The Good Little Vitler Finish:Stretched Labourers at work on the

Labourers at work on the Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch

Eagle House was at this time a private school for boys

It is always worth noting how the women activists are presented

with hens in the foreground

The Good Little Vitler Finish:Stretched Labourers at work on the'The Good Little Vitler', 1874. The little victualler is rewarded by the new Conservative Home Secretary, RA Cross. The previous Home Secretary, HA Bruce, had introduced regulations under the Licensing Act that closed down public houses at midnight. However, the Publicans had greatly assisted the Conservatives to their majority and so the new Home Secretary proposed an amendment to the Licensing Act. From Punch, or the London Charivari,