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strongly to the high church and Tory
| party, yet he felt that on both these
points the exigencies Of the times re-
CURED that some concessions should be
frequently opposed to his former
friends. and eventually separated him
| self from the great body OF the Conser-
vative party. in February. 1851. AT
the general election In July following.
Mr.. Gladstone was reelected for the
| University OF Oxford. but not without
a severe contest. On the formation OF
what is generally known as the"Coali-
ton" ministry, under the Earl of
Aberdeen. in December, 1852. Mr.. Glad
stone was appointed to the chancellor
ship of the exequer. in which office,
through the knowledge Of finance which
| lie had acquired, and had tested by
practical experience at the head of
trade. proved OF the greatest assistance
to the ministry. After the breaking
| up OF the Aberdeen administration, or
| rather, on its reconstruction under Lord
palmerston. at the beginning Of 1855,
| Nr. Gladstone at first continued to oc-
cupy the same post. but he resigned in
| the course of few weeks, on finding
| that it was not the intention of the min
'stry collectively to oppose the vote of
censure implied in the resolution of
Mr.. Roebuck, in favor of the appoint
! ment OF a committee Of inquiry into
| the state of the British army before
| Sebastopol, and the cause OF it's suffer-
! ings. For some time Mr.. Gladstone
who held no public office, gave Lord
Palmerston's ministry an independent
support. In the winter Of 1853 he ac-
cepted, under Lord Derby's second cab
| met. special mission to the Ionian
Islands. to arrange certain difficulties
which had arisen in the administration
of that dependency; and in June. 1859,
| resumed Office under Lord Palmerston
| as chancellor of the exchequer. In
| this capacity he was mainly instrument
tai III repeating the paper duty, and in
promoting the negotiations conducted
by Mr. Golden. which resulted in the
commercial treaty between this country
| and France. Mr.. Gladstone, though
| originally very jealous of an interven-
! zion on the part OF the state in the mat
] ter of university reform, lent the gov
eminent from time to time very valua-
BILE assistance. by supporting the sug
gestion of the Oxford university COM
missioners through his extensive per-
| sonal and official influence with the au-
| thorities at Oxford, as one Of the repre-
sentatives of that university in par
lament. Besides being eminent as a
| statesman, MIR. Gladstone had acquired
celebrity as an author. His first work,
| u treatise entitled 1.-THE State in it's
Relations with the Church." published
i
volumes, 1S41), and followed in 1S41, by
| his Church Principles Considered in
Their Results" stamped him. while still
u young man, as a deep and original
thinker His views on these subjects.
| as they are unfolded in these treatiSeS,
had. we need scarcely say. been form
ed and moulded by the education and
| associations OF Oxford, to which uni
rrarsity they are dedicated. as the first
fruits e mr. teaching and training
Soon after their appsisranee' Tn tney were ere
thought worthy Of a lSisssaa,lau M..a 60
rate criticism by the latet Loi M.-Se
lay in the pages of the Edinburgh Re
view Mr. Gladstone's remarks on
-I"Decent Commercial Legislation, pub
lished in 1S45. While the country was
! on the eve of an important change in
i her commercial system we're intended
4 to pave the way for the extensive mod
ifcation in the restrictions on COM
| merce imposed by the Corn laws. and
| contain an able and comprehensive
summary OF the beneficial results of the
1 tariff of 1912. In 1851 he published a
| work of different kind, which created
considerable interest both at home and
abroad. During a visit to Naples in the
| previous year, he learned that d large
number OF citizens of that place, who
had formed the Opposition" in the
Neapolitan chamber of Deputies, We're
exiled or imprisoned by King Ferdi-
nand, and that about 10000 OF his sub
| jects had been thrown into prison on a
charge of political disaffection. Hav-
ing ascertained the truth OF these state
| ments. Mr.. Gladstone wrote to the Earl
| of Aberdeen. urging his interposition
| on their behalf, and that noble lords
remonstrances proving effectual, he
published letters on the subject Of the
state prosecutions at Naples. which was
translated into several foreign Ian
| guageS and was sent by Lord Palmer
/ >.try or f,a a nd q al
| on the continent. with orders to for
ward copies OF it to their respective
courts. In 1868 he published an elabo-
rate work ON Homer ("Studies on Ho-
mer and the Homeric Age" vols:).
| and in July, 1861. he was solicited to
| become q candidate in the Liberal in
.terest, for South Lancashire. but re-
| fused to forsake his former constitu-
ents. Having been rejected by the uni
versity of Oxford at the general cleo
| ton in July, 1865, Mr.. Gladstone was
returned. being third Of the poll. for
| South Lancashire. After the death OF
Lord Palmerston, he became leader Of
| the House of Commons, retaining the
| :hancellorship of the exchequer in Lord
| Russell's second administration. Early
| In the session of 1866 he brought in q
reform bill. and q motion on committee
| having been carried, June Is, against
the government by eleven votes. Mr..
Gladstone and mis- colleagues resigned.
the QlVlSioAS III INe LlOeTal RANKS pre-
vented him from defeating Mr.. Disra-
| ellis reform bill, which he strongly OPP
! posed. In the early part Of the session
| Of 1868. Mr. Gladstone brought for
ward and passed through the House OF
Commons a series OF resolutions, hav-
! ing for their object the disestablishment
and disendowment of the Irish church.
These resolutions were the basis or the
| Irich Church Suspensory Bill, which.
the Nav re2s2a. passed second reading III
95s. but was soon by sl2 y VI az rejected
| in the House OF Peers by a majority Of
| 95. At the general election Of 1858. Mr..
| Gladstone stood as one Of the candi-
| lates for Southwest Lancashire. After
| fierce contest, the result Of which ex-
! cited the most intense interest through
,ut the country, he was defeated. but
| this defeat did not exclude him from
ton of such an event, the electors Of
Greenwich had, few days previous