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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 23rd January 1869, Edition 1 of 1, Page 42

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  • Departments (3)
    • NOBODY'S JFAUZT.
    • THM PEACEMAKERS; or, AT THE "CONFERENCE?
    • ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST.
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      Case i . service Mr Smith —Four —3 years rd Class . Sal Clerk ary , ^ in 120 the a- Admiralty year ; increasing . Length ^ 10 of a - Owes year . , £ 280 to tradesmen . tortion Extenuating of tradesmen circumstances . . —Insufficiency of income . Ex-Decision of My Lords . —Annual increment of pay stopped

      for for five five years vears .. Case 2 . Mr . Brown—3 rd Class Clerk , Red Tape Office , Somerset House No personal . Length debts of service ; but — involved Ten years to . the Sal extent ary , ^ 200 of £ a 600 -year . consequence of having assisted a friend . ,

      of Ex the tenuating case . circumstances . —High character , and the facts Decision of My Lords . —Pay stopped for six months . Case 3 . Fourteen Mr . Jones years —2 . nd S Class alary , Clerk ^ 310 , Post a-year Office . . Length of servicefrom Amount professed of debts money ^ 840 lenders , princi . pally due on account of loans

      Ev tetiuating - circumstances t * . —Debts contracted with a view enter of satisf into ying an the arrangement demands to of set clamorous aside £ 160 tradesmen of salary . About annuall to y for the satisfaction of creditors . Decision of My Lords . —Appointment suspended for three years . Case 4 .

      service Mr . Robinson —Twenty — -four -1 st years Class . Clerk Salary , Custom , ^ 300 a House -year . . Length of princi Amount pally of in debts the neighbourhood ^ 310 , due to doctors of Hoxton , tradesmen . , and others , Extenuating circumstances— . Married . Nine children . Scarlet fever retiring Decision expensive allowance of M y . Lo a large rds . — famil Dismissed }' . without any claim to a of It each must case be are observe fully d met that and in . the provided above instances for by the the provisions exigencies of and the new excellent Minute a decree . We . were quite wrong to condemn so just

      42 The Tomahawk. {January 23, 1869.

      42 THE TOMAHAWK . { January 23 , 1869 .

      Nobody's Jfauzt.

      NOBODY'S JFAUZT .

      Appeared Exchequer They Are In Departmen...

      appeared Exchequer They are in Department the evidentl Times y from . very On Dr hard Saturday . Yeo worked , giving , January in an the account 2 nd Audit , a letter of and a pos in clerk t his -mortem in roo that m department examination at the office , wh which . o had The he died bod had suddenl held had bee on n the removed heart bod disease y of to a y Yeo dirty was shed obli at ged the to back carry of St on . his Mary examination ' s Church , , Strand putting , where the lungs Dr . for and the heart edification , & c , through of sundry a little little trap boys -door and into others the of churchyard the British ,

      public good enough . The place a pigshed is described . Yet , it is to justl such y a place , as not that guite the bod removed y of a , and gentleman left to , who lie for dies two in his days roo . m We at can a public well imagine office , is that transferred a mere from clerk i the n Somerset palaces House of Downing might seem street , as gentle scarcel men y , from worth outrage the slig . ht On trouble Saturday which , the would 9 th of have January secured , the his Lancet body January dre appeared w attention 15 th th e , Secretary or to this fourteen scandal of , the day ; s Office and after , mi writes the rabile letter to dictu the of Dr / Times on . Yeo Friday to had ex- ,

      to the plain allow Ex th chequer at such , it was a and scandal nobody Audit to ' s Office fault rest on ! must them Certainl be so terribl y long the a . u overwo th Of orities cours rked of e they little were less dilatory not to blame in publicl ; but we expr think essing they their migh re t gret have that been a body of a gentleman , who had spent thirty years in her that been Majesty of treated a ' faithful servic as no e , dog in man . an office of any feeling such im or por decency tance , s would hould treat have

      Thm Peacemakers; Or, At The "Conference?

      THM PEACEMAKERS ; or , AT THE " CONFERENCE ?

      France The . Goddess —My Dear Peace Brot...

      France the . Goddess —My dear Peace brothers holds , her we have - met in this city , where France Prussia . — ( sotto Holds voce her ) . — chief Tongue court . , in order that we may—7-Austria Greece . — . — I Will am sorry you be quiet interrupt ? You , but are not to speak . Russia France . — . — -If Reall he is y , not gentlemen to speak , , dear I shall frien . ds—let us remember . Turkey . —If the conversation takes this turn I must leave the

      room . France . —Now , really , my dear , dear friends , remember where you are . Russia thirteen . —Yes ; no since fear of forgetting that . It is now some T Greece urkey . . — — I If years vote the conversation takes this turn

      Austria . —You are not allowed to vote . Greece . —Then I must withdraw Austria Russia . — . — If Your my friend observation , Greece , is certainl to be treated y you may in this . way , IRussia England . — . No —Take , thank a cigar you , . but I'll take a light . Austria Turkey . . — —Gentlemen What ! another , if the Sinope conversat ? ion takes this turn

      France Imperial . —M master y dear . friend , I assure you on the honour of my Prussia . —Hem ! Hem ! s France . —Do not let us have any hostile interruptions . I Greece assure . — you Am , gentlemen I to vote , or am * I not ? Turkey . —No ! Women are not yet enfranchised . France that as . — -Greece My dear young friend , the Conference has decided

      Turkey . —Is in the wrong . Russia The last . —You Treaty will of condemn Paris her without hearing her defence . . Turkey . —I am very sorry , but if the conversation ( to trod Greece on , who corn has . got up to go ) Ah ! you little beast , you my

      England You understand ( to Austria ; creta , so is tto the voce sore ) . — point Chalkst . one , he means . France . —Gentlemen , is this conduct right ? Is it fair to my august master ? Greece not going . —Oh to , stay your here august to be mast insult er be ed . If Decembered I am not to . vote I am I Englan go . M d y ( instructions vacantly ) . —Athe from ns Athens is the seat of learning . Tu W rkey AVlkU M . . — Ab It ' s M « a * f den UVX 4 V of * thieves h * Jk * V * V W « J .

      Austria France . — ( to My Greece very dea ) . — r Your brothers conduct is barefaced . FRANCE Turkey . . - — ~ My Yes , sublime because friend he ' s got ( turns the Bear round at and his back sees . Greece has n « atter gone , we ) . can Oh settle ! our it young all without gentlem hi an m . has gone off ; but , no England body . . —Certainly j but nothing we settle is to bind any-All Indignant . —Certainl Europe y not ; . certainl —Then y wh not y . , in the sacred name of Humbug , did you meet at all ?

      Answer To Double Acrostic In Our Last.

      ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST .

      T U G U Nde R R In E K Ib E E Pi C

      T u G U nde R R in E K ib E E pi C

      Y ok E . Answers have been received from Ruby ' s Ghost , Sydenham Belle , J C . . S Greaves . Common , and ,. R J . . Morrison 0 . Reynolds , Paul . Keenan , J . P . Ramsden , V . A . B ,,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 23, 1869, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23011869/page/12/