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incorporated under the Supplemental Clause of 

 the Limited Liability Act), and that it would be 

 quite regular to give such a society all the powers 

 requisite for the protection of the objects con- 

 templated in the Bill. Mr. Lowe adds that he 

 is sure there is plenty of money to be got from 

 private sources for the purpose proposed, and 

 that he would be happy in his private capacity 

 to give help. 



Sir John also brought in a Bill to amend the 

 Endowed Schools Act. This was done with the 

 full knowledge and approval of the Commissioners, 

 as will be seen by a letter, shortly to be quoted, 

 from Lord Hobhouse, who gave him a number of 

 instances showing the necessity for the changes 

 suggested. He rose to move the second reading 

 with the conviction that he had a strong and 

 unanswerable case, but before he had said many 

 sentences a piece of paper was put into his hand 

 with the words : 



I must beg as a personal favor that you will not use 

 any of the facts I have given you. Hobhouse. 



He himself admits that this took him quite 

 aback, cut the ground from under his feet, and 

 wrecked the Bill. " It appeared," he writes, 

 " that Forster, who was Vice-President of the 

 Council, sent for Hobhouse in the morning to 

 consult him as to what he should say in opposition 

 to the Bill. He told Forster the facts he had 

 given me, and Forster said if they came out he 

 had no answer ; that I ought not to have been 

 told, and that at any cost I must be prevented 

 from using them ! I believe that according to 



