In Ipswich the magistrates dispersed a “Disputing Club” in an ale-house, “consisting of very Inferior People”: in Wiltshire a schoolmaster was sacked for “traitorous expressions”: in Northamptonshire villages a house-to-house loyalty canvass took place. Agents were appointed in various districts to visit bookshops and prosecute any found selling Rights of Man: at least one illiterate bill-sticker was imprisoned for posting bills in favour of reform.
