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Allhusen had been one of the delegates of 

 the alkali trade. 



In his later years, when the Irish question 

 had come to the fore, he very naturally sided 

 with the opinions of those with whom, by his 

 wealth and recognised ability, he had 

 succeeded in becoming associated. 



County gentlemen and London financiers, 

 whether plebeian or patrician, have little 

 sympathy with the popular movements of the 

 present day ; they dread the socialistic spirit 

 which is one form or other is manifesting 

 itself, and he joined the ranks of the Unionists 

 in opposition to the views and policy of Mr. 

 Gladstone. 



We can hardly speak of Christian Allhusen 

 as an " Industrial Celebrity;" he has little or 

 nothing in common with Gossage or Deacon, 

 Kurtz or Gamble, Spence or Shanks ; these 

 men had made themselves acquainted with 

 chemical science, and they devoted their lives 

 to the application of their knowledge to 

 manufactures; they were inventors, they were 

 engineers, they were trained to direct and 

 manage men, but Allhusen was eminently 

 the man of business, early placed in the 

 counting-house of a great mercantile firm, 

 which proved a scene congenial to the earliest 



