1-150-725 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage Images

'The Good Little "Vitler"', 1874. The little victualler is rewarded by the new Conservative Home Secretary, RA Cross. The previous Home Secretary, HA Bruce, had introduced regulations under the Licensing Act that closed down public-houses at midnight. However, the Publicans had greatly assisted the Conservatives to their majority and so the new Home Secretary proposed an amendment to the Licensing Act. From "Punch, or the London Charivari",