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Seven men round a card table in a Smithfield tavern include two countrymen

or a peep at the Green Room'

Tecwyn Jones

View of the Tower of London and London Bridge looking north-west with boats and figures on the River Thames

The Cat out of The Bag mb-width 3583 Seven men round a cardThe Cat out of The Bag, 1867. The Home Secretary Mr Gathorne Hardy, invites Mr Punch's opinion on how to deal with society's vicious elements, represented by the brutal labourer in the custody of the police. Mr Punch is ready with the remedy, and, from a bag, produces a cat o' nine tails. Mr Spencer Walpole, the Conservative Home Secretary, had resigned, and had been replaced by Mr Gathorne Hardy. One of the criticisms levelled at Walpole was that he