The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural The Modern Inquisition -Treatment of

The Modern Inquisition -Treatment of Political Prisoners under a Liberal Government

once the docks teemed with men

the government insisted all prisoners be forcibly fed

View shows the fork of Buckland Crescent on the left and Belsize Park and the building in the centre is the building acquired by the Hall School in 1916

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural The Modern Inquisition -Treatment ofThe Burning of the Houses of Parliament. Coloured aquatint. The greatest new building of mid 19th century London was the new Palace of Westminster. It was built after the old palace burnt down on the night of 16 October 1834. The fire was caused by over loading the Palace furnaces with unwanted wooden 'tallies', notched sticks of wood formerly used as receipts by the Exchequer. By the time the alarm was raised, fire had spread through the chimney to