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    • THE WEEK.
    • BEARDING THE POLICE.
    • A CRY FOR HELP!
    • EASTER VERDICTS.
    • NOT WORTH A CROWN.
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      Now Ready, Britannia For April, Price Is...

      Now Ready , BRITANNIA for April , Price is .

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      London, April 10, 1869.

      LONDON , APRIL 10 , 1869 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      The Adelphi Piece Is A Real Hit. In Thes...

      The Adelphi piece is a real hit . In these days of miserable print " Black -puffing and , White it is refreshing . ' to get hold of a genuine success in

      Mr. Robertson's Title For His Last Piece...

      Mr . Robertson ' s title for his last piece is well chosen , and was withal logical . The major includes the minor—and so " Dreams " include " sleep . " The audience were decidedly in a minor key on this occasion .

      Somebody Has For The Hundredth Time Hit ...

      Somebody has for the hundredth time hit upon a plan of effecting railway communication between this country and France . This time the matter is to be managed by a vast iron pipe . If this is not suggestive of a termination in smoke ^ we should like to know what is !

      An Important Meeting Of Pickpockets Is A...

      An important meeting of pickpockets is about to take place , in order to protest against the introduction of guinea watches . We can well understand their disappointment , when they think they have secured a large gold repeater , to find that " Hope told a flattering tale , " and that it is only aluminium , price 21 s .

      As Some Comment On The Present State Of ...

      As some comment on the present state of Ireland—that country for the benefit of which the Government is spending all its energy and nearly all its time—we may note the fact that there have been five brutal organised assassinations committed within the last year , and that in no single case has the murderer or any of his accomplices been brought to justice .

      Bearding The Police.

      BEARDING THE POLICE .

      Colonel Henderson, The New Chief Commiss...

      Colonel Henderson , the new Chief Commissioner of already successor Metropolitan gaining was Police so popularity unfavourably , whose . appointment Like received a true as a soldier few Sir Richard months , he has Mayne back com , is ' s - menced order has with just an been attempt issued to at conciliate Scotland the Yard female giving public permission , for an to the whole force to cultivate beards and moustachois . responsible Much as we civil deprecate office Colonel the selection Henderson of a now military fills , man yet we for must the congratulate in allowing that gentleman his to lu on dispense the common with the tuc sense of he the has nuui dis-

      This played piayeu new . in regulation duuwtng ins , which men men admits uiapcuac of any wuu amount use use of hair vw being razor . proclivities worn on the which face , certainly we were led gives to believe us no si were gn of Colonel those martinet Henderson If the ' s specialty new Chief during Commissioner his reign of will terror continue as Inspector in the of Prisons he has . begun , there is no reason but that in the course of time way he should become constables a fairly are the satisfac only tory military public hairs servant he gives . If us beard , we shall s for rest the content .

      A Cry For Help!

      A CRY FOR HELP !

      The Is Condition It, Or Is It Of Not Lei...

      the Is condition it , or is it of not Leicester , a fact , that square nothing ? Is it can , or be is it done not , to to improve be kept is as a too " p old leasure , too " worn garden to ? rags Or , is too this hopelessl terrible irony y used ? The up for theme us ! Still , we may cry out , "Is it a fact that nothing—absolutely bury nothing all — the can London be done statues ? " Better in it . open Better it not as a bury plague them pit , , and but leave Better them anything all standing than leave there it as as a it triump is ! Why h of not desolate sink horrors a circus . in 111 it it , ? s horse Start ksbcu . radish tr c a * gold gvAU mine xiiiJ lars . iv down uvmi it it ! jl Plant xcwb it ib with nibii ! Wh mignionette j . uxj £ . & xx \ sjUL ^ bkW , y

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      Easter Verdicts.

      EASTER VERDICTS .

      The Man With Drury Two Lane Lives . - 1 ...

      The Man with Drury Two Lane Lives . - —A long life and a merry one . Home—Where Haymarket we may . safely puff Cavendish . Princess ' s . After Dark—Comes light let us hope . Thirst for Olympic Gold—Hunger . for novelty .

      Won by a Head Queen —Lost ' s . by a Length ! Dreams—Idle Gaiety Dreams . ! Worse—a nightmare ! Prince of Wales ' s . School—And collected . Globe

      . Minnie—Mum ! a Maximum . Strand . Joan of Arc—Of Noah's Ark 1 Black and Adelphi White—A . Grey Triumph .

      Not Worth A Crown.

      NOT WORTH A CROWN .

      Them Panslavish The As Greeks A Wretched...

      them Panslavish The as Greeks a wretched policy are along beg tool innin the by g Danube to which understand , she and may get that the further Russia advantage her treats own of army Western of 8 , Europe 000 men in , and the a Eastern population question a trifle . larger With than a dirty that little of there importance Southwark is no , limit of it is this difficult to the the shabbiest mischief to appreciate of of a civilized spoile the d child arrogance states , and . However and such self has - , appears Greece been the Danish in Europe youth for , who some at time present past wears . The the other crown day at it Athens of this royal , took a journey throug awvvui h the iuauvu lished " kingdom on w *« foot . " a A good good deal uwiv deal * in

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  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 10, 1869, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10041869/page/4/