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      146 The Tomahawk. [April Ii, 1868.

      146 THE TOMAHAWK . [ April ii , 1868 .

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      London, April 11, 1868.

      LONDON , APRIL 11 , 1868 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      France Now Numbers 1,350,000 Soldiers, M...

      France now numbers 1 , 350 , 000 soldiers , most of them recruited on compulsion . Are French journalists now satisfied with the freedom of the Press ?

      There Was After All Something Apposite I...

      There was after all something apposite in Lord Townshend ' s late act of heroism . The noble Marquis had often been derided by the gallery—he naturally sought to avenge himself on the Pitt .

      Man Y People Seem To Have Expected That ...

      Man y people seem to have expected that Mr . Gladstone would have moved his resolutions at once on the commencement of the great debate , but Lord Stanley ' s irresolution took precedence .

      Successes Have Generally Sequels. The Zo...

      Successes have generally sequels . The Zoetrope was a success , yet the London Stereoscopic Company have unaccountably neglected to patent a Wheel of Dea . th . Perhaps the prison in Coldbath Fields may supply them with a hint .

      After The Home Secretary's Home Thrusts ...

      After the Home Secretary ' s home thrusts and hardy blows on Tuesday evening , the Prime Minister was heard singing softly to " himself Oh , who — will pluck this gay-thorn from my side ? "

      The Candlemakers Will, At All Events, Re...

      The candlemakers will , at all events , rejoice at the decision in the St . Alban ' s case . Altar lights are to be henceforth deemed lawful . Doubtless the Ritualists will endeavour , with redoubled assiduity , to make religious ceremony a pearl of crrpat Prire .

      " The London Charivari" Is Decidedly Imp...

      " The London Charivari" is decidedly improving . Its last number had one page full of the most perfect fun . We never saw so many good things together . We allude to the full page advertisement of Du Barry ' s Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food . If the food is as rich as the testimonials , no wonder the consumers of it get fat .

      The Advocates For The Abolition Of Capit...

      The advocates for the abolition of capital punishment had better look to our prison rules , as we seem in danger of substituting death by slow starvation in lieu of speedy strangulation . If we want to wear our felons to skeletons by giving them hard work at once , and ? insufficient The thing will food then , had seem we not more better natural call . them paupers

      We Are Happy To Be Able To Announce That...

      We are happy to be able to announce that Mr . Fleming , the upright , manly , and humane Secretary of the Poor-law Board , has announced his intention of residing ( unofficially ) for a week in each of the principal counties * workhouses , \ nformd panperis of course . We feel sure that no one will grudge this hard-worked public servant such a relaxation . Luxury is the reward of honest toil .

      Mr. Mackonochie, Having Kept The Religio...

      Mr . Mackonochie , having kept the religious world in the greatest state of excitement and terror for many months , and having at length been completely worsted , retires again into

      Mr. Mackonochie, Having Kept The Religio...

      obscurity with a feeling of the " deepest thankfulness " at liis that own condemnation he might subsequentl . The Irishman y have who the set pleasure his house of thanking on fire , heaven " the pumps were in order , " runs St . Alban ' s close in logic .

      Trust Me, Townshend, Lord, My Lord, You ...

      Trust me , Townshend , Lord , my Lord , You have t oo many games in hand ; Are there no vagrants in the street , Nor any breakdowns in the land ? Go , teach gods the to Arab jeer at lads Ivanhoe to work j , Enclothe those feeble legs in tights , And let the foolish slaveys go .

      The Lord Chamberlain Has Forbidden The R...

      The Lord Chamberlain has forbidden the representation of Oliver Twist at the New Queen ' s , because . some parochial authorities or other thought the scene in the thieves' kitchen likely to encourage boys in stealing . Cannot the matter be compromised by the introducing a scene representing the meeting of a Board of Guardians , with the interior of a workhouse ? Surely , this grand moral spectacle must prove superior to all the allurements of thieves' kitchens , and all the spectators , young or old , would imbibe wisdom , virtue , and true benevolence through the pores , or rather through the Poorlaw . . . .

      The Poor Idiot Nurse Who Scalded A Child...

      The poor idiot nurse who scalded a child to death in the Wigan Workhouse was tried and acquitted the other day . The Judge said , in the course of his summing up , that if the Guardians had stood in her place , they would have found it difficult to defend their conduct . We hope they , would , and still more difficult to get anybody else to do it . Perhaps , when politicians have done passing reforms for their own party purposes , they will find time to pass a few for the real benefit of the people . We ourselves should like to see a few of the Poor-law officials arraigned for murder before capital punishment is quite done away with .

      We Should Like To Know What The Cost Was...

      We should like to know what the cost was of Mr . and Mrs Disraeli's Entertainment at the New Foreign Office . We have heard a good deal lately about " Crbw , ning the Edifice , " we think the Premier might have waited till the building was finished . Are the worshippers at the shrine of the Asian Enigma so many that no rooms could be found to hold them ? Was it necessary to interrupt the works of the new building at a considerable cost ? Perhaps some disagreeable M . P . ( who was not invited ) , will ask a question on the subject . It is an ill omen that the first public entertainment given by the Prime Minister should have been in an unfinished house .

      Talk About A " Mackono'chie Defence Fund...

      Talk about a " Mackono ' chie Defence Fund " indeed ! If these gentlemen had just taken the trouble to have got up a fund for a few lessons in fencing , we should have been saved from all this ecclesiastical sparring . The whole thing is a question of Deportment . One party grumbles because the other " Sprawls with his arms on the Table ? the other brings an action because the former puts 'his alms on a stool I" It is absurd to have troubled Sir R . Phiilimore with these matters . The proper judge would have been some disciple of the school of Turveydrop—say , " Mr . Bland and daughters , "—they wpuld very soon have made these Reverend bunglers quite at home in a point which Amateurs always find troublesome at first—viz ., What to do with their arms .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 11, 1868, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11041868/page/4/