v "DARKEST ENGLAND" 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.* 



And I have just proved that Mr. " Commis- 

 sioner " Booth-Clibborn asserts the exact contrary 

 of that which your report of the judgment of the 

 Master of the Eolls tells us that distinguished 

 judge said. 



Under these circumstances, I think that my 

 politeness in applying no harder adjective than 

 " Jesuitical " to these proceedings is not properly 

 appreciated. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



XII. 



The " Times" January 22nd, 1891. 



SIR, I think that your readers will be inter- 

 ested in the accompanying opinion, written in con- 

 sultation with an eminent Chancery Queen's 

 Counsel, with which I have been favoured. It 

 will be observed that this important legal deliv- 



* This statement has been disputed, but not yet pub- 

 licly. (See p. 305.) 



