Mr. Bright was now addressing Reform Meetings in various towns. The burden of them was--an abuse of Mr. Lowe, who had aided in rejecting Lord Russell’s measure.--1866. No. 26.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--NOVEMBER 10, 1866. {Mr. Bright holding bottle labelled “RADICAL REFORM”.} DR. DULCAMARA IN DUBLIN. Mr. Bright visited Dublin, by request, in October. His speeches were mainly devoted to the discussion of Irish questions.--1866. No. 27.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--DECEMBER 29, 1866. THE FESTIVE SEASON. (_A Pleasant, but we fear a somewhat Improbable, Picture._) MR. B * * * * *, M.P. “_I shay Lowe, old f’la, lesh shwear ’ternal fr’en’ship!_” MR. L * * *, M.P. “_All right, Johnny. Been boshe in the wrong._” Not so improbable after all. Within two years from this date Messrs. Bright and Lowe were colleagues in the same Cabinet.--1866. No. 28.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--JANUARY 12, 1867. RIVAL SWEEPERS. GENERAL CHORUS. “_Clear yer door-step down, mum?_” All parties were pledged to a renewal of the Reform discussion in the approaching Session. There was, therefore, every prospect of an animated rivalry.--1867. No. 29.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--FEBRUARY 15, 1868. DR. BULL’S WAITING-ROOM. BENJAMIN (_to_ HIBERNIA). “_Please’m, the doctor’ll take your case fust’m._” Mr. Bright’s further agitation of the Reform Question was (for the present) arrested by that of the Irish Church, which was uppermost in the minds of the country.--1868. No. 31.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--JULY 11, 1868. ATHLETICS AT WESTMINSTER. JOHN BRIGHT. “_Ha! Won’t you ketch it next half when our big brother comes!!!_” Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Church Suspensory Bill was thrown out by the Lords. The “big brother” was the Borough constituencies enlarged by the New Reform Bill.--1868. No. 32.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--SEPTEMBER 12, 1868. A DRESS REHEARSAL. FRIEND BRIGHT. “_H’m! Ha! Verily these Ministerial garments won’t be so unbecoming, after all!_” [Said, in other words, in his last address.] The Leadership of the Liberal Party having escaped from the hands of the Whigs, made it more than probable that Mr. Bright would have a seat in their next Cabinet.--1868. No. 33.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--DECEMBER 19, 1868. A “FRIEND” AT COURT. WHAT WE HAVE READ. “_Mr. Bright attended yesterday at Windsor, and kissed Her Majesty’s hand on his appointment to the Board of Trade._” The defeat of the Conservatives at the General Election was followed by the formation of a Liberal Administration, in which Mr. Bright was included as President of the Board of Trade.--1868. No. 34.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--MAY 8, 1869. “REJECTED!” OR, THE VICISSITUDES OF _ART_. Mr. Bright’s long advocacy of the Irish Church Disestablishment, after being in principle rejected alike by all Administrations, was now successfully realized.--1869. No. 35.] [Illustration: CARTOON.--JUNE 26, 1869. FORGETTING HIS PLACE.