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    • CALLING A SPADE A SPADE.
    • SIR W. MANSFIELD.
    • A NEW NATIONAL GALLERY.
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      August 17, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 165

      August 17 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 165

      Calling A Spade A Spade.

      CALLING A SPADE A SPADE .

      We Understand That A "Dictionary Of Refo...

      We understand that a " Dictionary of Reform Terms" is known already west in the -end press firm , and as will ready shortl for y delivery be announced . This work by a is well in- - tended to furnish the public with the meaning of the slang now i so much in vogue among the Council of the Reform League . permitted By the courtesy to examine of a distinguished the volume in Master question of Arts and , we are have thus been able

      to make a few extracts : — , Slang . Meaning . The " Working Man " ... .. . The Tavern Tippler . The " People . " ... ... \ , Tlie Beales ragamuffins when he who walks follow about Mr . ' accompanied by a brass band .

      The " Voice of the People " .. . Window-smashing . " Public Opinion" ... . ... " Public-house Opinion . " The privilege of listening to ( SbSft Park . ^ STin ^ The t-l " « Roar -d of c the 4 . T , British t » v i J f About pemiy five _ _ lining shillings > 7 worth Morn of .

      Lion Llon i ( . ing _ Star c /^ r ^ . ( People who do not subscribe to A " Corrupt Aristocracy" < the funds of the Reform C League . \ of a " Mig m hty ^ N ^ ati - on M V rmurs , { *• Beer-sometimes Gin .

      " Britannia casting off her / The Council of the Reform l stentorian ethargy , and accents asking for the in with League the buy money ing flags paid , & into c , liberty which is her birrh- their coffers by the miserable right" v dupes who believe in them . / Any one who has the courage

      A "Tyrannical Tory " ... ¦ sham to denounce , and the the illiterate League as non a - sense talked about the working V . man as—illiterate nonsense . ( A a journalist spade , and who describes calls a spade Mr . A " Perjured Press " ... Beales as a foo— , or even something worse , as a " mem-A ber of the Reform League !"

      Sir W. Mansfield.

      SIR W . MANSFIELD .

      Memorandum We Are Very Dated Much The As...

      memorandum We are very dated much the astonished 1 st of April to , find 1866 , that is not the among following the documents published , on the Simla Court-Martial . Of course it authenticity may happen , that but all we we hav can e been say misinformed is , that if it with is not regard among to the its authentic documents , it is , at any rate , " very Simla" : — " MEM : FOR THE OF THE PERSONAL

      QUIDANCE STAFF onn a t ^ t ^ . " The Commander-in-Chief remarked with great pain that yesterday spoonfu evening having alr l one o ea f of peas y re his c handed eived aides- de round h -camp int from , to du the ring Lady guests dinner Mans ; , fie he ap , propriated the to th aide e effect -de the -camp that last there were no more below . cam " His shall Excellency only be allowed desires henceforward appear at dessert to si , gn ify h that appe the aran aides ce being

      -decl regulat . ed by Lady Mansfield ' s approbation of their services during the ay , and gol The oshes aide of -de the -camp members in waiting of families is inst who ructed are to in receive the habit the of umbrellas visiting same at his on Excellency their departure ' s house . and to be responsible for the delivery of the served " The one Commander of the aides -in -in -Chief -waiting is sorry laughing to learn with that a young Lady Mansfield y who w ob - tolerated on a visit in at the his servants Excellency of ' s the hous household e . As such and familiarity as such could not mi be ht breed to signif jealous y his disapprova feelings in l the of su mind ch conduct of the , and butler , at , his he sa Ex m c examp e ellenc time y des insist ires g

      Memorandum We Are Very Dated Much The As...

      retained on officers on o the f the establishment staff remembering . on what conditions they will be aides the " ball His -de-camp Excellency room . was His caug has Excellency ht been in the informed act wishes of b sneezing y to Lad observe y Mansfield near an that open that this window one was of his an in latter insult staff ) who , to shall the may at guests once be , tempted retire and that outside to on coug any until h future , the sneeze cause occasion , or of yawn irritation all officers especiall shall of have the the been overcome . being mediatel " Any expressl y aide offer -de them forbidden -camp , in receiving terms to the of domestics familiar flowers courtesy or to fruit accept from to Lad friends gratuities y Mansfield shall im , it

      y any . requested ** Officers to on observe the staff that dining when at the his Excellency Madeira goes ' s table round are , once is not for all r , they them . are T expected hey will be to imbibe supplied with with apparent a decanter relish of . toast-and-water , which f by * one * Lad aide y Mansfield -de-camp has to her bitterl pup y when comp that lained officer of the was unkindness engaged in exhibited washing camp the dear if it pet does by not her suit ladyshi him p ' s to orders meet . generall No officer y all is the fit to whims be an of aide Lad -de y - their Mansfield charge , and will persistent be considered ill-treatment as a personal of the insult pet animals to the Commander confided to

      in-Chief . lar " literature It will be of the the duty day of to the Lad aide y Mansfield -de-camp in every waiting evening to read ( not the a recep popu - - tion night ) except Sunday , when the lecture will be varied by " Blair ' s Sermons . " tions " H and is E so xcellency does Lad insists Mansfield on the . most practical execution of his instruc" Ambala , April 1 st y , 1866 . " " ( Signed ) , W . Mansfield . ' *

      A New National Gallery.

      A NEW NATIONAL GALLERY .

      We Understand That It Is The Intention T...

      We understand that it is the intention to decorate the corridor with of the paintings Albert Hall representing of Arts and the Sciences principal , when events it connected is completed with , English history that have occurred since the commencement of the will present be selected century exclusivel . We need from the scarcel celebrated y say that work the The subjects Earl Years Years of of H Jti . R . R . H . H . . the the Prince Prince y Consort Consort , and and each each picture picture will will be be y

      in illustration of some distinctive virtu , e shown to be peculiarlyjects possessed alread b y y determined the Prince . upon The : — following are a few of the subyoung 1 . Bravery Count Mensdorff in the a Field black . eye —A — lbert unintcntioiiall the Good y . giving the a game 2 . Chivalry of" King . — of Alb the ert Castle the Good " when reproving they suggested his companions going into in the the castle castle up ui > the the backstairs backstairs ^ .

      3 . Disinterested Sacrifice . —Albert the Good in the act a of -yea sacrificing r and the his hatid future of the prospects Sovereign in in life marriage by accepting . , £ 30 , 000 and 4 . ceremonies Humility of . —A the lbert Court the and Good being abandoning discovered the in splen Osborne dours Woods 5 . Moral having Fortitude a pipe—with . —Albert the nig the htingales Good heroicall . y receiving the f 6 . distressing Purity of intelli Life gence —Albert that it the 'was Good ' nt a boy going . to bed at nine

      . declined oclock after to " imitate having the refused vices of to fortner go to generations the races , of and the having Royal Famil We y believe . " that M . Desangesthe artist who so ably depicted on canvas the incidents for which , the Victoria Cross was congallery ferred , has of paintings received . a commission to execute this most interesting

      Mirth Before Justice Is Condemned As Con...

      Mirth before justice is condemned as contempt of court ; and yet the most contemptible laugh is pronounced law—Bradlaugh .

      What Will Be Asked At The Next Civil Ser...

      What will be asked at the Next Civil Service Examination . —Question : Give the dates of the accessions to the throne of the English Sovereigns that have reigned since William II ., 1861 . IV . Answer : Victoria I ., 1837 , Albert , 1840 , Victoria

      A Joke From Un Native De Putney.—"Votre ...

      A Joke from un Native de Putney . —" Votre Empereur Coun t von malade Bismarck de * Mexico , the other ] n ' est day ce , to pas an , mon eminent chdr , Frenchman " remarked . " ou Vous le tuera avez , " raison added , Bismarck mon ami , , sotto mais voce la . guerre le gu % nra" —

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 17, 1867, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_17081867/page/7/