Genre:

Regular Feature, Proceedings, Drollery

Subjects:

Animal Husbandry, Disease, Religious Authority, Miracle, Supernaturalism, Military Technology, Railways, Transport, Commerce, Charlatanry, Government

    Describes the response by senior statesmen and clergymen to the government's refusal to 'appoint a national Fast Day as a remedy for the Rinderpest'. Also notes the remarks of Spencer C Cavendish (Marquess of Hartington) on 'big guns' and the 'exposure' by John T F Mitford (2nd Baron Redesdale) of the 'manner in which schemers get up Railway Companies, to the detriment of the public'.