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The Afghan frontier. See Mr. Morley's account of the Penjdeh incident in his "Life of Gladstone," vol. iii. pp. 183-5.
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The reference is to Tennyson's lines on the Franchise Bill, "Steersman, be not precipitate," &c.
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Disagreements in the Cabinet on Ireland had been cut short on June 8 by the defeat of the Government, through a combination of Tories and Irish, on the Budget.
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Mr. James Stuart.
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When Lord Salisbury came into office in June 1885, he required assurances of support from the Leader of the Opposition, which Mr. Gladstone refused to give.
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Mr. Gladstone's Election Address, partly written in Norway, containing the Authorised Programme of the Liberal party.
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i. e., ex-Prime Minister.
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Mr. George Russell. He stood for Fulham, but was not elected.
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At his election for Hoxton.
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Now Bishop of Oxford.
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The General Election of November 1885, consequent on the County Franchise and Redistribution Acts.
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The county voters.
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The Greville Memoirs, Part III.