Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

Secondly, Hetherington's "Poor Man's Guardian" belonged to the category of illegal newspapers that did not pay the stamp tax, had a low price, was highly circulated, and had a broad dissemination making it exceptionally difficult to suppress.


Furthermore, William Cobbett's "Poor Man's Political Register" was even worse. Although the magazine was legitimate, Cobbett himself enjoyed a tremendously high reputation in Britain. He was not only a renowned political activist and writer but also represented the radical wing of the British middle class.


In other words, William Cobbett belonged to the Whig Party's political allies in the parliamentary reform movement. To arrest him would be tantamount to openly challenging Earl Grey, the Prime Minister.


Although Palmerston did not like Cobbett,, to provoke a Cabinet reshuffle over such a minor matter as to remove his post as Foreign Secretary was too dramatic.


Chapter 241: Hastings Worried about the Country and the People (5K4)_2