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CLXIX.

O YES ! O YES ! O YES !

The House of Lords having thrown out the Reform Bill on the motion for the second reading, time was allowed to the public to canvass some of its provisions before an opportunity of bringing it forward again arrived. Mr. Hunt, the notorious blacking vender, alluded to in the Crier's speech, and who was the Member for Preston, and Mr. O'Connell, the Irish dealer in law and agitation, were among those who very freely denounced such portions of the Bill as did not suit their views of Reform, and thus it happened that some of the clauses on which Ministers prided themselves were regarded by a portion of the public with indifference or dislike even before the Bill had passed into a law. The Crier, who is offering a reward for the lost leaves, or rather the lost popularity of those leaves, is the Lord-Chancellor Brougham. Close to the bell stand Lord Wharncliffe and the Duke of Wellington, apparently looking forward with pleasure to the prospect of the whole book being reduced to empty covers, by a similar process, and in no great length of time. The Marquess of Londonderry is standing on tiptoe to look over the Crier's shoulder, and in the same part of the crowd are Lord Eldon, Sir Charles Wetherell, and the Duke of Cumberland. The little boy is Prince George.

An illustrative key to the Political sketches of H.B.,from no. 1 to no. 600, Thomas MacLean, London, 1841, p. 108