Probable Effect of Mr.Somes's Sunday Closing Bill war dance 'The Hampton Hydra'

'The Hampton Hydra'

Showing figures making repairs to ships and boats or handling cargo

Portrait of King Henry VII from a stained glass window

View of buildings in Park Street

Probable Effect of Mr.Somes's Sunday Closing Bill war dance 'The Hampton Hydra''Probable Effect of Mr. Somes's Sunday Closing Bill', 1863. Workman says: Well, Betsy, If They Won't Let Us Get Any Refreshment O'Sunday Out O'Doors We Must Lay In A Stock, And Drink At Home, Like The Pious Scotch! The MP, Mr Somes, introduced a Bill that proposed that all public houses should be closed all day Sunday. Resistance came from both 'patrician champagne and plebian beer'. Here, Mr Punch points out the absurdity of the proposal. Those