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      2o2 Thb Tom Aha Wk. Way 8, 1869.

      2 O 2 THB TOM AHA WK . Way 8 , 1869 .

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      London, Ma Y 8, 1869.

      LONDON , MA Y 8 , 1869 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      Who Says That The Press Is Not In A Flou...

      Who says that the press is not in a flourishing condition ? Why , there is not a theatre in London that has not started its own evening paper , and with some the circulation has been enormous !

      Lord Albert Clinton Has Passed The Bankr...

      Lord Albert Clinton has passed the Bankruptcy Court . He owes a great deal to the Judge for giving him the best advice he ever received , and instructing him gratis on a subject of which he seems to have been lamentably ignorant , viz ., common honesty .

      Wiltshire, The Much Injured Gentleman, C...

      Wiltshire , the much injured gentleman , convicted of rape , murder , and a violent attack on his gaoler , has had his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life . He has not yet been employed at the Customs or in the Savings' Banks Department of the Post Office , so that probably his sentence will be [ virtually a dead letter . No doubt , such an exemplary character will soon be at large again , and perhaps his cool and philosophical temperament might be employed to advantage in furthering those measures of retrenchment which the Government has so vigorously inaugurated . It wants a man rather above the ordinary weaknesses of human nature to superintend such scenes as take place at Woolwich almost daily . Mr . Bruce is welcome to the suggestion .

      In Some Articles Which We Once Published...

      In some articles which we once published concerning servants , we laid great stress upon the difficulty of obtaining truthful characters from employers , also upon the want of any organisation to keep girls in quest of places from evil temptations . An institution seems to have been recently established in Aldersgate Street , under the title of the London General Domestic , Commercial , and Educational Institution , which , if properly managed , may do a great deal of good in this respect . We hope that the managers may succeed in establishing a central depot in London for servants , where both the employers and the employed may be certain of meeting with fair honest treatment , and where a course of conduct shall be consistently followed which may secure goad trustworthy servants to those in quest of them , and to the servants themselves some protection from the numerous hardships and annoyances to which they are now exposed . Nothing can be worse than the small registry offices for servants established in various parts of London : they perpetuate a thoroughly bad class of servants , and discourage , if indeed they do not in a great measure prevent , any candid and fair dealing between one employer and another .

      Cork Is An Unfortunate City. It Possesse...

      Cork is an unfortunate city . It possesses in its Mayor a very disagreeable specimen of the lunatic " at large , " for whose benefit Mr . Gladstone hopes to provide suitable retreats from the funds of the condemned church . This vulgar blatant snob , by name O'Sullivan , who fancies that by making himself offensive he becomes of importance , has been delivered of a speech at a banquet to two released convicts , quite worthy of the speaker and of the guests whom he had come to honour . We do not enter into the particulars of this disgusting exhibi-

      Cork Is An Unfortunate City. It Possesse...

      tion from the same motives of discretion which prevents us describing at length , or at breadth , one of those inhabitants of old houses , which make themselves felt if they are not heard . Such vermin are generally disposed of with speechless disgust . But should this O'Sullivan fail to qualify himself for a lunatic hospital , we hope that he may find a congenial home with garotters . It would add to the punishment of the garotters , and might be taken into consideration in their sentences . But a sound flogging would make a cur like this yelp some attempt at decency . We daresay he would sing God save the Queen to an accompaniment of the cat-o ' -nine tails . Such loyalty would be quite as valuable and effective as his coarse and impudent treason .

      What On Earth Has The Prince Of Wales Do...

      What on earth has the Prince of Wales done to be so Mused by all his friends ? The Government promise to produce certain papers , and then decline to do so on the ground that they contain a statement that the Fenians did not care about shooting the Prince of Wales " because he was certain to disgrace royalty . " It seems rather hard that a young man who has done his best to be kind and courteous in the position into which he has been forced , should be execrated as a second George the Fourth without having any of the pleasure and jovial company which that perfect gentleman enjoyed . We would suggest something , which , as it is founded on good sense and a love of truth , is certain not to be adopted . The Prince of Wales is by right , and courtesy , the first gentleman in the land . His name is being brought into very bad odour . Let a committee of gentlemen from the principal clubs investigate the charges bandied about by idle gossips against the Prince—privately , of course—and trace them to their source ; then let those who repeat or circulate such false charges , if proved to be false , be expelled from every club , and from all decent society . This would soon put an end to such scandal , and would be a gratifying proof of that loyalty to the reigning house which all gentlemen of England profess to feel so deeply .

      The Number Of Assassinations In, Ireland...

      The number of assassinations in , Ireland is daily increasing . It appears that nine organised murders have been committed in Tipperary , and in not one of these ' nine cases has the murderer been brought to justice . Yet we know that the majority of the people of Ireland are virtuous , loyal , and that they decidedly disapprove of these crimes . In fact , they have shown so in the latest case by subscribing a large sum as a reward for the apprehension of the murderer . How is it , then , that with this strong feeling in favour of the law , that the criminal in these cases is scarcely ever brought to justice ? There is not the slightest sign of any action on the part of the Government in this matter . They decline to provide any protection for the lives of the landowners because they maintain that it is not needed . Ireland is quiet ; its people are gentle and affectionate ; the police are sufficiently numerous and effective ; and yet men are shot down in broad daylight and the assassins can never be detected , much less punished . Is it not an irresistible conclusion from these facts that we are quite unable to govern Ireland—to make the law of any real use for the protection of life or property , or for the detection of crime ? Had we not better at once , gracefully and spontaneously , surrender a charge which causes us constant anxiety , and which we are utterly incompetent to fulfil 1 We venture to prophecy that the abolition of the Union is not far off ; but we would have England , and not Ireland , take the initiative . When the Irish have got Land Laws of their own ingenious and generous construction , these outrages will disappear , and the material progress of Ireland will be rapid and lasting .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 8, 1869, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_08051869/page/6/