. 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. n was jDopular with her subjects, particu-larly with the upper third of English society. Her semicentennial wasduly celebrated wherever the banner of St. George is the ensign ofauthority. The acme of the fHes was on the 21st of June, that being theanniversary of the queens accession. The principal scene of the homecelebrati
. 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. n was jDopular with her subjects, particu-larly with the upper third of English society. Her semicentennial wasduly celebrated wherever the banner of St. George is the ensign ofauthority. The acme of the fHes was on the 21st of June, that being theanniversary of the queens accession. The principal scene of the homecelebration was in the Abbey of Westminster. Thither on the appointedday came the queen, under conduct of her sons, her sons-in-law, and hergrandsons as a guard of honor. About ten thousand persons participatedin the ceremonies at the Abbey. Representatives were present with con-gratulations from all the reigning houses in Europe and from most of thegovernments in the New World. London was splendidly decorated, as wereall the principal cities of the United Kingdom. The poet laureate, who hadnow been raised to the peerage with the title of Baron Tennyson, honoredthe occasion with a personal poem addressed to her majesty. From London 596 LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM E. ?»O > M a &a FIRST BATTLE FOR HOME RULE. 597 as a center the jubilee spirit extended to all the British colonies of the the foothills of Burmah to the mountains of British Columbia, lookinsfdown to the Pacific, the queens name and reign were commemorated withcongratulations and festivals. The government party in Parliament was now made up of the Conserv-atives proper plus the Liberal Unionists. That party was opposed by theLiberals proper plus the Parnellites. But the government was strongenough to carry out its polic}- with a strong hand. No protests couldprevail against it. Some members of the cabinet refused to follow in thewake and resigned. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was of this number, and hisplac
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