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by German competition, and those in the 

 same trade in this country were agitating for 

 Protection, he protested with scorn against 

 such actions; if they could not hold their own 

 they deserved to be beaten, and the consumer 

 had the right to buy in the cheapest market. 

 Michael James Whitty, of the Liverpool 

 Daily Post, was his friend, and they shared 

 the same views of strong sympathy and 

 approval of the policy of the Northern States 

 of America in their great conflict with the 

 South. 



In the land of his birth he always took 

 the deepest interest; he watched, even in his 

 latest days, with strongest approval and 

 admiration the policy of sympathy and 

 succour which Mr. Gladstone had initiated 

 towards Ireland. 



He was fond of continental travel, and at 

 times took up his residence at Giessen and 

 Munich, to enjoy the companionship of Baron 

 Liebig, and of the scientific circle in which he 

 moved. He also travelled and resided in 

 Italy. He was gifted with an extraordinary 

 memory, which was enriched with an exten- 

 sive and accurate knowledge of the best 

 English poetry, even in his eightieth year 

 he could repeat the whole of Goldsmith's 



