m.

In his cross-examination, Dassett said that some person in the crowd
laughed, and others called out that the pistol was not loaded. An
Inspector of Police deposed to having received the pistol from witness,
and he unloaded it; the charge was not large, and consisted of coarse
gunpowder, some short pieces of tobacco pipe, and four small pieces of
gravel.

Bean got away for a time, but was, afterwards, captured and tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in Millbank
Penitentiary.

The old Duke of Cambridge (the Queen's uncle) had a fright, on the 6
July, when he was at a fete at Jesus College, Cambridge, for he lost the
diamond star from his breast, valued at 500 pounds. Everybody thought it
had been stolen by an expert thief, but it was afterwards found by a
Police Inspector, in the gardens, much trodden on, and with three
diamonds missing; so it was "All's well that ends well."

There was great distress in the manufacturing districts, and disturbances
originating in a strike for higher wages, were inflamed by the Chartists,
and other political agitators. Beginning in Lancashire, the riots spread
through Cheshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire, and,
finally, extended to the manufacturing towns of Scotland, and the
collieries of Wales. There were conflicts with the military, and people
were killed; altogether, matters were very serious.

It was better in London. On 19 Aug. a Chartist meeting was to be held on
Clerkenwell Green, but plenty of police were there to meet them. Most of
the mob were discouraged, and went home, but the police were obliged to
arrest some 50 of them, and some banners were captured. Then they went
to Lincoln's Inn Fields, and in Long Acre, they came into collision with
the police, and some damage was done. So serious was the outlook, that
all the military in the Metropolis and the suburbs were kept under arms,
and there were large reserves of police at every Station House; and, next
day, the magistrate, at Bow Street, had a busy day, hearing cases arising
from this outbreak. On the 22nd Aug. there were Chartist meetings at
Clerkenwell Green and Paddington (the latter numbering upwards of
10,000), but the worst cases were managed by the police, and no very
great harm came of them.

On 22 June, Sir Robt. Peel's Bill, imposing an Income Tax, received the
Royal sanction. It is 5 and 6 Vic., c. 35: "An Act for granting Her
Majesty Duties on Profits