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    138 THE TOMAHAWK. lOctober 3, 1868.

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    OUR ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

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    The Scilly Islands.—These classical isla...

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    : AN IMPERIAL WAG.

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    The long-threatened Chinese Ambassador t...

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    138 The Tomahawk. Loctober 3, 1868.

    138 THE TOMAHAWK . lOctober 3 , 1868 .

    Our Election Intelligence.

    OUR ELECTION INTELLIGENCE .

    The Scilly Islands.—These Classical Isla...

    The Scilly Islands . —These classical islands , known to the ancients indifferently as the Cassiterides , Hesperides , and Siluras Insulae , having been erected into a Parliamentary group tinguishe possible and enfran curiosity d politician chised has by was Mr been . to Disraeli have felt among the ' s honour Reform them of Bill first as , to representing the what greatest disthem in the House of Commons . The popular instinct , which in Osborne such matters as the fittest rarely errs , to at sit once for the designated ScillIsles Mr . Bern but as al long as it was uncertain person whether that honourable y gentleman ; would maintain his connection with Nottingham , of course the nothing Tomahawk could be of done last . week As soon of , wh however at had , as occurred the report at Not in - ting definitivel ham , y and resolved the news to elect that Mr the . Josep lambs h of Goss that and boroug Mr . Henry h had Allenreached St . Mary ' s and its thirty-nine sisters , a requisition was that at the , once invitation got up , inviting has been Mr most . Osborn cordiall e to stand acceded . We to believe but Mr . Osborne was so exceedingly energetic in y his own particular ; line last session that he has hitherto spent most of the recess in himsel recovering f for the from next the one effects whenever of his his gigantic health labours will permit ; priming by a close and fatiguing study , of Joe Miller . It is understood , , howeverthat he will soon visit the new marine constituency . Meanwhile , a feeling has been growing up among the more thoug Mr . Bernal htful and Osborne intelli has gent very portion great of claims the electors upon their that , favour though , hi still ghly they distinguished have a right than to look himself for . a In representative accordance even with more this view Mr . Buckstone , they tried to of discover the Theatre if there Royal was any Hay chance market of to inducing canvass the constituency , . Much to their gratification , , that , gentleman ixauv / i wu ujf * xxx iihwixcvixu

    ctt Ullv * w CAUicasCU XlllllOV-xx xxx ^ ixxjf uxxvv . m , j . accompanied the deputation on their return from the metropolis to the islands . Yesterday , he addressed the electors for the first timeand created a most favourable impression . He was dressed in , the costume in which he has so often appeared , and with such immense success , before the British public—the costume worn by him in " Lend me Five Shillings . " He was received with shouts of laughter and applause , which became perfectl side of y his deafening nosethen when turned he first his app back lied his forefinger the audience to the lifted up his cloak , , and exposed a considerable upon rent in , his tall coat . The roars of hilarity and approbation produced what subside by d this he classical winked piece several of times humour to having the electors someand then commenced , speaking . Would anybody lend him , five shillings % Would this person lend it ? Would that person lend it ? He assured them he had spent far more on his railway fare than five shillings , and the deputation had never offered to pay it for him . Now , considering—if he was oug anything ht to be of remarkably a scholar— well that off the for inhabitants tin —( laughter of the )—he Cassiterides thought it was rather shabby . ( Cheers and laughter . ) However , he would throw a pall —( the way in which the honourable gentleman pronounced " pall" threw the entire audience into convulsions they of laug would hter)— not he lend would him throw five shillings a pall over , would these they horrors send . him But to if Parliament ? He should feel thoroughly at home there . In factit was the very stage whose boards he had long been burning , to tread . Was it not the very home of comedy ? Some peop its most le said popular of farce leader ; but in that modern he repudiated times ? Who . Who but had a jaunty been where Viscount was , the a joke most , however finished poor light , so comedian quickly and of the warml day y ? appre No - - to ciated laughter as in in the church House and of Commons if anybody . Peop made le a were small easil jocular y move ob d - servation in court , partic , ularly if it happened to be the judge that cachinnatory House made of Commons it , assemblies everybody . He felt in would the bound p world ledge to , himself l commend augh . to But him keep of all to it in the the a continual roar . It might be objected that his engagements at it the was theatre already would his interfere habit to sup with after his Parliamentary his performances duties , and ; but he could always in future sup at the House . He believed a good deal of heavy political business was done in the tea-room , and

    h e promised to frequent it faithfully . He should have several for Opportunities the present of again he would addressing say nothing them —( of ch his eers political )—and therefore opinions . , But he could , not resist at once avowing his adherence to the cause of female suffrage . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He hoped soon to see women members of Parliament . He should much like to have a lovely woman for his colleague —( laughter)—only ferre the Scill d y Islands it . But had he most should unjustl be del y had ihted but to one share member his con seat - with any upon woman under forty , and give g her a fair half of it . Wouldn ' t it be comfortable ? ( Here he punched his proposer in known the occasion ribs to , and sending produce accompanied the laug audience hter the . It ge off sture succeeded into with fits the admirabl of chuckle laughter y on so . ) well this He would was of the not forty say , no islands . more But as . at he He present was was accustomed , told for he that intended locomotion to paddle to visit his among own every canoe them one . —( But laug would hter easy )— nobod he did y lend not expect him five to experience shillings ? much ( Here difficulty he once . : : more made displayed and amid shrieks the rent of of laughter which and mention loud cl has app already ing of hands been " retired , from the platform . ) The return of the honourable gentleman is considered cer-; tain . Mr . Bernal Osborne has been telegraphed to , to the effect that it would now be no use coming down to the Scilly Islands . Had Mr . Buckstone refused to stand , he might have had a chance ; but against so formidable an opponent it would be : impossible even for him to make head .

    : An Imperial Wag.

    : AN IMPERIAL WAG .

    The Long-Threatened Chinese Ambassador T...

    The long-threatened Chinese Ambassador to this country making has at the at Grosvenor length a fuss arrived over Hotel * and Oriental . , We with Eng di his gnitaries lishmen suite , is when comfortabl are rather they y visit installed given our to shores . We mobbed the Japanese mission to our heart ' s conhad tent , to and be it detached was only on the the other special day duty that of a preventing couple of policemen the Abyspieces sinian when Prince his , " Hi I- g h hness ave-seen took -the a - walk world on , " R from yde p bein ier . g torn in Curiosity may therefore be aroused by the description of our Chinese visitors . The chief ambassador is Poo-au-cheu Chinchi-choong-jeu-tacheu , the first secretary is called Boo-choonaw consists , and the of associate second secretary ministers ' s name student is interpreters Dee-chang " . and The a suite ssistant secretaries in abundance . , We have certainly never , before received an ambassador from the East on such a large scale . eccentric deemed Hitherto s uf tastes at ficient the , and t most o cons of , ha t re itute lf p - orted a- an dozen Orien eccentriq . flat tal -nosed mission habits individuals , ; have but sur been e of ly a couple of palaces would scarcely be large enough to contain the number of great men of the celestial empire which the Emperor of China has accredited to the Court of St . James's . What a fine chance for the Crystal Palace Company ! People are already asking for what day the directors have engaged the Chinese ambassadors , and whether five shillings will be charged for admission or if the date fixed will be a shilling Monday , with a disp We much of fireworks regret to say thrown that the . British sightseer is doomed to disappointment . Evidently the Emperor of China , some day Gallery or other of Illustration , either in disguise in Waterloo or by p deputy lacefor , has he visited has most the shamlessl Chow Hi y which adapted a very a gre amusing at run under musica Mr l farce . German , called Reed Ching ' s what management it was , about not . ver The y long scene ago is . laid Everybody in China , will at the remember Court of a native Prince , and it appears at last that all the charactersinto Prince their , Prime places Minister by circumstances , hero , and which heroine they —are have English been unable driven to out control . The , and Emperor it is only of China in the s last farce scene is that on rather they find a larger each other scale than To begi thi n s , with for the : it characters appears that in the the Ambassador play are more himself numerous , Poo- . hame au-cheu , an Chin American -chi-choong citizen -jeu , -tacheu who has is been a Mr . for Anson a short Burling time resident in China j the first secretary , Boo-choon-aw , is an Irishman , rejoicing in the name of Mr . J ohn M'Learry Brown , -

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 3, 1868, page 138, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03101868/page/2/