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

| certainty Mr.. Gladstone deuNereu "'e 10
| speech AZ Prime Minister M the HOUSE VI
Commons. on the list Of March the oco"-
sion being the Lords amendments 10 inc
| Parish Councils bill.
| The next day his resignation was fnaoe
| public. and the discovery that tho Pre-
mier was suffering from cataract In both
/ eyes was given as the chief cause Tor
such decisive step ON March 3D. MI
| Gladstone. I'm an audience with the Queen
gave up the seals Of office. A successiui
operation was performed. two months
| later. by which the cataract was removed
| and Mr. Gladstone recovered WONDERFUL
| ly during the ensuing summer. AFTER
| visit 10 Cannes In the early part OF $50
| The octogenarian statesman made q sur
| ring speech on the Armenian question. al
Chester. I'm August. His long connection
with the House of Commons terminated
that year. as he did not seek reelection
at the general election, which took place
at that time.
Since that period Mr.. Gladstone rarely
took any part in public affairs but made
some exceptions when he interested him
self In favor OF the Armenians. While
at Cannes in March 1897. ne wrote and
published a letter 70 the Duke Of West
minister pleading the cause Of Crete ana
Greece as against Turkey stained
glass window was unveiled In IIawarden
church IN recognition Of Mr.. Gladstone's
efforts I'm behalf Of the oppressed Arme-
mans, and Mrs Gladstone was presented
with a portrait, OF His Holiness Mighri-
ditch l.. Supreme Patriarch Of the Ar
menians
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone left London for
Cannes on November .. 1897. and arrived
at the latter place three days later. They
remained there FOR nearly eleven weeks
and the homeward trip was begun on the
10th Of last February. and they reached
London ON the 18th. He has since been
slowly dying
GLADSTONE'S FATHER.
There John Gladstone. born just before
the stamp act. aud the son Of grain
merchant az I.eith. near Edinburgh es-
tablished himself and made voyages to
America, and. like the junior Scotch
merchants OF that day. studied the Amer
ican trade and acted upon his personal
observation as to what he should ship TO
England. The West indies and Russia
were soon added to the nations with
which he dealt
About 1872 there was notable poll
tician I'm Liverpool of the name Of George
Canning. Tory. who filled an active
ministerial part I'm the second war against
stone changed his politics from admira-
ton OF Canning about the time his son
William Ewart Gladstone was 3 years
old Though hostile 10 Madison. Canning
bofriended the South American repub-
lies and Greece and antagonized the
Duke of Welllngtons prejudice against
Russia as the future rival Of England in
eastern affairs. So Mr. Gladstone inner
tied from his father and Canning scnti.
mentality concerning oppressed peoples.
During the first part o. our civil war
he FASTENED 10 say that jefferson DAVIS
had made a nation.
Their political affiliations caused John
Gladstone To- be made a baronet by sir
Robert Peel i'm his eighty-second year. lie
was something Of an author OF books and
pamphlets on trade subjects. The word
Gladstone H. believed to mean hawk rock.
TRAINED AT ETON.
Having been somewhat trained by
clergyman who reported him dull at
figures. the future prime minister was
sent 10 Eton school in 1872. and again
took a private tutor and then went 10
oxford university. About 800 boys were
az Eton with Gladstone, and not much
attention was paid to their studies be-
yond Greek and Latin Gladstone wrote
Latin verses with facility. and contrib
lished a serial while I'm the school. assist
ed by Hallem. who became the subject
Of Tennysons I'm Mcmoriam.' Among
his early pieces often quoted Is this:
still mid the cotton and the fax
Warm let the glow Of freedom wax;
Still mid the shuttle and the steam
Bright let the flame Of freedom CLEAN.
IN one of his papers on eloquence he
said that the orator could have anything,
be 4 minister. state secretary or premier
Of the country Much OF Gladstone's
writing in this school magazine bears
resemblance 20 his speeches in old age.
He had the best teachers. one Of them
a subsequent bishop to Calcutta, but his
college life was more noted for his liter
airy and political discussions than for ac-
curate study. He embraced the views OF
the high church Tories who were around
him i'm college and hated political reform.
81 did not learn when at oxford" he
SAYS ITO set a due value on the imper-
ishable and inestimable principles Of hui
man liberty. The temper in those aca-
demic circles was 10 regard liberty with
jealousy.
EMINENT ASSOCIATES.
All around him at college We're men
destined by their social opportunities 10
DE eminent. such as the Duke OF NeWcas-
ue. the archbishop OF Canterbury. Car
dnal Manning. fyall the geologist. and
Lowe. the statemau. Gladstone opposed
the removal OF religious disabilities.
After graduating with honor he went
10 Italy in 1891 and was there when the
reform agitation was mt its height In
England. BY threatening the house OF
lords with a. prep0sterous enlargement
Of their number King william " and
ord Grey ualeld fnis notable bill To re-
constitute parliament in the summer of
1892. Gladstone was therefore 3 years
OF age when this momentous enlarge
ment Of the privileges Of common En-
gllshmen became the law Of the realm
much against his wish.
The Liberals came into power. BY the
aid Of his college friend, the subsequent
Duke Of Newcastle Gladstone easily en-
tered parliament. being elected for New
ark which was swallowed In the dukes |
estates. The plain constituency tainted |
young Gladstone with being a parasite |
Of the duke. "a young cub of less than % |
years of age. ana the son OF man on |
whose sugar plantations slaves were driv- |
en- TO toll.
At the time Gladstone was opposed 10 |
negro emancipation. lie denounced what
he called the uninquiring ana undls-
desire for change As TO
slavery he said 81 rest upon the fact
that Scripture Is the paramount author
ity on such "a point lie proposed the /
Christian instruction of slaves instead of
freedom To these views the crowds
would not listen but he was elected by
a majority of about one-eishth.
HIS FIRST SPEECH.
His first speech was against West India
and Guinea characterization. He was COM