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      14 The Tomahawk. [January 9t Iz6 9 .

      14 THE TOMAHAWK . [ January 9 t iZ 6 9 .

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      Now Read y > Price 8 s ., VOL . III . of the " TOMAHAWK , " Beautifully Bound , Gilt Edges , Bevelled Boards , Order of any Bookseller ,

      Now Ready, Britannia For January, Priee ...

      Now Ready , BRITANNIA for January , Priee is .

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      \* Editor Correspondents On Any Consider...

      \* Editor Correspondents on any consideration are Informed whatever that . Contributions Contributors cannot should make possibly copies bo of returned their articles by the If the they ( Mr . Editor attach Heather . a ) ny L t etters o value ensure , to on them attention purely . All business . letters Envelopes on matters LITERARY containing , should ; solely matters be add Answers should ressed to be to Puzzles the addressed Publisher must be to after marked the " Thursday Puzale , " or evening no notice following will be the taken publication of their contents of the paper . Answers . cannot be received

      London, January 9 1869. ,

      LONDON , JANUARY 9 1869 . ,

      7 He Week.

      7 HE WEEK .

      "The Right Honourable John Bright Had Th...

      " The Right Honourable John Bright had the honour of dining with Her Majesty , " so says the Court Newsman of Friday last . Perhaps the great minister and his Sovereign were engaged in seeing the Old Year out and the New Year in . But the event belongs to the Old Year , and we may well wonder what greater phenomenon 1869 will bring forth .

      The Newspapers Are Still Making Capital ...

      The newspapers are still making capital out of poor Lord Hastings' monetary difficulties . Last week some books belonging to his estate were sold by auction somewhere in London , and every morning paper from the Times downwards inserted a paragraph the next morning headed " Sale of the Library of the Marquis of Hastings . " The press have already interfered too deeply in the private affairs of this unfortunate young nobleman . It is time now , in the interests of the commonest decency , to have done with the scandal .

      Who Is Dr. Thornton? At A Coroner's Inqu...

      Who is Dr . Thornton ? At a coroner ' s inquest in a case alluded to in our leading article , we see that the policeman deposed that he called in Dr . Thornton , and that he said " She is all right for removal . " A woman fished out with the drags from the Regent ' s canal nearly naked , and more nearly dead , was " all right for removal" in Dr . Thornton ' s eyes . Perhaps this great medical genius is a cynic , and meant , removal to another world . Let us hope so , though the jest was ill-timed ; it would be better than the Callous brutality which such an answer , if meant seriously , would betoken .

      The Lords Of The Treasury Have Issued An...

      THE Lords of the Treasury have issued an edict against bankrupt Civil Servants . For a man in the Treasury to be bankrupt is not easy ; for a clerk in the Customs not to be so is

      The Lords Of The Treasury Have Issued An...

      very loaves difficult and . fishes Would make not pecuniary a . little fairer embarrassment distribution less of com the - mon and dress among as , a the gentleman lower Civil " Servants on eighty ? poun It is ds difficult a-year in to 1869 live . But we all know that B $ r Majesty ' s Lords of the Treasury are themselves masters of the art of making a little money go a very long way—and not a little go further—in fact out of sight .

      Wan_Ted, A Commissioner.

      WAN _ TED , A COMMISSIONER .

      Pol The Itan Va Police Cancy Caused In T...

      pol The itan Police cancy caused in the Chief by the Commissionership deith of Sir Richard of the Mayne Metro- , which we all deplore —( a conscientious discharge of one ' s duty th co e mmands signal for respect a perfect though avalanche it mayjprovoke of applications criticism ) to , — the has Home given produce Secretary . all As the their bids name for the is legion post , which it is impra have been cticable received to rethose from all offers classes which of w the e ^ understand community . that We , Mr th . erefo Bruce re , onl has y appen put on d one side for further consideration .. Alderman claim on Sir the fa Robert ct of the Garden great . success — -Sir with Robert which bases he has his him administered on the bench the law of since the Mansion his commercial House . success He p placed ledges himself annihilation to the of the demol organ ition -grinding of orange interest girls . and the total ¦ . Mr . ma Beales n for the ,- M p . Ai lace — , This as his gentl long em connexion an thinks with himsel the f just Reform the the League manners has and affor customs ded him of a the considerable classes with knowled whom ge he of would have to deal . He also thinks that Government is concession bound to on do his ' something i part ¦ to be for satisfied him ¦ ' , and with that two it is thousand a great a-year . - . . . .: The his Marquis long service Townsend as an amateur . —His detective Lordship gives considers him aright that to receives the post an . assurance He does that not he want will any be salary let alone , provide . d he

      Captain dertake Cowper to make Coles the , force R . N . — really -Captain effective Coles by would arming unpiece every , which constable will with carry his a shell last of new 5 lbs invention ; weight , a upwards pocket of a mile and a half . His experience as an officer in the Roy guarantees al Navy , of and the his strictness unpopularity of the in discip that service line whi , are ch only Captain requires Coles fifteen would thousand maintain p in ounds the Police for the Force pat . ent He of the little invention above alluded to . Henry permit Cole himself , Es to q , be C . nominated B . —This gentleman as he hates is idleness willing , and to latterly he rather has fancies had a himself little leisure in a time cocked on his hat hands , which ; besides he unundress derstands uniform forms . a He part would of , the however Chief , require Commissioner that the ' s present responsible salary to nobody should be for doubled the performance , and that of he his should duties be . himself Should to he put succeed a proper to the control office oh , Mr the . Cole public , C press . B ., p . ledges Mr . ciently Polla well ky . — known This gentleman —( thanks to thinks the large that he sums is he now has suffi ex - - the pended confidence in sensational and respect advertisements of the community )—to entitle . He him would to undertake to conduct his business on reasonable terms . p Home ien Of t course of Secretary the it vacant is in impossible making appointment his to selection guess may who be will ; but the not fortunate no allow doubt himself reci the - to duty sion be abroad to influenced the public that by . Mr . There any Knox other , seems the consideration excellent to be a very police than general magistrate that impres of his , is - just the man for the place ; but with such a choice before him we ; £ 2 , ooo should a-year be surprised in obedience if Mr to . the Bruce clamour gives of away popular a place caprice worth .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 9, 1869, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09011869/page/6/