CHAPTER XIV.

THE "NATIONAL REFORMER" AND THE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS 137

Prosecution of _National Reformer_ by Mr Disraeli's Government--"Published in defiance of Her Majesty's Government"--The Act of James I.--Collapse of the prosecution--The Press--The Rev. J. Page Hopps--Prosecution of _National Reformer_ by Mr Gladstone's Government--Abandonment of the prosecution--John Stuart Mill--Repeal of the odious Security laws--The Postmaster-General and the _National Reformer_.