentleman false nose with , then a good stepped , deal of into sham the jewellery witnessbrain existence Mr . ? Halliday to my ( if . I my believe lord will , Mr allow . Mendez me the , that expression you owe ) fertile your the The theatre Witness in . The No Mershant , my tear . of I made Venisk my . firsh Then appearansh I went into at JVeversh ing Schud too . Late But to I Mendsh musht shay , and that now my I ' m raving engaged schene on the in Fl tne ygoodsh Great Shity and , when eggshackl I hear y like of my the daughter shame shituation ' s lossh , is in nearly Shake as - speare ' s tragedy .

      very Mr good . Halliday . You can , Thank stand you down , Mr , . sir Mendez . And ; now I am , my sure lord you , allow are liability me scenes to conclude in company my p . iece , I in ; have one for several instance of them excellent , , is the an getting entirely and up entirel orig of inal y a ori limited notion ginal . the The incidents yudge of . the Perhaps scene , Mr in . question Halliday . , you will kindly describe few you Mr will . Halliday find them . . With all in Bubbles pleasure of , my Finance lord , , if a you work wish published it ; but a The years yud ago . Who is the author of the work to which

      have alluded ge ? you got Mr lots . Halliday of situations . I regret equally to as say effective I don as ' t know that to , my which lord . I h I ave 've made reference . I can assure you that most of them are quite as good as those we come across in the stories of The London attempting yournal . Then to seduce , again fashionabl , I ' ve got y lots dressed of wicked innocents libertines . In fact ever , on

      my is a honour very good as a piece gentleman indeed , . I can assure you that the Gteat City no The doubt yud but ge . that From it is what . However you have , I said must , Mr listen . Halliday to the , I other have side Mr . . Now Beverley , Mr . Beverley . It was I , who I am painted ready to the attend Hansom to you cab . that figures in the first act ! The yudge { reproachfull y ) . Oh , Mr . Halliday I Mr .

      Hallithe day ! you never ! From told me what that I know there of was British a " Hansom audiences " now amongst that I have scenery learnt the truth I am convinced that the Great , City owes its success entirely to the introduction of the " Hansom . " I regret logu exceeding e in your ly ( for piece reports is very have far reached from bad me ) to that have some to of sum the up dia in - the favour dictates of the of brush conscience instead of . the pen . However , I must obey His Lordship my then addressed at some length the jury , who without leaving the box , returned a verdict for Mr . Beverley . ,

      Sketches In Parliament.

      SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT .

      Anxious We Have To Know Received Whether...

      anxious We have to know received whether the following we have from yet filled a correspondent up , on our , who paper is the offer post us his of " services Descriptive should Parliamentary the appointment Reporter still , " and be begs vacant to , . " The enclosed , " he adds , , " is a fair specimen of my style . " " House of Lords . —Their Lordships met last evening at a work quarter . to I happen five , but to were know by no that means several inclined noble to lords tackle intended to their

      going cumstance to their which respective renders boxes the at indisposition the Opera that of evening the House , a cir to - more business than the a hurried less remarkable dinner . . The There Earl is nothing of had a Peer one dislikes of the finest camelias in his button-hole which I ever remember to a have clear seen white ; but . The his Marquis complexion of is too sat bilious disconsolate to match and well savage with . lost I am heavily able to at account the Arlington for this the by night a variety before of he causes had : not he been had

      able to eat any lunch , and he had just received ; a telegram from his in anything trainer , to but say a promising that one of state the finest of health horses . The in his Archbishop stud was of York was there , beaming with smiles . As I looked at his less face & c . , anxiety A I thought close sweep scrutiny of ever the , however and soliloquy anon , revealed over of Jaques his otherwise to , me "Sweep a look placid on , of ye coun rest fat , " - - tenance . I have since heard that he has just been suffering

      from shape a of periodical a visit from infliction his paternal which regularl relative y , whose attends mansion him in , the or shop , is at Whitehaven . I do not know what he is or what doing j but that expression he kind is , . or Entre the was face , nous a butcher of , what almost , an a all baker exceeding our , or ecclesiastical grocer ly crusty , or , cross something dignitaries -grained of ' wear . I was of engaged several in more taking of their a shorthand noble lordshi note of the when personal sud- i adjourned denl appearance y the . Lord I made Chancellor a rush to left have the a Woolsack good look , at and ps them , the , as House they left By-the St . -bye Step , I hen forgot ' s , but to unfortunately mention that there the crowd was a prevented little business me . tiansacted pletely occup relative ied with to some taking subject an inventory or other , of but all I I was saw so , that com I -

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 1, 1867, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01061867/page/7/