VOL. 2
CONTENTS OF "PASSAGES IN THE
LIFE OF A RADICAL".
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I. |
RIOTS OF 1815 AND 1816—WILLIAM COBBETT—HAMPDEN
CLUBS—DELEGATE MEETINGS—LEADERS OF REFORM—THE FIRST TRAITOR |
II. |
AUTHOR'S VIEWS ON EDUCATION AND ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS |
III. |
MEETINGS AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, LONDON—HENRY
HUNT—THOMAS CLEARY—WILLIAM COBBETT—MAJOR CARTWRIGHT—LORD COCHRANE |
IV. |
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT—VISIT TO KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACKS—TRADE
CLUBS OF LONDON—PRESTON AND WATSON—SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—HENRY
BROUGHAM |
V. |
HABEAS CORPUS ACT SUSPENDED—BLANKET MEETING AT
MANCHESTER—MARCH AND DISPERSION OF THE BLANKETEERS—TREASONABLE PLOT, &c. |
VI. |
CONSEQUENCES OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS—STATE
OF THE COUNTRY—STOPPAGE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS—SECRET ONES COMMENCED |
VII. |
SEARCH FOR A TEMPORARY HOME—DOCTOR HEALEY'S
PATERNITY—SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF—A GLANCE AT THE AUTHOR'S ANCESTRY, &c. |
VIII. |
THE VALLEY OF HOLCOMBE—HEALEY IN FULL PRACTICE—THE WOMAN
OF MUSBURY |
IX. |
BURY—A NIGHT HAG—THE HUSH SHOP |
X. |
AN INTERIOR—A RECEPTION—A BATTLE—AN OPERATION IN
SURGERY—HOME |
XI. |
A MIDNIGHT VISITANT—A SECRET MEETING—A PLOT—OLIVER THE
SPY—HIS FIRST ESSAY IN THE WAY OF BUSINESS |
XII. |
TREASONABLE MEETING AT ARDWICK BRIDGE—APPREHENSION OF THE
DELEGATES—ARREST OF THE AUTHOR—OCCURRENCES AT ROYTON, OLDHAM, AND
MANCHESTER |
XIII. |
THE BRIDGE OF TEARS—THE TRIBULATORY—A GROUP—A
DUNGEON—AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE—NEW COMRADES |
XIV. |
COMPANIONS FOR A JOURNEY—COMFORTABLE EQUIPMENTS—HOW THE
DOCTOR HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN AND CAPTURED—STOCKPORT—DISLEY—DERBY—LEICESTER |
XV. |
A NIGHT JOURNEY: ITS OBJECTS AND REMINISCENCES—MUSIC AND
POETRY—REDBURN—CHATTERTON—LONDON—BOW STREET |
XVI. |
THE PRIVY COUNCIL—LORD SIDMOUTH—SIR SAMUEL SHEPHERD—LORD
CASTLEREAGH—ANECDOTE OF THE DOCTOR—COLDBATH FIELDS PRISON—THE UNION
HYMN—CONTENT—MENT NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH PATRIOTISM—MORAL |
XVII. |
DESCRIPTION OF OUR PRISON-OUR FARE—OUR NEXT
NEIGHBOURS—OTHER MATTERS |
XVIII. |
THE AUTHOR'S ADVICE—ADOPTED AND ACTED UPON—SECOND
EXAMINATION BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL—VISITATION OF THE MAGISTRATES'
COMMITTEE |
XIX. |
THE BOTANIST—THE BIRD CATCHER AND THE LOVER—THEIR
AGREEMENT |
XX. |
BOGGART OR FEYRIN-HO—FEYRIN-HO KLOOF—ST. JOHN'S FERN |
XXI. |
AUTHOR'S FOURTH APPEARANCE BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL—A
MOTHER'S LAMENTATION FOR HER CHILD—A PAIR OF COCKNEYS—FIFTH ATTENDANCE
BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND AUTHOR'S DISCHARGE |
XXII. |
FURTHER KINDNESS FROM THE KING'S MESSENGERS—A GLIMPSE AT
THE "INFERNALS"—DEPARTURE FROM PRISON—ARRIVAL AT HOME |
XXIII. |
PRIVATE MEETINGS AND PLOTS IN YORKSHIRE—THOMAS
BACON—AUTHOR'S CAUTION OF HIM—ITS REJECTION—BACON'S BETRAYAL AND FATE—BRANDRETH,
TURNER, AND LUDLAM EXECUTED—OLIVER THE SPY |
XXIV. |
RENEWED AGITATION FOR REFORM—FEMALES VOTE AT
MEETINGS—ORIGIN OF FEMALE UNIONS |
XXV. |
MORNING OF THE 16TH OF AUGUST—ARRANGEMENTS AT
MIDDLETON—ADDRESS BY THE AUTHOR—ARRIVAL OF THE ROCHDALE
PEOPLE—PROCESSION TOWARDS MANCHESTER—EVENTS OF THE DAY
[Ed.—The "Peterloo
Massacre."] |
XXVI. |
AUTHOR'S OBSERVATIONS AT MANCHESTER —REDFORD AND HIS
MOTHER—LUNCH AT THE "TEMPLE"—ARMING AT MIDDLETON |
XXVII. |
AUTHOR'S SECOND ARREST ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON |
XXVIII. |
FIRST IMPRESSIONS ON ENTERING LANCASTER CASTLE—DEBTORS'
YARD—THE ROUND TOWER AND ITS INMATES—ANOTHER PRISON WARD—COMFORTABLE
ANTICIPATION—A SLEEPING CELL—AUTHOR'S HORRIBLE SENSATIONS ON BEING
LOCKED IN—HENRY HUNT AND JOHN KNIGHT BAILED |
XXIX. |
OLDHAM INQUEST—REPORTERS EXCLUDED—PETER FINNERTY—CONDY,
ROSS, AND OTHERS—AUTHOR CORRESPONDS WITH THE PRESS |
XXX. |
MR. HUNT—SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS—AUTHOR'S PETITIONS TO
PARLIAMENT—EARL GROSVENOR, AND HIS HOUSE AT GROSVENOR PLACE |
XXXI. |
THE MORNING OF OUR TRIAL—PREPARATIONS IN THE COURT—ITS
INTERIOR APPEARANCE—WITNESSES—HUNT'S HAT—THE JURY—COUNSEL FOR THE
PROSECUTION—ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEFENDANTS |
XXXII. |
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS ASSISTED WHEN HE WANTED IT—THE
EMPTINESS OF POPULAR APPLAUSE—AUTHOR'S DEPARTURE FROM MIDDLETON—HIS
CHILD—FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE |
XXXIIII. |
ADVENTURES ON THE AUTHOR'S WAY TO LONDON—STOKE GOLDINGTON—AN
IMPORTANT FUNCTIONARY—A BETRAYED ONE—A COUNTRY ALEHOUSE—AN ALARM—A
SUDDEN DEPARTURE — A MAGISTRATE AND HIS CLERK—AS ACQUITTAL—A WEDDING |
XXXIV. |
A CRUISE AMONGST THE BOOKSELLERS—VISIT TO MR, HUNT—LONDON
POLITICIANS AND JURY REFORM, &c. |
XXXV. |
A CHANGE IN MY SITUATION-PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF KING'S
BENCH |
XXXVI. |
HEALEY'S OUTFIT FOR LONDON—GENEROUS AID OF THE RELIEF
COMMITTEE—ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD AND HIS COMPANIONS—HUNT'S ENVY AND
DETRACTION—HIS BASE SLANDER—EXECUTION OF THISTLEWOOD AND HIS
PARTY—TRAIT OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP—OTHER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
XXXVII. |
OUR GOVERNOR—OUR APARTMENTS—INTERVIEW WITH THE
MAGISTRATES—SKETCH OF THE PRISON, &c. |
XXXVIII. |
THE PATRIOTS OF OLDHAM—A COMFORTER IN PRISON—A MELANCHOLY
SPECTACLE |
XXXIX. |
OBJECTS AT LINCOLN—TOM OTTER—BARTON FERRY—GREAT
MARKHAM—A SCRUPULOUS LANDLADY |
XL. |
OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK |
Samuel Bamford:
REMINISCENCES.
(1864)
A summary of Bamford's "Early Days" and "Passages
in the Life of a Radical", together with a postscript covering his
time in government service in London and his return to Lancashire.
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