The Awkward Horse Finish:Rolled both sides in the American

both sides in the American Civil War were struggling for men and money

Plan of Aldersgate Street

Figure in military clothing holding a musket and wearing a sword

Panoramic map of the River Thames

The Awkward Horse Finish:Rolled both sides in the American'The Awkward Horse', 1880. Sir Stafford Northcote, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer advances with the twitch upon the Irish Horse, which the Liberal Marquis of Hartington is trying to calm. Sir Stafford had recently presented a proposal for ridding the political system of obstruction, the use of which had been causing the Conservatives so much difficulty during the last couple of Sessions. The proposal gave the Speaker the authority to