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      164 The Tomahawk. {October 9, 1869.

      164 THE TOMAHAWK . { October 9 , 1869 .

      No. X., Price U., Britannia For October,...

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      London, October 9, 1869.

      LONDON , OCTOBER 9 , 1869 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      It Was Announced That Places For Lost At...

      It was announced that places for Lost at Sea could "be secured a fortnight in advance "—this before the production of the piece . The public who would book on this invitation deserve anything they can get from Mr . Boucicault . Can intellectual stupor and the fever of sensationalism go further ?

      Pending The Inquiry Into The Affairs Of ...

      Pending the inquiry into the affairs of the . European Assurance Company , it maybe interesting to note the fact that this company is the only guarantee society acknowledged by the various departments of the State . This fact proves a somewhat unusual discrimination on the part of the authorities .

      The Spectator Has An Article In Its Numb...

      The Spectator has an article in its number of September 25 th on the Byron controversy , which may be almost said to be the hardest and most calumnious article published on the subject . It is impossible to conceive anything in worse taste than this last outrage on the dead poet . " Byron was ineffably mean and

      cruel . " Imitation , they say , is the sincerest flattery : if the Spectator ' s estimate of Byron be correct , that journal must certainly be numbered among his worst flatterers .

      Mr. Gladstone Is Courteously Receiving P...

      Mr . Gladstone is courteously receiving petitions for an amnesty to be granted to the Fenians , meantime the membersof this blessed brotherhood who are at large are openly boasting of their strength and of their intention to drive England out of Ireland . It is even said that in America they have passed a

      resolution to abduct Prince Arthur . They intend to make him their king , we suppose . Don't let us be in a hurry to grant the amnesty . Had not Mr . Gladstone better wait till we can exchange prisoners ? "When the Fenians have captured Prince Arthur they can exchange him for a score of their rascals . Perhaps this is their real object , if they have any serious object at all .

      Yet Another Atlantic Cable—And, What Is ...

      Yet another Atlantic cable—and , what is more , a cheap one this time . A new company has just been formed , under the title of the " Oceanic Telegraph Company , " for a new line from the south-west coast of Ireland to Halifax , Nova Scotia ; and , as that reckless disregard of all cost which has hitherto

      characterised the construction , of former long sea cables is not to be a feature in the new venture , we may hope that the means of communicating with the New World will , in a few months , be brought within the reach of ordinary people for ordinary purposes . It is a mistake to suppose that science is necessarily

      expensive j and if the new " Oceanic Cable Company" can reduce the usual cost of outlay for construction by 40 per cent , ( as the Prospectus promises ) , it will deserve an additional 40 per cent , of public patronage . In any case , all competition is wholesome .

      Yet Another Atlantic Cable—And, What Is ...

      An edifying discussion has been going on in the columns of the Standard about spirit-rapping , conducted by one J ohn Addison on the one side , and a Mr . Greg and some medium on the other . Mr . Addison is a vulgar practical joker , who appears to pass £ his * life in going to stances and playing the fool

      in company of Mr . Toole , and in various disguises . The public , does not care much about spiritualism . At the more serious side of it , it does not wish to laugh ; at the ridiculous side of it , it is tired of laughing ; but , though very sick of tables turning themselves and people ' s heads at the same time , it is sufficiently

      alert to detect the fact that spiritualism threatens to produce a class of men worse than the mediums , who , devoid of any scientific skill or of any decency of feeling , go about playing tricks more vulgar , if not more silly , than those that they pretend to denounce . Mr . Addison ' s endeavour to force himself

      into notoriety in connection with this subject is ingenious , but not very successful . There is not much to choose between the fools of self-delusion and those of self-degradation .

      The Government Have Completed Their Task...

      The Government have completed their task of economy at Woolwich . They have closed the Dockyard , and turned out the labourers employed there without a penny of compensation . They are told that they can emigrate . Excellent economy this ; it cannot be too highly praised . Liberal and benevolent conduct

      towards men in that position , we cannot deny . But why not carry out the same system when discharging persons in high places from sinecures ? Why not send them away without compensation , and with the cheering advice to emigrate ? Why should not they enjoy the same advantages as the men employed

      in the Dockyard ? Why insult them by pensioning them ? True , there is a difference ,- —the dockyard man has worked hard for his wages , the fat and titledL sinecurist has done nothing at all for his . To have drawn his money for doing nothing must have cost his conscientious nature so much agony that it is only fair

      to give him some compensation , besides having taught , him that he can get an excellent income put of the public purse by doing nothing ; it is safer to pension him , lest he should take to robbery . It rhymes with jobbery . But the dockyard , man has no such claim to compensation . Let him enjoy the proud distinction of having aided the economy of a truly Liberal Government ,

      A Word With The Managers.

      A WORD WITH THE MANAGERS .

      The The Middle Dulle -Class Sl- Part Peo...

      the The middle dulle -class sl- part peop of le the , wi dull th a fair season sprinkling is now of over the , and upper most ten of , borough are back in House town is ; no indeed longer , Royalty desolate itself . Yet has of returned course , for notwith Marl- - standing Ballsdances this , and nothing even is dinners " going" are on voted in the , as fashionable unseasonable , world as . " tneir oysters , own in resources Jtine , , and for peop their le amusements are , , consequentl ; in y other , thrown words back , they on princi are W *» •••^ driven ** pal fc ^ » V * theatres ^ AA to ^ VrVV the * Wf play are MiA V now AAVIf in shoals closed % * Jb ^^ UW , yet *« , \ or ^ , strange have MLVI V onl ^ to ^*** say Y y within TT , several h * ti 44 the V ** W of last the « - % « b

      houses last few days few at weeks reopened which been performances their crowded doors to . have excess The result been . We of g do iven this not , have is mean , that , for to those the that there is ^ anything , 1 surprisin | £ in the fact that the Prince say of Wale its doors s ' s should ? for the have excellence been turning of the away entertainment hundreds ni at ghtl the y from little theatre overflow in j . nor Tottenham can we wonder Court Road that the warrants " Field any of the amount Cloth of of a Gold ity " that at the just Strand when should people attract would thousands really patronise ; but it the seems British to us

      drama p the , chance of doing so is partially denied them . We hear catering say that a , good , for if this the deal public is of reall trie y amusement ' complaints the case , the never ' of managers theatrical pays ; but have managers we , in can a great onl that y measure very period , themselves when they to are blame most it likel they y to close be well their rilled houses . at the

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 9, 1869, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09101869/page/4/