Note 5 — LONDON AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Reading edition
An attempt was made in 1884 to open a new fish market in Smithfield to break the monopoly of Billingsgate, but the scheme failed through mismanagement, and Punch renewed his attacks in 1889.
Reading edition
An attempt was made in 1884 to open a new fish market in Smithfield to break the monopoly of Billingsgate, but the scheme failed through mismanagement, and Punch renewed his attacks in 1889.