[4] Kemp had established his own non-conformist sect, and Faithfull was a regular preacher in the chapel in Ship Street, Brighton.
[4][7] Following the Reform Act 1832, Brighton was enfranchised as a parliamentary borough, returning two members of parliament to the House of Commons.
[8][9] The middle class readership abandoned Faithfull's newspaper and he found himself aligned with the local Chartists.
When a series of Chartist riots and strikes took place in 1839, Faithfull closed the Patriot.
[9] He continued his legal practice until his death, acting as solicitors to a number of railway companies.