THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.
Reading edition
No. I.—A LOYAL CITIZEN.
Magistrate. "NOW, SIR, WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
Nervous Gent. "I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR; BUT I WISH TO BE SWORN IN AS A CH-CH-CHARTIST—I MEAN AS A SP-SP-SPECIAL C-CONSTABLE!"
NO. II.-SPECIAL CONSTABLE GOING ON DUTY.
Time—Two in the Morning.
Captain of the Beat. "OH! WE HAVE JUST LOOKED IN TO SAY THAT IT IS YOUR TURN TO GO ON DUTY. THE ROOKERY AT THE BACK OF SLAUGHTER'S ALLEY IS YOUR BEAT, I BELIEVE. YOU WILL LOSE NO TIME, IF YOU PLEASE. FOR ITS A DREADFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD, AND ALL THE POLICE HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN—INDEED, SEVERAL MOST BRUTAL AND SAVAGE ATTACKS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALREADY!"
No. III.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE STAVES.
No. IV.—PREPARING FOR ACTION.
SPECIAL CONSTABLE DRYING HIS GUNPOWDER IN THE FRYING-PAN.
No. V.—RELIEF DUTY.
Special's Wife. "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS, INDEED! FIDDLESTICKS! I MUST INSIST, FREDERICK, UPON YOUR TAKING THIS HOT BRANDY-AND-WATER. I SHALL BE HAVING YOU LAID UP NEXT, AND NOT FIT FOR ANYTHING."