Bradlaugh, for an example, wears a black dress coat, silk dress hat, lay-down collar and black necktie, and carries a cane.  The great majority of the meeting wore also the fashionable “stove-pipe.”  These things and the sound judgment of the leaders promise “peaceable reforms” but the boundless enthusiasm of the mass of them when imflammatory remarks are made, betray the existence of feelings that are akin to pent up volcanoes, and may break out in violent eruptions when least expected.  There is certainly fire enough in European Republicanism to impel them on to mighty efforts when the proper time comes.  The part played by several ladies in this movement has a salutary influence for moderation and order.  Mrs. Besant and the two daughters of Mr. Bradlaugh are always accompanying him wherever he lectures in London.  A table was placed in the center of a circle formed around the leaders, and upon this Mr. Bradlaugh took his stand in addressing the meeting.  His voice is far more powerful than that of any other man that I have ever heard, and by the use of medicine which his elder daughter (Alice) reaches up to him very frequently during his speeches, he keeps it perfectly clear to the end; though in these open air meetings he often, stands in the face of 10,000 to 100,000 persons, speaking by the hour with a force quite equal to the roaring of a lion.  This violent exercise of his vooal organs, he sometimes repeats several times every day for a month in succession, displaying powers of endurance which are perhaps not equaled by any other living orator.  It is an exciting scene to behold acres of hats beclouding the sky while “cheers rend the air,” and to see a field white with hands when votes are taken.  Only three persons in this entire meeting voted in favor of granting the Prince of Wales the $700,000 asked for, while some acres of people voted against it.

It should be remembered that this was a meeting of the extreme branch of the Republican party in London.  There is a more moderate party headed by leaders who only despise royalty, but abide with the Church and the Christian religion, and which is said to be far more numerous than the extremists are.  In the evening the Radicals had a meeting in the Hall of Science, where Mr. Bradlaugh addressed them on the subject of religion and social ethics.  His discourses here are generally very abtruse.  None but a very intelligent audience, and educated in his system of philosophy would understand his logic or appreciate his wit and humor at the expense of royalty and Christianity.  The hall will hold about 1,500 adults and his congregation (?) is a mixed one comprising both sexes, just like all church organizations; after which, it is a copy.  There is no praying, but the Miss Brad laughs render music upon a melodian or organ both before and after the lecture.  In place of the “collection,” they charge a small admittance, which becomes a source of considerable revenue; as the hall is crowded at almost every meeting.