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evening comes it is closed in the same manner. Now the 

 family separate to their respective duties. His occupation to- 

 day is to answer the numerous letters that have arrived. In 

 this important business his eldest daughter is his confidential 

 secretary, which post she ably filled until the time of her 

 marriage.' 



These acts speak volumes, and show what a centre of influ- 

 ence he had become. In 1869 he received a note from Mr. 

 Gladstone, then Prime Minister, that Her Majesty proposed 

 that he should receive a baronetcy, which, after some con- 

 sideration, he accepted. At the opening of the Congregational 

 Church, Light cliffe, in 1871, Dr. Guthrie, the Rev. Thomas 

 Binney, and Newman Hall, LL.B., took part in the opening 

 services, and were the guests of Sir Titus. It was on that 

 occasion, when speaking at the public luncheon on the subject 

 of ministers' stipends, that Dr. Guthrie expressed himself as 

 follows : — ' Some persons in Scotland,' he said, ' demur to this, 

 because, in primitive times, ministers had not even a house, 

 but wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being desti- 

 tute, afflicted, tormented ! I asked them how they would like 

 to see Candlish and me walking along the streets of Edinburgh 

 in sheepskins and goatskins, horns and all.' The Saltaire public 

 park is situated about five minutes' walk from the town, and 

 was intended by Sir Titus to furnish wholesome recreation for 

 the young and old. The area enclosed consists of 14 acres. 

 The park was formally opened on the 25th July 1871. While 

 Sir Titus was thus continually proving his thorough interest in 

 his employees, tokens of gratitude and respect on their part, as 

 we have seen, were not wanting. On i6th August 187 1, he 

 was presented with his portrait in the large hall of the Saltaire 



