MR WORTHINGTON AND THE TEMPLE DEBENTURES.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9014, 29 January 1895, Page 3

MR WORTHINGTON AND THE TEMPLE DEBENTURES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. . .Ms.,. to «*>___ hibit his good faith in this matter he once without any delay produce his deed of trust of the Temple, duly executed'by himself and accepted, by the trustees. Trusts of this kind are well known in the profession, and there has been ample time already for its preparation and execution. I trust too that it will appear that the debenture-holders (dissantient as well as assentient) have been, consulted in the choice of the trustees. As regards the dissentients Mr Worthington has scarcely improved his- position by his too evident bitterness. He 'will not deny that it was their faith, in himself which led to the magnificent, however much misguided, self- sacrifice which. led to the founding of the Temple, nor that that faith must have been rudely Bhaken by his persistent silence under the damaging statements of Mrs Piunkett. In the face of that silence it is nob for bim to speak of " scheming duplicity." He ought rather, instead of throwing on them the costs of . the recent .litigation, to pay those costs out of bis own pocket as being .himself the cause ot their being incurred. It may help 1 him perhaps to look at the matter in this light, if he. considers not only the graver question of undue influence, but that he is a purchaser at' an under value with full notice of all the equities involved.—-Yours, &c, ' A Mere Outsider.

A "TEMPERANCE" LECTURER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS.

Sir;—l went to the Square on Saturday night to hear this new importation in the shape of a temperance lecturer. Well, Sir, if our prohibitionists cannot get someching better than the imported Crabb to support their, cause they had better depend upon their own resources and let the only Isibts and Taylor defend the cause. The gentleman who addressed the large crowd" in the "Square on Saturday evening had a splendid opportunity of doing some good-to the cause he upholds, but after a few sentences went lo work quite in tbe-opposite direction. He bad the meeting with him entirely till he began to use insulting language to anyone who made the. slightest remark to him. I will give you a few of the expressions he made, use of. One man he called a bummer (whatever that may mean 1 don't know) to a publican ; another he told that his head was only fit for a chock to*a beer waggon; and another man he accused ,of getting his living at the three card trick, which latter statement I believe he made Borne slight apology for using. The above are a few of the choice sayings of Mr Crabb. He is a loud talker, and I presume he thinks himself smart at repartee, but on Saturday night- he carried his witticism too far, which he found to bis cost- - Surely, if the cause which he is championing is worth, tbe. candle, he does not want to use- the language he did on Saturday. Mr Crabb said at the beginning of his address that he bad got six months' leave of absence for the benefit of his health. I should thin k, after his experience of Saturday J he will get away from here as soon as he can, or I'm strongly of Opinion he will have to .write for an extension of his leave. ! —Yours, &e-i

Temperate.