Genre:

News-Commentary; Illustration, Satire

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Railways, Class, Public Health

    Attacks the statesman John A Roebuck for complaining about the inadequate conditions suffered by the poor in third-class railway travel. Wonders why poverty should be made 'at all comfortable'. Notes that the Prime Minister Robert Peel thought 'railway directors should be allowed to drive what bargin they choose with the poor and helpless'. Illustration shows Charles de L W Sibthorp, a staunch opponent of railways, riding a horse and dressed as Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's character Don Quixote, and attacking a railway engine with a long branch.