Mr Gladstone and the Month of December. —We extract the following from the Work (above ?) quoted —The Gladstone Government, &c.:—December, by the way, somehow, appears to be a peculiarly fortunate month for Mr Gladstone. Born in the December of 1809, entering the House of Commons for the fi"st time in the December of 1832, beginning his official, career as we have just mentioned, in the December of 1834, becoming Secretary of State for the first time in the December of 1845, and Chancellor of the Exchequer for the first time in the December of 1852—he but very recently, as we all know, in the December of 1868, rea 1 - ised the clowning tiiumph of a British statesman’s am hi cion, by becoming, at last, upon the threshold of his sixtieth year, the Prime Minister of England.
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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 16 June 1869, Page 3
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136Untitled Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 16 June 1869, Page 3
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