The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-02-17
London Letter.
Regular Correspondent.

Regular Correspondent.
LONDON, Jan. 90, 1888.
Mr.. Gladstone has set out for the shores
OF the Mediterranean, where 1t IL hoped
and expected, both by his medical adviser
aud by the whole nation, that he will soon
be restored to health and strength. Cannes,
which has been selected as the Premler's
place OF sojourn tor few brief weeks,
snatched from the cares of Empire and the
responsibilities Of an approaching session,
deserves to be called In some respects
paradise for lnvalids. Its climate is some.
what less braclng and vigorous than that
of Nice, but it has the advantage over that
fashionable resort In the fact that 1t Is less
populous, and that q statesman in search
OF repose will be enabled to withdraw
himself more completely from the gaze Of
the ,nquiring foreigner or the rowing
Anglo Saxon. ~
In Nice, Mr.. Gladstone would very like
ly have been mobbed, though In friendly
way, but in Cannes he will be only stared
at and respectfully saluted. He will be
surrounded by wealth Of winter blossom
and vegetation, which will utterly put to
shame the colder northern island. The
sun, too rare wintry visitant in England,
will In all probability be percnially shin
ing when Mr.. Glandstone takes his walks
and his drives amid the delightful orange
grove and olive plantations which throng
the sides of the green Ligurian hills. AT
the feet Of the esplanades, the waves OF the
Mediterranean, that "tideless sea- Will
dance and sparkle, and nature altogether
will be different and more gracious god
dess than we know here in these less fla
vored regions, except in spring and sum
mer. Unfortunately Mr.. Gladstone is not
likely to see Cannes and It's vlcinsgc under
the most favorable circumstances for ap-
preciatlng its exquisite beauty. Ill health,
revealing itself IN the wearisone malady OF
sleeplessness, has lately declared itself al
most for the first time in the Premier's
personal history, and he is moreover suf-
ferlng from the residuary effects of Sc
we're cold caught by exposure In Hawarden
Park, but, above all, from overwOrk during
The past Parliamentary year. Only the
astounding vital energy which the Premier
undoubtedly possesses could have enabled
him, time after time, to expose himself to
serious risks. Even when temporarily in.
Icapaclated by cold caught from walks In
the teeth of north-easters, or winter exer-
else at wood cutting, Mr.. Gladstone always
recovered his wonted health quicker than
most men who are thirty or forty years his
Junior, This splendid recuperat,ve power
of his physical frame should stand him in
good stead now that he has adopted DR..
Andrew Clark's ADVICE, and determined to
fly to milder climes.
Parliament begins all too soon to allow OF
, the Prime Minister being absent tor more
than few weeks breathing space from
the cares of Downing street Yet the sud-
den change, short as it must be, into new
atmosphere and fresh surroundings, ply
/ seal, mental and social, cannot but pro-
duce vivid pleasure in a man OF such
; Catholic tastes as Mr.. Gladstone. Doctors
generally agree that tor q jaded mind the
greatest relaxation IS to be obtained from
travel. more particularly foreign travel
Abroad every sight, even the very Ian
guage spoken on all sides, is strange, IN
teresting aud pquant, and produce thai
rebound Of the spirits which is the direct
result of novel experiences. All this "
sure to have It's due effect on such an i'm
questionable and high wrought nature IN
that OF the Premier, .,,.,,.. Az o.