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    Tunity To Attend; For The Englishman Is ...

    strugg le for which Kossuth asked their sympathies . The excitement _sjWead and waxed . A fine stalwart fellow , who looked almost' too free in his hearing for an officer of regulars , and whom I took for a revolutionary colonel , with rough ringlets overhanging a manly brow , and blaclc moustache overhang _ing the portal of a magnificent voice , made the place ring with calls to battle against the tyrants . Hie whole meeting rose atnd cheered , many times . The cool Edwardes _shared the general fervour / and ; in seconding the bearded speaker , he declared that " the mien 6 f _Marylebone had come forward , and thus supported , the patriots of Italy and Hungary would not quail before their gigantic but cowardly oppressors . " li Would

    be impossible to describe the piercing thunder crash of applause that followed that declaration of war : ah Hungarian gentleman on the platform leaned over and shook hands with Edwardes , who extended his own hand to the audience , and introduced his foreign friend to them in dumb show , as Maria Theresa showed her son to the Hungarians . Many _wbriien were undisguisedly in tears ; and I- am hot sure that the lights did not dahce before my own eyes in a magnified and uncertain brilliancy . When the tumult had a little subsided , a feeling of discordant though suppressed uneasiness betrayed itself on the platform •¦ and I found it was occasioned by an intruder , who was gradually making his way amongst us . The scene which followed was not pleasant , especially after the rest .

    The people on the platform mostly shrank from him with an air strangely blending dislike , f eqr , and contempt ; the chairman announced him to the meeting with a forced nonchalance , and the loud applause from a small section of the audience only marked the more strongly the passive silence of the rest . The speaker did hot conciliate favour by his _aspect . A mien and dress that civilians might call '' military , " was niade up of a blue frock coat and an unconquerable effrontery . A large head , colourless eyes , and a natural ' Wig of luminous curls- —a piercing voice broken by " ahems ;" with a mincing utterance—a bustling manner , with hands in coat pockets , elbows stuck out behind , and breast expanded—were traits that conspired to stamp the gentilldtre with unquenchable vulgarity and' ineffectual

    presumption . His speech was a farrago of bombastic , oratory——violent in adjectives , without a single practical proposition ; violent in denunciations of certain " oppressors" at home , who rivalled Austria in nefariousness ; copious in insinuations that class must he natural enemy to class , and strewn with artfully contrived innuendos against the sincerity of every speaker hut himself . His adjectives delighted his own party . The " amendment" which he moved appeared to me to be subjected to some impromptu alteration ; while he rounded his inflated periods , His wandering eye—not the less _cutihing for a certain glassy wildhes _& _-fscanned the numbers of his adherents ; and probably seeing that ne

    could not prevail in any real division , he ended by moving a " rider , which was nothing more than a democratic truism . The chairman heS $ » tated to submit this truism to the vote ; and then the scene of _feeblefiCss contending with false bluster was humiliating . At last , however , the chairman did " put" the motion ; and it was scouted by nine-tenths' of the bold Englishmen , who declined the responsibility of saying something or other about " the people "—t forget what , but it was very harmless . The ' cunning demagogue then , making the most of the chairman ' s hesitation , " now discovered the motive ; " for , with shameless and overt disregard tb

    facts before our eyes , he declared that his amendment had been supported hy " a decided majority . " _Nevertheless , advising his adherents ' to be quite peaceable , " and declaring that , in spite of the infamous _trSatihertt which " the working classes " had received in his _perfcon , _tfurigiory should still rejoice in his support , he " waived his right to jhit the question Over again , " and magnanimousl y retired into a conspicuous position . _T _^ he painful thing was to see real men of the working classes cdnnive at the barefaced farce ; scarcely less so to see sturdy Englishmen of middle class taking the farce for a formidable tragic drama .

    The tone of cordiality and courage was soon restored by the appearance of a gentleman who " had just seen Kossuth ; " the stream of * sympathii ? m _£ _eloquence flowed once more ; and , after " resolving " various insinuations that England would not suffer Austria , & c . " to ride rough shod over bleeding and weeping nations , " we broke up the public council with " three times three cheers for Kossuth and Mazzini . " A few of our platform friends went home with us to supper , Conway and the bearded man among them , and one silent man named Davis . The revolutionary colonel proves to be a young English artist , and a very fine h'llow he seems . The spirit of the meeting continued at the supper table , a » d the talk was animated . Conway did not say much ; but , hearing what hud 0 f English clergymen , I was astonished at tiie freedom with' Which

    others talked around him , and at the _perfect ease Which He displayed "midst an incessant cross fire of the most subversive allusions . Politics , _esthetics , morals , religion itself , were glanced at ; the people talking were various and vigorous in tongue . Walter Stanhope , the artist , is an avowed " Spiritualist , " a new sort of Deist , if 1 understand flic t ! erm rightly ; _-Mwardes talks blank Atheism in Church of England dValcCt '; yoh ltnow my _|» wn leelings ; Yseult , like all artists , iH religious , but her creed ,. seemed to ) , ; ol _n primitive kind , that might have frightened a gentleman h * a clerical >» cekcloth even from the supper table . Conway , however , joined iw the _ouversation with the readiest reciprocity , only t observed that ho _ncvef _lazarded an exposition of his own ; he performed in the contest flic _jSliVt of ' the unknown quantity . In politics he did not scrapie to be _positive , and ' _"mong them nil- he was tho most sanguine as to tiie effect of the present

    Tunity To Attend; For The Englishman Is ...

    movement in England . _Austria must be stopped " ; and England at fast would know her dnty , not only to the freedom bf the people , but to the continuance of _constitiitibhaV thrones . Stanhope joined him , and asked _^ Edwardesr what he thbughf . T " I think , niy boy , " he answered- " that I will ' take that pale ale if you will hand the bottle over . You can't get this in Italy ; it is thb newest of _£ > _'

    our ' free institiitibnsi '—and the best . " * A * te Don't trifle with serious questions , Edwardes , " said Conway ; " you . _< _< _^ are asked what we shall do next ? " _^ _nx _^ " " What next ? Do you mean in the ' movement , ' sfi you call it ? Why , n _\/^ then , I sav that we shall 3 l _6—^ nothing . " N _\

    " Nothing ! What '! not after glorious meeting ' s like this to-night ?—not * _•> after all the _excitement that Kossuth has awakened ? Surely you don't ry _$ fC ° Ap . believe— -- " ' : . % / % _^ ° _^ . « " Excitement' _^— 'glorious meeting !* Conway , I will get you a plar _^^ _U _, 0 $ , ° o . < _£ on the Morning Advertiser , as reporter ; you have quite _^ caught the sty _^ Afo _^ t _^ _^* _% * H > A _$ g Well , I beg your pardon ; I will be serious . Will you tell me what we _^ _% _VS _jS % y _< _$ . _fy A _^ do next ? " _^^ % _* o / _% _&^' ' % _£ '' Make gbod our Word . _"Vfaiat we can do ! Why , what ii % < 5 _% V" _3 \ , ° _> % y _&& - _& , England cannot do ? " _, _^>^>^ _t _^ _XV " Nothing—except that which she doesn't feel inclined to . & _^ J _& ¥ ° o _ , _° _^^ then * there is' one thing that England won't db— -she won't go to _-fy _^ _\>< _*< 5 _^ _/> % ft * _& JA _& is her single , her fixed idea in foreign politics . " s _.- _^ _hf ' _Vaf _* _* '* _>& % _^ " 3 $$ _* % " But her sympathyT—her interest in keeping up constitu _&* _^^ _^^ y _^ _^ o _^ o _^ tfi'A ' ciples ? -her sense of _riklit ?" , _^ , < _%%£ _J _* _* _g _£ _<& _£ Edwardes coolly emptied his tall glass of pale ale . _$$£ ° _% _s _/> ° / _#% > J _& _$ _^ _'K ? _< _% ? Jj " Do you mean , ' * I said , _breaking the long pause , " that 8 * % _^ % _^ o . \ ' < sy / ° _° _* 4 % _* _% _/* < this movement , this bold promising , will come to nothr ° _^ ° f _>/ 0 / _4 _^ V _^ _% _^ J _^ _4- % _f % tions ? And 'the men of _afrarylcbbne' _^ have not the _^ _J _^ W _v' _/ A A _W * _yOdrdWiiacClaihl ? _- , . ; _, . _^^ V _^ S _^^^ _- '" _Phe men of Marylebone ! " sneered Edwardes , hi' _<^» _^ % % V * . oQ _\ . _<* % ° _S _z % _4 _whiter of _cbnteinjit : "if they come forward ' with _%% 0 % f j _^^ _^ 2 J _^ _' * _f _%% _^ _$ ° _* then , the committee-men will have so much the _£ _&•& * _&* % . % _* _* * _Pz _?&^ J &> _>\ expense , _*^ _* < _t _fr _&** _% _&* _^^ XyK It is needless , if it were possible , to repeat _^ _^ _"V _^ V _^ V " _^^ _^^<> A The _substance of it Was , that these " _demonstrate _^ W ° _+ % _ o % _Z * _^ jf _* your threat , is really not a menace but a lic _^^^ J _jj _^ < 5 _j , ° _* 0 _^ % _?*^ _ty-4 _% % _2 * * % to see that by the double , the manifold > _^ _% r . % _^ t _^ T _^ % _^ o _^ _, \* _4 _% _*^ _dothi their respect for each other—man to _^ % _* _* * _fyfy > ° _^ % _* % _^ V _^ jS ' _* * he rejoined , "in all other matters . W' 4 > % _, _^ V \\ _& ' _^ j _% _^ y _^ JS _&' puhlie meetings are not an official departV _^ _%% _/<^\^^ V ° _«\ _T _* V They express public opinion , and that ,. _^\ _^ 4 _i _* . * _\ _* 6 * % ' % * ° _^ ° ° * England . Meanwhile England succe _^^ _, _^ _^ _* , _/ _% _*> _£ _Aj % _^ % T _^ _^ herself . Let well alone . As to expo _^ , % . \ % _" _^ % _^ J %% _* _*/*/' to follow up Marylebone in a crusa _^ * % -2 _/< _% \ % So _?& _% \ % \> % T _, _« U _« _ro _*! , « . _< - 1 . ™* . T _« 1 , ti r _*» nllv _mfMn'k . ° < *» _* _-V % > _ * A _„ ° 4 * _. _<„ ° - A / 1 _^

    Disraelr would intend to restore _n \ V _^\^ _^ _$ * _> _S * " How can yon say , " cried C \ V _% K _^ _VVi / , _>^/ public opinion—that is , the oph _\ _* _* o % \ % _* a _&/ %% ' j , "No , " cried Stanhope ; " _*> V XV _^ _V \ V _^ _^ Edwardes ; such a face as th _^^^ _^ e \ % _, % % ?« _9 * _J _& A * when her soft coral moves ir % . ' _- _^ . % % _^ % _fib _^ ° _^ ° % _^\ penetrates through the mob _^ _^ _% _!^ ° % j _, ° _fy _^?^ k _^<> _' _* ' "If you make my wift *> _^ K _'* . _* ° / ° \ , % _-V > % _^ r / aee _^ e , " , _^ _% % \ . % _/^ * "We'll knock the _buV _^ _^ " _% _%£ r ? ° me , Edwardes , who elar _^/ _V _^ _fe _^ ° _\ _* _?

    an atheist , and speak > - _^ V _^ _n _. _V o upon my soul I _W / _% ' _A- _- % » it all . And _Conwa _^ % _- _"V « f _^^ x _^^ "A clcrgyrhan < _A _> A _W choly but firm to » VV * . V _^ V _" " _^ x A loud laugh \ ° _''A _<^ _\\^ f

    felt to jar with _A % _<^ _%± _4 > _S _* _*> "Yon exag _^ _^ _*> * /** _% _^ % self ; " manyf J * _^ % _^^ » may tnink \ _* o . _^ % V ' _^ _yy-i _¦* v _ - _J ' js " Nftv . t . * . > , 4 " o _* o . _* m

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• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1852, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04091852/page/21/