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J une 29, 1867.] THE TOMAHAWK. 93
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" AT THE COUNCIL.
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(Before Mr. Baron Tom a' Hawk, and a Bri...
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A BLIGHT.
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He Captain has, with Grosvenor a gravity...
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J Une 29, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 93
J une 29 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 93
" At The Council.
" AT THE COUNCIL .
(Before Mr. Baron Tom A' Hawk, And A Bri...
( Before Mr . Baron Tom a' Hawk , and a British Jury . ) Wilful Damage Case . —Mr * J . Gates and his " Beautiful Scenery ? THIS action was brought by Mr . Charles Reade , the author of G " Never ates and Too others Late , for to maliciousl Mend , " y damag other ing novels a new , against and ori Mr gina . J l . play The , entitled olaintiff Dora conducted , recentl his y p own rodu cas ced e , and the the Adel defendants phi Theatre were .
unrepresented Charles Reade . was called . He wrote Dora . It was a struction BEAUTIFUL . The drama piece . was He MUCH had taken damaged great PAINS by its in " scenery its con " - (????) and some of the " acting" ////// Cross . - FOR examined ALL . The THAT play IT was WAS founded ORIGINAL upon Tennyson 1 Did the ' s poem defendants wish to INSULT , him ? What if he HAD eccentric notions about punctuation ? Surely he had as much right to express clothe their his own own sentiments thoughts in in their his own own TYP WORDS E as ! they ! J He had had to written " Griffith Gaunt . " It was NOT BOSH . Mr . Whalley
had NOT furnished him with the materials out of which he shaped ceremonies the he book was . For indebted the sketches to no one of . the They Roman were Catholic his own ideas . They were thoroughly ORIGINAL . If the defendants didn they ' t would believe find him out , let the the difference m go into between a confes HIS sional livel , and y fancy then and Mr the . John world Gates ' s prosaic was facts then . examined . He said he was the painter ot the " beautiful scenery" which it was alleged had done sidered so the much scenes to damage nice Dora indeed ' s chance . The fact of success of the . matter He con was - this : the piece was very too heavy—it wanted lightening : up a bit :
into and he nearl had manage act . For intr instance oduce a g in ood the deal last scene quiet Farmer humour Allen has y to every talk about a very abundant , harvest indeed , . Well , here strewed was about an opening the stage for , a very fore excellent the curtai joke n ros . e He , about ( witness three ) and peenyw the or result th of ? straw The , of moment the " sli the ghtl worthy y-damaged farmer " descri pointed ption to the ;—last straw seven , and declared years , there it was was the a finest roalr harvest of laug he hter had through seen for the the house ! a point Mr . Reade . But . just Yes tell , I the didn Jud ' t mind ge and THAT jury what so you much did . when It made you
back were ground asked . to paint Brookside Cottage , with a watertall in the The Witness ( with difficulty suppressing his merriment ) . was Well so , that funny was ! perhaps Well , my a lud little , and too gentlemen bad ; but— of ha the ! ha jury ! ha , you ! it what see they do you asked think me I to did paint ? Wh a cataract y , I got with a pair moving of shears water and . So a larg Adel e phi roller water . ( I most cut of a you lot know of holes what into that an is ordinary ) , and I p covered iece of the Then roller I put with the bits roller of behind tin and the glass " Adel beads phi water and some , " and spang turned les it . from round the like front a barrel 1 Ha -organ 1 ha — ! and ha J oh wh ! you it was should no have more seen like it a watenaii tnan iuaiiKe y , 01 tart
{ Loud laughter you , in , which my every , are body joined a piate heartil gooseDerry y . ) . Mr The . Reade yudge . ( good There -humouredl , my lud ; y you ) . I see fear he , Mr G L . Reade O RI , E that S in you it 1 keen are a sense little of too the hard ridiculous upon him . . The witness has evidently a didn The ' t want Witness to . spoil To his be stup sure id , my old lud piece . It ! was If the onl p y lay my was fun at ! all I damaged , it was by the acting , not by the " beautiful scenery . " " Beautiful scenery 10 ! "—ha 1 ha it ! ha 1 sutu ( To iuii the j jury ) . Oh , I
say A , you yuryman ougm ( in nave roars seen of laughter n—was ^ to the witness ) . Don ' tyou The 'll be defendant the death then of me called 1 several witnesses to that it prove love was Luke not with Bloomfield his Dora fault . that He said knew the that piece Mr he . was Billington was damaged a young . . farmer , deeply in hesitated The Judge !) Now ( stern , Sir ly ) , . you Who must is answer Mr . Billington . { The ? witness ( The still Witness was
silent power . ) to R commit ememb you er you for a contempt re on your of oath Court , and . Now that Sir I h ave more the n de mnity nsense . Who answe is Mr at once . Billington , and you ? shall have a certificate , , of inlow The comed Witness y business ( in a faint all about voice the ) . A stage mad . wag And ! ( with He would a sod ) do he made me look such—bohoo 1 bohoo !—such a fool J ( The Wit-/ rir & isvt »»/
• n > ovj r o -r ***¦ t- ^ t-t-ix o j c * ' * t « - m / i *<> r & rri > u' «/ pu > Jfl / rfi / i , fm x ^ Ulvf b " bohooing Farmer A " piteousl llen here y . ) entered the boxand said that his will was law ! , ness As should the Judge be thoug sentenced ht otherwise for contempt , it was arranged of Court that , to the three witweeks' hard labour . The Witness ( in a very obvious false forehead ) . —Three weeks ' h indeed ard labo !— u to ! be W carried here is out ? sentence of your law—your law , The Judge ( assuming the black cap ) . ' On the stage of the Adel The phi Witness Theatre turned ! pale , shrieked , and was immediately dec da lared wit insane letter by three 01 introduction medical men to . He winsiow was sent , later in the
The y , Jud n a , who was very much , moved ur . by this . painful incident On , here the resumption adjourned the of the Court case . , Mr . Charles Reade said that t he , parties Mr . Gates had ' s come expla to nation an amicable was perfectly arrangement SATISFACTORY . The fact . When he considered how much Dora ' s idiotic run about the suffering s r idicule ge and on 1 from t William he Brig iece ht ' A he s disease llen could ' s ridicul not must CONSCIENTIOUSLY ous have make done -up tow as ard a s casti patien ng t on with the action p . , go more Mr question . Gates said ? this was most satisfactory . Might he ask one Afv The Jud CZ / ites ge . "W Certainl ^ ll . mv y lnrrL , Mr . Gates trot . ponrl rlpal of fun nut of
the whenever sun on Farmer the first Allen night began , by ta to king speak him about out of him the . heavens Now , I consider this bit of " business" the best in the piece , and yet beh they ind wouldn the scenes ' t let me . I do wi it sh again— would they are awfull to them y unki that nd to I do me . They say that Danson ' s sce you nery was bette p r than mine , , and insult me in a lot of other ways . They ' re always chaffing me ca about b-ab m -abages y " sk . y borders , " and declare that all my trees look like nathv ( The At . this and yud point ge I will . Believe Mr sneak . Gates me to broke , Mr Sir . , R down you . Phillips have and wep my about t sincerest like the a child matter sym ) . - .
evening In the m ? eanwhile , what are you going to do with yourself this Mr The . yud Gates ge . ( dismally Then come ) . Nothing and dine . with me , and ask a few " Adelphi guests" to look in upon me in the course of the evening . [ The proceedings then terminated . ]
A Blight.
A BLIGHT .
He Captain Has, With Grosvenor A Gravity...
He Captain has , with Grosvenor a gravity which , M . P the ., has great done importance the countryreal of the service subject . demandscalled the attention of the Home Secretary to " certain nocturnal the flowers , depredations and lants with recentl which y committed some in le deli Belgravia ht to deco upon - rate their dining p -room windows . " We peop quite enter g into the tion honourable . We denounce member ' s with feelings him . We the share atrocity with of him these his midni indigna ght - marauders , and we call upon Sir Richard Mayne to do to his duty '
these and place floral a treasures policem . an Life m is tront valueless ot every and nower property -pot , worthless guard , agree in the with opinion him ?) of in Captai comparison n Grosvenor with the ( security and who of will the refuse blushing to rose-bud and the tender flowret . But we feel the subject is gallant unconsciousl member y leading has seriousl us into y a broug train— ht and the considering matter before that the the House of Commons—we may sav a parliamentary train of
be sentimental literally said thought to be and using poetical the language expression of ; flowers in fact . , We we may can the only entire , in conclusion body of the , imp Metropolitan lore of Sir Richard Police from Mayne all to the withdraw low and
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 29, 1867, page 93, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_29061867/page/7/
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