Declined with Thanks; or The Rival Touts mb-artist John_MacAllan_Swan She looks dreamily off into

She looks dreamily off into the distance

From America came reports of a new secret society

Many Yoemen Wards - Yoeman of the Guard - attended the wedding in state dress

'A Bill of the Play'

Declined with Thanks; or The Rival Touts mb-artist John_MacAllan_Swan She looks dreamily off into'Declined With Thanks; Or The Rival Touts', 1867. This cartoon depicts Lord Russell walking past Potter and Beales's Diningrooms, and rejecting the invitations of both men to step inside. Mr Beales and Mr Potter were leaders of the Reform Party amongst working men. The London Working Men's Association, who were organising a Reform banquet at Crystal Palace, had invited Lord Russell and Mr Gladstone to attend. Lord Russell had declined the invitation,