The English Pr emier.
The rumour of Mr Gladstone's retire'"' meet from public life has. set m motion again from a new source. The Cheßtec co-respondent of the H Standard!'! Rev. Gladstone at Hawarden Rectory" and quesfioneS him as^'o.a; paragraph which 'had appeared, m Liverpool paper as follow ;'•"—' " The time is drawing near, and may any day be announced, when the Premier wijftfbr.ever quit his old seat on the Treasury Bench.' The Rev ? Mr Gladstone replied { The rumour is* quite m accordance 'with an idea he has entertained for a considerable time. He is of opinion the old shoald give way' to the youny. He has long felt a wish to retire, and it may be that he now sees his way to retirement more cleur^ ly."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 159, 11 June 1883, Page 2
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127The English Premier. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 159, 11 June 1883, Page 2
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