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    • CRIMEAN IMPRO VEMENTS.
    • CLERKDOM AT A DISCOUNT.
    • THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES.
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      We Have Really The Best Reasons For Bein...

      Judge ' s enthusiastic respect . Those who have read the loathsome details of the Mordaunt Divorce case will scarcely believe that there are ladies in London so pure , so modest , that they actually put in an appearance in a crowded Hall of Justice . We call them pure and modest , because no lady whose mind was not above understanding the filth poured unctuously into the well of the Court would have been present at such a scene . We are bound ( for we learn that the ladies in question belong to the aristocracy ) to take it for granted that they are as white as driven snow—as virkuous as angels . But , pshaw ! the irony is distasteful to us , and we must speak out . Whatever may be thought of the enthusiastic respect of Lord Penzance—who is one of the best of our lawyers , and the fairest of our judges—there can be no two opinions about the conduct of those brazen hussies who thronged the Divorce Court on the occasion of the Mordaunt Trial . When the Argyll Rooms , Cremorneand the Haymarket are open to themthey have no ! , , right to intrude their loathsome presence upon our Halls of Justice . If the adultery they practise at home is not sufficient , let them promenade the streets while their husbands are away at the " House , " or in the country . But for Heaven ' s sake , let them keep their berouged cheeks and dyed hair from the Courts of Law . It is a dreadful disgrace to find their names figuring in the pages of the "Court Guide" and the "Peerage "—it is an intolerable nuisance to discover their brazen painted faces leering and gloating in Westminster Hall ! Hide your sin , J ezebel !

      86 The To At Ah A Wk. [March 5, 1870.

      86 THE TO AT AH A WK . [ March 5 , 1870 .

      Crimean Impro Vements.

      CRIMEAN IMPRO VEMENTS .

      What Is The Use Of Treaties ? If Our Mem...

      What is the use of Treaties ? If our memory does not bepeace tray us at , we the are conclusion under the of impression the Russian that war amongst it was the expressl terms for y stipulated that Sebastopol should not again be fortified ; but the Eastern Budget proclaims that the whole of the works have koff now are been in comp the letel most y restored satisfactory , and working that the order Redan . We and do Mala not - pretend to say that we think this refortification of any vast importance , for there is 110 immediate fear of another Russian war , and even if there were , it would probably be deemed advisable in another invasion to try a fresh place , and leave Sebastopol to its own devices ; but , nevertheless , a bargain is a bargain Russian , scri and p is should still at be a adhered good premium to . At all in events England , as , we the sup new - pose that the two countries understand one another .

      Clerkdom At A Discount.

      CLERKDOM AT A DISCOUNT .

      If We May Believe The Pall Mall Gazette\...

      If we may believe the Pall Mall Gazette \—and why should we not ?—the Foreign Office Agencies are not only to be forthwith the emoluments abolished , but are those to receive who no perform compensation the duties whatever and pocket . We trust that our contemporary ' s statement may turn out to be well founded termination , for , of of the cours A e , this Sc is andal the onl . y We reasonable feared at and one proper time thoughthat the influence gency brought to bear on the Government , by Fore , ign Office clerks would result in securing a compromise . out As a that ma the tter fact of of stric certain t justice persons , it is having scarcel carried y necessary on an to point illicit trade successfully for a perio i of years , gives them no title to compensation when their malpractices are at last recognised and brought home to them . Indeed , the Foreign Office Agents should called upon consider to relinquish themselves the fortunate money they that have they improperl are not being y received . For ourselves , we have no wish to force matters to this stage ; but we do trust that it is true that all idea of compensation has been definitely abandoned . Compensation for what ? Not for services rendered to the State . By the way , this reminds us to inquire how far their agency business has interfered with the performance of departmental duty by the Foreign Office clerks . Let us hope that now these excellent gentlemen will be able to give their full attention and intelligence to despatch copying and such-like intellectual pastimes .

      The Roundabout Rambles.

      THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES .

      [Continued By Our Special Correspondent....

      [ continued by our special correspondent . ]

      Marseilles, Feb. 23, 1870. As I Closed M...

      Marseilles , Feb . 23 , 1870 . As I closed my last , you may remember I was about to ascend the ladder with the Indian chief round my waist , under my have great attention seen coat . there , It and was would I a think great be great I pity told I difficulty tried you the I was about thing beg it inning at , and all . that to I attract mi even ght on one of the penny steamboat piers in London there would have been obvious hazard . The result was what might have been expected . On the humourous remark we had settled on " tiens , qti ' il' est grosse , ce Moiinsier la J mats voyes vou e ' est le sea made air a " dash being at made my legs , the , below French the official knee . , with It appears a rolling that oath the , j ¦ a together chief little had gold " till kep lac I t e reached , on as the they bottom the say top of step of the a , when boat official ' he s crew ' s suddenl tro , wsers " pretty y detected . As well in the year ' 67 he sold five wives , two billion acres of arable land , American all his children speculator , a gold for mine a quarter , and of his a ri yard ght of to this the materi throne al to the an sight of it , unexpectedly , was too much for him . He imme , - diately put his head out . The fact is I had begun to fear something of the sort before I mounted the ladder , for I noticed a kind of discordant rumble , which I knew was the refrain to the cel onl ebrated y sing this hymn when to the at lunch great with African a life god guardsman , Jow . ^ As the , or Pok in great yai ' s trouble , I felt assured he was not at all comfortable . Indeed , some people near me evidently noticed the noise which I tried to and laugh something off , with rather allusions more to vague not about having the yet sound lost of my the sea eng legs ine , in one's ears . However , the moment the chief's head was seized left by the me Douanier with a tremendous , a very awkward yell and , scene leap followed clearing . Of twenty course -nine he , hotel touters , who followed him hotly with scouts of " Spiks Anglishe—yes Sarr— " to which he paid but indifferent attention . I tried to look as if there was nothing odd in the proceeding , and attempted a joke with the ticket collector , who only shook his head with a remark about " gentleme 7 i ought to leave such larks as them behind them in the Indies . '' He also wanted to know how he was to get the " other gent ' s " ticket . The French officials took a much more serious view of the matter not unreasonabl , associating y with the an act attempt , I admit to , now introduce I come Spanish to look repub at it - , licans into France . I was arrested on the spot , and all my p papers udding , , consisting a threatening of a let valentine ter from my a reci tailor pe ' s for solicitors an Egyptian , and a little work on the management of boa constrictors , were seized then and there , and I was marched off , which made the thing furious far more but serious sympathetic , surrounded mob , b singing y troops the , * and " Marseillaise in the midst ? Since I jotted down the above I have been through a sea of troubles , having had a narrow escape of a long imprisonment . attempt I found it to very smugg difficult le the to chief give on any shore rational and the exp Commissairc lanation of my of police refused to let me go till he had , telegraphed the whole of affair the other Paris eleven , and I received haven ' t the instructions faintest idea . What ; and has I have become just heard speed , wi that th the chief toute , rs after and running a mob at his over heels Marseilles , finally , givin at g full a terrific war-whoop , dashed through the window of a fashionable pastry with whippe -cook's d , cream and was , and last wearin seen g an on ice the -pail Boulevard as a hat . s , covered But my own proceedings on this eventful morning may interest you , I subjoin my notes , as they stand : — 10 a . m . p reliminar Just examined broug y unpleasantness ht and before my the coat , Com such and ? as nissaire waistcoat having . A m given fter y bo ot up good s tak deal en off of - tective department , , and their place supplied by an old light blue min silk ation dressin shall g-gown be , proceeded it has been with ultimatel at once y settled . The that Comrtiissazre my exainsists on questioning me in English , and as I am sure he is but unless an indifferent I wish seriousl English y scholar to jeopardise , I am sure my interests will be wiser to rep in ly me in , French . ,

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 5, 1870, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_05031870/page/4/