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October io, 1868. THE TOM AH A WK. 1 59
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AT THE COUNCIL.
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[Before the Presiding Magistrate, Mr. To...
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BIS JDAT QUI CITO DAT.
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has N this otwithstanding year enjoyed, ...
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NO THOROUGHFARE.
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fuss The over Metropolitan the opening R...
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October Io, 1868. The Tom Ah A Wk. 1 59
October io , 1868 . THE TOM AH A WK . 1 59
At The Council.
AT THE COUNCIL .
[Before The Presiding Magistrate, Mr. To...
[ Before the Presiding Magistrate , Mr . Tom-a-hawk . ] Singular Charge—A Patriotic Prosecutor—Mild Sentence . Mr . Andrew Halliday , the well-known dramatic author , was damag summoned ing a novel before , called this mag Fortunes istrate , of charged Nigel , with by turg wilfull ing it y into ridicule in a dramatic form , by the critic of a certain highlypopular LJKJ LJUXCLX satirical OCttll iV aske > UX paper l /( d ajwx . « what On -v _/ -j . a the tuv riht charge yuu the . » gv Prosecutor being ls ** - * . * . * . ^ read a Vbvv 4 dared over wv v * to wv to him j . j . j . in xj . 1 , ^
terest Mr . Halliday himself iii the by matter : was g the Fortunes of Nigel his - property ? jealou Prosecutor sly guarded . —The by every reputation Englishman of Sir Walter . ( Loud Scott applause should be in cour Defendant t , which 'lasted . —Ye fo s r , some I know minutes all that ?) . But come , frankly , is there l , li ^ , . J ^ , not 11 V / V a C *» little XlbtlV sp kJL / ite J -b ^ mixed AAll K mt ^ VVt ¦ ^^ b up UL / with TT mm A WJLJb your there _ T V / UJl attack MbbM is not V / lk upon ! 1 ^ . J _ f V Write * m * - 4 . A me AJL A ± V 1 *
thing PROSECUTOR good , and . —No ^ I will , Mr ^ m . praise Halliday ^^ ^ m you , . I have every wish any to - be pleased with your productions , but you never give me a his chance pen of against admiring a Scottish you . No author , sir ! ( save the man in the way would of friendl raise y censure ) is unworthy of the name of a British Journalist . ( Loud cheers The ?) Magistrate . —I don ' t want to interfere ; but isn ' t this \ conversation * Vli V V ^ J- ^ UblV / li a « -V li l / CCCf ttle a' irregular A & A ^ r £ m . V *^«_*> Ai M ? " \ A B \ A \ \ — mm ^ m mm mm
lieve Prosecutor mesirhowever . — ^^ Well ^» ^^ mm the , your wind Worshi ^ ^^ p rise , perhaps or the waves it is ; but bluster beher applause that to good weather ?) , , , ay p ! , the even British the very Constitution may wildest storm , has . enoug ( Enthusiastic h life in , with The the Magistrate case . . —Quite so . And now let us proceed The first witness called was Scott Mr . with Beverley great , who care said He he studied had done the his novel best of to Sir illustrat Walter e
able it with assistance some very magnificent in painting . scenery said scenery . He , had but received nevertheless consider had - superintended of the scenes was it himself very much . He damaged certainly by thoug the dulness that the of effect Mr . Halliday ' s dialogue . time Cross to -examined set the : Certai . nly There Mr . Halliday was ' little dialogue action gave in the piece J-r-fc ^ mkr * ] m , ^^ to VV take ttUr lTWX * the WXJ . V attention MWInVUVlVAli scenery of WA the WJ . AW ( audience VUVilVAlVV very from J . AVA 11 Vll off the V 1 LV UVVX scenes 1 VW . « M h ft b M A
questions The ^^ Magistrate * . The point . — before I ^^ don ^ ' t us quite is this see : the Has a drift Mr . Halliday of thes ^ e spoilt the Fortunes of Nigel ? not has the badness of Mr . Halliday The ' next iece witness enhanced called the was value of Mr . Beverley ' s scenery ? for The many Prosecutor years—ever , since who said he was he had a boy been . Had a dramatic criticised critic the drama for a " daily , " a " weekly / ' a " monthly , " and an " an-Ki nual n , " at o 1 one Scot time or anothe iece r ; knew execrable his business thoroug spectacle hly .
very He objected well worth to s , seei Mr as ng . H . alliday The , scene was ' s treat of m Fleet ent of street ; the as was Fortunes a capital of . , Nigel on Sir Walter ' s account . The novel was excellent — It the was play bad , from because a literary it was point uninteresting of view , and very unconnected bad indeed . . had It was one , difficult which to was follow problematical the plot ) , and if , indeed the cha , the racters piece — with the exception of James I . —were commonplace to a degree O London ^ m * ¦** % *• . To Jt . \ J m" * quote V m , ^ UU A bV am one KJXXX + of \ JL the VJ-IW most J . Ll . Wt 3 l * ju J i ^^ a ** A w stly U 4 . JT h am ^ h influential J . lJLliUWllVl A . «« l . papers £ S CJ a * JVWJ . « 3 in 1 X 4
, " All that was good was Sir Walter . ' all that was bad the excell was Mr ent . Halliday acting of ' s . " Mr The . Phel concluding ps ) was sing scene ularly ( in ineffective spite of . better Mr . Halliday than to , hav as the e ended author a melodrama of a tragedy with , sho broad uld have farce . known ( he Cross believed -exa mined Romeo : The and ytdiet name Burlesque of Mr . Halliday . ' s tragedy was that Mr Ki . Halliday ng 0 ' Scots then was not commenced likely to p his rove defence so succ . essful He owned as his gigantic melodrama , The Great City . He would tell the Bench
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why invented cab ; . unluckil In in the y Grea for reign him t City of ( James Mr he . was Halliday I ., able the ) period to hansom introduce of his cabs new a were hansom piece not . some He thoug very ht telling of calling speeches Mr . Phel into ps the to mouth prove that of the he " had Canny put King ; " but perhaps his worship would take his ( Mr . Halliday ' s ) word the He representative mi that ght such comp was lain of the that Charles case the . I . iece ( had " Certainl had been been absurdl y , " from badly y stagey the acted Bench ; ; that that . ) the character lady in to the perfection role of . Miss But he Ramsay preferred had to scarcel plead y guilty looked , and the
throw tempted himself to do his upon best the with mercy Scott of ; the and mag althoug istrate h . his He manifesto had atacknowledged to the Public ( , signed " bumptious by himself , " he had and no Mr wish . Chatterton to give offence ) was , he to very any one unkind . He of had the " Prosecutor never done to nothing persecute to him nobod so y . , " His and it wants was were simple—he only needed peace and quiet , and perhaps a Seat The in Parliament Magistrate , to be sentenced quite happy the . prisoner ( who had delivered painful his to speech witness ) to to the read Bench the report with a of show the case of emotion in the very next number of the TOMAHAWK . that Several the sentence " kind was friends duly " carrie of Mr d . into Halliday effect . undertook to see
Bis Jdat Qui Cito Dat.
BIS JDAT QUI CITO DAT .
Has N This Otwithstanding Year Enjoyed, ...
has N this otwithstanding year enjoyed , a the trul magnificent y British autumn summer has which set in Eng relent land - leafless lessly at as its it usual ever was time , in and an October the country . is already as bare and de With mands the on broken behalf of weather the distressed , and the and cold starving , long ni poor ghts , which those themselves are made on come our charity roundwill as surel presentl y and y set regularl in . y That as the our seasons metropolis is a benevolently , disposed cityin which an appeal in a
fear good that cause there is m is seldom very mm ^ little made ^ that in m is vain spontaneous m , , cannot be about denied M our 4 , but alms A we - to giving arouse . Year our p after hlegmatic year the temperaments same devices into have putting to be our emp hands loyed remedy to our pockets the evil . when We are it stares always us read in the y to face do with what its hideous can to taug stories ht us of that want , as and certainl death , but Christmas although . arrive long , experience it finds a large has class of \ 1 the deserving in an advanced stage of \ 1 abject want tviiv
^ attempt XCIOO starvation JIUV to prevent UV . , we 1 VlUg what are poor £ / WA cul we pably XXX know O . I . M . UUVUliV behind must occur VU hand JtUg , unless in making . UUjbUk we come w any . in This good time the to the weather rescue -wise . have it that the winter is to be Christian severe beyond year act for those precedent le . who Would are in it the not habit be a of gentle subscrib and - ing solicited to the East adva -end n charities befo peop re the bllV for promoters once to pay of these irX their & Vi ^ good money \ f \* works v * ,
un-* J \ S ± L \* 1 IWUa . XXL CVVl V ailU ce ^ t K *\ + X \ JX WMX UlllVkVl - » V ^* W * SK * - " * *»• - ' are driven , to make , their annual pressing appeals ? It is a better good deed deed to to drive kill hi th m e before wolf from he gets the door there , . but We it know would he be will a surely come , so let us be on the alert .
No Thoroughfare.
NO THOROUGHFARE .
Fuss The Over Metropolitan The Opening R...
fuss The over Metropolitan the opening Rail of way its Compa new n line y has fro be m en maki Paddington ng a great to the Brompton different . regions It is always of the satisfactory metropolitan to Londoners wilderness to have hear been that but render of e d more re accessible ntluseless to ea ro c u tes other it is by diffic any ult mea to ns conceive whatever a , j line ust been of railway appa opened les . s a When necessity the branch an the is thre finished e miles to which Victoria have as th thing and ey well so possibly in on ha it v to e b been the u t n under Thames be in for Kensal the business prese Embankment gr n t ci purposes r cumsta , there , n m the ce pton s , may termini for Cem all be e m some teries i use ght - as at Praed street and Cromwell road . When immense
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 10, 1868, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10101868/page/11/
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