The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-19

(COnIlnUGu ITOIn GlTSC HdSG.) he was elected Lord Rector to the uni- versity of Glasgow, succeeding Lord Beaconsfield. MT. Gladstone sent a letter to the president of the Green wich liberal Five Hundred" on March 9, 1878, stating that he should represent the borough only until the next general election. In the course of the year 1879 he contributed to the British Quarterly Review an article on "The Evangelical Movement; it's Parentage, Progress and Issue" and published collection of his fugitive writings under the title of "Gleanings of Past Years" Early in the same year, 1879. he had been invit-
 ed to become the liberal candidate for Midlothian, and the crowning incident of the electoral campaign in the ensu-
 ing parliamentary recess was his visit to Scotland in connection with his pur- pose of contesting that county at the general election.
 He set out from Liverpool for Edin-
 burgh on November "A, and from that
 date, with the exception of two days
 rest at Taymouth Castle, his life, till
 his return to Hawarden on December 9, was long succession of enthusias-
 tic receptions and unwearied speech
 making in condemnation of the policy
 of the conservative government. In the course of this tour he delivered the rectorial address before the University of Glasgow December 5. On the dis solution of parliament at Easter, 1880, MT. Gladstone renewed in Midlothian the oratorica1 tours de forco of the pre- ceding winter, and he was successful
 in his candidature, polling 1,597 votes against 1868 recorded in favor of the
 Earl of Dalkeith, his conservative op-
 ponent. When the composition of the | new house of commons was made known, it appeared that it consisted of
 349 liberals, 243 conservatives, and 60 home rulers. The Earl of Beaconsf1eld rendered his resignation to the queen as soon as it was manifest that the l liberal party had obtained an unques- | tienable majority. The Marquis of Harrington, who had been leader of the opposition in the lower house, and Earl | Granville, the opposition leader in the | house of peers, were sent for by her majesty in the first instance, but, in l accordance with consultations among chiefs of the party, they recommended | the queen to entrust the task of form | ing a cabinet to MT. Gladstone. He consented to accept the duty (April 23) | and his cabinet was constructed with a view to conciliate and to represent ] the different sections of the liberal ma 1 jority. MT. Gladstone himself super = added to his duties as first lord of the | treasury the functions of chancellor of
 the exchequer, but he resigned the lat
 ter office in 1883 into the hands If Mr l Childers. The history of Mr. Glad
 stones second ministry may be sum-
 med up in three words-Ireland, Egypt, l ranchise-though of course a large
 number of other matters (such as MT. 1 Chamberlain's bankruptcy bill and | merchant shipping bilD were long un-
 der consideration. Ireland was the
 great question during the sessions of | 1880 May-August), 1881, 1882, and the
 debates on the compensation for dis
 turbance bill, on Mir. Forster's coercion bill, and (after the murder of Lord | Frederick Cavendish and MT. Burke May 6, 1SS2) on the crimes bill, occupied | the greater part of the time and atten-