rquis of Ripon.
_Secretary for war_, H. Campbell-Bannerman.
_First lord of the admiralty_, Earl Spencer.
_Chief secretary for Ireland_, John Morley.
_Secretary for Scotland_, Sir G. O. Trevelyan.
_President of the board of trade_, A. J. Mundella.
_President of the local government board_, H. H. Fowler.
_Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster_, James Bryce.
_Postmaster-general_, Arnold Morley.
_First commissioner of works_, J. G. Shaw Lefevre.
_Vice-president of the council_, A. H. D. Acland.

300 See Mr. Gladstone's speeches and answers to questions in the House
of Commons, Jan. 1, Feb. 3, and May 1, 1893. See also the French
Yellow Book for 1893, for M. Waddington's despatches of Nov. 1,
1892, May 5, 1893, and Feb. 1, 1893.

M178 Preparation Of The Bill

301 I hope I am not betraying a cabinet secret if I mention that this
committee was composed of Mr. Gladstone, Lord Spencer, Lord
Herschell, Mr. Campbell-Bannermann, Mr. Bryce, and myself.

302 See above, p. 386.

M179 Achievements In Debate

303 One poor biographic item perhaps the tolerant reader will not grudge
me leave to copy from Mr. Gladstone's diary:--"_October 6, 1892._ Saw
J. Morley and made him envoy to ----. He is on the whole ... about the
best stay I have."

M180 Obstruction
M181 The Guillotine
M182 Question Of Dissolution

304 See above, ii. p. 241.

305 See Appendix for further elucidation.

M183 Again At Biarritz
M184 Last Cabinet

306 Above, p. 130.

M185 Last Audience

307 Written down, March 5.

308 Dr. Carlyle's translation.

_ 309 Inferno_, xxvii. 81.

310 On July 1, 1895, he announced his formal withdrawal in a letter to
Sir John Cowan, so long the loyal chairman of his electoral
committee.

311 "The Place of Heresy and Schism in the Modern Christian Church" and
"The True and False Conception of the Atonement."

_ 312 Letter to the Duke of Westminster._

M186 Last Meeting With The Queen

313 For the list see Appendix.

_ 314 King John._

M187 Last Illness
M188 Parliamentary Tributes
M189 His Summary Of The Period

315 Letter to Sir John Cowan, March 17, 1894.

316 July 1, 1895.

M190 Leader, Not Follower

317 See vol. i. p. 457.

M191 Achievements Compared

318 See _Guardian_, Feb. 25, 1874.

M192 Attitude To Church Parties