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    August 8, 1868.] THE TOMAHAWK. 51

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    MR. HEPWORTH DIXOIST IJST SEARCH OF A SEAT,

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    servility A PERSON , and publications wh...

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    AFTER DARK,

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    longed We had more been or less foolish ...

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    A THUMPING LEGACY.

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    dep P lore oor , has Rajah made Brooke a...

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    OBSER VA TIONS ON THE WE A THER.

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    The rank French have lost Plays their cl...

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    Notwithstanding The Attempt We Made The ...

    When And London England in no the more dust free is laid , ( Her very dividends unpaid ) , When Sinks countless deep bene foes ath about the se her a ; roar Annihilation near , Expiring " God bless nature our still Bombardier , shall snore ! , "

    of La somme Lanterne , we mig nd ht the be Court treated News to gush ? nanj ad infinitum y , their . gibbets Talk half are Roy - alty made a-crown from of a popular rosewood head , and enthusiasm compare stimulated d excited to b this y a . by two Heaven an -shilling admission preserve Crystal of Palace dinner I

    August 8, 1868.] The Tomahawk. 51

    August 8 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 51

    Mr. Hepworth Dixoist Ijst Search Of A Seat,

    MR . HEPWORTH DIXOIST IJST SEARCH OF A SEAT ,

    Servility A Person , And Publications Wh...

    servility A PERSON , and publications who , by dint bordering of irrepressible on the indecent effrontery , has , timel made y himself Mr . Hepworth known to Dixon the , indiscriminating has just been endeavouring curiosity of the to vul purchase gar as what calls itself " the richest borough in England , " by the sale of who himself mwe . are Having to instructed he has some as of editor his hangers of an -on utterl —of , sorry say , , y

    worthl worthless ess but but still still somewhat somewhat influential influential critical critical journal iournal , . no no small small number ceed from at the his electors disposal of — Mary to concoct lebone , a and letter inviting affecting him to to g pro ive - an by sion what account that he e e of has id his entl none princi y i . mag He ples ined , informs he would has these r be espo the electors nded profitable to in the buckram e confes nquiry - that he considers a member of Parliament a mere delegate of

    those who elect him ; one whose business it is to do simply what he views is told meet , and the —to approbation be paid handsomel of any constituency y for doing it he . shall If these be delighted to be their obedient and—N . B . —salaried servant . hood He adds suffrage that , , persbnally the ballot , , he and believes compulsory " very education strongly" ; in but man no - - body can say that we are uncharitable if we express our

    things opinion because that Mr he . H suspects epworth that Dix the on constituency affects to believe of Mary in lebone these much does . as In he any had case alread , however laid it , there down that could he be should no difficulty consider , inas him - - self boundto abandon y all these opinions if they ordered him . to attempt do h ¦ ^ p ^ ^^ so p ibv ^ — m H ^ r ^ r and is ^ v " ^ pr , made ^ Pf ^ gave ^^ p ^^ ^ tf ^ B ^ pT to ^ P him ^¦ P' cloak ^ i ^^ p ) ^ PP 1 ^ money w ^ p ^^^^ this ^ p ^»^^ " ^» ^^» for gross pr ^ i ^^ ¦ ^^ comp ^^^ venality - ^ w — ^— lying ^ - ^^^^^ - ^ j . by w ^ ^ m To an ™ ™ — - ^ cap ignorant ^—^ p ^ K «^^ v ^ it — ^ ^ all »^™ - ^ v pre v , ^^ ^ an b ' ^ pw

    practice tence that of it the is Eng in strict lish Constitution conformity with . Mr the . Dixon theory must and have ancient forview gotten astounding iox the his terrible impudence Personal dressing History to attemp he once of Lord t to got write Bacon from . the ^ The which Edinburgh nasty he had doings Re the - , real not be or beyond imaginary the , tether of Mormons of his mind and Spiritualists ; but for such , may a one possibl as he y — . to ^ ^~ prate w ^ <^ ^ p ^ ^ ^^ r ^ about * w p ^ p * ^ p * ^ 0 m ^ p Bacon p ¦»^ p' p ^ pjf ^ pt ^ pf a ^ or ^ pp' the ^ p »^ ^ pp f Eng wm ^—^ p ^ j ^ lish ^ ^^^ ^^ Constitution ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ , M is ^^ as ^^ though ^^ " ^ ^ p ^ ^* w j < pa ¦ " .

    a greengrocer A few days later were , to Mr g . ive John us Stuart a discours Mill e addressed on botany . the electors the of Westminster occasionthat , and he must we are have led seen to think or heard from of what Mr . he Hepworth said on gave Dixon expression ' s bold , bid to for sentiments a metropolitan which constituency are a direct . At and any comp rate lete he hoped condemnation that the of electors that adventurous would be wi individual ser than ' s to policy choose . Mr men . Mill of whom they had no opinion , whom they dared not trust to would examine ^•'" - 'W mm ******^ ¦¦ or vr- % think W 4 £ * X « W for AWJ _ . themselves ^ MVAl 'wW-v r V pj 0 , j Mr and * . * . *** whom rrA * v *** y , therefore it * »*¦*¦> w * VJ \ 0 j , they \> ± s . y * j

    do exactly send to as the they House were with bidden tied . hands For , his under part the * he promise was not to who ashamed could to tell say him that what he desired ought to to be be done represented , instead by of him somebody telling the his representative Constitutionand . This likewise is Mr his . John particular Stuart practice Mill's theory of it . of It would be strange , indeed if that high-minded and illustrious if imaginable sometimes crotchetty department gentleman of life , were ' s theory not in flat and contradiction practice , in every with those of Mr . Hepworth Dixon . Still , unhappily it will be equally which strange has if , " led in these the last ignorant days , the to suppose dregs of time that , " the the author effrontery of Spiritual Radical borough Wives is to a buy literary him even man , at should his own not fi lead gure some and send rich

    Servility A Person , And Publications Wh...

    hi that m into this Parliament ambitious . frog We would almost then hope be it so will inflated ; for we with believe his already grotesque sense of his own importance that , like his get prototype rid of him in the for fable ever . , he would " bust up , " and we should so

    After Dark,

    AFTER DARK ,

    Longed We Had More Been Or Less Foolish ...

    longed We had more been or less foolish to its enoug author h , to Mr imagine . Wilkie th Collins at this , who title used beit some years ago for a collection of his tales from Household we Words see if that we remember riinal man ri u g factur htly . er " Mr After . Dion Dark Boucicault ! " And an yet - nouncing a drama g ( original , of course , ) of his own under , this heading .

    take Perhap the words s Mr . for Collins his own has use allowed but the has dramatic the French brigand author to also given Mr . Boucicault the right ; to produce his piece again without Foul Play some ackn al ow ready ledgm bee en n e xposed the par by e ntag o e f ? the magazines , vmtAV and > n **^ o » w V « we v w ^^ * are mr m ^ pr t v o ^ p » have **^ 4 * w ^ pt anothe »^*»* ^^ v «* ^^^ r ori ^« a dt g ^^ inal « fc a ^ fcpg ^ dra ^ p * pfc w m p ^^ w a ^ r fro ** ^^ m a a a the « p & 4 » - ^ p » han ^* »& a d ^^^

    p of iece the to tran be slator 1 A translation Le Portefeuille of Paris Rouge qui . dort "What or is Paris the new qui s'dveille Apropos , or a of Foul amalgamatio Play , it n of n the ot two generall ? We y kn shall own see that . one translation est at the of Gr the ecian same Theatre piece so was me four brought out back by called Geo . Con The - qu years

    Rescue on the Raftand another at the Sentitled The Fight with Fate . ^ urrey , This must be of some interest to publishers who may be entrapped Boucicault ?) into for giving sensational enormous works sums of ( say undoubtedl ^" 45 , y , eh ori . ' gi Mr nal . brains minds . acquainted with the market value of other people ' s

    A Thumping Legacy.

    A THUMPING LEGACY .

    Dep P Lore Oor , Has Rajah Made Brooke A...

    dep P lore oor has Rajah made Brooke a bequest , whose which death promises we have to latel be almost y had as to unacceptable dated April , 1867 a legacy , Sir James as the Bro Moonstone oke devised itself his . soverei By his gnty will of , mal Sarawak e of his to his body nep ; hew and , , in Charles default Johnson of issue Brooke , the Rajah , and the devised heirs his her said heirs soverei and assi gnty gns unto for ever Her ; Majesty and the the Rajah Queen appointed of England Miss , Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts , Mr . Thomas Fairbairn , and

    Mr Mr . . Joh Toh aforesaid n n Ab Abel el Smith Smith carried , . M M into .. P P .., . effect trustees trustees . of of his his will will , , to to see see the the pur nur--poses The responsibility imposed on the executors is rather heavier than a lady and a couple of quietly-disposed gentlemen can be throne expected of tacitl his ancestor y to accept supposing . To place his young subjects Mr . offered B ^ oke any on the rethe sistance Abyssinian , would campaign be an undertaking would be , dwarfed in comparison into insignificance with which . To cal WV l on Miss Burdett «« p ^» Coutts to outrival Lord ¦»— - Napier pf of

    Magdala pBfe ^ ppr ^ T * ¦¦¦ ' ^ P is ^^ P rather ^ " ^ p" *• " *^ *^ an ^» w ^ unreasonable ^ w ^ p ^ " » ^ " ^ p ^ " ^* - ""^ » ^ ^» ^ ^^ demand ^ p » ^» w ^* " ^» » ¦ , however ^ ^^ " ^»^ ^— » high w v m ^ ^ ^ " the ^^ —• plishments late Rajah ' s may opinion have of been that ; excellent Besides , lady a private ' s talents war mi and ght accom prove - even a more expensive luxury than a Chancery suit ; and Sir J so ames out ' s of residuary pocket b legatee y the transaction might find . himself a dozen millions or

    Obser Va Tions On The We A Ther.

    OBSER VA TIONS ON THE WE A THER .

    The Rank French Have Lost Plays Their Cl...

    The rank French have lost Plays their closed evening . — occupation Several personages . of exalted Cremorne attending Crystal Palace open . The . — will Lord cabman attend Nap from ier who prevented 9 took till 11 his , by Lordshi the heat p to from the Theatres open every night for Ventilation . — - ^ w ^^ P « <¦ Pk « pp ¦

    Gallery . within of . Illustration . —Supposed . to _ be cool . Inquire Alhambra . —An Ice Ballet—Real Soda-water Cataracts . Londoners can ' t , going who out can of afford their mind it , going . out of town . Those who Evening tlemen . Dress —Abyssinian . —For . ladies For . — policemen Neck or . — nothing Muslin . . For gen-

• Citation
  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 8, 1868, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_08081868/page/3/