o speak purely
from the point of view of that government's own interest, I should
say, 'Abandon Suakin at once.' "--Lord Salisbury, in the House of
Lords, March 16, 1888.

M71 A Historical Parallel

117 Above, vol. ii. p. 49.

118 Edinburgh, March 17, 1880.

119 In the letter to Mr. Bright (July 14, 1882) already given, Mr.
Gladstone went somewhat nearer to the Manchester school, and
expressed his agreement with Bright in believing most wars to have
been sad errors.

M72 The Vote Of Credit

120 West Calder, November 17, 1885.

M73 State Of Ireland
M74 Lord Randolph Churchill And The Irishmen

121 May 20, 1885.

122 The story was told by Lord R. Churchill in a speech at Sheffield,
Sept 4, 1885.

123 Mr. McCarthy's speech at Hull, Dec. 15, 1887.

M75 In The Ministerial Camp
M76 Opinion In The Cabinet
M77 Opinion In The Cabinet
M78 Final Deliberations
M79 Budget Rejected
M80 Resignation Of Office

124 Duke of Argyll, July 10, 1885.

125 As the reader will remember (vol. i. pp. 436-440), on Dec. 16, 1852,
Mr. Disraeli's motion for imposing a house duty of a shilling in the
pound was rejected by 305 to 286. Mr. Gladstone also referred to the
case of the expulsion of the whigs by Peel. On May 13, 1841, after
eight nights' debate, the government were defeated by a majority of
36 on their budget proposals in regard to sugar. Ministers not
resigning, Sir Robert Peel moved a vote of want of confidence on May
27, which was carried by a majority of 1 (312-311), June 4, 1841.
Parliament thereupon was dissolved.

M81 Ministerial Crisis

126 Memo. by Mr. Gladstone, on a sheet of notepaper, June 20, 1885.

M82 Crisis Prolonged

127 Mr. Gladstone was reminded by a colleague that when Sir Robert Peel
resumed office in 1845, at the request of the Queen, he did so
before and without consultation with his colleagues. In the end they
all, excepting Lord Stanley, supported him.

128 June 25, 1885.

129 The correspondence with the Queen up to June 21 was read by Mr.
Gladstone in the House of Commons on June 24, and Lord Salisbury
made his statement in the House of Lords on the next day. Mr.
Gladstone told the House of Commons that he omitted one or two
sentences from one of his letters, as having hardly any bearing on
the real po