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    • "BILLINGSGATE BILL."
    • HO W A2f£> HO W NOT TO DO IT.
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      January 29,1870.3 Tub Tom Ah A Wk. 43

      January 29 , 1870 . 3 TUB TOM AH A WK . 43

      "Billingsgate Bill."

      " BILLINGSGATE BILL . "

      Latttern Nate Was We ( ; If And Have We ...

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      Latttern Nate Was We ( ; If And Have We ...

      inebriety though its , if not coars a e bodil grotesqueness y intoxication can . only be excused by a mental ( may Very we pretty be permitted , is it not to ? use " In a our play degradation ful nickname daring ?) Billingsgate to assail " Bill and gentlem ! Our artist y , and excused vigorous by " bodil too . y And intoxication yet it is ? " whispered Refined r evived at Peter —with Spy our contemporary The Queen ' n s Messenger e fi eld ! W ar e about folly ! Bill continues : — paragrap In the h . TomahazoFs It pretends attack to be forgetful upon us , of it our contradicts existence in itself one in lin its e , firs and t attack the next ( in says our that opinion it has a received most pointless " a copy attack of this ) upon paper the , containing performances an of the Globe Theatre . " after Our Christ notice m of as , the and " pointless we were not attack quite " was cert written ain of thre " our e weeks existence . " We are ashamed to confess that we had quite lost his sight name of our to amiabl our recollection e friend until . the packet sent to us recalled edition As our of his conte notice mporary we print insin it u in ates its entirety that we , so ga that ve a ga p rble ubli d c may judge between us : — The Globe Theatre is content with a continuation of Sir Simon , managerial followed by , a as new in matters burlesque of . life Contentment , goes a great in way matters . If it theatrical were not and so , and we the public contrary should to , suffer however not , after th have ey , do this keep a not fashion double away feel , themselves . and dose They will of do Mr keep called not . Byron thron away upon in g , to in one to the all be ni probability Globe g contented ht . ; The on , Batematt unless drawn > the - latter y metal , a burlesque more attractive which , than capitall Sir y dressed Simon and and done Lord weak much imag Minnie Unity ined a for h concoctio S ave . by ydney Lord the not , artistes n Miss been Bateman of dul Rose forgotten concerned l , p however lot Behrend and . — Lord , notabl poor , has and Batsman word one y Mr Miss . meri - J twisting . Fanny Clark t has ; the e as evidentl — Josep princi can is about hs well p y , les been Miss be as of author written has to run succeeded in parallel . B lines the of excellence what are with the Sir Globe Simon . The about Mr . Henry that they Neville reserve for such in y troductory genuine way , artistes comedietta as Miss ? L This ydia is Foote managers indeed and Simple policy , with a vengeance 1 , , grap In h conclusion of our contemporary , we cannot ' s refrain articl , e . from The italics quoting are the our last own para : — - aptitude The " in noble the crime savage of , " wounding who so often , we warn demonstrate . It nu > s . y his be that uncivili he is zed a cannibal , so fierce and intractable that words may not restrain him . head Quite but righ in t , Bill hob J - Your nailed true boots power and lies blud not in . your Use pen them and if you the police will , , but I your for your own sake , my dear good geon lad , do beware of

      Ho W A2f£≫ Ho W Not To Do It.

      HO W A 2 f £ > HO W NOT TO DO IT .

      Admiral Acton, The New Italian Marine Mi...

      Admiral Acton , the new Italian Marine Minister , seems to be office taking but a a leaf few out days of ; but Mr . he Childers has alread ' book y . announced He has been that he in mean This is s to not cut bad down for a the beg Navy inning Estimates , especially by if sixty the retrenchment million francs is . tion to be , of broug the ht strength about in of a the legitimate Navy . way If this —namel is the y , by princi the reduc ple on - ri part which to g the ht , might and lowest Admiral proper tak point e a to hint be j on but e from is conomical it going should the I , talian and be work to remembered , Admiralty cut Mr expenditure . Childers . if It a , is naval down very his accustomed Minister has to less receive money , if given he wants him to to procure expend goods than he of has the same been cjuality , he must buy less with it . Here it is where Mr . Childers useless is which making he vessels mi his ght , mistake he legitimatel attempts . Instead y to do keep by of ridding up reall the y tradition it reducing of all of the the numerical old Navy and , force which at is the thereb expense demoralised of the individual and in time members will become of the inefficient service , . Admiral toward reduction Acton y , o . n the A little other , th hand at , is seems excellent to be is on prefe the r righ able t road to a great learn this deal lesson that is it bad would ; and be better if our for British the country First , Lord for the would serwishes vice , and to leav for e the his right mark honourabl on the Admiralty e gentleman as a successful himself , if ad he - ministrator .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 29, 1870, page 43, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_29011870/page/9/