Rest, and be Very Thankful Size:S: 36 x 28cm St James's Park and Horse

St James's Park and Horse Guards

View with figures in the street

view of the Joiners' Arms Inn

Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations

Rest, and be Very Thankful Size:S: 36 x 28cm St James's Park and Horse'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.