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    • THE GRAND DUCHESS.
    • CHARADE.
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      hospit of the al poor certificate woman , was the victi handed m of in the to account prisoner ' s for brutality the absence . There was no defence . After a few minutes' consultation , the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " on the score of the prisoner " suffering from think nervous , my energy lord , that in the the knee prisoner -cap . " is The a great Foreman scoundrel added , and , " We deserves hanging . " Sykes retired from the Court grinning , after

      having expressed his determination of " being the death of Nancy , for all they'd done to him . " RATHER A LONG CATALOGUE OF CRIME . Henry De la Mere de Courcy , a young gentleman of fashionable j £ i , oooj exterior with , having was charged stolen two with pounds having of forged beef-steak a cheque from for a butcher ' s shop ; with having swindled a poor relative of her little all ; with having pilfered a box of tin soldiers from the Lowther Arcade ; with having wrenched off the handles from "hie : linr . ie ' c mffir \ with fiavinor f * TctrzLr . texl a TianHTr ^ rrh iff frnm

      the pocket of his mother ' s laund ress ; and with having carried off the communion plate from the vestry of St . Frigidus Without . The charge was proved . For the defence , Dr . Muddlehead was called , and stated that months the last ' old time . On he the saw occasion the prisoner in question , he ( the , the prisoner prisoner ) was clutched four at his ( the witness ' s ) eye-glass . In his opinion the prisoner was suffering from " firigomniamania . " The twonsiueraDie jury found amusement a verdict of " Not created Guilty in . " olcl

      Irishwoman calling out to the was prisoner as he v ^ ouru left Dy the an dock " Ah , Surr , it ' s maself that wishes I'd only har ' rf yer 'onner's , complaint !" SERVE HIM RIGHT . half yeremiah from yenesis the ( beadle aged seven of St ) . was Fri charged idus Without with stealing who had a dropped penny the coin on his road to the popular g place of , worship , of which he is the well-known official . The charge was proved , and the youthful prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour and a flogging .

      November 30, 1867.] The Tomahawk. ' 311

      November 30 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . ' 311

      The Grand Duchess.

      THE GRAND DUCHESS .

      " How Do You Like The Grand Duchess At C...

      " How do you like the Grand Duchess at Covent Garden ? " We should be glad to know how often this question has been e vasive to us ans ! w We erfor have in , in truth most it cases would , been be content no to matter return an to pack up our opin , i , on in the small parcel which easy is generally supposed to' suffice for a simple question of the kind . In the first place the Grand Duchess of Covent Garden bears no resemblance to the Grande Duchesse of the Varietes , partly because Madlle . Schneider and poor Couder could not be matched in this country , and in iavour partly 01 because , at Covent Garden wnnst , drollery tne

      goes xo me wan spectacular aispiay , reverseis the case at Paris . A portion of the extravagant fun of army the piece is sup , as posed played to at consist Paris , of consists half-a-dozen in the fact soldiers that of the various Royal height the first s j act at Covent a milit 'Garden , t however aclewhich , there howeve is , at r the attractive conclusion to the of eye , cannot , but destroy ary spec , to a certain , extent , the purpose—absurd though it be—of the piece . Mr . Harris could scarcely have done lised more for th for e mili the t army defenders of Peter of the the Great Grand than Duchess he has accom of Ge - rolstein p . In mentionin ary g the points wherein the performance of this piece in Paris and London differ from one another , it mav

      be Covent observed Garden that is , t singularly he end of weak the second and ineffective act , as presen in Pari ted s the at known curtain and comes highl down y-prized upon in a the wild French and characteris capital . tic We dance must well not - be understood to advocate the importation of this dance to our saint could -like dance shores it ( which , even if th incline ere were to think anybody there in Eng not ) land , still w ho

      must lain admit that the second act of the Grand Duchess stands sadl clusion y in . need With of regard something to the to third bring and it to fourth a more acts effective , we can con only - and say that herein they lies are the not fault much of the duller whole here piece than they ; for are whereas in Paris the , act first is act not is so musically good , whilst and dramatically the third is weak excellent , and , the the second fourth

      " How Do You Like The Grand Duchess At C...

      is downright bad . Having regard to the fact that , the common the soldier first , Fritz act , , and is raised is degraded to the position to the ranks of Commander in the last -in , - it Chief seems in almost with the a last pity and the p ending iece cannot with the be p first layed act backwards ! - , beginning We now come to the manner in which the Grand Duchess is performed claim to indul ; and gence we , c inasmu annot but ch as feel the that maj the ority actors of them have are some new to their work . It may , in point of fact , be said of all of them

      that their acting wants lightness , and their singing wants brig task htness has been ; still nearer , we achievement afe happy to than say we that antici , in some pated cases ; for , the instance Miss Julia , the Mathews " Couplets and du Mr Reg . Harrison iment " were ; " tripp Voici ing le ly sabre sung by de mon Pere , " and one or two other pieces were sung with a certain " dash " if with no great amount of finish . With regard to Miss Mathews , we are constrained to admit that she has grave faults , and perhaps the gravest is her prolui nunciation , " anglic ^ of " the Say Eng to him lish , language " we must . urge Thus her , in the not song to speak " Dites the words as though they were written " Sigh to him : " this is but

      her one earliest example attention out of many . As , and respects the defect her sing is ing one - and which acting claims , we may say that if it is not over-refined , it is , for the most part , brisk and bright ; she is not stag ey , which is a comfort now-ashould days , and not , with prove more an acquisition experience . , we see no reason why she The other characters are fairly well filled ; the Wanda of Miss Thompson 01 iviarrison is , vocall is y , the best creaicaDie performance ivi , whilst l the

      jfrttz r . nmore man . r . ^ ynesxey Cook seems to have blustered away all his voice in the part of good the Genera music l , too and , for he him may to be sing reminded if he that chooses there . is Mr music . Stoy , le and is rather amusing as Prince Paul , and his voice , properly delivered The , would band , prove thoug to h be too a large good , one is . excellent , and sends forth Offenbach ' s racy tunes with appropriate swing ; the advantage of a good orchestra is sensibly felt in the finale to the first act contrary , which ) is ( desp a first ite -rate all piece Offenbach of music 's detractors , both as may to construction say to the

      and fancy . The vast theatre ( alas ! how much too vast for the nature of the piece !) has been well filled , and it is with pleasure that we record our opinion that the Grand Duchess at Covent Garden is , on the whole , the best performance of Offenbach in English which has yet been heard in this country .

      Charade.

      CHARADE .

      Smarting Beneath Their Fancied Wrongs, M...

      Smarting beneath their fancied wrongs , My First besought my Second's aid , Their prayer most graciously was heard , And for their good my Whole was made . But soon again the suppliant cry Is raised by every tortured soul : — " Thy direst punishments inflict ; Spare us the mercies of my Whole 1 "

      Answer To Logogriphe In Our Last.—Workho...

      Answer to Logogriphe in our Last . —Workhouse . Work—House—Use—Rose—Hose—Sow—Show . Correct answers have been received from Hurlothrumbolus , H F . . G W . . R R ., . A One . D . Duffer C , Henri J . , H Ruronunahildud . D . CalumetB . Mumenunzuziesus G . PaulA . Y . Z . , D . D ., Samue , l E . Thomas , , E . , L . Orton , , Philo , -Tiny , , Little , , Emma Kathinka , Red , Macdufif Alf , Two , B . Ni Hackney as , ( Edipus Swords , Je , ctee Bull , ' North s Oil , , Ulcoats Sawday

      the Farnnam Spliced Manducks , " Stft , " Mr . Salalak Jorrocks C , . Carpe F . S . Diem 2 Fountains , Little Sixteen Relam- , pago , F . , H . B ., Balaam , Slapton , Lea , , Huz , Fuz , and , Buz , Gnutrah and Eteolc , Flipp , The Walrus at ye Zoo , Gumbo , J W B iniral . . Wall T . C Fladdock ace , W , Janes . S . P , . Chang , F G ido . J , . , Twyncham R A . Casual ( Camber , Reader well F . P ) , . , D B M . awtree . C A , . D Young , . H , William . C . Jeff G ., , Joe , Fenian ( Highbury ) , M . H . Faust Hoolahan , Foundling , Two Chathamites .

      A License That Should Be Refused. — The ...

      A License that should be Refused . — The Poetical License of some of our modern poets .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 30, 1867, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_30111867/page/11/