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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 6th February 1869, Edition 1 of 1, Page 56, LONDON, FEBRUARY 6, 1869.

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    • LONDON, FEBRUARY 6, 1869.
    • POLICE VERY EXTRAORDINARY.
    • A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN
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      56 Thm Tomaha Wk. {February 6, 1869.

      56 THM TOMAHA WK . { February 6 , 1869 .

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      London, February 6, 1869.

      LONDON , FEBRUARY 6 , 1869 .

      The Wbek. A Curious Rumour Prevails In T...

      THE WBEK . A CURIOUS rumour prevails in the city that Mr . E . W . Edwards , of Overend and Gurney fame , is the original of that whimsical character in Offenbach's Orphe ' e , John Styx , the being who drowned his care in draughts of Lethe . The regal salary which Mr . Edwards received for dojng comparatively nothing seems to give an air of credibility to the rumour . ,

      The beautiful spectacle has been lately witnessed of that enlightened and gentle Christian Dean Close in a fury . The cause of his pious wrath is the protest published by the Rev . A . H . Mackonochie against the judgment of the Privy Council . The Dean of Temperance says that it is " a criminal document , "

      couched in language ot intolerable arrogance and indecencythere are in it words " which every good man must blush to read . " Good men ' s cheeks would burn away if they were to blush at all the shameful things which the clergy speak and write . Even Saint Close once said that he would rather " have his right hand burnt off in the fire" than hold it out to his fellow Christians of the Roman and Greek Church . Let the Apostle of Teetotalism attend to his duties—there are plenty of wicked laymen about who have nothing better to do than abuse one another . It is unnecessary to call in the priest for such a task .

      Police Very Extraordinary.

      POLICE VERY EXTRAORDINARY .

      Yesterday The Examination Into The Charg...

      Yesterday the examination into the charge preferred against the crowded gether several to court attack prisoners . The , rob now greatest , & c in , & custody excitement c , & c , was having prevailed concluded consp during before ired the to a - interval that preceded the delivery of the judgment . Thf . Maotrtratf . . arlrlressinor the defendantssaid : —Tohn

      Knobbs , Thomas Filcher , Jem Spriggins , and , Bill Hulks , having answer heard to the the charge evidence ? , do you wish to say anything in Mr . able John and Knobbs really very then painful rising emotion , and speaking , said : — with Your consider worship - , and it ' s just as a this parcel . Me of and English my pals gentlemen here didn without ' t mean a no stain harm on , our in a characters trying position —that . ' s Howemsoever to say , afore , this I — leave I think s my s hono we are ur

      becoming in the hands in of one my who country is as , and mild looks as a to lamb a British , and jury as , inno as is - Mr . cent Thomas , bless Filcher you , as , th who e babe spoke unborn with no . hesitatio { Some cheers n whatever . ) , cracked said : —I a have crib a or few two words , and to emptied say , and a it pocket ' s the — se . well If , I what have ' s the case ' ar ? m I ? ' What as honest ' s the a use man of as lugg you ing r worship about the himsel facts f of , and the

      feels I ' ve no stain on my character . There , put that into your ( Supp worship ressed cheers ' s pipe ?) , if you ' ve got one , and smoke it . Mr . your Jem vurshi Spriggins p . ( the then prisoner ros-e . here He said burst : — into My dignified lord—I means tears ) . I didn ' t do itj and I ' m . a gentleman . You ask them as knows Mr . me your Bill . v It urshi Hulks ain p ' . m , { who Great fault appeared applause it ' s blown . ) very . And energetic that's my and defence excited ,

      Yesterday The Examination Into The Charg...

      you then addressed , to" bring the bench up a . smash He sai of d regular : —You ' re tip a pretty London cove , like swells a , par like cel * ! me of , and infants my ! friends What here do , mean to exp by lain it , business you old the vagabond head of ? that I'd old like bloke to chump with the you white r head hair off , as . has Likewise been a badgering of us , I trusts to the honour of my country , CA . aav

      CVXXVfc 1 J . UW r *»*^* -1 ' * * ** WA W Xl-klJLX ^ aMPJL * WJL'W « «> 9 IT . **•»**»* There hitherto , that conc ' s one ealed for , at you the . head ( Immens of the e cheering worthy . ) magistrate ) . The court was then cleared , and the prisoners removed to forthcomin Newgate , bail . being refused , as .. the required sureties were not g

      A Dream Of Fair Women

      A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN

      I Read Some , Book Before About I Fell O...

      I read Some , book before about I fell old into Fashions a doze , —curious tales

      Of byegone hoops , fancies and fardingales —kirtles , — -nose—Of mediaeval milliners , Vhose taste Of Preluded how they our moulded vile fashions the ancestral of to-day waist — With steel-bound taffeta—Of Of powdered Hamlets heroes strutting of in the their later full days court — suits—Slouch All belt -hatted and villains bucket-boots of transpontine . plays ,

      So Of shape chased tradesmen shape bluster ( as swiftl at the as , door when knocks Turg Boils id angry with over envelopes on the floor my ) , letter box , Till Fancy , running riot in my brain , And Elbowed opened the in my Past dream from , out distinct the Present and plain ' s , way ; A vision of to-day . Methought Yet sadly that pensive I was in on the what motley ' s called throng " , a spree , " Where Of idiotic thrills so through ng : clouds of smoke the melody

      Where Youth with tipsy rapture drowns in beer But All , to Common the shapely Sense limbs , votes and Decency sensuous a bore leer , , Yells out a loud " encore . " Then A form flashed to make before the me boldest in the gas hold -lights his breath * glare She Play , who s pitch , by reckl and ess toss leap with ings Death in mid . air , , Shame Sensation on the in the chance crowds of brok en necks y know !

      oname on me manuness ; cravu To such a scorn of sex ! I saw that now , since License holds such sway , And The that com he ic r sister use h may er false not position gain the feels day , , Has , taken to her heels . And Where then Dulness methoug hides ht I stood behind in the fairy mask bowers of , Fun ,

      VV UC nd lC lime LLll'lU -li ght CblAS is * - the » Ub \« sun * l . —JLl & ; WVCVI . \ JL \ f 1 \ JM . UUnblS ) Where Art groans under an unseemly ban , And airy nothings pass for full attire , The And Stage th' only appe blu als sh but Red to the Fire ba ! ser man , Th en st ght arting mare ? aw No oke ! the m truth my ni came ghtmare clear . to me . I'd And dream stei ed n the reality truth . , —bare facts ( O much too bare !)

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 6, 1869, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06021869/page/4/