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    • MILITA R Y MAJSTCE WRING.
    • A GREAT MAN IN A LITTLE WA Y.
    • TELEGRAPHIC DRIVELS.
    • VERY PERSONAL SECURITY.
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      There Is Nothing- Crueller Than Libel. T...

      words and infamous lies ? When years ago we welcomed a young Princess to our shores , we were full of our love and good wishe-s . We called her ( regardless-of her German parentage ) the " Dane King ' s daughter , " we hailed her as a hright jewel , a good omen . We shouted nonsense by the yard and twaddle by the furlong . Since her residence in this country , this young Princess ' s life has been as spotless as driven snow . Not a murmur of reproach has ever been coupled with her name ; she is as popular as she is good , as good as she is beautiful . And yet in . spite of her blameless life , in spite of all the kindness she has shown to our poor , all the courtesy she has given to our rich , we sneer and lie about one whose life is entwined with hers ! Mind—lie ! If there were any truth in the scandalous stories there might be some excuse in branding the guilty one as a libertine , in spite of everything . But when we know the stories to be lies , to be based upon prurient fancies , and to be uttered by poisonous tongues , then , indeed , is our conduct contemptiblethen , indeed , is our manhood our curse , our chivalry a soundmeaning nothing ! In conclusion , we cannot help expressing our gratification at seeing the slanderer brought to justice , the libeller at last meeting his proper punishment . The Prince of Wales may not be a milk-sop or a Saint , but he is the Heir Apparent to our Throne , the son of our Queen , and the husband of Alexandra . As such his honour should be as precious to us as our own .

      176 The Tom Ah A Wk. \May 7, 1870.

      176 THE TOM AH A WK . \ May 7 , 1870 .

      Milita R Y Majstce Wring.

      MILITA R Y MAJSTCE WRING .

      Throug Although H The House Mr. Cardwell...

      throug Although h the House Mr . Cardwell of Commons has got the his Press War —which Office in Bill the safel first y instance were high in praise of , the measure—are now almost unanimous in condemning it . Both the Times and the Standard think it unadvisable that the Financial War Secretary—one of the new officers which the Bill creates—should be in the House the of Commons assumption , and that the the objection Financial is based Secretary , not unreasonabl should know y , the on details of the business of the department he controls , a knowledge which a non-permanent officer can never be expected to cating acquire the ; while creation the Standard of new p , laces of course at the , goes top of further the War in O depre ffice - while literated clerks at the are bottom being . reduced To do , Mr pensioned . Cardwell , and justice otherwise let us aver ob- , at once that this latter attack of the enemy cannot , in the least degree be supported . The Clerk of the Ordnance , with his , salary not £ 2 , 000 onl of ; ; and £ 1 lace , 500 the , the will Financial War absorb Lord the Secretary of Controller the with -in , £ - 1 C , who 500 hief a has with year £ his 1 , will 000 of a year and y rep nothing to dobut another Treasury £ 1500 , a yearbeing ,, the salary of the Assistant , Under-Secretary ,, of State , who has able recentl , and y been thus transfe in the rre aggregate d to the the Office new of arrangement Works , is , also instead avail of - creating additional expense , will actually result in a , saving of . £ 1 , 500 a year . Let us hope that the efficiency of the new rrgimc will be as decided as the economy of the scheme is inconwho trovertible is quite . Mr equal . Cardwell to the is task certainl even y of an reorganizing able administrator 1 the War , take Office any , but special on the other interest hand in , military he cannot affairs possibl and y be he expected therefore to must necessarily be very much in the hands , of his under , -secre- , tary for the , Lord wrong Northbrook -headedncss , whose he disp honesty lays in of his purpose conduct does of not the atone War Office business . Whether or not Mr . Cardwell will effect an immediate and successful reorganisation of the Military Departments or we fails now in soon the shall task know he has ; but pledged in any himself case , whether to perform he succeeds we shall certainly be nearer to a settlement of the question of , an efficient Military administration , for confusion reigns supreme at tory the present to reorganisation time in Pal , is l now Mall at . its The hci disorganisation ghth ; and if the , prep present ara-Government does not succeed in putting the machine into working order another must , or our whole Military system must come to a standstill . We wish Mr . Cardwell every successfor * ve would sooner that he , rather than any other statesman , .

      Throug Although H The House Mr. Cardwell...

      should earn the laurels of Military Reform ; but if he would succeed he must get free of the fetters which his underlings impose Military upon difficulties him , and that act for a Secretary himself . of It is State one among for War the is many supposed never to be in office for a sufficiently long time to acquire a thorough knowledge of army matters ; but surely Mr . Cardwell can consider his position sufficiently permanent to think it worth while to get up his subject . If he does this we shall have no fear of the War Office Bill having a bad effect in putting men in positions of trust who cannot possibly be in a position to redeem it . The present Secretary of State for War is a host in himself if he chooses to assume the character ; and if his subordinates work tender him , as constitutionally they should , there can be no fear of a breakdown of our new Military system .

      A Great Man In A Little Wa Y.

      A GREAT MAN IN A LITTLE WA Y .

      Although Lord Willoughby D'Eresby Is Her...

      Although Lord Willoughby d'Eresby is Hereditary Grand thing Chamberlain whatever of to Eng do . lan As d , it he has holds just one transp of" ired the that great he offices has no of - nected State , one with would the position suppose ; that but from there a would communication be some duties which con has - just been made semi-ofHcially to the papers , it would appear which that the is duties the licensing appertaining of plays to , the are p Grand erformed Chamberlain by the Lord , amongst Chamberlain , who is apparently anxious to let it be understood that between himself and Lord Willoughby d'Eresby there is not even or an even official for connection morals generall . Perhaps y , it for is luck the sake y that of Lord dramatic Willoug morals hby , enli d'Eresb ghtened y ' s great age of office retrenchment of State transacts and reform no it business might almost . In this be open to question whether the office of Hereditary Grand Chamberlain of" England might not be suppressed now that it carries neither usefulness nor dignity with it .

      Telegraphic Drivels.

      TELEGRAPHIC DRIVELS .

      Now That We Have Got A Direct Telegraphi...

      Now that we have got a direct telegraphic line to India we do not seem to make any very good use of it . At all events , not as regards the communication of news of public interest . In a vast country as India is , full of vitality and action , it almost follows that there must be some daily item of intelligence worth communicating to the English newspapers—but after a silence of several days the papers of the 27 th ultimo published only the following telegram : — " Calcutta , April 26 ( Evening ) . Eng " Sir land Barnes , in the steamer Peacock this , late evening Chief . " Justice of Calcutta , left for If this is a specimen of the information the Indo-European Telegraph Cable is going to supply us with it had better direct its energies to the conveyance of private messages only . We have never heard of Sir Barnes Peacock before , and his movements at being are forced of no to possible read his interest name to ( comicall us . We y suggestive protest , therefore though , minent it is ) for columns while telegrams of our contemporaries appear in large we have type , no and choice in the but pro to - swallow " Latest Intelligence" of any and , every description . If telegraphic companies will inflict us with rubbish from the Antipodes it would be better for newspaper editors to set apart a certain quantity of space for their reception . Readers will then be able to steer clear of these obtrusive trivialities .

      Very Personal Security.

      VERY PERSONAL SECURITY .

      Stock A Japanese Exchange. Loan Accustom...

      Stock A Japanese Exchange . Loan Accustomed must needs as our be city an originality men must on be , the to deal in the Bonds of Governments , who pay well , badly , and inc differentl ommon in as lending the case money may to a peop there le whose is something code of out honour of the is sadly uncommercial . If the dividends are not forthcoming at J the apanese proper officials dates , entrusted what will with it avail the duty the bondholders of providing for that their the payment and yet such , disembowel a proceeding themselves should , befo according re our to agents the Japanese in Japan , , be accepted by their creditors as an ample equivalent for a dividend of nine per cent , per annum . If it is true that the

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 7, 1870, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07051870/page/4/