158 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



In March of this year his eldest daughter Amy 

 had married Mr. Mulholland. It was fated to be 

 a tragically brief union. At Easter he had crossed 

 to Paris where his friend, M. Jules Simon, had 

 just retired from the Prime Ministry, and thence 

 went on an excursion into Switzerland, leaving 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mulholland in Paris, and on his 

 return was most deeply shocked to hear of Mr. 

 Mulholland's quite unexpected death. This was 

 on June 3. There is no need to dwell on the sad 

 days that followed. On the 5th he briefly records, 

 " Brought poor Amy home." 



Sir John was interested in enquiring into the 

 origin, etc., of the £1 notes, and the following is a 

 reply from Lord Overstone, whom he had con- 

 sulted on this question : 



Lockinge House, Wantage, 

 September 11, 1877. 



Dear Sir John Lubbock — I cannot give you a 

 distinct reply to your question respecting £l Notes. 

 Their history from 1820 to 1830 has been a curious one, 

 but as Huskinson was the guiding authority of the 

 Government upon questions of currency and as the 

 whole of the provisions are in his Speeches, I think you 

 will have the best chance of finding there the information 

 you want. 



The issue of the £l notes in the first place was dis- 

 continued, not prohibited, on three grounds as I have 

 always understood. 



1. The increasing amount of Forgeries which shook 

 the public confidence in the note ; and the multiplied 

 Prosecutions which affected the public sentiments — 

 Forgery being at that time a capital crime. 



2. A strong feeling, perhaps not very clearly defined, 

 that a large substratum of gold spread throughout the 

 whole community, is the safest basis for the security of 

 specie payments. 



3. The failure of many County Banks to redeem their 

 £l note issue had induced a general growing dislike to 



