The Officious Passenger mb-width 1270 l-r Bill Wyman

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

England players fooling around

with two tables detailing Hackney coach fares and watermen's fares

Cowley Hall

The Officious Passenger mb-width 1270 l-r Bill Wyman'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