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    • INTELLIGENCE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
    • "AN UNKNOWN MILTON."
    • A HARD CASE.
    • " WHAT THE SULTAN REALLY DIB THINK OF US."
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      142 The Tomahawk. [August 3, 1867.

      142 THE TOMAHAWK . [ August 3 , 1867 .

      Intelligence Of The House Of Lords.

      INTELLIGENCE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS .

      The Following Is The Correct List Of Ame...

      The following is the correct list of amendments proposed on going into committee on the Reform Bill by various members of the Upper House On : — going into Committee . Earl Grey : To omit from Clause I to 49 inclusive , and to insert not in lieu , and thereof never these willcan words or , " may Inas be much satisfactory as this Bill to Earl was not Grey , is , this ixiis House xxouse declines aecimes , to to consider consider , it it any anyiurtner further ; : and ana be oe it 11 enacted enactea ,,

      henceforth , that no Reform Bill shall be entertained by the ! House of Commons or by the people of England , which shall not have been drawn up by Earl Grey , if living , or by one of his family , or by one allied directly by marriage to that family , or if drawn up by any one else shall not have previously been submitted to the then head of the House of Grey , and shall not have received his full consent thereto in writing . And that anybody daring to bring in a Reform Bill , except in compliance to with his the above decree , shall be held and considered as a traitor

      1 country , and be executed as such without any further trial . " one Lor shall d L be ytt entitled letoii , on to Clause vote in 3 respect . —To add of any proviso such . — occupation " That no who does not walk with an elegant gait , and who cannot spell , Constantinople backwards without hesitating . " Lord Shaftesbury . — " That no person be allowed a vote who shall be proved to have frequented any theatre during the previous twelve months . " Marquis of Westmeath . — " That any person calling him ' an idiot / shall for ever be disfranchised . " Earl RusselL— " That anv borough refusing to return Lord

      Amberley , free of expense , shall be disfranchised . " Earl of Lonsdale— . " That all tenants be allowed to vote only by means of voting-papers , to be filled up by their

      landlords . Earl of Carnarvon . — " That the office of ' First Lord of his Treasury successor ' be . " conferred on him for life , with power to appoint Marquis of Townsliendto add a clause . — " That this House recognises in the Marquis , of Townshend , the legitimate successor of Garrick . " Lord Lor Halifax d Halifax . " — . "To insert , wherever he can , the name of

      "An Unknown Milton."

      "AN UNKNOWN MILTON . "

      Several Would-Be Unkind Correspondents A...

      Several would-be unkind correspondents and would-be kind friends having complained that the verses relating to the Carto toon refer in our them last to number a poem were by one not John up to Milton our usual entitled mark " , Samson we beg words Agonistes having , " in been which altered the lines to suit will the be subject found , onl referred y two to or . three We are glad to hear that we are thought so superior to Milton in

      our poetical department ; at the same time that we are sorry to see how very extensive the acquaintance with the best English literature is among Englishmen , in this nineteenth century , since , we fear , that their devotion to so-called classical authors must ander have Dumas debarre Mrs d . Wood them Mr from . Sal study aand ing other Miss such Braddon intellectual , Alexlights of the present , age . , ,

      Serious Jokes To Be Used Only On Sundays...

      Serious Jokes to be Used only on Sundays . —An admirer of schnapps and pine-apple , full-flavoured , describes the " Battle of Life " as a Rum-and-Water-loo . —The music of a dream , snoring . —It may be as well to mention that " Webs on the Way " is not the production of Miss Cobbe , and nobody ever thought it was . It is tr , ue that lady's name has been mentioned in connection with " Broken Lights ; " but a few Dounds of damaered candles , more or less , is of little

      consequence , except where exhibitions of clerical millinery occYir ; and we are quite satisfied that one who is disposed to make a we clean bs . — sweep The S of tar existing most influenced abuses , is by the the last Moon person , the to Poet tolerate -aster cob . — - b What ad lot a we measure must be of human since we depravity cannot we refuse have to , and admit what that a very the men of the turf are , our betters . ,

      A Hard Case.

      A HARD CASE .

      An Sir Honourable ,—What Livelihood Are ...

      an Sir honourable , —What livelihood are we coming for many to % years Here by have hang I ing been about earning the back-stairs at Court , picking up bits of gossip from the servants about the Royal Family , looking through the chink of a door or listening at the keyhole with praiseworthy industry , andas , the result of all this , I have contributed to the periodical litera , - ture of Great Britain most interesting details of the private life of which the few Royal can Family ; . related Well , Sir thoug now h I to say it horror , in language I find a Royal Personage surpass , whose very , door , -mat , I worshio my and , esteem absolutely coming forward in print , and describing the most , her private lamented emotions husband , and . the What most is minute to be done actions ? The of herself public and will find out how different the reality is from the beautifully embellished fiction , under cloak of which I have sought to convey the truth . Now may I say indeed with that distinguished soldier , Major-General Othello , K . C . B ., " Now is poor Jenkins' occupation gone Trades . " ' Union Oh , Sir ; , no this enterprising is no laughing society matter will g ; ive I belong me a pound to no a week for doing nothing . I cannot even go and hide my sorrows in the retired solitude of the Dramatic College ! This mi Sir ght I beseech make a and Jew let to weep me ask . It is indeed readers very to contribute sad . Pity their me , mite , towards securing , at least a your decent home for one to end his days I am in in , who mourning has oft , you informed see , Sir , astonished , for the Emperor , and deli Maximilian ghted them ; . I shall soon be in deeper mourning , I fear , for myself . Sir Edward Cust ought to do something for me I think . Alas , on these matters , as in my more brilliant days I should have said , he is Cust-ard . With this spectral flash from the tomb of joy , I beg to remain , Sir , your afflicted but humble and obedient Rodolpho servant , Jenkins .

      " What The Sultan Really Dib Think Of Us."

      " WHAT THE SULTAN REALLY DIB THINK OF US . "

      We Have Been Favoured, Through A Channel...

      We have been favoured , through a channel , which we can not possibl Sultan y to think his of Imperial revealing wife , a very written remarkable just before letter his from leaving the England . We would have given , the original , but there was some difficulty in procuring sufficient Turkish type ; our readers must , therefore , content themselves with a translation of the more interesting portions : — jt jt Jfe * 3 fc jfe

      • w » wwr -n- - - -w" I find myself lodged pretty comfortably here in the Queen's country Palace , . her I Majesty find that being the Queen at Windsor is something , which like is a castle the Tycoon in the of seen Japan but , by of very whom few you of her have subjects read , ; and she is never not resides allowed in to the be here capital about , because the Reform of the Bill great for insurrections they fear the which peop took le getting place possession of the Sovereign , , and holding her as a security for their liberties . I have been to see her Majesty at the Castle of Windsor . I can't tell you much about it , for I went there and back in two hours . " The English are always in a hurry , and the Queen is the was most there busy for of a all little people island . on She the h south ad to coast start iust the opposite afternoon the I ,

      great English docks fleet of . Portsmouth She was very , where gracious she and lives polite , to take to me care for of the the short time I was there . We only had ten minutes allowed us for our ' luncheon / as these infidels call their mid-day meal . the Fuad great tells railway me that stations this was , when the the proper train eti stops quette , y , ou and may that hear at nnnnln fall rmt- * t *» r \ mir ¦ » utf ¦» »< a » nllnwf - »•» ¦»* » »< 1 fnr -mrefreshment ¦» ' These

      peop f ^^^^^ m ^ Mr le ^& live ^^**** on *^ ** Vt their ^** - «> railway *»•••*• »•• ^* s , and seem w » a lw a ys « - ^ -w —™ to w — — - be w — — — » going — . off by the next # express train # . # >* " All the people here are very affectionate to me , and I can't go out without being shouted at , and what they call * cheered . ' you This , ju is st a to grea show t comp you liment how it ; is when done . I get I am home sure I will the Eng * cheer lish ' would fight for me any day , so you need not think of selling

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 3, 1867, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03081867/page/2/