LIFE AND WORK, VOLUME II (OF 2)***


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[Illustration: CHARLES BRADLAUGH Born Sept. 26, 1833 Died Jan. 30,
1891]


CHARLES BRADLAUGH

A Record of His Life and Work by His Daughter.

HYPATIA BRADLAUGH BONNER.

With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle
Politics and Teachings by

JOHN M. ROBERTSON, M.P.

Seventh Edition

With Portraits and Appendices







T. Fisher Unwin
London               Leipsic
Adelphi Terrace      Inselstrasse 20
1908

All Rights Reserved




VOL. II.


  CHAPTER I.

  IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN                                           1

  The _Parthia_--Mr J. Walter, M.P.--Sumner's opinion
  of Mr Bradlaugh's lecture--The Delaware Clionian Society--Milwaukee
  --Chicago--Intense cold--Mrs Lucretia Mott--A third
  lecturing tour--Dr Otis--The currency question--Religious
  animus--Death of Henry Wilson--In St Luke's Hospital, New
  York, with typhoid fever--Moncure D. Conway--Return.

  CHAPTER II.

  MRS BESANT                                                          12

  A friend lost--A friend gained--Mrs Besant and Mr Bradlaugh--"Ajax"--The
  Knowlton pamphlet--Advantages and disadvantages
  of a dual defence.

  CHAPTER III.

  THE PROSECUTION OF MR BRADLAUGH AND MRS BESANT 20

  Appointment to sell the pamphlet--Arrested on a warrant--At
  the Guildhall--Application for a writ of _certiorari_--The Lord
  Chief Justice--Who was the prosecutor?--The trial at Westminster--The
  witnesses--The jury--The verdict--The judgment--Execution
  of sentence stayed--The Court of Appeal quashes
  indictment--Expenses of defence paid by subscription--The City--Other
  proceedings--Mr Truelove's trial and sentence--Effect of
  the prosecutions.

  CHAPTER IV.

  AN UNIMPORTANT CHAPTER                                              30

  Side lights--"Man, whence and how?"--The Turberville legacy--From
  Turner Street to Circus Road--Selling the Knowlton
  pamphlet--The day of arrest--At Westminster--Mr G. J. Holyoake--The
  hearing of the sentence--A riding accident.

  CHAPTER V.

  MORE DEBATES                                                        39

  Rev. Brewin Grant--Rev. A. Mursell--Mr Walter R. Browne--Mr
  Robert Roberts, a Christadelphian--Mr William Simpson--Mr
  Gordon--Rev. John Lightfoot--Rev. R. A. Armstrong--Rev.
  W. M. Westerby.

  CHAPTER VI.

  SOME LATER LECTURES                                                 52

  At Oxford--The Suez Canal--Carrying "consolation"--At
  Congleton--At Newman Street, London--Edinburgh--Professor
  Flint--Scarborough.

  CHAPTER VII.

  LUNATICS                                                            59

  Letters--"A mission from God"--John Sladen and the Queen.

  CHAPTER VIII.

  THE "WATCH" STORY                                                   63

  The defiance of Deity an ancient idea--_The British Monarchy_--Abner
  Kneeland--Emma Martin--G. J. Holyoake--Charles
  Capper, M. P.--The _Razor_--Rev. P. R. Jones, M. A., Dr Harrison,
  and other clergymen--The _Christian_ and other journals--The
  Rev. Basil Wilberforce--Dr Parker--The _British Empire_--_Prosecution_
  of Edgecumbe--Reckless swearing--A bad plea,
  "embarrassing and unfair"--Edgecumbe missing--The reward
  of Mr Bradlaugh's forbearance.

  CHAPTER IX.

  OTHER FABLES                                                        76

  The "cob of coal"--The "old woman"--Story narrated by
  the Rev. H. W. Webb-Peploe--Personal slanders--The _World_--Action
  against Mr Laker--Poisoning the Prince of Wales--A
  "bagman"--A common accusation.

  CHAPTER X.

  PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS, 1878                                          82

  The "Jingo" fever--Meetings in favour of peace--Auberon
  Herbert and C. Bradlaugh in Hyde Park--Preparing for difficulties--The
  war party--The fight--Second