A Good Beginning mb-code 2599822 'Isabella'

'Isabella'

elderly woman attended by a forlorn foot boy in an elaborate coat watches a flirtation between a market woman and a soldier

with Lambeth to the south of the River Thames and the Tudor royal arms at the top

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A Good Beginning mb-code 2599822 'Isabella'A Good Beginning.., 1872. The new Ballot Bill had recently been passed into law and here Britannia drops a slight curtsey to the lanky figure of the Ballot. The man to the left is Hugh Childers. This was the first parliamentary by election held under the new regulations. Mr Childers was returned for the constituency of Pontefract by 658 votes. His Conservative opponent was Lord Pollington who won 578 votes. From Punch, or the London Charivari, August