. 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. of thecabinet was as harmonious as might be under the circumstances; but therewas little promise of permanence. Upon the Derby government wasdevolved the duty of settling the all-important questions which arose out ofthe great insurrection in India—an account of which and of the terms ofpacification we have already given. O
. 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. of thecabinet was as harmonious as might be under the circumstances; but therewas little promise of permanence. Upon the Derby government wasdevolved the duty of settling the all-important questions which arose out ofthe great insurrection in India—an account of which and of the terms ofpacification we have already given. Once more at this epoch, namely, in the autumn of 1858, Mr. Gladstoneand his future rival were almost at one. When Mr. Disraeli presented hisbudget for the year just named there was direct recognition of theGladstonian plan of finance, outlined five years previously, and expressed his thanks in the House to the chancellor of for recommending certain measures which he regarded as highlyimportant. Among these was the proposition to equalize the duties onspirits. If he were disposed to criticise any part of the budget it would bethe failure of the chancellor of the exchequer to insist that the expenditures LAST HALF OF THE SIXTH DECADE. 28-. EDWARD GEOFFREY STANLEY (EARL OF derby;. of the nation should be kept within the provisions of the income. Thewhole speech was so kindly in its manner as almost to produce anatonement between the two grreat men who were so loncj to divide thehonors of their country. Though Mr. Gladstone would not accept the proffered place in theDerby cabinet he did accept the appoint-ment of lord high commissioner extraordin-ary to the Ionian Islands. This group,consisting of Corfu, Santa Maura, Cepha-lonia, Zante, Paxo, Ithaca, and Cerigo, witha few smaller islands, had a history extend-ing back at least as far as the had been annexed to France in 1797,conquered by the Russians and the Turkstwo years afterward, made
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