Holyoake wrote in his usual vein of covert attack on Freethinkers in danger.

Mrs.
Besant joined in the fray anonymously, and a letter appeared also from my own pen.

There were articles on the subject in the provincial newspapers, and amongst the London journals I must especially commend the _Weekly Dispatch_, which never wavered in faithfulness to its Liberal traditions, and stood firm in its censure of our prosecution from first to last, even when other journals turned from the path of religious liberty, proved traitors to their principles, and joined the bigots in their cry of "To prison, to prison!" against the obnoxious heretics.
For some time after this we pursued the even tenor of our way.

Many of the wholesale newsagents, who had been frightened when our prosecution was initiated, regained confidence and resumed their orders.

Early in October we removed from Harp Alley to 28 Stonecutter Street, which had just been vacated by the Freethought Publishing Company, and which has ever since been the publishing office of the _Freethinker_.