Aye, and were we in his guilty skin, we would feel more proud, even in the poor editor's present position, than we would under the wig of Mr.Justice North." In April, 1883, the long legal struggles of Mr.Bradlaugh against Mr.
Newdegate and his common informer, that had lasted from July 2, 1880, till April 9, 1883, ended in his complete victory by the judgment of the House of Lords in his favour.

"Court after Court decided against me," he wrote; "and Whig and Tory journals alike mocked at me for my persistent resistance.

Even some good friends thought that my fight was hopeless, and that the bigots held me fast in their toils.

I have, however, at last shaken myself free of Mr.Newdegate and his common informer.

The judgment of the House of Lords in my favour is final and conclusive, and the boasts of the Tories that I should be made bankrupt for the penalties, have now, for ever, come to naught.