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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 in- · forming the people that an invasion was projected. Ad- dresses by public men and many anonymous patriots were published in the samo way, so that the broadsides preserved in the Napoleonic collection in the Haigh Hall

Library give a remarkable picture of the excitementa and the actions of the period.

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do excellently for the present crisis.

Falsely Struck Medal

Lord Crawford, has also lent medal an example of the 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

egy 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 prints 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- Burance 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 "Riso in defence of your country," after describing the peaceful prosperity of England. in all ranks of life, goes on to

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 sacrifico, and to join the Volunteer Corps, which was the equivalent of the Home Guard of our own time. Above all, there are warnings against · _soy:— the "fth column" activities of the period, and many "parallel in remarkable' exact- nesa 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

"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 inordinato ambition and unparalleled artifice, hath

To-day

so far succeeded as to striko 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 vows 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 theso 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.

are now

"Englishmen Your coun- ties and shires assembling for the purpose of local defence, under a System which will be found as formidable to the Enemy "as efficacious towards your Security and internal Peace," runk 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

HUSBANDS AND WIVES

Collected From Mány Sourcos

I used to believe every word my husband said, every when he smelt strongly of drink and could hardly stand-and said he hadn't been drinking.

wh

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

I am sure our troubles would be over if you

ordered my husband to obey me.

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

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

have

When I told my husband we should That's ver”).

nice, you won't need a new hat and dress

now."

*

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

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 alie `runs like a hard.

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

I understand women talk to each oth over the fences more on wa

any other time. V.portunity, we

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FUNNY SIDE UP

By Abner Dean

soe, Smithers, I can take a joke as well ́as the next

Incidentally, Smithers, you're fired!"

your strenuous and increasing efforts in General' Armament manifest to the For a firm Appearance of the same maniy Vigour in Defence of overy: Thing dear to Englishmen, which

purchases with much Blood your envied Liberty and glorious Con- stitution, and wolch can emanate only from the Spirit of Britons."

come

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In a congratulatory epistle to the Volunteers the country is urged to still further efforts:-"The opulent must forward with their wealth, the learned with their talents, and all ranka, 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."

Gigantic "rafts were con structed for the invasion of England and an engraved illustration prosents "A view of the French Raft £8 seen afloatat St. Maloes in February, 1798," This "machine," It is explained, is 600ft. long and 800ft, board, and mounts 500 pieces of cannon. A cavalry regiment is seen parading on the deck of the raft. Another print gives the ground plan and an architect's drawing of the vessel at sea. under sall and

oar.

SONGS OF THE PERIOD

Among the songs of the perlod one, "Britons to Arms!”

Britons cease your long for=

bearing,

Let insults fire your gen'rous

blood;

Arouse, Arousel to marshal dar-

ing

And deeds of noble hardihood."

Rather apposite to the present situation is the following:

Come, with all thy slaves around

thee,

Bonaparte! haughty foel This litle island shall confound

thee,

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

sailing

Bid thy State a long farewell, The shouts thy rash" departure

halling,

Cruel Turant, sound thy Knell."

It is of interest to note that in nearly all the references the British Most people or called Britons. folks were under the Impression that recent newspaper moves to describe the

of Great People Britain as "Britons" instead of British were quite new, whereas it is clear from these broadsides of the Napoleonie era that this was use in the late the term in regular eighteenth and

early

nineteenth centuries, and that "Britons never shall be staves" was not an ex- ceptional use, but in accordance with contemporary practice.

THE IDEAL HUSBAND

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Forty-five-year-old Mr. Robert Rend did not like the way the window-cleaner cleaned his win- dowe. So he sacked him and decided to do all his own house- work in the three-roomed flat

which he rents in Bedford-streat, Brighton,

Every morning, whistling whild he Works, he is out on the verandah of his home polishing the windows, the framework, cleansing

mals: brass

has the music as wel usa: dudsweeping Ja

picture of the defence of Dover, and another. "Thế Volunteers of England,” has ́s picture of the 'great gun that was taken at Alexandria on March 21, 1801. Master Boney's Hoarty Welcome to England" is described as the Song of Songs, and worth all the songs in athe orld put

Savd the

And he does 11 all so well that the neighbouring housewives walk up and down outside en- Vlogsty admiring the mirror like wthdawangcintillating in the morning sunshine,

In the evening "he", goes or he diamantles fils radio to im prove the set. But the next morning is in busy again keeping his litte home, spotless, scrubblog: the floors, beating the carpets, pollihing the There is Now furniture.

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