Canine at the Westminster Pit ball games View of the Bell Inn

View of the Bell Inn on Edgware Road

Mike Treblecock

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the River Thames and the City to be immediately opposite Tyburn

Canine at the Westminster Pit ball games View of the Bell Inn'Canine at the Westminster Pit', 1862. Pit Bull terriers are set in a pit at Westminster. The one on the right is Derby, the dog of Lord Derby, the Conservative Leader. The one on the left is the Westbury Pup. This refers to an ongoing battle in parliament during which Lord Westbury was at odds with Lord Chelmsford. It stemmed from an omission in the new Bankruptcy Act which meant that some officials of the Insolvent Court had lost pay. However, when