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    • THE WEEK.
    • OVERDUE AND UNDERDONE.
    • PATRIOTISM IN THE SCALE.
    • A WICKET SUGGESTION.
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      19§ . The Tom Ah A Wk. Jmay 21 , 1870. _

      19 § . THE TOM AH A WK . JMay 21 , 1870 . _

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      THE j DERB Y I / THE JDERB Y / / / The Tomahawk ' s Derby Number . GRAND EXTRA DOUBLE NUMBER . MAGNIFICENT CARTOONS .

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      London, May 21 , 1870.

      LONDON , MAY 21 , 1870 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      The Fight For The Championship Of Americ...

      The fight for the Championship of America went off capitally . After ten rounds , which lasted three-quarters of an hour , one of the combatants had his shoulder dislocated . The other won .

      In The New Arrangement Of The Business I...

      In the new arrangement of the business in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , the Lord Chief Justice announced that there would be no Nisi Prius sittings on Wednesdays in Term , firstly , because there would be no room to sit in , and secondly , because there would be no judge to preside . These are not lawyers ' reasons—but they are good ones , nevertheless .

      The Musical Correspondent Of The Pall Ma...

      The musical correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette tells us that an honour of a novel character has just been paid to the memory of Rossini , the Genoese having given the name of the illustrious composer to a ship , which , before being launched , was christened // Gioachimo Rossini . Although , of course , as the Pall Mall Gazette insists on it , naming a ship after a great man is an original idea , yet we have heard of such vessels as the Dtike of Wellington , the Prince Consort , and a few thousand others belonging to the same class of nomenclature . We are glad , however , that our contemporary appreciates originality when it sees it .

      Why Are Operatic "Prospective Arrangemen...

      Why are operatic " prospective arrangements " always snares and delusions ? Both at Covent Garden and Drury Lane this season , the Operas promised for given days have been altered almost without an exception , and the public , instead of gaining any idea of what performance they are buying places m for anageme , for that nt day so f week ar as , t are o kno onl w th at t into he Opera the confidence announced of will the not be given . Thus , if people secure their seats for William Tell , they probably will he treated to the Trovatore , or if they chose the Son ? ia ? nbula } Medea will most likely be the musical feast provided for them . Surely this policy is unnecessarily erratic .

      Overdue And Underdone.

      OVERDUE AND UNDERDONE .

      Exalted The Americans Sentiments , Notwi...

      exalted The Americans sentiments , notwithstanding are slow to accept their the advanced responsibilities vieivs and imposed upon them ; , at all eventsin the case of Mrs . Lincoln they appear to have shirked the question , of pension for an inde- , the centl terms y long of time settlement , and now ' do that our it is cousins settled , much we cannot credit think . Mrs that . grant Lincoln is , trumpeted it seems , has by the been American granted an press annuity as an of act ; £ 6 of oo great , and and the unprecedented munificence on the part of the House of Representatives . As to the unprecedented nature of the pension we is cannot not in speak the habit ; and of , indeed putting , we its think hand it in most its pocket likely that for such Congress purposes as this ; but that the Americans should pretend that ^ 600 a-year is a liberal and ample provision for the widow of their murdered President , is so absurd , that we can scarcely think them an American in earnest and . ^ We knowing have American no doubt s that thinks Mrs herself . Lincoln luck , being y to obtain any pension , at all , but we here , , with our Old World prejudices , can only regard the after-date concession as indecently and sillily shabby .

      Patriotism In The Scale.

      PATRIOTISM IN THE SCALE .

      It Is Indeed A Matter Of Fact Age In Whi...

      It is indeed a matter of fact age in which we live . Even following revolutions tel are egram onl from y viewed Paris in which the appeared most vulgar in the lights papers , as one the day last week , shows us : — , " Groups of people have congregated this evening in the ' Place de Chateau d'Eau . ' The Belleville omnibuses have changed their route . " Thus , even at a momentous crisis , the point which is thought worthy of telegraphing all the world over , is that omnibuses are driven something from sensible their course and . practical If it is in unromantic the words , we after quote all , . there After is such all , a is revolution little likel is to above be successful all things . an To inconvenience tacitlsanction , and as amount of outrage y and murder the Parisians are y quite ready any to do . But directly they are delayed for a few minutes in any business or pleasure on which they are bent , they are Imperialists to a man . So much the better .

      A Wicket Suggestion.

      A WICKET SUGGESTION .

      The Incivility Of The Servants Of The Me...

      The incivility of the servants of the Metropolitan Railway has become so proverbial that it has been deemed useless long since to attempt to battle against it ; but the new phase of Metropolitan Railway aggression is preposterous past a joke . It is now arranged that , on an arrival of a train at a station , all means of egress from the platform shall be hermetically sealed are up , generall and impatient y left to travellers kick their , who heels go , under or rather ground their to toes save , against time , the gate until it has occurred to an official that it would be advisable at his leisure to unlock the door and let them out . As takes the officials from are two by to no five means minutes an intelli in maturing gent set , the itself idea and generall conse y - quently the passengers are kept in durance vile for , that period . no This t be is tolerated an interference . Our with advice the to liberty of the therefore subject that is first can to - try the lock of the gate with their passengers latchkey , , whichas , a rule will fit , or failing this , with a strong kick , a long kick , , and a kick , ten most altogether tion placid of , t to he temperament kick the and obstructive we gives admi way t gate ourselves to irri out tation of to the be on irritated way forced . The . deperson ,

      The Next War Office Bill.—Sir William Ma...

      The next War Office Bill . —Sir William Mansfield . caterers Spring for . —Messrs DdjcAners . Ber and tram private and dinners Roberts , , are the not celebrated satisfied with luxuries providing of good eating for the and public drinking all the , f or creature they have comforts now opened and their Grand Saloon and Private Rooms overlooking the exquisitely laid-out grounds of the Crystal Palace , which view is in itself such a feast of nature that we cannot help thinking the appetites of their patrons must be diminished before even they commence their repast , So far Messrs . B . and R . are wise to themselves .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 21, 1870, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21051870/page/6/