Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-19

VI 40 iiis7S- A. VI SOillt llIfle MI.
Gladstone, who held ne public office,
gave Lord Palmerston's ministry an
independent support. In the winter of
1853 he accepted, under Lord Derby's
second cabinet a special mission to the
lonian islands, TO arrange certain diff
culties which had arisen in the admin
istration of that dependency; and III
June, 1853, resumed office under Lord
Palmerston as chancellor of the ex-
chequer. In this capacity he was
mainly instrumental in repeating the
paper duty. and in promoting the ne
gotiations conducted by Mr. Golden,
which resulted in the commercial
treaty between this country and
France. Mr.. Gladstone, though origi-
nally very jealous Ct an intervention on
the part of the state in the matter of
university reform, lent the government
from time to time very valuable assist
ance, by supporting the suggestions of
the oxford University commissioners,
through his extensive personal and
official influence with the authorities at
Oxford, as one Of the representatives.
Of that university in Parliament. Be
sides being eminent Us a statesman,
MI Gladstone had acquired celebrity
as an author. His first work. treatise
entitled The state in its Nela
tions with the Church" published in
1883 (4th edit. enlarged. , vols. 1S41,)
and followed, III lS4l, Nv his Church
Principles Considered in their Re
suits" stamped him, while still q young
man as a deep ana original thinker.
Ills views on these subjects, as they
ale unfclded in these treatises, had.
Nc need scarcely say. been formed and
moulded by the education and associa
tions of oxford, To which University
they are dedicated nv the first fruits uf
her teaching ana training. soon after
their appearance, they were thought
worthy of 4 long and elaborate criti-
cism by the late Lord Macaulay in the
pages Of the Edinburgh Review. Mr.,
Gladstcne's Remarks On Recent Com
mercial Legislation published in
1915. while the country was on the eve
OF an important change in her COM
mercial system. We're intended to pave
the way for the extensive modification
in the restrictions on commerce I'M
posed by the corn laws and contain an
able and comprehensive summary oi
the beneficial results Of The tariff in
1872 In 1851 he published 4 work of a
different kind, which created consid-
cradle interest both at home and
abroad During 4 Visit To Naples in
the previous year, he learned that
a large number If citizens Of that
place. who had formed the Opposition
in the Neapolitan chamber of deputies
were exiled or imprisoned nv King Fer
iinand. and that above 20.o00 Of his
subjects had been thrown into prison
On a charge of political disaffectlon
Having as~ertained the truth Of these
statemunts Mr., Gladstone wrote t. the
Earl of Aberdeen, urging his inter
posftjon on their behalf; and that noble
lords circumstances proving ine1Iect-
nal. he published letter On the subject
of the state prosecutions at Naples,
which was translated into several for
~frn languages ana was sent nv Lord
Pa{nerston to- our ambassadors and
ministers ON he cOntincnt,With orders -
forward copies Of III u their respective
courts In 1858 he published IN elaho-
rate work on Homer C'Studies on HON
er and the Homeric Age" vols.,1 and
in JuIv. 1861, he was solicited to be-
come candidate. In the Liberal inter
est. for South Lancashire, but refused
il forsake his former consFItn- hts-
/ Having been rejected ~ the University
81 oxford at thQ general election III
july. 1865. MIR. Gladstone was returned
I being third on the pcil, for South Lam
cashre
After the death of Lord Palmerston,
h. became leader Of the House OF
| Commons. retaining the chanc@llofshiP
Of the excheQuer in Lord Russell 5
( second administration. Early in the
/ session of 1866 h. brought in re-
| form bill. and i motion on committee
| having been carried, June Is. against
| the government by eleven votes, MI
| Gladstone and his colleagues resigne l.
/ The divisions in the Liberal ranks PFC
vented him from defeating Mr. Dis
raeli reform bill. which he strenuously
| opposed. In the early part Of the ses-
| sion Of 1868. MI. Gladstone brought
forward and passed through the House
! Of Commons a series of resolutions,
/ having for their object The disestah-
lisbment and disendoWment of the
/ IRISH CnUftn. HtHt ItSOlu tAoil' NNt~
the basis of the Irish church suspen-
sorry bill, which, on May y, passed Il
second reading in The Lower House by
/ 312 votes to 253. but vas soon after
wards rejected in the House of Peers
ny a majority Of -. Al the general
election of 1868, Mr. Gladstone stood as
one of the candidates for Southwest
Lancashire. After a fierce contest.
the result of which excited the most
intense interest throughout the coun-
try. he was defeated. but this defeat
did not exclude him from the House 81
Commons. as in anticipation of such
an event the electors Of Greenwich
had a few days previous. returned
him by a large majority, as one OF the
members for that borough. ON tbs
RESIGNATION of Mr. Disraeli's ministry
in December 1868, MIR Gladstone sue
cerdtd that statesman, as First Lord
of the treasury. The principal events
of his administration We're the passing
| of the Irish Church Disestablishment
| Act dS69l of the Irish Land Act 1SlW,
| and of the Elementary Education Act
| QS70l, the abolition Of purchase in the
army by the exercise Of the Royal
| Provocative. in consequence Of an ad-
verse vote by the House Of Lords on
| the Army Regulation Bill GS1D: the