The Lord Mayor considerately allowed us seats on hearing that the case would occupy a long time, a piece of attention which he might also have displayed on the previous Tuesday.

It seems extremely unjust that men who are defending themselves, who need all their strength for the task, and who may after all be innocent, should be obliged to stand for hours in a crowded court in the dog-days, and waste half their energies in the perfectly gratuitous exertion of maintaining their physical equilibrium.
I shall not describe the proceedings before the Lord Mayor on this occasion.

Properly speaking, it was Mr.Bradlaugh's day, and some time or other its incidents will be recorded in his biography.

Suffice it to say that he showed his usual legal dexterity, sat on poor Mr.Maloney, and sadly puzzled the Lord Mayor.

I must, however, refer to one point, as it illustrates the high Christian morality of our prosecutors.