Passing the piers -- Passage of the reform cutter

The 'Reform Cutter' passes under an arch of a bridge, the arches being supported on piers, the carved capitals of which are heads of peers. It is carried along on a rapid tide: 'Popular Opinion'. Lord Brougham stands with a boat-hook to push through the arch, jabbing the point against the stone head of Wellington, next which is Cumberland. Three clustered pillars form the next pier, topped by the head of Eldon between Newcastle and Londonderry. The heads on the third pier are scarcely characterized. The King, in crown and robes, sits in the boat, using the sceptre to guide it through the arch. Behind is Grey, anxiously holding the tiller-lines. Illustration to an article on passing 'the Bridge of Aristocracy'.