. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . ion, we findMr. Gladstone again side by side with Mr. Disraeli. But thealliance of the two rivals was not sufficient to defeat the Govern-ment in its financial schemes, and the amendment to the budgetwhich was the immediate cause of this speech was lost by a ma-jority of eighty votes. A few weeks later, the Chancellor of the Exchequer intro-duced an amended scale for the tea duty ; and, true to his prom-ise, Mr. Gladstone opposed the measure. In the course of thespeech which he made at this time, he told the Ministry that ifhe wished to adv
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . ion, we findMr. Gladstone again side by side with Mr. Disraeli. But thealliance of the two rivals was not sufficient to defeat the Govern-ment in its financial schemes, and the amendment to the budgetwhich was the immediate cause of this speech was lost by a ma-jority of eighty votes. A few weeks later, the Chancellor of the Exchequer intro-duced an amended scale for the tea duty ; and, true to his prom-ise, Mr. Gladstone opposed the measure. In the course of thespeech which he made at this time, he told the Ministry that ifhe wished to advocate an extended and oiganic reform in theparliamentary representation, he could not desire a better casethan the one which the Governments financial policy had furnish- Progressing Towards Liberalism. 167 ed him. The Chancellor of the Exchequer professed his inabil-ity to prepare a scheme upon the principles recommended byMr. Gladstone, and the division proved that he had no need todo so, the G-overnment being supported by a majority of Division Barrier and Lobby of the House of Commons. Taking a Division. In the discussion which followed the second reading of the In-come Tax Bill, Mr, Gladstone again drew attention to the great 168 Progressing Towards Liberalism. expenditure of the revenue, and charged that the foreign policyof the Government was not unconnected with the excessive tax-ation and high expenditure of the country; in a subsequentspeech, he called attention to the enormous increase in the mili-tary estimates. In this latter case, however, he did not press adivision, and the proposals of the Government on the Naval Es-timate passed the House. We find him in the minority in the division on the DivorceBill which passed the House this session ; contending gallantly,though vainly, for the equality of woman with man in all therights pertaining to marriage, and dealing with the question onsocial, moral and legal grounds. The Government was gradually losing s
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