. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . ebate pledged theGovernment to secure Gor-dons personal safety, ifsuch a thing were withinhuman power. The debatewas a warm one, and in-iHs eluded a bitter personal at-fjjl tack upon the Premier byjf his pretended ally and latecolleague, Mr. Forster;who was answered by LordHartington, since the rulesof the House did not allowMr. Gladstone to speakthe second time on the question then before it. There was considerable anxiety to know what would be thecourse of the Parnellites upon this occasion. They remained stub-bornly in their seats as the
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . ebate pledged theGovernment to secure Gor-dons personal safety, ifsuch a thing were withinhuman power. The debatewas a warm one, and in-iHs eluded a bitter personal at-fjjl tack upon the Premier byjf his pretended ally and latecolleague, Mr. Forster;who was answered by LordHartington, since the rulesof the House did not allowMr. Gladstone to speakthe second time on the question then before it. There was considerable anxiety to know what would be thecourse of the Parnellites upon this occasion. They remained stub-bornly in their seats as the Liberals and Conservatives filed out tothe lobbies; then rising at last followed the Opposition. Notwith-standing this adverse vote, the motion was lost by a majority oftwenty-eight; and the members of the Government party wenthome triumphant through the gray of that early May Government had certainly lost prestige, but it was equallycertain that the Opposition had not gained any. Prorogued in August, Parliament did not meet again until. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. The Second Gladstone Ministry. 411 October 24th. In the meantime, Mr. Gladstone had paid a visit tohis Scotch constituents and their neighbors, and been received withan enthusiasm which made amends for much that was unpleasantin his parliamentary life. His passage through the crowded streetsof Aberdeen was a veritable triumphal progress. Parliament adjourned over the Christmas holidays, not meetingagain until February 19th. The debate upon the Address furnished an opportunity to LordSalisbury to attack the Government on the old question of theSoudan troubles; Sir Stafford Northcote also proposed a vote ofcensure in the lower House. Mr. Gladstone, who had looked care-worn and pale at the opening of the session, was more like himselfwhen the resolution came up for debate, and addressed the Housewith his usual vigor. After a thrilling eulogium of Gordon, heasserted that the policy which the Government had purs
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