v &quot; DARKEST ENGLAXD &quot; SCHEME 301 



2. Mr. Bramwell Booth admitted before Mr. 

 Justice Lopes that he had made an untrue state 

 ment because of a promise he had made to Mr. 

 Stead. 1 



And I have just proved that Mr. &quot; Commis 

 sioner &quot; Booth-Clibborn asserts the exact contrary 

 of that which your report of the judgment of the 

 Master of the Rolls tells us that distinguished 

 judge said. 



Under these circumstances, I think that my 

 politeness in applying no harder adjective than 

 &quot; Jesuitical &quot; to these proceedings is not properly 

 appreciated. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



XII 



The &quot; Times; January 22nd, 1891 



SIR, I think that your readers will be in 

 terested in the accompanying opinion, written in 

 consultation with an eminent Chancery Queen s 

 Counsel, with which I have been favoured. It 

 will be observed that this important legal de- 



1 This statement has been disputed, but not yet publicly, 

 (See p. 305. ) 



