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

'The Hampton Hydra'

Portrait of King Henry VII from a stained glass window

The General Post Office is in the distance

This relates to a debate in the House of Commons when the Conservative MP for Buckinghamshire proposed a motion for a Select Committee to sit in judgment on Income Tax and assess if it could not be more equitably levied

A motorcycle and sidecar passing a car and cyclist on the road

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