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    22O THE TOMAfiM. WK. {November 21 , 1868...

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    marriage Incentive tie. to Crime.—Ruling...

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    MILITAM Y REFORM,

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    " Reductions ! We must insist upon reduc...

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    May It Please Your Majesty, The Near App...

    among us , should one by one melt from their sight ? Is it nothing that in far-off country places the pleasant music of the looms should be silenced , and that from dire necessity , and no fault of his own , the once cheerful and active labourer should sit cowering over the s . canty ashes on his gloomy hearth , while the poor worn-out wife gazes with despair at the empty cupboard , which contains all that she has wherewith to feed her hungry children ? This — » " »» may " « . t * j seem u >\ . viu to fc \ y your jv / ui Majesty j . Yj . ajeoL _ y dix an exaggerated CActggciaicu p jjiv ict ^ iux ure w , , auu and

    you may say ( or your courtiers may say for you ) , what is this to me ? But this is what a sad Court and a deserted palace real Majesty ly m , ean that to your many eldest of your son humbler and his subjects Princess . Reflect are shortl , your y others about them the to are leave p too leasure Englan . But to take for your a the long second lace forei son of gn the is tour away elder ; no . on one What duty grudges ; is the to become of the first young estate of the realm p ? Is the wife of a Prussian rei prince gn of , or Great ^ is a hero Britain like Irelan Prince Christia and India n to represent Much the all

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    Majesty will listen to the voice of the people as expressed that throug , by your their own representatives presence at , we the all opening know ; but of Parliament we would prefer , you gave to all the tangible assurance that England possesses a Sovereign , whose only wish is the welfare of the country over which she rules . Such an opportunity may never occur again of Majesty casting . off Surel that y , c l o oom uld th which e dead has so eak ; long , he , oppressed for whom your you mo — u - — rn —7 , w - - ould w *** - » ww sol * em v *«* nly 'My MUj adju 1 * 4 re . \ 0 y Jf Wk ou * to WW VJ do . V * that UlUb which » r AJLAWXJ . JL is * 9 clearl VAWCWJ . J . y V

    your duty , at whatever cost to your own comfort and inclination . Let your Majesty come forth now : every act of condescension , every gracious smile which your Majesty may bestow on your has forbid subjects triu that mphed will the be over day doubl should mental y valu and ever ed , when bodily come they suffering when see men that alike wearied self . -devotion Heaven with disappointment might listen to the voice of angry recrimination , not of respectful remonstrance ; and when those who hate monarchy should ask with ruthless persistence— " Where we is the vote - ¦— Soverei annually gn * a the sum [ paid for certain servant 4 of the State which 1 are Why still should

    - — —— .- — ** -v «* y - *¦ »* v **»« t * . WJb WW . ******* purposes LSUJk £ S V # fc ? W * 9 V » A ** V * . L & CM . W 0 VAU every W » ^* J year unfulfilled V * Your Majesty , the thought of such a possibility , while it shocks and grieves us , gives us new strength in thus humbly praying of your Majesty that this Christmas Carol maybe sung throughout the land : — " God bless the Queen I God bless Victoria , who has once more come among us ! God bless our beloved So —¦ vereignwho ** w has a ^ vw overcom ww * i 4 e selfish tfvvAil grief with

    self-— —— *— " ""— — - - w «™ w * v <* w *^**^ «» \/ r * *** * ** denying energy \ who , has arisen from the palsy of 4 AW sorro rr £ VXA w in < - spired by the voice of duty , who has inherited a new life from , the grave of him whom she loved , even as her people love her !" [ The Staff of the Tomahawk .

    22o The Tomafim. Wk. {November 21 , 1868...

    22 O THE TOMAfiM . WK . { November 21 , 1868 ,

    Marriage Incentive Tie. To Crime.—Ruling...

    marriage Incentive tie . to Crime . —Ruling that Felony dissolves the tative New and Government more accurate . —M . P . ricism definitions . of Represencumstances Circumstances . Alter Cases—particularly reduced cir-

    Militam Y Reform,

    MILITAM Y REFORM ,

    " Reductions ! We Must Insist Upon Reduc...

    " Reductions ! We must insist upon reductions , especially in S the uch Army is the . " alike of electors and elected all over the the mental country Staff Officers this , says week one , cry says , ; but another spare there , the tmt Reg unanimity spare iments the . Reduce Scientific ceases . the Reduce Corps Regi- . but Reduce ive the us at expenses once the for best scientific armed and experiments the most efficient , says a t third s , the no at the one Depot g lowest interested Battalions possible in keep , for cost ing they . them Above are up wholl all except , says useless the a Horse fourth , and , th Guards reduce ere roop is , who like to have a number of comfortable home appointments for officers who have seen much service abroad and don ' t want to it is go remembered out again . that And " a going very natural out again " " don m ' t want another " , period when

    eans of could twelve only or be fourteen induced years to try ' transportation the experiment . of If shorter the authorities periods of foreign service , they would find themselves much less tormented tives to go by out " influential again . friends " " don ' t want" their relato expect , until such common an exceptional sense rules occurrence on this point !) , Depot ( and Battalions how hard will be a favourite resource" of the authorities at the Horse Guards for providing for " stay at home " friends . The j . xj . c question v ^ uc should anu-ii , , how uuwcvci e answered ver , that nidi , the me whether would nuuiu - 'be uc besides reduc icuuvcis ers this is of * public puuuu home

    acco expense mmodation get to favoured is officersthere , are such justif advantages y the expense attending of their the system mainten of ance Dep , . 6 t Battalions any as can existence The answer of these , so far Battalions as the pleas as cannot yet put it is forward conceive for d the be necessity satisfactory of making to the tax the -payer raw recruit . go They , and mainl the , y young rest officer upon , be the - to come the from depot the of -first the corps a part to of which their they Regime may nt be by appointed sending . them The an object esprit supposed de corps to , which be gained is assumed by this to is be the the earl essence y formation and life of mainstay of the Reg and imental chief s ystem upport , which of the again whole British suppos Army ed to . be the This feeli i ha iiu hesitati xi \\\\ i in ah ocb ingeatl bJ

    exaggerated jl j . ij . 3 itcimg ng and s 0 , , we o ver ; , , i * - estimated . ve v ^ no . . , aL . a It .. K on ji is .. a part say jrxxig of , the gr 351 . wa . un yjr - fortu alike nate from syste any m of intelligent our Arm discharge y to keep of the their men duty and , offic and e to rs narrow confine limits them of de a v blind otion following not to thei of r Sover watchwords eign , their an country d the , rational Esprit and their de service duty corps , but are is to weak a th strong eir ^ ones Corps band and and only it their cannot where Regimental be intelli doubted gence Colours that and . far if leu the more uiuic system collected generally gciici of ciJJjr for general drill than iiicui and enlistment at at present px instruction cacxii ; , , of and u recruits u . in w was as few follow luuuwcu was carried ed General by uy , thei uivu out r

    being de * p 6 ts—to which young officers on first appointment a large might also be be en sent sured to learn much their quicker duties progress —much in improved instruction discipline would be would obtaine 6 t , Battalio and , a vast ns would deal of be the saved expense . of the present system of it will Moreover be possible , on ab to olishing put an end e syst to that em fruitful of Reg source imental of trouble 6 ts , , misery officers , and to half extravagant their expense Regiment —namel coming y , the reduction homfrom of

    forei UJUIUCJTS . a gn service Wt a J . l « . The . ¦ him - l- pay ] J <* y Establishment won \ Jll UIGIJ « m . J . 'VGgll 1 ^ of . l . lGllbS a Regiment ¦• s ^ Willing * Tr is XXUlll increased e ^ « W " > _ 1 on a depdt going . abro Promotions ad , and two are of made its companies , and extra are expenses left at home thereby as incurred officers half , . or - When those and who the a Regiment have ermanent succeeded comes burden home to is their thus again places adde , th , d e are to add put the ed half idleness upon -pay , and list pay , their while , prospects young p and of active advancement officers in are their shelved profes to - and sion blig foreign hted . service All these would variations of establishment the iuiiciHtM imental for Depot home

    emu system . iurcigJ abolished . i ocivi ^ ; and wuum much uwaac cease expense y , were g to the Reg vg public ^ , and great \^^^ . " ha rdshi reduce ps to the the officers Depot , would Battalions be prevented , and to . institute General fore Depots to be for as recruits feasible among a cry both as has officers yet been and men raised , appears for diminish , there - - its ing efficiency , the expense . of the Army , while at the same time increasing '

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 21, 1868, page 220, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21111868/page/2/