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February 12, 1870.] THE TOMAHA WK. 63
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11 GOOD, MY LORD:'
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POOR Lord Townshend has to pay heavily f...
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TO WHAT BASE USES?
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The Fenian Fund is almost going begging....
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EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.
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It would seem that the proximity of the ...
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MORE CRY TIIAJST WOOL.
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London must indeed be a rich city. For t...
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PRACTICAL DIPLOMACY.
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they What find must themselves be the fe...
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PA YING THE PIPER.
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Another military grievance ! It has just...
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February 12, 1870.] The Tomaha Wk. 63
February 12 , 1870 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 63
11 Good, My Lord:'
11 GOOD , MY LORD : '
Poor Lord Townshend Has To Pay Heavily F...
POOR Lord Townshend has to pay heavily for his erratic p assault hilanthropy on the . Superintendent Although the of case the against Servant him s' Christian for an alleged Home has been withdrawn from , the jurisdiction of the magistrate at Marlborough Street Police Court , it is stated that action will be taken against the Marquis in a Civil Court . How the matter will end we cannot say , but judging from Lord Tovvnshend ' s mittedl past to have experiences y succeeded possessed in in of law putting the courts very himsel , best it f seems intentions in the likely wrong , he that . will We , while be do found ad not - damages suppose , will however have , any that deterrent the fact effect of being on his mulcted Lordship in 's money eccentric benevolence , but if it should happen that the much-wronged plaintiff in the threatened action should obtain such substantial redress as would disgust Lord Townshend with the praiseworthy task It is it the would fashion seem to that make he merry has set at himself his Lordshi , we p shall ' s expense regret , and it . to refer to his charitable acts with waggish toleration , but the fashion of hot water is unjust into . which Lord Townshend he continuall , notwithstanding y gets himself the is a amount nobleman in the best sense of the word , and deserves a respect , which the ribald public do not accord him . Perhaps , amongst his other eccentricities , he does good for its own sake—not a bad motive after all .
To What Base Uses?
TO WHAT BASE USES ?
The Fenian Fund Is Almost Going Begging....
The Fenian Fund is almost going begging . Mrs . O'Donovan her Rossa claim , by to direction it and of the her onl husband , it now is stated left , in has the withdrawn field are the Dublin , lawyer ; who defended y persons the Fenians at their trialand the representatives , of the brotherhood in America . Who these , interested last may be will is have a littl to e obscure settle the , but matter it is very between evident themselves that those , as no court of law would take cognizance of the question . The now Fund onl , however y some , twenty seems to thousan have d dwindled dollars— considerabl in fact , scarcel y , for y worth it is the asking for ; but we suppose that the expenses of management have been heavy , and that that accounts for the falling off . The whole affair seems vague and aimless—qualifications which have become distinctive of Fenianism , and which occasionally , as now , put a ridiculous side to the monstre of the nineteenth century .
Evil Communications.
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS .
It Would Seem That The Proximity Of The ...
It would seem that the proximity of the new St . Thomas's Hospital to the Thames Embankment has been fatal to the good intentions of the former erection to get itself completed in a reasonable space of time . It was promised some time back that the new hospital should be finished and ready for occupation in that March the nex works t , but will as thing be s now leted appear this , it is extremel . The y detached unlikely pavilions are yet roofless comp and the recent wet year weather will make the drying process of the , buildings , when they are provided with some more substantial canopy than a muggy London sky , not a pa little tien tiresome ts of the hosp tedious ital are j in stored the meantime in the Surrey , the thous Music and Hall odd which and pital is has arran small been g - ed pox fitted , whether patients up for they in their the put private reception the fever boxes . patients How we the cannot in the pro stal -hos pre ls - - , needed tend to know and that , but certain bare-faced it is that delay th in e comple new building ting , it is is urgen serious tly matter . , Happily for the authorities of the hospital , the care of but the sick still is we one have of a those right to points our opinion which is and " no we bod express y ' s business it : our , " new opinion St . then Thomas is , ' that s Hosp those ital entrusted are wanto with n ly and the wickedl erection y at of fault the in sanctioning any delay in the completion of an institution which is so urgently needed , and that they incur no light moral doors responsib of th ility e H when oital even . That , for the a day Thames they unnecessaril Embankment y close will take the seven or eight years sp to complete is no justification for the Hospital works being neglected .
More Cry Tiiajst Wool.
MORE CRY TIIAJST WOOL .
London Must Indeed Be A Rich City. For T...
London must indeed be a rich city . For the two foreign loans it which is stated have that recentl no y less been a sum broug than ht out forty , the -eig Russian ht millions and was Chilian sub- , scribed , when a sixth of the sum was all that was required . From is this that we the must spirit assume of gambling that money has taken is plentiful a new just hold now on , our unless com it - mercial without men the wherewithal , and that they to lose have . been Althoug playing h no a game doubt of many chance of Jide the subscri investors ptions who to have the every new loans intention have of been paying tendered up and b perma y bond - nently holding the stock , yet there is a large class of stock jobbers who have scraped together the necessary five per cent ., payabl of paying e on another application penny , without . It is either these the latter intention persons or that the mean make s the City what it is . In the days of our grandfathers it would have been considered dishonest to contract a bargain without the means of carrying it through . But all this is now altered . Of course , as a matter of fact , it cannot be that there are in London forty-eight millions of money available to transmit to Russia and Chili , and this point once admitted , it follows that a greater porLion of the subscribers have put down their names simply on the chance of being- able to get rid of their liability with a profit to themselves . However bigly we may talk about our power of being able to provide immense sums of money at can short lead notice to , no such good a state result of . things as this is unwholesome , and
Practical Diplomacy.
PRACTICAL DIPLOMACY .
They What Find Must Themselves Be The Fe...
they What find must themselves be the feelings employed of the in writing Foreign letters Office to clerk the s , Stock when hap Exchange s for the authorities want of a nobler ? Certainl occupation y of late , has years had the plenty F . O of ., City perbusiness that it is on exp its licit hands and , and satisfactory the following , cannot letter be , said notwithstanding to be out of the usual course : — "Foreign Office , Jan . 25 th , 1870 . and " Sir to previous , —With reference correspondence to your , letter I am of directed the 31 st b December y the Earl last of , Commission Clarendon to of acquaint Agency you , that , for the his information lordship has of the instructed Ecuatorian her Majesty ' s charge d ' affaires at Quito to protest strongly against of the August decree 186 of 9 the under National the authority Convention of which of Ecuador the payment , of the of 1 the 7 th interest on , the , bonds is proposed to be stopped , and to express the hope of her Majesty's Government that the President of the Republic will take the necessary steps to have the decree in question re-considered . " I am , Sir , your most obedient humble servant , " S . Hammond . " John Field , Esq ., Founders' court , Lothbury . " Not very long ago the Foreign Office would have disdained times to acknowledge are sadly changed or interfe . re The in any department commercial however transaction seems , but to remain faithful to at least one of its traditions , —it takes , a month to answer a letter .
Pa Ying The Piper.
PA YING THE PIPER .
Another Military Grievance ! It Has Just...
Another military grievance ! It has just occurred to the officers of several of the line regiments that it is a hardship they should be called upon to support the band . As they justly obits serve own , it sake by no and means if it follows isas the that regulations they should hold care it for to be music that for a band is essential , to the , creditable appearance of the corps , , the regulations should pay for its maintenance . It no doubt bears hardly upon officers that they should be obliged to subscribe to has the taken band fund the matter , and we up shal with l be a view glad to to removing hear that the Mr grievance . Card well but owing we to fear the that existence the right of honourable more important gentleman business will , p he lead has that not , , time at present to entertain the question . And yet we live in an
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 12, 1870, page 63, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_12021870/page/11/
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