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    • OUJR OXjFOJZjD GENTLEMEN !
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      June *9, F 869.3 - Thm Tomahawk. 267

      June * 9 , f 869 . 3 - THM TOMAHAWK . 267

      Answer?

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      It Is Reported That, In The Event Of The...

      It is reported that , in the event of the Life Peerage to becoming each can didate n accomp for lish the ed ho fact nour , a , with special a view form to will ascertaining be handed whether or not he possesses the proper moral and intellectual q House ualifications . We are to happy enable to be m in a position take his to seat publish in the the Upper subjoined accurate copy of the paper in question : — To Candidates for a Temporary Coronet . 1 . —" Did so , state any of w y hether our race in co the me capacity over with of the black Conqueror -leg * crossing ? If - sweeper , shoe-black , steward , or bankrupt . 2 . —Ar upon e you the prepared turf , and , if necessary to the dogs , to w sacrific ithout e y stain our patri upon mo your ny character I 3 , —What is honour , and how does blue blood secure it to you ? 4 . —Will { a ) . it Your be in figuring the least in degree a disgraceful affected by case — with a French countess % ( b ) . Having a dozen bailiffs loose about your ancestral mansion ? (< rj . Going a groom into your and the place intellect in the of Peers a plough with - boy tastes ? of 5 . —Are the you Lords quite ? That aware is of are your proper red position and duties in («) . Never to enter , the you Palace prepa of Westminster unless ( b ) . Never public to pay opini the on for remotest ces you attention into a seat to the vital interests of the nation ? ( c ) . Always but to urself bear ? in mind that you represent nothing ( d ) . And lution ready yo rather to stir than up part the with country a tittle to a of bloody your revo own - supposed dignity ? 6 ;—If insuring you can the answer dignity the of above the House satisfactoril , state y , with ur opinio a view n on to the ( a ) advi . Wearing sability th of eir Peers cororiets —; in the Park . ( ) . S Carry porting ing ermine their escutch at the eons sea-side on their . backs * ( d ) . Carrying their pedigrees in their pockets . ( (< / ?) > . Di Co ning ming , with morally men to in the possession hammer * . It wiU be seen from a- glance at the above that the questions hav necessities e been framed of the thoroug . hly in accordance with the spirit and age

      Oujr Oxjfojzjd Gentlemen !

      OUJR OXjFOJZjD GENTLEMEN !

      To . It Attribute Has Been To A Our Fash...

      to . It attribute has been to a our fashion leading , and University a bad one , a from certain time monopol immemorial y in the matter of . manners . Every one ^ has read of the Oxford thi " G s entleman subject . in " its Now own , not peculiar so long way since ; , the and Britannia , if it did handled nothing better to the , it at stion least of dir the ected social the att education ention of thi of nking Oxford En . glishm Men e of n arti the cle old vigorously que stamp repudiated , if not satisfactoril the charges y , and made fathers in the of magazine growing the doubt youths place a were s . to Not the reassured good so very breeding as to long the , decency since thorough , apparently , or hi sense gh-class as of the if feeling in embryo som of e ties Eng determined lish gentlemen upon under the their exaction charge of , a the certain University guarantee authori for - the present - good at behaviour the theatre of on every the undergraduate occasion of the who then desired approaching to be commemoration . Whether this resolve was or was not account carried into of the effect proceedings we do not in the kuow Sheldonian , but judging on Wednesday from the last think , as things furnished for one by the year Times more reporter were suffere , we should d to remain incline , with to accorded very true University well to in a its set instinct way of , raw and , - in boned a statu little and quo license boisterous . Fun may , of boys be course reasonably , who , is are all just the on fun the in eve the of following going home parag for raph the , holidays which we ; but quote where , under is Correction of course , verbatim ?—

      To . It Attribute Has Been To A Our Fash...

      retained " The s o torm n the opened heads by with strangers a few preliminary who had growls recently at entere ' hats d ' the onslaug area ht ; but on thes an e unfortunate murmurs were bachelor soon superseded who had happened by a furious unthinkingly to adorn his neck with a somewhat conspicuous 'kernauseam chief . Shouts for the of space c green of fully ' arose three , a - nd quarters were repeated of an hour usque . The ad person was asked to retire , those in his neighbourhood were or invited take it to off ' turn one him enthusiastic Out , ' he was commoner entreated wen to change t so far his as tie to ; for tear the off obnoxious one of his artic * leading le . All strings seemed ' and for offer nearl it as an a hour substitute to be in amid vain volleys , but importunity applause , quitted at length the house prevailed , and y ; the the academic offender , youth As a were performance able to turn in which their attention the actors to are oth advertised er matters . as " a set of it reads English very " gentlemen much like , " a bit of thing ungenerous is a dead and failure stupid ; indeed black- , gu But ardism it is , — unnecessary so , too , does to a retail good the deal vul more gar which tomfoolery followed to which if . forced a large to assemblage listen for several of fashionable hours on and the educated occasion to people which were we refer . The denouement suffices . So outrageous became the incello terru r ptions had to , and rise and shameless threaten to bring " chaff the , " whole that the proceedings Vice-Chan to - fun a close ny and . This well appeal -bred youths was of in course the gallery quite unavailing now turned , for their the satire upon a white hat . " With this before their eyes , " the reporter could do goes nothing on to but say , rave " the and infuriated hoot ; and mob the of Vice Undergraduates -Chancellor , unable by the Doctors to obtain , left attention the building , rose from . A his volley seat of , and groan , accompanied s followed . " the In short authorities , the " , gentle strangers men , " celebrities in the gallery , guests were , and allowed even the to ladies hoot , out of the building , and thus terminated the Oxford

      Commemoration of high of feeling 1869 . and Together superior with breeding this very comes encouraging more of an evidence equally pro serve mising details character but those . As who it has are not interested yet been in published the matter , we will reis doubtless too big for soon , a corner be able . A satisf certain y their head , curiosity of a large , for the college scandal has , as most independent heads often will , made himself unpopular with venge has certain been to attack of these his " gentleme house , destroy n" under his property him . Their ; uproot redomestic his gardens pe , and and commit comfort a series , for which cowardl a year y outrages or two in upon gaol his — not ment a . term But in we London shall — hear would more be the of this more matter appropriate later . punish For the - moment the fact , , that it is at enough our great to call national the attention gentleman of reasonable factory , conduct men to man standards throug of h his this poc kind ket , are grossl approved y insult hi and m , and received then . sneak To hit out a of sight , may be Oxford breeding , but it is not English . To yell t at o a a badly dose in -dressed consequence stranger , may , and be bring fun a fit great for public University ceremony men , t but hese o w u trag ce e s a inly n not dec pass orum muster and good as wit feeli with ng gentlemen occurred among . Had a men batch would of students have known in Germany how to , condemn America , or them Fra . nc Among e , English the - and scion fro s of m our one own point upper of view ten , th they ey become may be , of still course they excusable would be , more so among a set of drunken and ruffianly coal-heavers I

      A Thousand Pardons 1—We Are Really Vety,...

      A Thousand Pardons 1—We are really vety , very sorry to which say that has a f caused ortnight a courteou o our p s rin and ter m much ade -respected a mistake in n tleman name some Eardley very , a natural person annoyance more celebrated . Instead for his of numerous printing " wives Sir Cull than en n for ame his of many " Sir virtues Eardley , o Wilmot ur man , " a g ink entlem and an who e " s u et niversall up " y lowest esteemed . We in need every scarcel circle y of add society that — Sir from Eardley the hi has ghest our to sin the - our cerest attention apolog — ies as . the As Archbishop for the " person 01 Canterbury , " he is " E * ardley would say " worth !

      * "Canterbury, Archbishop Of—Campbell Ta...

      * " Canterbury , Archbishop of—Campbell Tait , D . D ., & c , & c . Dictionary A celebrated for 1969 wag .. of the nineteenth century . " —The Biographical

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 19, 1869, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19061869/page/5/