ranborne.

143 Above, i. p. 613.

_ 144 Aen._ iv. 373: "The exile on my shore I sheltered and, fool as I
was, shared with him my realm."

M58 A Cause And A Man
M59 Defeat Of The Bill
M60 Resignation Of Office

145 Prussia had declared war on Austria, June 18.

146 Mr. Gladstone had sat on the front opposition bench from 1847 to the
defeat of the Russell government in Feb. 1852. See footnote vol. i.
p. 631.

M61 Rise Of The Popular Tide

_ 147 Charles Francis Adams._ By his Son, p. 368.

148 Son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, afterwards chief justice of
Massachusetts, and in 1902 appointed a judge of the United States
Supreme Court.

M62 Journey To Rome

149 Purcell, ii. p. 398.

_ 150 Oct. 22._--Saw the pope. _Oct. 28._--We went at 3 (reluctantly) to
the pope. Lady Augusta Stanley accompanied us. We had a conversation
in French, rather miscellaneous. He was gracious as usual. N.B. his
reference to the papal coinages.--(_Diary_)

M63 Monte Cassino

151 Mr. Gladstone was elected by 27 votes out of 29, two being cast for
J. S. Mill. The minister of instruction wrote: "Veuillez croire,
monsieur, qu'il n'est pas de decret que j'aie contresigne avec plus
de bonheur que celui qui rattache a notre Institut de France un
homme dont le savoir litteraire, l'habilete politique, et
l'eloquence sont l'orgueil de l'Angleterre."

M64 Member Of The Institute
M65 Operations Of 1867

152 This proposal was in effect to abolish compounding in the limits of
parliamentary boroughs. Carried May 27.

M66 Opinion Out Of Doors

153 The electorate was enlarged from 1,352,970 in 1867 to 2,243,259 in
1870.

154 Sir Charles Wood had been created Viscount Halifax on his
resignation of the India Office in 1866.

155 Grant Duff, _Elgin Speeches_, p. 101.

M67 Chaotic Parties

_ 156 Spectator_, April 20.

_ 157 Memories, etc., of Miss Caroline Fox_, p. 339 (March 5, 1867).

_ 158 Life of Wilberforce_, iii. p. 227.

M68 First Proposals

159 March 18.

160 "Gladstone," says Lord Selborne, "would have been ready to oppose
Disraeli's bill as a whole, if he could have overcome the reluctance
of his followers. But when a meeting was called to take counsel on
the situation, it became apparent that this could not be done"
(_Memorials_, Part II. i. pp. 68-9).