THE RESIGNATION OF MR. GLADSTONE.
(From the Colonics, January 23.) The event of the fortnight which has undoubtedly occasioned the largest amount of interest and observation in the public journals has been the resignation of Mr. Gladstone of the leadership of the Liberal party ; and speculation is rife as to who is most like y to be chosen to succeed him. Ihe new leader will, it is thought, be selected at a meeting of the party, which is expected to take place on the ith proximo. Of the statesmen most likely to he elevated to the position, are Earl Granville, into whose hands Mr. Gladstone has resigned the charge, Mr. Forster,, the Marquis of Harrington, and Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt. The publication of the following letters first announced the retirement of Mr. Gladstone “ 11, Carlton House terrace, S.W., “January 13, 1575.
“My dear Granville,—The time has, I think, arrived when I ought to revert to the subject of the letter which I addressed to you on the 12th of March.
“ Before determining whether I should offer to assume a charge wliicli might extend over a length of time, I have reviewed, with all the care in my power, a number of considerations, both public and private, of which a portion, and these not by any means insignificant, were not in existence at the date of that letter-.
“ The result has been that I see no public advantage in my continuing to act as the leader of the Liberal party, and that at the age of sixty-five, and after forty-two years of a laborious public life, X think myself entitled to retire on the present opportunity. This retirement is dictated to me by my personal views as to the best method of spending the closing years of my life. “ I need hardly say that my conduct in Parliament will continue to be governed by the principles on which I have hitherto acted ; and whatever arrangements may be made for the treatment of general business, for the advance or convenience of the Liberal party, they will have ray cordial support.—Believe me, always sincerely yours, “ \V. E. Glabstojte. “ The Earl Granville, K.G., &c.”
“Carlton House Terrace, Jan. 14, 1875. “My dear Gladstone—l have received your letter of the 13th. “ I have communicated to you in detail the reasons which make me profoundly regret and deprecate the conclusion at which you have arrived. ‘■'Your late colleagues share these feelings to the fullest extent, and have regretted the failure of their endeavors to persuade you to come to a different decision. “ We have no doubt that the Liberal party in and out of Parliament will feel as we do on the subject. “ The observations we have addressed to you are prompted by considerations ( .of public advantage for the future, and not merely by our sense of your great services and our sentiments of personal admiration and attachment. —Yours sincerely, " “ Ghanville.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4367, 19 March 1875, Page 3
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485THE RESIGNATION OF MR. GLADSTONE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4367, 19 March 1875, Page 3
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