The Election Budget Size:Standard: 6 x 4in to the obvious delight of

to the obvious delight of the Liverpool public

Mr Punch hopes that the spirit of Christmas will prevail

on the wall of a house in Warwick Lane

sitting on a bench outside the Savoy Hotel

House of Commons

The Election Budget Size:Standard: 6 x 4in to the obvious delight of'The Election Budget', 1865. Gladstone exclaims I Think, Mr Bull, We may now Reckon on Your Support! Gladstone gives John Bull some pennies and his wife a packet of tea. Mr Punch takes a regular look at Mr Gladstone's Budget. The 1865 proposals worked from a position of a surplus of some 4m, as shown on the sack at Mr Gladstone's feet. Income tax was reduced by 2d in the pound, bringing it from 6d to 4d and Mr Gladstone gives the man of the household,