Punch's Essence of Parliament
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Reportage, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mental Illness, Government, Politics |
Includes a report on the second reading of the 'Lunacy Bill' brought forward by Richard Bethell (1st Baron Westbury), which details Westbury's attack on Frederick Thesiger (1st Baron Chelmsford) and his friends 'for objecting to the provision for trying lunatics by Judges'. (112) | |
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