. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . and esteemwhich were felt forhim by all members ofthe House and to shaketo its foundations thereputation, of a manwhom all England hadlong been accustomedto regard as one of thegreatest of her moved the adjourn-ment of the debate. Mr. Gladstones re-ply to this attack wasan impromptu one, Duke °f Ar9VlL which fully sustained his reputation as one of the ablest debaterswho ever sat in the House of Commons. In seconding the mo-tion for an adjournment, he said that he was surprised to be ac-cused, for the first time in a public career e
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . and esteemwhich were felt forhim by all members ofthe House and to shaketo its foundations thereputation, of a manwhom all England hadlong been accustomedto regard as one of thegreatest of her moved the adjourn-ment of the debate. Mr. Gladstones re-ply to this attack wasan impromptu one, Duke °f Ar9VlL which fully sustained his reputation as one of the ablest debaterswho ever sat in the House of Commons. In seconding the mo-tion for an adjournment, he said that he was surprised to be ac-cused, for the first time in a public career extending over near-ly half a century, of an unwillingness to meet his opponents infair fight. Why had not the honorable gentleman attended thosemeetings of which he complained so much? He spoke of his ownreluctance to enter upon this question, and declared that it wasonly the strength of the public sentiment which had made himfeel an avoidance of its manifestation impossible. He admjnjs,::tered a scathing rebuke to Lord George Hamilton^ who had in-. 334 In Opposition.
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