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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 14th May 1870, Edition 1 of 1, Page 188

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    • THE WEEK.
    • THE BLOCK(HEAD) SYSTEM.
    • NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
    • THE GENTLEMEN OF THE FUTURE /
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      188 The Tomahawk. [May 14, 1&70.

      188 THE TOMAHAWK . [ May 14 , 1 & 70 .

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      ¦ <» Notu ready , price % ? . 6 d , \ VOL . II . OF BRITANNIA , Edited by A . a'Beckett , Illustrated in Colours by Matt Morgan .

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      London, May 14, 1870.

      LONDON , MAY 14 , 1870 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      It Is Not Often That The " Official Cour...

      It is not often that the " Official Court Circular" tells tales ; but last week , on the occasion of the Princess Helena's accouchementthe Court Neivs ? na ? i took care to let it appear that Prince , Christian was amusing himself at Newmarket at the time , and had to be telegraphed for to come home . Fie , fie , Prince Christian . This is not the way to court popularity .

      It Is A Libel On The_ Police To Assert T...

      It is a libel on the _ Police to assert that they possess no clue to the probable whereabouts of the jewels stolen from . Lady Margaret Beaumont's , for we understand that an experienced member of the Force is next to certain that the diamond ornaments must have been carried off to Holland , and broken up long ere this . And yet people assert that the Police are wanting in intelligence !

      The Block(Head) System.

      THE BLOCK ( HEAD ) SYSTEM .

      Why Should It Be That, When H.R.H. The P...

      Why should it be that , when H . R . H . the Prince of Wales holds persons Victoria a levte living Station at North St or . James Bel of gravian Pall ' s Palace Mall Pimlico and on behalf Piccadill should of y be , the bound condemned Queen for , the all to miss their trains or appointments , as , the case maybe ? It is certainly not the Prince ' s fault , nor is it the fault of those gentlemen Police who . As attend the regulations the levte , so are the now responsibility enforcedfor rests two with or three the hours in the middle of the day in the midst of , the Seasonwhen a Royal reception is being held at St . James ' s Palace , the , road from Marlboroug Pall Mal h House l to the which Mall of is the St . highway James ' s to Park Pimlico , by the is stopped wall of not only for cabs and , carriages , but even foot passengers , are not allowed to pass through to the Park . For these latter the hardship is not so great , for they can wend their way round by Stafford House into the sacred precincts of the Mall ; but for to make carriages the circuit and cabs of no Parliament such facility street exists , on , and the they one are side forced , and St . James ' s street , Piccadilly and Grosvenor Place on the other if they want to reach Pimlico . This , too , notwithstanding that there is a carriage road by Cleveland Row and Stafford House those into the persons Mall , whick who possess on levde the days mystical is quite entr deserted de which , even entitles by them to use the road on ordinary occasions . As the inconvenibeen ence is said a temporary aboutitbut one remembering , and lasts that but it a recurs few hours some , half little -dozen has times a year , and , on each occasion some three or four hundreds

      Why Should It Be That, When H.R.H. The P...

      we of the public at least are call seriousl attention y embarrassed to the matter by the with Police the regulations view to a , remed may y being providedespecially as we have , shown that the remedy is near at hand , in the shape of the second turning on conscientious the left . Colonel gentleman Henderson and may his intentions be , and no may doubt be of is , the a hi best ghly but he is proverbially obtuse , in seeing matters affecting the pub- , lic convenience and safety in their proper light . He evidently result allows is his a blockade military training of half London to warp on his icvJe civil days judgment . We , claim and the the position call on him , but to before surrender doing at battle discretion with the and gallant alter the Commissioner regulations , forthwith . ,

      No Questions Asked.

      NO QUESTIONS ASKED .

      We Have No Objection To The Marquis Of K...

      We have no objection to the Marquis of Kildare being raised to any the title Peerage he may under have the a preference title of Lord for Kildare for the , noble or , indeed Marquis , under is the eldest son of the Duke of Leinster , , and must in due course have succeed amassed to his on father his ' s own honours account , when would any per distinctions forcebe swamped he may in the dignity of an Irish duke . But we , object to , the grounds on come which to claim , according a to the in press his own , the ri Marquis ht . That of he Kildare has been has Colonel of the peerage Kildare Militia since g 1849 having two years previously been married to Lady Caroline , Leveson-Gower , a daug sound hter honourable of the second and Duke of Sutherland hand which , are do facts his which lordship no discreditbut we proper woul enoug d remind , those of our contemporaries who have , heralded these achievements of the Marquis commanded of Kildare , that Militia other Reg men iments have married without duke being ' s daug raised hteis to and the Lard Peerage Kildare for so has doing been . selected For our part for a , we Peerage do not . If even we ask did wh ask y we think it likely that no one could tell us , but this en passant , —but we object however to his Militia service and his marriage being set down as qualifications for the honour conferred upon him satisfactory . If we one accept than any . this exp . lanation at all , it must be a more

      The Gentlemen Of The Future /

      THE GENTLEMEN OF THE FUTURE /

      We Offer The Following Extract From A Re...

      We offer the following extract from a recent " Paris correspondent ' s letter " to the consideration of those stolid Englishmen who still insist that there is no real liberty of the pen or j tongue cite" we in are France told . that The : — subject being the approaching " Plebis" , At the Folies , recently , the proceedings bore a local stamp . dents Rochefort : the , Megy chair , was and taken Flourens bUlric were de elected Fonvielle honorary assisted presi b - other ardent Republicans . M y . Lissagaray advocated , perpetual y agitation in town and country in favour of the Republic . M . Jules Lermina refused to bandy words with Emile Ollivierand attacked 'the Emperor Monsieur Napoleon III ., ' who was , not there to defend himself . M . Paulet desired that the edifice should be crowned by a national bankruptcy . In his opinion the Lacor Empire re eloquen was tly at exc the laimed Bourse : — . ' Former At another ly when meeting there , existed citizen who a hydra destroyed or monster it was , called raised a to serpent the rank , bull of , or a demi eagle god , the . person And I ask—I who blush to see my country bowed down beneath the yoke—how it comes that none of us have yet devoted ourselves to rid ourselves of a tyrant ? ' Not even citizen Lacorre himself . " cussed Here and , then avowed , are — foul surel insult y a , dish treason sufficientl , and murder y strong openl to suit y dis the - taste side of of the the channel most ardent ! Wh supporters y , if this sort of French of thing liberty went on on this for substituted five minutes for in the London Emperor , the Queen and his and we her should Government have Messrs being . de Bow Fonvielle street or , Lermina the cat ' s , -tail Paulet without , Lacorre the , , sli and ghtest the regard rest of for them their at backs or their principles , and we can only trust that the discovery of the atrocious plot against the Emperor ' s life may send some dozens of them to the latter destination . ~*> v % :.--. : — . TV ,.. ' -.-zr' -r *'"^ .. 7 T . r" * v" ~* ¦ "• ¦ " ' r --- —— .- » "¦ "'' ' - - ..- " " ¦¦ . ; .. —w—m «» ¦ ¦ j — . ¦ . ¦ .. ... . - — ^ ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 14, 1870, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_14051870/page/6/