New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-30
GREAT BRITAIN.
RECEPTION OF JOHN BROST BY THE LON
DON CHARTISTS.
From The London Time, Of SEPT IG.

The cortegc composed first OF three equc4-
trians wearing party-colOred silk scaIfs, scatod-we
shall not say howOn three remarkably docile horses,
doubtless selected by the riders for that particular
virtue; then the carriage-and-iour followed by
long line of pedestrians, including "A considerable num-
Der of women, who walked generally four abreast,
with II number of banners floating overhead some sur
mounted with cap of liberty, and bearing character
istic inscriptions such The alliance of the peO
ples;' "The Archangc is here; his name is Democ
racy;' Frost, Williams and Jones, the victims of
tyTanay restored 10 their homes; The sovereignty
OF the People Hail, brother victim !" The Po-
htical Victims of 1913" God speed cause!' and
"Disobedience TO Tyran is honor TO God" At one
part of the procession copy of The D0ly Telegraph,
. apenny newspaper was borne aoft on black gibbet
and set fire TO as the cOrfgc passed the Office of the
paper i'll the Strand The rear was brought UP by sew
erl pleasure vans, lac en- with women and children
The procession, thus made up, started from Fms
bury square al l2l passing along Mootgac street Ia
the Mansion House and on through Chcapslde, by
the route already indicated. Besides the persons OF
whom IT was composed, a motley rabblc os rougls
and boys accompanied IT throughout the whole way.
Ii was difficult TO estimate the number OF people who
made up the cort(se but il took about five inmates 10
file past given point on the journey. As 1t passed
along the re ldent population collected at their doors
windows and balconies, 10 catch glimpse oi IT, but
rarely n did any of them evnce the slightest
sympathy with the demonstration. Some bunting
displayed over the shop of Mr. liolyoake, bookseller
in fleet street but the only exhibition of the kind
noticed during the Journey. At short intervals the
crowd raised few faint cheers, and now and then
man in the street would step out OF the ranks 10 shake
haHds with Mr.. Frost, artisan would raise his
paper cap and cheer him as he passed. IL wa glo
rOus opportunity for the light fingered gentry, aud
they doubtless made the most of it, As the PROCESSION
moved past Trafalgar square, there was great rush
among the crowd TO particular point. the meaning of
which was shown by a wel-dressed man, having the
appearance of a foreigner, holding up in a state of
great excitement Il strong gold guardchain, 20 midi
cate to an approaching policeman that he had just
been relieved of his watch.
Mr. Erpest Jones avaed himself OF il to address the
crowd He said tha; desiring TO be free had come
20 pay homage TO a tyrants victim, and never Were
they met on nobcr occasion lCheersl There tpont-
ing TO M Frost stood who united the emery Of
youth with the cXprlcncc OF aye, after spending fifteen
years Of yilalnOus oppression in colony of England.
lie had worked III the chain-ga during those long
wears, and ready 10 break the chains that
bound the workngmco of his native country Chcersl
His life had been marked by indomablc perseverance,
ncorrup;ibe honesty, and fearless courage, and they
Aonored him the representative .t prnciple which
embodied the nights of labor. Where was the man
among thon even he " no had vote, who could stand
forward and thank God that he had given hiu his
rights They, the workingmen, created the resources
OF the world, and grew old a. they created them wute
the more they created the poorer they had become
Why was that Because of the monopoly t1at ruled
everything and crushed down their lsbor-thc monoP-
oily OF Legislation, OF trade of credit, of land aud o
everything else that ought 10 be open and attanaole
by every man who wished TO an honest hNins by
his own labor lCheorsl. The ChartistS of
England were the only men who had propounded
measures calculated 10 the rights OF the
working population, and to place them a. body IN
position OF prosperity and comfort. Every other
remedy bad failed of that result; the rights Of labor
hSd been for years shamcfuy confscated voice
Do you labor " and great uproar. lie had lstOrei
more than the man who lRtcrrogated him, with his
brain AID his pen, in tlr dungeon aud in state of
liberty iCheersl lie had ruined himself inaV Vdually;
he had sacrificed all the hopes of his life by hs adhcr
snce TO their cause and he ready need were, 70
offer up lite iself for II Renewed cheors. There
were that moment 30 900 900 OF waste land in
this country out Of coo acres aud thoe pnbAc
lands thrown open 10 the working classes, thou
sands upon thousands Of them might be living nde
pendent on an allotment of fifteen acres 10 escb
That would not b. attended 10y the condsc9hon one
acre of uoperty, for those waste lands belonged Of
tight 10 the people though thu people were no: even
permitted TO lay foot on them. They were annSas to
ksten 10 Mr. Fyos., snd be weold nci detsD them lie