The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-19

! large majority, as one OF the memoer
for that borough.
! on the resignation OF Mr. Disrael's MIS-
istry in December. 1865. Mr.. Gladstone
! succeeded that statesman as First LORD
I OF the Treasury.
The principal events Of his administra-
/ ton were the passing OF the Irish Church
| tlisesta bllshment act 1850. OF the Irish
land act 0S7W. and OF the elementary
/ education act $50; the abolition OF pur-
chase I'm the army by the exercise OF the
/ Royal Prerogative. In consequence Of an
/ adverse vote by the House Of Lords on
\ the army regulation bill OSD: the nego-
/ tiation Of the Treaty Of Washington, re-
/ specting the Alabama claims QSlD; the
passing OF the ballot act OS7O: and the
I Judicature act GS18.
The principal measure proposed by the
government in the session Of 1873 was the
university education Greland) BILL which
was opposed by the Roman Catholic
members, who. voting on this occasion
with the Conservatives. caused the r.
lection Of the bill bv PSI votes against 2Sl
CNiarch lO. Upon this Mr.. Gladstone ten
dered his resignation 10 Her Majesty. and
Mr.. Disraeli was sent for. but as he de-
clined TO take Office. Mr. Gladstone.
though with reluctance. undertook March
10 TO reconstruct the Cabinet.
IN August 1873. Immediately after the
close Of the session. the Cabinet was con-
siderably remodeHed. Mr.. Gladstone as
Stunning the CHARACTERISTIC Of the EX-
chequer in addition 20 Ms office Of First
Lord Of the Treasury
INCOME TAX ABOLITION
On January a. 1874. a fortnight before
both Houses were 10 have met for the
despatch Of public business. Mr.. Glad
stone took everybody by surprise by an
nouncing the immediate dissolution Of
Parliament. and issuing his address 10
his constituents az Greenwich. in which
he promised 10 abolish the income tax
At the general election which ensued. the
votes were. for the fist time taken by
secret ballot The result proved most dis
astrous TO the Liberal party. The re-
turns completed on February 9th. show
ed that 351 Conservatives had been elect
ed and 2o2 Liberals inclusive Of tho
Home Rulers. who I'm point Of fact. de-
clinef to identify themselves with either
OF the old political parties. Mr.. Glad
stone az once resigned and Mr. Disraeli
became Prime Minister
In the election Of 1874 Mr. Gladstone.
who had been reelected for Greenwich
was rarely 10 be seen In his place in
the House Of Commons. but at its close
he offered a persistent opposition to the
Public Worship Regulation BIZ.
Even amid the turmoil Of political life
Mr.. Gladstone had devoted A portion OF
his time 20 literature His "Ecce Homo"
printed from Good Words" appeared IN
1868: q pamphlet on the Irish Church
question. entitled. "A Chapter OF Auto
biography" was published November q.
1858. and "Juventus Mundi: The Gods and
Men of the Heroic Age" IN 1863
After his unsuccessful attempt 10 pre-
vent the passage OF the Public Worship
Regulation Act. he contributed to the
Contemporary Review for October z
1871. an article on 'Ritlallsm," which
gave rise 10 an animated controversy
In II he asserted that Rome had sub
sttuted for the proud boast Of semper
eadem a policy of violence and change
in faith" that she " had refurnished and
psrsded anew every trusty tool which
she was fondly thought 10 have disused"
that no one could become her convert
without renouncing his moral and mental
freedom and placing his civil loyalty and
duty at the mercy Of another" and that
she had equally repudiated modern
thought and ancient history"
Challenged by his Roman Catholic
friends 20 substantate these grave
charges. Mr.. Gladstone published CIo-
titled 1.-THE Vatican DEGREES in Their
Bearing on Civil Allegiance: A Political
INpostulation." which elected numerous
elaborate replies from Monsignor Capel.
Or. Newman. Archbishop Manning. and
other distinguished members Of the Ro-
man Catholic Church.
ATTACK ON CATHOLICS.
Mr.. Gladstone's reply to his opponents.
published February "a. 1870, Is entitled
'Naticanism: An Answer to Replies and
Reproofs
Mr.. Gladstone followed up his attacks
on the Roman Catholic Church I'm an
article on THE Speeches OF Plus k.
in the Quarterly Review for January 6
1875.
On January 49, 1915. three weeks before
the assembling of Parliament, Mr.. Glad
stone announced in letter 10 Earl Gran
Vile his determination to retire from the
leadership Of the Liberal party. AT the
age OF sixty-hve" he remarked, "and af-
ter forty-two years Of laborous public
life | think myself entitled to retire on
the present opportunity This retirement
is dicated 70 me on my personal views
as 10 The best methods of spending the |
closing years of my life
Soon afterwards the Marquis Of Hart |
ington was chosen by the Liberal party
TO be their leader In the House of Com
mons. subsequently. however. Mr Glad |
stone constantly took part in the discus |
sions Of that assembly.
In 1876 he published "Homeric Synchro- /
nism: An Inquiry Into the Time and |
Place Of Homer" and on September 9Th. !
I'm the same year. appeared his famous |
pamphlet on Bulgarian Horrors and the |
Question OF the East" 1t was followed |
CMarch 49, 1917 by another pamphlet. |
entitled Lessons in Massacre: An Ex- !
position OF the Conduct of the Porte In !
and About Bulgaria Since May 1876"
Mt Gladstone took an active part I'm the !
agitation respecting the massacres in Blu !
garia. and strenuously opposed. both in |
and out Of Parliament. the policy OF the |
Conservative government, which resulted |
In the treaty Of Berlin and the signing |
OF the Anglo-Turkish convention. !,
In the autumn of 1871 October y 10 No |
vember l2) he paid VISIT 10 Ireland and 1
was presented With the freedom OF the /
city OF Dublin.
on November Eth in that year. ne was !
elected Lord Rector Of the University OF |
Glasgow succeeding Lord Beaconneld
Mr.. Gladstone sent letter 10 the !
president Of the Greenwich Liberal Five 4
Hundred" on March 2. 1873. stating that |
30 s~ould represent the borough only I'M /
III the next general election.
In the course Of the year 1879 he con-
tributed TO the British Quarterly Review
an article on THE Evangelical Move
tnen,; It's Percentage Progress and Is
sue" and published a collection OF his
fugitive writings under the title OF
''Gleanings OF Past Tears"
Early In the SAME year. 1879, he had