Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . THE TlSlKfi TACKIXO: HKAIIY AHOIT, 18S(I.{Heproducnl by S)>c-ciai ixniiissio)L of the Proprietors aj •Punch.) 536 THE SrcCKSSrON OF Till-: DEMOCRACT. 11865 contraiy, so infiaiauuitory were his s|iceehes that in October i[, having denounced hiui and his followers at Leedsas preachers of the gospel of ]5ublic plunder, had theuiParneii In consigned to Kihnainhani Gaol. The Land League thereuponiss
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . THE TlSlKfi TACKIXO: HKAIIY AHOIT, 18S(I.{Heproducnl by S)>c-ciai ixniiissio)L of the Proprietors aj •Punch.) 536 THE SrcCKSSrON OF Till-: DEMOCRACT. 11865 contraiy, so infiaiauuitory were his s|iceehes that in October i[, having denounced hiui and his followers at Leedsas preachers of the gospel of ]5ublic plunder, had theuiParneii In consigned to Kihnainhani Gaol. The Land League thereuponissued a iVo-Rent Manifesto, and was suppressed as an illegaland criminal association. Atrrarian outrages increased, however, GaoL LOUD lliEDKllICK , AlTEli, (iEJilOE 1!\D, I!,.A. (By permission, from a priii hij .l/c«r.*. Graves, in the jtosscssioiiof his druce the Dul:e of Dcrnv^hire.) and the agitation, though worked in secret, showed no signs Boer Tlic annexation of tlie Trausxaul was most unpopular with the Ijoers, who sent a deputation to England with ademand for th(^ restoration of joral independence. This refused,reliellion rapidly gathered head : p. .)71 i. A Provisional(iovernment was formed in December, ].S<SO, and the Britishgarrisons tliat did iiot snrreuder were closely besieged. Hasten-ing up to their roHef Sir (ieorge Collev suHered two reverses,and on February 2r»th he mci with defeat and death onJLijuba Hill, wiiither lie had climbed in the desperate hoj^e POLITICAL HISTORY. 537 13651 lodging the Boeis from their position. Nevertheless, Mr. , recoiling from blood-guiltiness, directed Sir EvelynWood to conclude an armistice, and eventually
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