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    • THE WEEK.
    • HONESTY IS POLICY.
    • PROSECUTION AND PERSECUTION.
    • A GENTLE REMINDER.
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      t ———— ¦ ¦ . — — 248 THE TOM AHA WK . jjune 25 , 1870 .

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      Now ready , price * js . 6 d . VOL . III . of BRITANN IA , Edited by Arthur a'Beckett , Illustrated in Colours by Matt Morgan .

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      London, June 25, 1870.

      LONDON , JUNE 25 , 1870 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      The City Bench Has Not Always Been Famou...

      The city Bench has not always been famous for its decisions , and it is , therefore , with special satisfaction that we direct attention to a recent judgment of that most able and indefatigable of ail city justices , Sir Robert Carden . The other day a poor wretched bill sticker was brought before him on a charge of defacing a building with indecent bills , and Sir Robert very rightly dismissed the miserable agent , and awarded the punishment—a fine of forty shillings—to the principal , a certain Dr . Campbell , of "Whitechapel . This is a movement in the right direction . The Pall Mall Gazette has lately done good service to the cause of respectable journalism by its very uncompromising attitude on the subject of filthy advertisements , and it seems to us that the suggestion that our contemporary , apropos of

      The City Bench Has Not Always Been Famou...

      this very case , throws out , viz ., that the same sort of policy might advantageously be pursued in the case of newspaper proprietors , is an extremely good one .

      Ascot This Year Was Rather A Failure. Th...

      Ascot this year was rather a failure . The Grand Stand was given over to the betting men , who hustled their way among costly toilettes , and shouted themselves hoarse in the close proximity of ladies . Whatever the admirers of Mr . Browning may think about the matter , at Ascot we can get on very well indeed without the Ring and the Book . '

      The " Head Of The Advertisement Departme...

      The " Head of the Advertisement Department" of this paper being away at the seaside , Quacks , Baby-farmers , & c , are earnestly requested to send in their orders forthwith . Scale price , twelve shillings a line .

      Prince Christian Has Been Made A Bencher...

      Prince Christian has been made a Bencher of the Temple 1 We could have understood his promotion to the Stool of Repentance , but to be made a Bencher—the idea is too absurd !

      There Is No Truth In The Report That The...

      There is no truth in the report that the next burlesque at the Vaudeville will be entitled " Home for the Hallidays , or the Gent , the Jew , and the Gentile . "

      Is Lord Bute A Roman Catholic ? Monsigno...

      Is Lord Bute a Roman Catholic ? Monsignor Capel says no ; and ( as a drunken man would say ) the Monsignor is incap ' el of a falsehood . ;

      In Future (We Understand) All The Works ...

      In future ( we understand ) all the works of the gentle shepherd , D'Israeli , will be published in the Lothaire Arcadia .

      The Only " Caught" News Of The Week Is T...

      The only " caught" news of the week is the fact that Hurt and Fisk have been apprehended .

      It Is Rumoured That Punch Is Shortly To ...

      It is rumoured that Punch is shortly to become a comic paper .

      Honesty Is Policy.

      HONESTY IS POLICY .

      Queen Spain Of Is Spain Turning Is To Ho...

      Queen Spain of is Spain turning is to honest be sent , if her not jewels generous , or rather , in its such old age of them . The as is she , it boug would ht with seem her , expected own private to sign money an abdication , and in return of for all thi further s she should interest willing in her ly late give kingdom up valuable . Th articles at the Spanish representing Government cash for a has appears piece its solution of at paper first . si with g It ht may a a little purel be strange y th sentimental at the , but Spaniard we suppose value s , attached who the p are roblem to just it , now to lend borrowing , wish to as show much th money at they as have they turned can get over forei a gn new nations leaf with have regard sent Queen to the Isabella conduct the of their refuse monetary of her j obligations ewel-case as , and an earnest of the regularity with which the coupons on the new Quicksilver Bonds will be cashed , and the loan redeemed . Stock Certain Exchange it is that , and just that now the Spanish new scri credit p is at stands a premium well . on There the is something more than comprehensible in all this , could but p out hilosop . hy—failing the above explanation being correct—find it

      Prosecution And Persecution.

      PROSECUTION AND PERSECUTION .

      The Difficulties Of Mr. Leonard Edmunds ...

      The difficulties of Mr . Leonard Edmunds have entered a new actions phase for . libel Mr against . Edmunds Mr . , Gladstone who , it appears and a , had select commenced few of the Treasury Crown for officials the amount , was of arrested the award last latel week y g at iven the against suit of him the , and was lodged in Whitecross street prison , abolition of imbeen prisonment taken out for , debt questi notwithstanding oning the right . of A the summons Government has alread to put y good Mr . Edmunds sense of depriving in prison the ; but unhappy , legality ex aside -official , we of question his liberty the . pay Whatever ing the his penalty faults for and them shortcoming , and it is unfair s may to have push been matters , he to is English extremes , . so To such hit a a policy man when should he not is down emanat is e proverbiall from Downing y unposed The street Treasury of to be all watched places has , where certainl over the and y traditions been protected active of with the of country late a fatherl in are making y care sup- . arrests ; but the line should have been drawn above Mr . Edmunds .

      A Gentle Reminder.

      A GENTLE REMINDER .

      One Of The Surest Signs Of The London Se...

      One of the surest signs of the London Season being at its bearable zenith is the and comp the laint assertion that arises that on a mi all gration sides that to the town country is un- , which cannot , perforce take place for six weeks to come , would be are bliss just . now With protesting this for our against text , the we call calls upon of society those persons to put their who hands are now into being their organised pockets and in to the help metropolis the " school . If London treats " which is uncomfort bearable what for a must few weeks it be under all the every condition round to those of luxury who and but p for robably the charity , never and see kindness green fields of a and year small hedgerows band of friends from time , would , to fashionable eternity . With London " so could much find to do time , " it to is not take to be supposed active that t in any par expect organizing that " it treats should " for , over the its poor morning ; but it paper is not , no too te much down a it few for of monetary the addresses assistance of those , and excellent in the persons course who of appeal the day to , is either a moral by recourse obligation to . its The cheque " great -book worl or d purs " is e more , discharge thoughtless what have than uncharitable its effect . If ; , however so we hope , his that words Tomahaw result in , k an ' s accession appeal may to these child charitable for a few funds hours of to the a sum fresh sufficient airhis only to send will no a t single have been wasted . , space

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 25, 1870, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_25061870/page/6/