Chapter V: Public Life, 1867 78

1868--President Philomathic Society 78
Professor Huxley 78
1868--Elected to the TOWN COUNCIL: Early Experiences 79
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
1870--Elected Vice-President 80
1871-1874--President of the Chamber 80
1878-1881--Elected President of the
re-constituted Chamber by the votes of the
subscribers to the Exchange News Room 80
1870--Fellow Royal Statistical Society 80
1872--President of the American Chamber of Commerce 81
1873--Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Northern
Towns on Railway Rates 81
1877--President United Cotton Association, the precursor
of the Cotton Association 82
1877--President of the International Cotton Convention 83
1880--Mayor of Liverpool 83
Visit of General Sir Frederick Roberts 83
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales 84
The Opening of the North Docks 84
Fenian Scare 85
1903--Lord Mayor 87

CHAPTER VI.--THE FENIAN TROUBLES 88

1882--Attempt to blow up the Town Hall 88
Infernal Machines 90
The Pensioner's cork leg 91
Thanks of the Home Secretary 92

CHAPTER VII.--THE TOWN COUNCIL 93

The Town Hall--Its Hospitality 97
Work in the City Council 100
1868-1882--WATCH COMMITTEE 100
Burning of the Landing Stage 101
1870-1884--WATER COMMITTEE: The Vyrnwy Scheme 102
Hawes Water 102
1874-1886--PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE 106
Chairman 106
Extension of the Boundaries 106
The Manchester Ship Canal 107
The Dock Board and the Bridgwater Canal 108
1887--CORPORATION LEASEHOLDS: Chairman of Special
Committee to enquire into 109
Report 110
1908--ESTATE COMMITTEE: Chairman 110

CHAPTER VIII.--LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ARTS COMMITTEE 112

1889--Chairman 114
1908--Extension of Free Libraries 114
Mr. Carnegie 115
The Museum Extended 116
The Art Galleries 117
Among the Studios 118
Lord Leighton 118
Mr. Greiffenhagen 119
Sir John Millais 120
Sir Hubert Herkomer 121
Sir John Gilbert 122
Mr. Whistler 123
1908--Retired from the Committee 123
Mr. R. D. Holt 128

CHAPTER IX.--KNIGHTHOOD AND FREEDOM OF LIVERPOOL 130

1883--KNIGHTHOOD: At Windsor Castle 130
HONORARY FREEDOM OF CITY OF LIVERPOOL 131

CHAPTER X.--POLITICAL WORK 141

Party politics in Liverpool 141 Conservative Whip 142 1865--S. R. Graves, M.P. 143 1873--John Torr, M.P. 143 1868--Viscount Sandon, M.P. 144 1880--Edward Whitley, M.P. 144 Mr. Rathbone, M.P. 145 1868--Election, South-West Lancashire: Mr. Gladstone and Mr. R. A. Cross 145 1869--Chairman Waterloo Polling District 146 1880--Chairman of the Southport Division 146 1886 {The Hon. George A. Curzon 146 to { 1899 {Mr. Curzon Member for Southport 147 Lord Curzon's work as the Viceroy of India 149 Duties of a Chairman of a Division 151 Free Trade and Protection 152

CHAPTER XI.--JUDICIAL WORK 154

1873--Placed on Liverpool Bench 154 1882--Placed on Lancashire County Bench 154 1900--Placed on Cheshire County Bench 154 1890--Deputy-Chairman of Quarter Sessions, West Derby Hundred 154 1894--Chairman of Quarter Sessions 154 1894--Chairman of the County Bench 155 1894--Chairman of the Licensing Justices 155 Chairman of the Visiting Justices, Walton Jail 157 1902--Appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant for Lancashire 154 1909--HIGH SHERIFF FOR LANCASHIRE 159 Interesting Ceremony at Lancaster Castle 161 The King and Queen at Knowsley 162

CHAPTER XII.--BLUNDELLSANDS, BROMBOROUGH & CROSBY

Blundellsands 164
Crosby Grammar School 166
Bromborough 168

CHAPTER XIII.--DIRECTORSHIPS 171

1889--Chairman Overhead Railway 172
1893--Opening by the Marquis of Salisbury,
Prime Minister 173
1898--Chairman of the Bank of Liverpool 176
1888--Director of the Cunard Company 177
Some incidents 179
Castle Wemyss 181
Making of the Cunard Company 181
Liverpool and Mediterranean Trade 182
White Star Line 184
Mr. T. H. Ismay 185
Sir Alfred Jones, K.C.M.G. 186
1888--Director Employers' Liability Assurance Company.

CHAPTER XIV.--THE CHURCHES 188

The Church, 1860-1870 188
Dr. McNeile 189
Dr. Ryle, first Bishop of Liverpool 190
Nonconformists 192
THE BUILDING OF A CATHEDRAL 194
Early History 194
Chairman of Executive Committee 198
Foundation-stone laid by the King 199
Consecration of the Lady Chapel 201
Convocation 203
Church Congress 204
New York Cathedral 204

CHAPTER XV.--PHILANTHROPY, CHARITABLE AND SOCIAL WORK 206

Crusade against intemperance 207
Workmen's dwellings 208
Local workers 209

CHAPTER XVI.--THE SEAMEN'S ORPHANAGE, ETC. 211

1905--ROYAL COMMISSION ON MOTORS 212

CHAPTER XVII.--THE EARL OF DERBY 215

Appointments to the County Bench 215
Prince Fushimi of Japan 220

CHAPTER XVIII.--TRAVELS 223

Improvements in Modern Travel 223
1871--Franco-Prussian Battlefields 225
1891--Costa Rica 225
Jamaica 228
1892--Mexico 228
Conversion of Mexican Southern Railway Bonds 229
President Diaz 230
1905--America: Tour with Lord Claud Hamilton 235
President Roosevelt 236
1906--The Desert of Sahara 238
The Count's Garden, Biskra 240
Egypt 243
1907--India: Impressions of 244
1906--Lord Clive: The result of a Motor Tour 250

CHAPTER XIX.--RECREATIONS 253

Yachting 253
1874--Obtained Certificate from the Board of Trade as a
Master Mariner 255
Windermere: Happy Days 256
History of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club 257
Yacht Racing Association 258
One of the Founders 258
Member of the Council 258
Chairman of the Committee of Measurement 258
Royal Canoe Club 258
1879--Rear-Commodore Royal Mersey Yacht Club 257
Gardening 259
Orchids 260