Punch's Essence of Parliament
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Proceedings, Drollery |
Subjects: | Nationalism, Race, Animal Behaviour, Animal Husbandry, Disease, Telegraphy, Politics, Government, Railways, Environmentalism |
Implicitly likening the Fenians to the cattle plague, notes the government's suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, remarking that the 'Fenian-pest has to be stamped out'. Later notes the passage of the 'Cattle Bill' and a bill 'enabling Government to seize the Telegraph lines in Ireland', and notes Thomas Hughes's resistance to a railway bill. (86) |
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