Right Hon John Bright, MP for Birmingham Roland Risse Sir Roger de Coverley and

Sir Roger de Coverley and Addison with 'The Saracen's Head' - a Scene from The Spectator

The French under Napoleon defeated the Austrians at Rovereto

the Thames Embankment Bill received the Royal Assent in August 1862

with figures and a horse drawn carriage in the street

Originally designed as a sailing vessel she was converted to screw propulsion during construction

Right Hon John Bright, MP for Birmingham Roland Risse Sir Roger de Coverley andRight Hon John Bright, MP for Birmingham, 1876. Earlier in his political career, Bright was one of the founders of the Anti Corn Law League. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).