. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. then be negotiatedbetween France and England. The result was that Cobden himself was, bythe advice and under the auspices of the chancellor of the exchequer, sentto Paris, where, after interviews with the emperor, he entered into formalnegotiations with Count Walewski, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Full accounts have been p
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. then be negotiatedbetween France and England. The result was that Cobden himself was, bythe advice and under the auspices of the chancellor of the exchequer, sentto Paris, where, after interviews with the emperor, he entered into formalnegotiations with Count Walewski, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Full accounts have been preserved by Cobden of his repeated inter-views with Napoleon and the leading statesmen of the imperial himself was, as chancellor of the exchequer, behind the movement 294 LIFE AND TIMES OK WILLIAM K. CLADSTOXE. on the English side, or at least a strong supporter of it. He was the mostpowerful official factor In the negotiations, though the skill of managementwas Cobdens. A paragraph from the diary of Cobden for the 21st ofDecember, 1859, shows clearly enough the bottom element in the move-ment: Had an interview with the emperor at the Tuileries. I explained tohim that Mr. Gladstone, the chancellor of the exchequer, was anxious to ^ I I I I IT ^. RICHARD COBDEN. prepare his budget for the ensuing session of Parliament, and that it wouldbe a convenience to him to be informed as soon as possible whether theFrench government was decided to agree to a commercial treaty, as in thatcase he would make arrangements accordingly ; that he did not wish to bein possession of the details, but merely to know whether the principle of atreaty was determined upon. The emperor said he could have no hesitationin satisfying me on that point; that he had quite made up his mind to enter MINISTER OF FINANCE UNDER PALMERSTON. 295 into the treaty, and that the only question was as to the details. He spokeof the difficulties he had to overcome, owing to the powerful interests thatwe
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