On the evening of the twenty-ninth there took place in London at Exeter Hall, a great mass meeting unprecedented in attendance and enthusiasm.

The meeting had been advertised for seven o'clock, but long before the hour arrived the hall was jammed and the corridors filled.

A second meeting was promptly organized for the lower hall, but even so the people seeking admission crowded Exeter Street and seriously impeded traffic in the Strand.
Outdoor meetings listened to reports of what was going on in the Hall and cheered the speakers.

The main address was made by the Rev.Newman Hall, of Surrey Chapel.

A few Southern sympathizers who attempted to heckle the speakers were quickly shouted down[961].
The "carnival of cant," as the _Saturday Review_ termed it, was truly a popular demonstration, stirred by anti-slavery leaders, but supported by the working and non-enfranchised classes.