Punch,  23 (1852), 85.

Protection Against the Electric Telegraph

Anon

Genre:

Proceedings, Spoof

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Crime, Electricity, Anti-Scientism


    Describes an 'Important Meeting of the Swell Mob' concerning proposals to 'connect all Police Officers with the Electric Telegraph'. Participants agree that the proposal posed a serious threat to their livelihoods. For example, 'Mr. Montgomery Mortimer' complains that 'They were to be nabbed through electricity' and this would prevent him from continuing his 'arduous profession' overseas. The 'Reverend Mr. Cavendish Belgrave' announces the existence of 'clerical gents' in the Legislature which 'existed to restrict ingenuity and enterprise'. The meeting ends with 'three groans' being given to Charles Wheatstone.



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