Rest, and be Very Thankful mb-height 2821 showing members of the cortege

showing members of the cortege outside Westminster Abbey

a Sardinian boat

Satire on the national debt

In fact Balfour

Rest, and be Very Thankful mb-height 2821 showing members of the cortege'Rest, and be Very Thankful', 1866. An old and weary Lord Russell is being told by Britannia that he should now rest. This cartoon relates to the eight night debate on the second reading of the Franchise Bill. One Liberal MP, Robert Lowe, was very opposed to the reduction of the franchise, saying it would put too much power in the hands of the lower classes. Lowe worked very hard to rally a band of Liberals to oppose the government's proposal.