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    • A CIVIL INCONSISTENCY.
    • A DEAD HALT, INDEED.
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      The Nineteenth Century Is A Dreadfully B...

      be done . Fresh harpies will spring up to play the game with Caleraft , and we shall be no better off than we were before . This is a practical age , and we can do anything except live by Act of Parliament . Will not Parliament assist us at this crisis ? We think so . Perhaps the following suggestions may be not altogether worthless . First , then , let it be illegal to insert quack advertisements , and the advertisements of Baby- Farmers . Let a heavy penalty attach to the inadvertence of the " Head of the Advertisement Department . " Let the penalty be awarded to the man who successfully prosecutes newspaper proprietors for tlie illegal insertion of an announcement . Let such cases be dealt with by the magis * trates , so that neither prosecutor nor defendant may be put to unnecessary delay or expense . In a very short time a marked improvement would be found in the contents of the advertisement sheets of the London papers . This suggestion is quite practical . Secondly , let the Baby-Farms be illegal . Why should not Government found a hospital for the reception of children , and require their mothers to enter their names and addresses ? This might be difficult to manage , and some people would object to it on the score of the scheme affording a for mi tun to vice . Still , the great object of the law is to prevent crime , and if crime could be prevented by the establishment of self-supporting hospitals , so much the better for the world in general , and England in particular . At-any-rate , there would be no difficulty in suppressing such things as Baby-Farms—they should be licensed , in common with all schools , and should be under Governmental inspection . The subject must sooner or later attract the attention of Parliament . The sooner it does the better . We are weary of the dreadful stories that reach us every day—every hour . The law must step in and put a stop , once and fur ever , to that hateful tragedy which begins in adultery and finds its dismal epilogue in foul assassination !

      A The Tomaha Wk. [T*Fy 2, 1870.

      a THE TOMAHA WK . [ T * fy 2 , 1870 .

      A Civil Inconsistency.

      A CIVIL INCONSISTENCY .

      Notwithstanding The Startling Announceme...

      Notwithstanding the startling announcement of some of p our layed contemporaries on the curb , stones as pronounced of the metropolis in the " contents to the effect bills" that disthe now " appears Death that Warran the document t of Patronage in question if had it been can be signed called , it a While death the warrant clerkshi at all in , a is certain very incomp number lete , of in the its Government provisions . offices are doomed ps to be thrown open to the competition of the the multitude departments ( on payment which are of entrance excepted fees from , however the indignity , be it of not being ed ) , portant set up as in a their target functions for all , England and , par to excellence have a shot , such at are thorough so im- j any < lovernmen measure t offices for the , that reorganization it is absolutel of y entrance ridiculous into , in the framing Civil and Service Home to Office exclude are them the two from favoure its action d departments . The Forei which gn Orifice have temporary made interest victory enough they to have be left achieved alone , over but , notwi the march thstanding , of intel the - the lect , Home we cannot Office believe , it has that been it will urged be a and lasting successfull one . As th regards at the duties of the clerics are of so delicate , a nature that it y , must netary cessarily of State follow for that the onl time y the being relatives can and discharge friends them of the while Secre in - the where case an of extensive the Foreign knowledge Office , of the several department languages of all , rnust others , be competition useful , and -would where have it would been have the most been serviceable supposed that the shee open r self-assurance of the clerks themselves has succeeded , in not into warding however the heavy off for fair , not a to time to abuse say the snobby the introduction Home , swelldom and of the of Forei Whitehall popular Offices element . It for is , , gn

      Notwithstanding The Startling Announceme...

      having resisted the introduction of a measure while other De-Treasury partments , h India ave shown Office a , cheerful Colonial willingness Office , War to adopt Office it . , The and included Admiralty b , y all the sufficientl recently y published select establishments order in Council which amongst have been the open boroughs , have all in their way protested , schemed , and i " t interested has been themselves said that onl "to postpone of the established evil day . At social the Treasury osition should have the power y of persons dealing with large sinus of p Public money its delicate . The duties Colonial as an Office excuse , like to the be Hom let off e O the ffice India , has Office urged has boldly asserted its independence of the English ; Civil Service proper le and ; the sufficient War Office reasons and to Admiralty be excluded have from likewise the list found but amp all with no avail . They are to be the first chief sacrifices ; on moral round the altar , of th all of « y this a must reformed opposition succumb system however to , and the , as if Gladstonian mora surel l y it as can August policy be cal . comes led The is from has simp resolved le the enou orifices gh itself . thrown By into the a open exclusion half to measu public of , re the competition onl favou and red as , Departments the such measure , reasonably enough be objected to , and regarded y , , with distru , may st holding even by Government that class of Patronage the public . not For personall our part y interested we are rather in upfound inclined out to in look time on when the new however system it as will a mistake be too , , late which to remed will b « the mischief that , has been , done— , and which will result , in the y reac But , tion putting which our must antici surel pations y follow aside , , in we the cannot triumph but of condemn jobber ) a ' . petration its policy moving which of two influence is supposed most , unwarrantable having to up inaugurated ' iold purity and unjustifiable of itself appointments by the bits per ns of - favouritism ,

      A Dead Halt, Indeed.

      A DEAD HALT , INDEED .

      Our Who Soldiers Can Are Now Pampered Sa...

      our Who soldiers can are now pampered say that our and military spoilt for disc the ip proper line is performance lax , and that which it years of has their a been occurred traditional duty full b y y last and an charge excess week conclusivel . against of It " seems coddling y answe our that military red ? a " company at Such organisation last has by of an been the event , 9 but 7 for th Wednesday Regiment of last Foot for marc Kingston hed fro en m route Stratford for Aldershot and West . Now Ham Wed , on - men nesday toiled happened through , to the be City the hottest , Piccad , of illy the , and recent the Kensington hot days , and , road the exhibiting careless observer unmistakable . It was onl signs however of distress that , on even the to arrival the of most the , company within sight of the y Militia , barracks , at Kingston , where cumbed the halt to for the the effects night of was hot to and be dusty made trudge , that one and he poor fell fellow down suc and - casualty died . The return sun has of the been Regiment made responsible has already for , his been decease filled in , and " sun the - statement death stroke ; " but as . an It we would entry would in rather venture the proper to question column that the the showing correctness who the cause ordered of the of a march from Stratford appear to Kingston-on persons -Thamcs in heavy I order the If half event on the , such which company a is day onl as had y surprising Wednesday fallen down because last at were Knightsbridge it is answerable a single , one and for . happened been carried that into mi St ht . George not have ' s been Hosp foreseen ital , nothing but would in the have face of the many means g of communication between ; the , East and West as we of hav Lon e recentl don , to y experienced march troops is on little the better road in than such wilful weath mur er - der not British on be the allowed soldier part , of let to some rest us . hope person The , are Horse or not , persons unknown Guard who s . should , for The the matter sake of must for the a few hours in its petty squabbles with the War Office pause to inquire into officer the to circumstances justice . The of case the must case be , and simp bring le enough the responsibl and should e only easily lead be trac to a ed disastrous to the person and fatal who result gave . the The order wrongdoer , , which could must of not a be more allowed regular to get authority off scot , it free behoves ; and the , failing Press the to interference " watch the case ment " falls for the where rank it and has file been of the deserved service . , and see that the punish-

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 2, 1870, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02071870/page/4/