The Officious Passenger mb-width 1270 Saturday 23rd December 1972

Saturday 23rd December 1972

Members of a club (possibly 'The Brilliants') sitting

a Doctor Rare'

Cowley Hall

their skirts have been dragged up in sitting and their legs are revealed

The Officious Passenger mb-width 1270 Saturday 23rd December 1972'The Officious Passenger', 1866. Lord Russell is shown here as the ship's captain. The 'Officious Passenger' is John Bright. At the beginning of January, he had given a speech in Rochdale when he had said that the endeavour was to make Parliament 'the honest and faithful guardian of the interests of all classes in the country'. However, his friendly support was, in some quarters, believed to be interference of an officious nature. 1866 was the year