Punch's Essence of Parliament
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Proceedings, Drollery |
Subjects: | Government, Politics, Railways, Transport, Commerce, Charlatanry |
Notes Samuel M Peto's proposal for a select committee to examine the 'entire history' of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company and the 'conduct of its managers', although Benjamin Disraeli and William E Gladstone told him that 'the House had other business beside the whitewashing railway people'. |
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