240 CHRISTIAN ALLHUSEN 



reputation that everything he touched he 

 turned to gold. 



But Christian Allhusen not only had the 

 prescience to discern the flowing of the tide 

 that led on to fortune, he had grasped the 

 principles of political economy. The prime 

 of his life was spent in an active political 

 sphere, for Newcastle has always been a school 

 of strong, vigorous, independent, political 

 opinion. Its sons have been stirring politi- 

 cians, and have seriously studied with earnest 

 purpose not only home affairs, but the wide 

 field of international and foreign politics. At 

 one time David Urquhart made Newcastle 

 the scene of his agitation; then its voice was 

 heard in the manly, independent utterances 

 of Joseph Cowen, and to-day it is represented 

 by the man who, whilst he is an accomplished 

 scholar and a famous man of letters, is also 

 the embodiment of philosophical Radicalism, 

 John Morley. 



But not only the place, the time also during 

 which Allhusen lived especially in his earlier 

 days was of exceptional interest ; it was the 

 day of agitation in favour of the abolition of 

 the Corn Laws, and he was associated with 

 the trade which most of all would be directly 

 affected by any fiscal changes. 



