A Good Beginning mb-code 2599822 Stepney is now in the

Stepney is now in the London borough of Tower Hamlets

Coventry Street

in Highland costume

'Isabella'

crosses 100ft above the ground

A Good Beginning mb-code 2599822 Stepney is now in theA 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