Gladstone Salve - For Tender Consciences river Nile A crowd assembled to watch

A crowd assembled to watch two women fighting in the street

The first stone was laid by Prince Albert

View of Covent Garden showing various street sellers including a shoe shiner

is now the Earl of Beaconsfield

Gladstone Salve - For Tender Consciences river Nile A crowd assembled to watch'Gladstone Salve For Tender Consciences', 1863. Mr Gladstone's 1863 Budget began with the premise that there was a surplus of 3,741,000. Various small increases in duties would bring that to a total of 3,874,000. But then, a number of reductions in duties and income tax (down from 9d to 7d in the pound) would diminish the return and the surplus would dwindle by 3,343,000. Here, Mr Punch translates Mr Gladstone's 'political language' to show that