. 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. s prepared by Labouchere,President of the Board of Trade. It erew out of the abrogation of therestrictions that had so long existed on English industry and trade free implied the opening of ocean navigation on terms ofequality for every sort of merchandise. The proposed law reserved for thecrown the prerogat
. 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. s prepared by Labouchere,President of the Board of Trade. It erew out of the abrogation of therestrictions that had so long existed on English industry and trade free implied the opening of ocean navigation on terms ofequality for every sort of merchandise. The proposed law reserved for thecrown the prerogative of restricting the commercial intercourse with foreignnations when such a course should be suggested by the safety or theinterest of the State. The measure also included a concession to theBritish colonies of opening their coast trade on terms of equality to foreign i6o LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. merchantmen. Finally the act providetl lur the institution of a Depart-ment ot the Marine in the s^overnmcnt, at the head of which was to beplaced one of the lords of the admiralt)-. All of this seemed natural andinevitable to the Liberals, with whom Gladstone had now bej^un to act ; butit seemed odious to the Conservatives of the old school. The opposition. IN HIS YOUTH. threw every possible objection in speech and obstacle in politics in the wayof the passage of the measure. It devolved on William E. Gladstone more than any other to defendthe measure of the government. Though not a minister, he must act withthe ministr)- as the lieutenant of Sir Robert Peel, and indeed in the promo-tion of his own views. In the course of the debate he delivered one of hisprincipal parliamentary orations. It was on the 29th of May, 184S, that he REPRESENTATIVE OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. l6l addressed the House on the subject. His burden was to establish thepracticabiHty and desirabiUty for repeahng the current marine code andinstituting another system of commerce on the seas. In the outset
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