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receipt of a salary of £250 per annum, with house- 

 rent and one third of the profits. Instead of this 

 Mr. Booth allowed me £2 per week and house- 

 rent." 



VI. 



The " Times" December 26th, 1890. 



Sir, — I am much obliged to Mr. J. S. Trotter 

 for the letter which you published this morning. 

 It furnishes evidence, which I much desired to 

 possess on the following points: — 



1. The author of "The New Papacy" is a 

 responsible, trustworthy person; otherwise Mr. 

 Trotter would not speak of having had "the 

 pleasure of an interview " with him. 



2. After this responsible person had taken the 

 trouble to write a pamphlet of sixty-four closely 

 printed pages, some influence was brought to bear 

 upon him, the effect of which was that he refused 

 his consent to its publication. Mr. Trotter's ex- 

 cellent information will surely enable him to tell 

 us what influence that was. 



3. How does Mr. Trotter know that any pas- 

 sage I have quoted is an interpolation? Does he 

 possess that other copy of the " two " which alone, 

 as he affirms, were printed? 



