228 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



you will say it for me. — Believe me always, very truly 

 yours, Henry G., Card. -Archbishop. 



On May 25, in recognition of his efforts on 

 their behalf, Sir John was entertained at a dinner 

 by seven hundred tradesmen. 



The third Reading of the Bill was carried in 

 the House by 81 to 17 on June 18. 



It has been noted that he was invited, two 

 years previously, to deliver the Rede lecture — 

 at that time in succession to Professor Huxley — 

 at Cambridge. His engagements had then pre- 

 vented him from assenting to the request, but 

 this year the invitation was renewed by the 

 Vice-Chancellor, and Sir John felt himself able 

 to accept. 



He was invited to be President for the year 

 of the Watford College of Science, and gave his 

 presidential address on September 26, and also 

 accepted the Presidency of the Walsall Literary 

 Institute. 



Lord Randolph Churchill had written to him, 

 in the end of August, asking him to allow his 

 name to be put forward as a member of a Royal 

 Commission on the currency and the " alleged 

 depreciation of silver." He was obliged to reply 

 that being already a member of the Education 

 Commission, it would be impossible for him to 

 attend the meetings of both, but he suggested 

 that Lord Randolph should confer on the subject 

 with Lord Cross, who was Chairman of the latter 

 Commission. The result was an arrangement 

 that he should be free from attendance at the 

 meetings of the Education Commission, and 

 should be present only when their report was 



