Excerpt from Householders in Danger From the Populace Sir Francis Burdett says that there are no classes in this country; that we are all - Englishmen. Well, but what was the occasion on which Sir Francis Burdett pro pounded this doctrine? When presiding at a meeting of which the express object was to create a union, for a single purpose, of certain distinct classes of the peo ple. A metaphorical constituent of Sir Francis Burdett, at a late meeting of Westminster electors, by way of illustrating the doctrine of his representative, said, Look at the fishes of the sea: some are large, some small; some swim near the surface, others at the bottom of the water; but are not they all fishes? He forgot to add that the several classes of fishes subsist by devouring each other. Further, with what object did Sir Francis Burdett deny the existence of classes in England? Mani festly for the purpose of persuading a class amongst the working class to join the middle class. The occasion, therefore, on which, and the motive with which, Sir Francis Burdett declared that we are all of one class, abundantly prove the contrary. As there can be no doubt that this fallacy or sophism was put forth with a good object, so I have dwelt on it to excuse myself for pursuing an opposite course. The populace of London are a class. That the populace of London are at this moment bent on producing anarchy, I shall endeavour to prove. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.