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Vol. LXXXYI.]
INTRODUCTION.
[January to June, 1881.
PAGE
of his 99th; the rejection of the Metropolis Water Bill,
the Parks Railway Bill, the discovery of dynamite in the
cloak room at Charing Cross, and Paddington Stations,
followed by the Home Secretary’s offer of £1000 reward for
detection ; stormy agitation against Mr. Chamberlain’s
Merchant Shipping Bill, &c.
175 “Mirage” [Cartoon).—General Gordon, shut up in
Khartoum, was believed to be expecting the early arrival
of English troops, which were not even on their wray.
207 “April Anxieties” [Monthly Cut).— References to the
death of the Duke of Albany^, the Gordon Knot in Egypt,
the publication of the text of Sir William IIarcourt’s
London Government Bill, the success of the detective
weasel in tracking the dynamitards, the Australian oppo-
sition to the growth of the French penal settlements in
New Caledonia, the death of Charles Reade and Henry
J. Byron, the Primrose League founded in memory of
Lord Beaconsfield, the prevalence of east winds, &c.
255 A Dangerous “ Conference ” [Cut).—Lord Gm'JYHLLE
had invited the European Powers to a conference on finan-
cial affairs in Egypt, and it was feared that the concessions
likely to be made to French susceptibilities would lead to a
surrender of England’s ascendancy in Egypt.
The “Preliminary Canter” [Derby Cartoon).—The 258
erratic and independent movements of Lord Randolph
Churchill at this time caused considerable trouble and
perplexity to the titular leaders of the Conservative party.
May Merriments [Monthly Cut).—References to the 267
j Health Exhibition, the Conference on Egyptian Finance.
| the panic on the New York Stock Exchange, the race for
the Derby resulting in a dead heat between St. Gatien and
Harvester, the Australian Cricketers, the visit of Mr.
Irving to America, &e.
Punch’s Fancy Portraits.—The Writer who signs 29S
himself “G” in the Fortnightly [Cut).—An article on
foreign policy in the “ Fortnightly Review ” signed “ G.”
and at first erroneously attributed to Mr. Gladstone, had
given rise to much remark and considerable puzzlement.
INTRODUCTION.
[January to June, 1881.
PAGE
of his 99th; the rejection of the Metropolis Water Bill,
the Parks Railway Bill, the discovery of dynamite in the
cloak room at Charing Cross, and Paddington Stations,
followed by the Home Secretary’s offer of £1000 reward for
detection ; stormy agitation against Mr. Chamberlain’s
Merchant Shipping Bill, &c.
175 “Mirage” [Cartoon).—General Gordon, shut up in
Khartoum, was believed to be expecting the early arrival
of English troops, which were not even on their wray.
207 “April Anxieties” [Monthly Cut).— References to the
death of the Duke of Albany^, the Gordon Knot in Egypt,
the publication of the text of Sir William IIarcourt’s
London Government Bill, the success of the detective
weasel in tracking the dynamitards, the Australian oppo-
sition to the growth of the French penal settlements in
New Caledonia, the death of Charles Reade and Henry
J. Byron, the Primrose League founded in memory of
Lord Beaconsfield, the prevalence of east winds, &c.
255 A Dangerous “ Conference ” [Cut).—Lord Gm'JYHLLE
had invited the European Powers to a conference on finan-
cial affairs in Egypt, and it was feared that the concessions
likely to be made to French susceptibilities would lead to a
surrender of England’s ascendancy in Egypt.
The “Preliminary Canter” [Derby Cartoon).—The 258
erratic and independent movements of Lord Randolph
Churchill at this time caused considerable trouble and
perplexity to the titular leaders of the Conservative party.
May Merriments [Monthly Cut).—References to the 267
j Health Exhibition, the Conference on Egyptian Finance.
| the panic on the New York Stock Exchange, the race for
the Derby resulting in a dead heat between St. Gatien and
Harvester, the Australian Cricketers, the visit of Mr.
Irving to America, &e.
Punch’s Fancy Portraits.—The Writer who signs 29S
himself “G” in the Fortnightly [Cut).—An article on
foreign policy in the “ Fortnightly Review ” signed “ G.”
and at first erroneously attributed to Mr. Gladstone, had
given rise to much remark and considerable puzzlement.