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    • AN ADMIRALTY SLIP.
    • AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT
    • THE LA JV'S DELA Y.
    • 11 excelsior: 1
    • ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROS7IC IN NO. 114.
    • ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN NO. 115.
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      For some reason or the other Pawkins and Spoff ' s client was not called there out , or the did name not . render The clock himself was audible at half- as past Little eleven Squi . gsby The ment time was for past want , and of Little a lea Squigsb . How y hurried the urchin away and chuckled signed as judg he - heard the name of Slicker p shouted as he went away ! He rushed back to Slicker . " " Si I ' ve gned signed judgment judgment ! " said , " he Slicker cried . . " Hoorah ! Sacrifice the costs and issue execution . " That He was nig a ht sharp Quillets boy , the was banker Littie , S was quigsb in y prison . for ^ 50 , 000 . ( To de continued , )

      43 The Tomaha Wk. \ July 24, I&6 9.

      43 THE TOMAHA WK . \ july 24 , i & 6 .

      An Admiralty Slip.

      AN ADMIRALTY SLIP .

      Woolwich Dockyard, Which Was To Have Bee...

      Woolwich Dockyard , which was to have been finally closed the on the 13 th occasion instant of is not the launch so easil of disestablished the screw-corvette . When , Thalia the time , on came for launching , the last ship y on the stocksand the ceremony of christening , with its attendant sinful waste , of a bottle of good wine , had been performed , the Thalia refused to budge , ^ nd steam to tugs her , hy position draulic presses in such , and an obstinate battering manner rams notwithstanding that the launch - , stuck was will necessaril happen y postponed in the best to regulated a future dock day yards . Accidents ; and we , no therefore doubt , strongly deprecate a rumour which has been semi-officially had circulated been , to tamp the ered effect with that b the y evil launching -disposed ways peop of le the in Tha conse lia - quence of the dissatisfaction prevailing amongst the dockyard do artizans not , believe whose a services word were of such about a suggestion to be dispensed ; for , although with . We the dockyard workmen have been dealt with as hardly and as rethroug morselessl hout y shown as it is a possible most uncomp that laining they could and be health , they y sp have irit and have accepted their fate with a dignity which might well , be society imitated . It is by much disestablished more likel peop y that le in the the Thalia higher stuck grades on her of cradle in consequence of some bungling on the part of the authorities cowardly to , rather put about than a owing rumour to any which other , devoid cause of ; and the least it is foundation , is calculated to injure a class of men far more sinned against than sinning .

      An Unclean Spirit

      AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT

      Mr. Sclater-Booth Stands In The Unenviab...

      Mr . Sclater-Booth stands in the unenviable position of purification who being spoke the onl against of y the man Serpentine the of any grant position . of The money in rig the ht rec honourable House ently voted of gentleman Commons for the justified his opposition to the measure "because he was not aware that the Serpentine , had been the cause of disease or cleath . " We are not aware where Mr . Sclater-Booth lives , but it cannot be anywhere within a couple of miles of Hj / de Park , or he would not have dared to make such a barefaced assertion . But allowing that Mr . Sclater-Booth was personally ignorant of else in the common filth seemed y and decency to pestilent have in condition was taken true for . of granted This the Serpentine sort that of what behaviour , he everyone might is beyond the limits agree of recognised " opposition , " and Mr . Sclater-Booth should be made to feel that he has got himself into dirty water .

      The La Jv's Dela Y.

      THE LA JV'S DELA Y .

      In The Court Of Bankruptcy A Few Days Ba...

      In the Court of Bankruptcy a few days back , there was a sitting back for as dividend the year 1826 under ; the a bankruptcy proceedings which were occurred very bulk so y , long and were contained in a volume from which it appeared that the t commission hc complaint was of granted a creditor by , the A late dividend Lord of Chancellor 3 s , 6 d ,, in Eldon the pound upon

      In The Court Of Bankruptcy A Few Days Ba...

      was had now been available paid some for forty the ye payment ars ago , of and a second a further divi sum dend of . ; £ 1 The , 000 order of the was bankrup given t , , and and if so he the still matter exists ended , the . report What did has not become state , gentlemen or whether , the or their creditors middle were -aged represented grahdchildren by decrep j was id , equall elderl y y doing of obscure Bankruptc , had . One probabl y had fact y taken alone inflicted its was time s c everal ertain over — gross namel the injustices matter y , that ^ and on the , the b Court y Un so - happy parties concerned ; That a case should occupy close on is half beyond a century a joke before that it a is large disposed sum of of , mon is absurd ey should , no ddttbt be seized ; but b it y whom the Bankruptcy it properly Commissioners belonged * for , no and assi withheld gned reason front whatever those to . Let us hope that the new Bankruptcy Bill , whatever else its effects may this be , will to put be a stop to such gross miscarriages of justice a appears ;

      11 Excelsior: 1

      11 excelsior : 1

      The First Ascent For The Year Of Mont Bl...

      The first ascent for the year of Mont Blanc has just been effected . The Mont Blanc Journal gives the particulars of the them journey a Mr . , Gannon which was an accomp Englishm lished an b and y two concludes gentlemen a circum , one of - stantial narrative of the , details of the , ascent thus : — they " At reached last , after the terrible summit efforts at 11 . 40 and a . m with . Here snow up Mr to . Gannon their waists was , immediately seized with a fainting fit . " subjected We are g to lad friction to announce with a , mixture however , of that snow after and having fain been Mr . there Gannon is no got doubt better but , and that was in got addition down again to the by ascent the guides under notice ; , but , being interesting as the first , attempt of the seasonit was all but the last as far as Mr . Gannon was concerned . , Will this be a lesson to young gentlemen from the Universities bent on a Swiss tour , or shall we have the usual number of Alpine suicides this year to enliven the papers in the dull months ? We shall see .

      Answer To Double Acros7ic In No. 114.

      ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROS 7 IC IN NO . 114 .

      V Ie W I C E C Au L E C R I O O Vu M Y A...

      V ie W I c E C au L E C R i O O vu M Y ar E

      Answers Have Been Received From 51 Welli...

      Answers have been received from 51 Wellington street W . G ., Chivalry , Ruby ' s Ghost , Slodger and Tiney , A Felstedian Tot , and Leo .

      Answer To Double Acrostic In No. 115.

      ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN NO . 115 .

      G Enev A L Ustru M A Rtific E D Ubli N (...

      G enev A L ustru M A rtific E D ubli N ( Doublin' ) S wor D T ri M O ffic E N on-interventio N E ndowmen T

      And Answers Tiney, Tot Have , And Been S...

      and Answers Tiney , Tot have , and been Samuel received E . Thomas from . Ruby ' s Ghost , Slodger

      The Answer To Double Acrostic In Our Wim...

      The answer to Double Acrostic in our Wimbledon Extra Number , The Sparrowhavjh ^ will be given in our next .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 24, 1869, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24071869/page/12/