als, 333 L., 251 C., 86 P.

The following figures may also be found interesting:--

_Election of 1868_--

English and Welsh Liberals, 267
Tories, 225
Majority, 42

_In 1880_--

English and Welsh Liberals, 284
Tories, 205
Majority, 79

_In 1885_--

English and Welsh Liberals, 270
Tories, 223
Majority, 47

M95 General Result

163 Mr. Chamberlain at Leicester, December 3, 1885.

M96 Extraordinary Results In Ireland

164 Macknight's _Ulster as it Is_, ii. p. 108.

165 Mr. Forster, March 11, 1881.

M97 Mr. Parnell As Dictator

166 Lord Salisbury, at a dinner given in London to the four conservative
members for Hertfordshire, February 17, 1886.

_ 167 Special Aspects of the Irish Question_, p. 18.

M98 Proffer Of Support
M99 Leaders At Hawarden

168 These statements first appeared in the _Leeds Mercury_ and the
_Standard_ on Dec. 17, and in a communication from the National
Press Agency issued on the night of Dec. 16. They were not published
in the _Times_ and other London morning papers until Dec. 18. Mr.
Gladstone's telegram was printed in the evening papers on Dec. 17.

M100 Reports From Hawarden

169 Speech on the Address, January 21, 1886.

M101 Notes Of Conflict

170 At the Birmingham Reform Club, Dec. 17, 1885.

M102 Views Of Mr. Parnell
M103 Changes And Rumours

171 Correspondence between Lord Salisbury and Lord Carnarvon, _Times_,
Jan. 16, 1886.

_ 172 Hans._ 302, pp. 1929-1993, March 4, 1886. See also Lord Randolph
Churchill at Paddington, Feb. 13, 1886.

173 Maxwell's _Life of W. H. Smith_, ii. p. 163.

174 If this seems hyperbole, let the reader remember an entry in
Macaulay's diary: "I have now finished reading again most of Burke's
works. Admirable! The greatest man since Milton." Trevelyan's
_Life_, ii. p. 377.

M104 End Of Seventy-Sixth Year

175 In 1833 the King's Speech represented the state of Ireland in words
that might be used at the present time, and expressed confidence
that parliament would entrust the King with "such additional powers
as may be necessary for punishing the disturbers of the public peace
and for preserving and strengthening the legislative union between
the two countries, which with your support and under the blessing of
divine Provide