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BROADSIDES OF 1803

Century-Old Appeals

Appropriate

The Earl of Crawford has lent to the Wigan Libraries Committee, of which he is chairman, for public exhibition his famous Haigh Hall collec tion of broadsides illus- trating the conditions prevailing in England in 1803 when it became, known that Napoleon was preparing to invade England. There were no popular newspapers in those days, and the post- ing of printed broadsides was the most effective method of letting the general public know what was afoot and what was required of them to meet the emergency.

Proclamation was issued iri- forming the people that an invasion was projected. Ad- dresses by public men and many anonymous patriots were published in the same way, so that the broadsides preserved in the Napoleonic -collection-in-the-Haigh-Hall- Library give a remarkable picture of the excitements and the actions of the period. There are simple official and semi-official announcements, there are exhortations to the people to prepare, to remain calm, to resist the threatened attack on their freedom at any sacrifice, and to join the Volunteer Corps, which was the equivalent of the Home Guard of our own time. Above all, there are warnings against the "Afth column" activities of the period, and many parallel in remarkable exact- ness the speeches of our present-day statesmen. In- deed, it is only necessary to substitute the name of Hitler for that of Napoleon and many of the broadsides would

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do excellently for the present crisis.

an

Falsely Struck Medal

Lord Crawford has also lent

example of the medal which was struck, in advance, to "commemorate" the suc cessful invasion of England by Napoleon's army. It was actually pretended that this medal had been struck in London in 1804 when, it was falsely anticipated, the con- quest of the capital would have been accomplished. The obverse of the medal bears an effigy of Napoleon and the reverse displays

Hercules

strangling a merman gathered from the sea, as symbolical of British sea power.

Quotations from the pro- clamations, songs, and printa show their appropriateness to the present day.

One broadside, which depicts "Bonapart's True Character,' comments:-"Having enslaved the people whom he under- took to free, and plundered and subjugated all Order of the Inhabitants, rich and poor, -of-Holland, Switzerland, and- Italy, under the solemn as- surance of Fraternity and Friends help, he is now deter. mined on the invasion of this United Kingdom, and is mak ing the most formidable pre- parations for that purpose."

"An Address to all Ranks of People," urging them to "Rise in defence of your country," after describing the peaceful prosperity of England in all ranks of life, goes on to say

"Against this glorious edifice, erected by the skill, the industry, and the integrity of the inhabitants of this island, a man, who by the determined and unremitted prosecution of plans suggested by his inordinate ambition and unparalleled artifice, hath

To-day

so far succeeded as to strike. terror into a almost all the other Powers of Europe, is now directing the whole force

of *his widely extended dominion. It galls his haughty. soul, that this land alone should dare to stand in the way, and impede the progress of his mad and intemperate projects. He therefore swears vengeance against it, and vowa that he will bury all its high and invaluable privileges, the grand achievement of the heroes of past ages and of the present day, in the waves of the ocean that surrounds it. Every means which pride and malice can suggest is adopted in order to blacken and degrade the character of the detested English in the minds of the people over whom he hath any influence. The most extensive war-like preparations, both.by sea and land, are making for the in- vasion of these territories."

That description fits Hitler to the life, and might have been specially written to des. cribe what is happening to- day, instead of over a century and a quarter ago.

Recruiting Appeals

There are recruiting appeals for Volunteers to serve for the defence of the country, in similar

fashion to those addressed to the Home Guard of the present time.

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"Englishmen! Your coun- tics and shires are now assembling for the purpose of local defence, under a System which will bo found formidable to the Enemy, as. efficacious towards your Security and internal Peace," runs one appeal. "Hasten then to demonstrate to your Daring Invader how high your national Spirit rises at the Insult, and that although his Discomfiture and Ruin be certain in the Attempt, let

AND WIVES

HUSBANDS AND

Collected From Many Sources

now."

I used to believe every word my nice, you won't need a new hat and dres husband said, even when ho smelt strongly of drink and could hardly stand-and said he hadn't been drinking.

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Everyone in our street respects my husband. He is a boxer.

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I am sure our troubles would be over if you ordered my husband to oboy me.

I have no children, but l'have a cat with several kittens, and they need feeding.

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My husband hasn't left me. Ho merely says he is never coming back.

When I told my husband we should have to economise, he said, "That's very

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My husband is very fond of children, but when I brought home a cat he didn't like it.

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My wife makes the fact that her feet are bad an excuse for not going out with? me, but the siren has only to go off and she runs like a hare.

My husband isn't the best of men, is just ordinary.

I understand women talk to each other over the fences more on washing-days than any other time--That's the only op- portunity we rat to find out what new, underwear our neighbours have bought."

FUNNY SIDE UP

By

Abner Dean

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3500 Je Tubed Vishnu tráškoda, Yan

“You see, Smithers, I can take a joke as well as the next follow Incidentally, Smithors, you're fired!"

your strenuous and increasing. efforts in General Armament manifest to the Foo a firm Appearance of the same manly Vigour in Defence of every Thing dear to Englishmen, which purchases with 80 much Blood! your envied Liberty-and-glorious-Con- stitution, and which can emanate only from the Spirit of Britons."

In a congratulatory epistle to the Volunteers the country ig urged to still further efforts:-"The opulent must come. forward with their wealth, the learned with their talents, and all ranks with their persons. In the defence of his country, and in the preservation of national inde- pendence, every member of the community, the lowest as well as the highest, is equally interested."

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Britons cease your long for

bearing,

Let insulis fire your gen’rous

blood;

Arouse, Arousel to marshat dar

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And deeds of noble hardihood.

Rather apposita to the present situation is the following:-

Come, with all thy slaves around

thee,

Bonapartel haughty foci This title island shall confound

thee,

And lay thy giant projects low. Yet proud Chief before thy

salling

Bid thy State a long farewell. The shouts thy rash departure

halling,

Cruci. Tyrant, sound thy Knell';

11 Is of interest to note that in nearly all the references the British Most people are called Britons.

folks were under the impression that recent newspaper moves to describe the people of

Great

Britain es

"Britons" instead of British were quite new, whereas It is clear from these broadsides of the Napoleonic era that this was the term in regular use in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and that "Britons never shall be slaves" was not an ex- ceptional use, but in accordance with contemporary practice,

THE IDEAL HUSBAND

Gigantic rafts were structed for the invasion of England and an engraved illustration presents "A view of the French Raft seen afloat at St. Malocs in February, 1798." This "machine," it is explained, is 600ft. long and 300ft, board, and mounts 500 pieces of cannon. A cavalry regiment is seen parading on the deck

Forty-five-year-old Mr. Robert of the raft. Another print Read did not like the way the gives the ground plan and an

window-cleaner cleaned his win- architect's drawing of the.dows. So ho sacked him and. vessel at sea under sal and decided to do all his own house- work in the three-roomed flat which he rents in Bedford-street,

oar.

SONGS OF THE PERIOD

Brighton.

Is Single!

Every morning, whirling while he works, he is out on the verandal of his home polishing the windows, dusting the framework, cleansing brans and sweeping mats,

And he does it all so well that the neighbouring housewives - walk up and down outside "en-'.

viously admiring the mirror-like windows

scintillating in thei morning sunahine.

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Among the songs of the period one, "Britons to Arms !'! has the music as well as a picture of the defence of Dover, and another, "Tho Volunteers of England," has a picture of the great gun that. was taken at Alexandria on March 21, 1801 "Master Boney's Hoarty Welcome to England" la described as "the Song of Songs, and worth all the songs in the World put together." There is a "New God", Save the King, and B. Local women call Mr. Road's the rhymed appeal to end theorize home. But the only person policy of appeasement be who cannot see lis joys is. MR. READ

himsolfat gina:

H blind.

In the evening he goes

dancing, -or he dismantles: his radio" to; "Im-;

prove the set. But the next morning he is busy again keeping his little home spotless, scrubbing the floors, beating the carpets,"""polishing:? furniture, Comput

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