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      ] ?.S The Tomahawk. W Y, 1870.

      ] ? . s THE TOMAHAWK . W y , 1870 .

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      t 1 VOr .. i :, price 8 t ., of THE T O M A II A IV K , i ; Edited hy Arthur a'JJeckett ; ! iLUrSTRATED 1 IY MATT MOROAN . . Office : 199 Strand . 1 { Now ready , price 7 s . 6 V . VOL . III . of ! BRITANNIA , Edited by Arthur a'Beckf . tt , J Illustrated in Colours by Matt Morgan .

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      London, July 23, 1870.

      LONDON , JULY 23 , 1870 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      L^Ace There With Are Themselves Stirring...

      l ^ ace There with are themselves stirring . time In s the when evening newspapers papers cannot of Thursday even , keep half the columns were devoted to congratulations in the assured cer-

      L^Ace There With Are Themselves Stirring...

      tainty of peace , while the remaining columns dwelt Cin telegram *) 1 mail the from certainty the Continent of war . came Alas in , for once the a week good . old The days introduction when the 1 of telegraphy is supposed to have already done much for most ' classes of society . It is certainly nm \* " doing for " poor overtaxed editors .

      We Hear That A Provincial Literary And S...

      We hear that a provincial Literary and Scientific Institution , in one of its recent debates , actually passed a vote of thanks to the Royal Astronomical Society , for providing the extremely successful eclipse of the moon the other evening . Whoever roined the term " lunatic " knew what he was about .

      Why Docs Not Prince Christian Of Schlcsw...

      Why docs not Prince Christian of Schlcswig-Holstein accept the Spanish throne ? We have authority for stating that His Royal Highness ' s departure from England would be sanctioned by the British public .

      We Understand That The French Minister F...

      We understand that the French Minister for War , in acknowledgment of England ' s services during the Franco-Prussian Complication , proposed changing his name from Le Boeuf to Le Ros-Bceuf !

      The Family Of Hohemollern Is Rather Vagu...

      The family of Hohemollern is rather vague . At this moment there is scarcely a German prince in Europe who is not hofien owing ?) somebody something !

      We Believe That It Is The Intention Of T...

      We believe that it is the intention of the Government next year to erect diving hells at Wimbledon for the use of visitors inspecting the camp in a shower of rain .

      We Hear That A Rumour Is Spreading Among...

      We hear that a rumour is spreading among the thieves of London that the Canons of St . Paul's are , sooner or later , to be rf / ft ' ff :

      \ The Ciuards Have A Suuicicntly Good Op...

      \ The Ciuards have a suUicicntly good opinion of themselves without the War Office flattering them ; and it is , therefore , re-1 grettable the officers that of , in the the ( Jrenadiers current monthl , Coldstreams y "Arm , y and List Scots , " the names Fusiliers of should have been printed in larger type than the rest of the Army . The matter requires an explanation . Will Mr . Card - well tell us whether it is that he thinks it due to Guardsmen that even in type they should eclipse the Line , or is it that the Editor of the "Army List" has appropriated to the Ciuards the spare page vacated by the extinction , or annihilationwhatever the official phrase may be—of the Military Train , to save himself the trouble of repaginj * the whole bo > ok ? ' We pause for a reply . A r . FXTl . KMAN . signing himself ** A Shooting Member of Hurlingliam . " addressed , last week , to the Kditor of the T * m , « a letter in defence of pigeon-killing . To prove that that pastime is humane , he argues negatively about fox-hunting , and draws a very harrowing but very true picture of the horrible death of a poor fox pursued by hounds . He follows up this excellent description with the question , " and yet , are you , or any other man , prepared to stop hunting ? " and goes on to answer for the Editor of the Times in an indignant repudiation of the bare idea , adding that " these things enter too deeply J into the daily life and social habits of Englishmen , and cannot , |( and will not , and ought not , to be execrated , but rather to be extolled , as imparting manliness to our national character , and attaching us to our hearths and homes . " The * ' Shooting Member of Hurlinghanv' is , we think , under a serious mistake . Fox-hunting may demand a little pluck from a man fresli to the saddle , and has the excuse of general acceptance as a national sport . Still , if brutality to an animal for mere amusemmt is wrong , no Knglish bunkum can make it right . Foxhunting , therefore , in the abstract is indefensible . As to pigeon-shooting , —well , what can be said of the " manliness " of such a perfectly quiet , bloody , dangerless piece of work ? '" Let me see the tiro , the dullard , the mutT , who can hold his own at Hurlinghain , " says the " Shooting Member . " What does the shooting member mean ? Surely , a party of gentlemen shooting peas at a wasp ' s nest would be engaged in a more exciting and far more hazardous sport ? It would , we admit , be scarcely " manly , " but might possibly attach some of those engaged , for at least several days , to their hearths and homes . However , we do not wish to be severe on a British weakness . The fact is , pigeon-shooting is " the thing " just now , and as such of course has its staunch defenders . For the matter of that , there are thousands of worse things in our midst that no one questions or cavils at . But do not let us talk nonsense about it . Let us admit that pigeon-shooting is not a manly or noble employment , but that Hurlingham is "in good form , " and that that is about the sum of all of it . Prize-fighting ,, ratcatching , bull-baiting , all have been necessary in their turn to the " development of English pluck , " and we know how much value we set on these adjuncts in 1870 ! No doubt a perfect gentleman from Japan would consider the Japanese character on the high road to the dogs if that masterpiece of etiquette , self-discmbowelling , were to be voted inhuman .

      The Most Popular Song Among The Voluntee...

      THE most popular song among the volunteers this year , is ; How Happy could I be with Snider . '"'

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 23, 1870, page 28, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23071870/page/6/