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      Statesmen Are Very Nice Persons. On Gran...

      Atlantic , or some other place of that kind , he is emphatically not the man to take the charge of the Channel Fleet . We have -no personal objection , and we may safely suggest that the British public have no personal objection , to Mr . Childers purchasing one of the Thames Penny Steamboats with a view to

      cruising ( even in the dirtiest weather ) between Lambeth and Battersea , —nay , we will go further , we are quite sure that no right-minded person would have any rooted aversion to witnessing Mr . Childers dancing a naval hornpipe at the Surrey , or even the Bower Saloon ; but there again we draw the line .

      Has the Right Honourable Gentleman any right to defy sea-sickness and public opinion in command of the Channel Fleet ? Certainly not . We have no doubt he would prove himself an excellent Admiral in a minor theatre performance of Black-JZyedSusanj but he is a decided mistake " abaft the binnacle "

      ( whatever that may mean ) on a real man-of-war . So much for Mr . Childers ; and now we come to another Minister , who is I equally deserving of our censure . Here followeth another fresh paragraph . Who is Mr . Car dwell ? We decline to answer , for the simple

      reason that no one cares a pin who he is . We know that he is a bungler , and so , unhappily , do the officers and rank and file of the 9 th Regiment of the Line . Only a few days ago that unlucky force were compelled to march miles upon miles in a heat that may be fairly described as tropical . Was it surprising

      that numbers sank and even died under the terrible ordeal ? But then we must expect such little contretemps when we have to deal with a bungler . Is there no remedy to cure this Mr . Cardwell of his stupidity—we beg pardon , we mean lack of intelligence ? Of coursewe can ' t expect him to be a soldieror

      to know anything about , military matters . We have no doubt , that if the truth were known it would be found that he imagines a gun is called a 32-pounder because it costs , at least , 25 guineas , & c , & c , & c . Well , we don ' t object to this . Mr . Card well has no intention of ever going out to battle ; and even

      if he did find himself at the seat of war , as we should certainly not follow him thither , the fact that he attempted to form himself into a hollow square with the right thrown back , or gave the order to the Horse Marines to fire their cartouche boxes out of their knapsacks in slow time to quick music would be to

      us matters of the supremest indifference . In spite of this , we cannot allow him to march a body of men through Sunstroke to death . No ; let him take a leaf out of the book of his col-? ordered league , Childers to change , and its march quarters at . the If this head does of the not next effect reg a iment cure we we must must give give nim him over over to to IUr > r . . Forbes 1 < orbes Winslow Winslow . for for Hanwell Hanwell ,

      will be better suited to his administration than the , slow-working machinery of the War OfficePall Mall . , In conclusion , we have no objection to Messrs . Childers and Cardwell doing nothing , but then let it be clearly undertout stood / that that nothing must not be pernicious . Again—voila

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      a planned Let us premise advertisement our remark and s then by declari let us ng declare that th they at are Messrs not . and Jenner largel and y Knewstub advertised , an of , article St . James of their ' s street manufacture , have introduced as the Bag of Bags . " As we have not seen the Bag of Bags , we cangant not say . A that ll these it is it usefu may l , be or that but the it is onl portabl y PQJnt e , or we that can deal it is with elevul is gar the , title and which which has we been think ; forced very upon silly , the very notice slangy of the and public very ad nauseam *

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      EXPLANATIONS OP NAUTICAL TERMS . COMPILED AT THE SEA-SIDE BY AN AMATEUR .

      Long 1. Voyage An Old , The Salt Salt .—...

      long 1 . voyage An old , the salt salt . —This naturall term y is becomes much used old ; at it is sea nearl , as y , after always a crusty . . weig 2 . ht Weig of it hing how the many anchor men . — should This is always done be to ascertai on the n opposite by the side to which it is hung , to balance it and keep" the ship even . ragged sharp 3 . Trimming at pair the of ed scissors ges the after sails a . — voyage The . canvass So this naturall is , then , y done becomes with

      a . 4 . Gibing . —This is generally done by the boatswain , who , by bitter tinous . gibes , keeps the men from becoming : bumptious ¦ or munailing 5 . Tacking the colours reminds to the us mast of the with glorious small days tacks of . Nelson . It is in 6 one . Going direction about . — he When the about owner in another of a shi . p It is is tired also of another going termfor pacing , or walking goes and down the deck

      , , up . into 7 . the Hard wine a , port and , ! being —After soft much water rain , softens the water it . The sometimes captain then gets cries for " Harder Port ! " or , as the sailors spell it , " Hard a Port . " are 8 . built Mind of your oak , helm but occasionall . —This is y a there cockney are bits expression of elm . , v Shi -. Iuch ps are apt to be leaky ; then comes the warning , " Mind your

      > elM" - them 9 / Hang l ^ they ing were in stays in the .- — habit In the of old murdering pirate the days ladies —shame before on giving 10 . Heaving them time the to log dress . \ These . two expressions are . indicative keep 11 . ing ~ Keeping in his stomach the Tog . j the of port whether wine , the or log captain ( short was for capable logwood of ) which 12 . Co had 7 ning been to spoilt an anchor by the . — rain This , is as a mentioned grim leasantry in No . meaning 7 .

      sinking , and so coming down to your own anchor p . , mitted 13 . Beating to beat . — the Th drum e captain , or the , as cabin his boy humour . may be , is per-14 . Manning the pumps— . This is an expression used when the the men captain put . on the dress shoes provided for them , by law , by 15 Hoistings the ensign . —If a junior officer of an infantry

      . regiment . gets on ¦ board ship , he is frequentl . . . y subjected . . to rough usage 16 . Shooting the siln . —This is very indicative of the conceit of 17 seamen . Taking , who an think observation their weapons . —^ The carry nautical ' ' Very far equivalent . for behind " taking the a si captain ght , " or 's " back pulling * a nose , " generally done by a mid .

      on 18 board . Sounding , to order — . On fresh nearing milk and lan butter d , a horn . is always sounded 19 . Dipping the burgee . —The burgee is a flag , which , when dirty 20 . , is Being dipped on in the the right sea to tac wash k is it the . nautical way _ of saying " Hitting the right nail on the head . "

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      Be Canada Plenty Of Must Room Be In A Th...

      be Canada plenty of must room be in a the big new place country , and , , what or the is Colonists more , there would must not be unfortunates we so hear deep of l a y grateful ship they load are good to of Eng gutter enoug lish children h . Emi to supp gration being ly them Societies posted with off . for ; First next the , , of a few hundreds of the class described as " friendless and being fallen" chartered being assisted fqr the to conveyance emigrate j away and lastl of the y , of scrapings a steamer of our employment reformatbries in the — new and land all are . There welcom is e , hop and e in find this plenty . If Canada of good

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 16, 1870, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_16071870/page/4/