. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . isapprovalfrom the House ; and he ad-dressed himself to a consid-eration of the point at defense of the courseof the Government did notjustify it in the eyes of theHouse, however, for the di-vision showed that the Min-istry was in a minority ofnineteen. Many of those whothus voted did not wish tooverthrow the Government,and it is probable that ifPalmerston had asked for avote of confidence it would have been granted by a majority suf-cient to justify him in retaining the reins of power; but his gov-ernment had been defeated very r
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . isapprovalfrom the House ; and he ad-dressed himself to a consid-eration of the point at defense of the courseof the Government did notjustify it in the eyes of theHouse, however, for the di-vision showed that the Min-istry was in a minority ofnineteen. Many of those whothus voted did not wish tooverthrow the Government,and it is probable that ifPalmerston had asked for avote of confidence it would have been granted by a majority suf-cient to justify him in retaining the reins of power; but his gov-ernment had been defeated very recently by a majority which,although small, was such that the Opposition had expected theresignation of the Ministry to follow it; he had appealed to thecountry; and although he had then received the encouragementfor which he had hoped, this fresh defeat, coming immediatelyafter the reassembling of Parliament, determined his course. Am-bitious of office he might be, but he had never shown an unduetenacity of it; and he accordingly resigned his 0\ y ?.? ? ?SS^W-w1 Rt. Hon. T. Milner Gibson.
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