Wreath/garland surrounding the name of the (Toronto) newspaper, with ribbon, date & P.W. Ellis mark below.
Obverse lettering
The
Mail
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL
1889
P.W.E. (& CO.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A list of thirteen (the `noble thirteen` or the `devil`s dozen`) M.P.s (i.e., eight Conservatives and five Liberals) that supported a vote against the Jesuit Estates Act, followed by the date.
Reverse lettering
Wm. E. O’BRIEN, M.P.
J. A. BARRON, M.P.
N. CLARKE WALLACE, M.P.
JOHN CHARLTON, M.P.
G. R. R. COCKBURN, M.P.
F. C. DENISON, M.P.
P. MACDONALD, M.P.
DALTON M` CARTHY, M.P.
ALEXANDER M` NEILL, M.P.
JULIUS SCRIVER, M.P.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, M.P.
RICHARD TYRWHITT, M.P.
J. W. BELL, M.P.
MAR. 28 1889
