A New Piece mb-height 1129 A satire against the approaching

A satire against the approaching dissolution of the East India Company

Tyne & Wear

Kilburn Wells

The year 1861 was to see the beginning of the American Civil War

A New Piece mb-height 1129 A satire against the approaching'A New Piece', 1882. The Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, has submitted his new piece to Mr John Bull in his guise as a theatre manager. Mr Bull, though doubtful of the integrity of the piece, will play it to the Company. This relates to the new Session of Parliament which was formally opened at the beginning of February 1882. One of the first matters to be dealt with was the question of parliamentary procedure. Mr Gladstone had proposed to bring