[49] Excursion, Book iv. p. 1.
[50] It is curious, we may note in passing, that Thomas Gladstone, his eldest brother, was then member for Queenborough, and he, after voting in the majority of one, a few weeks later changed his mind and supported the amendment that destroyed the first bill. At the election he lost his seat.
[51] It is given in Robbins, Early Life, pp. 104-5.
[52] Oxford, Feb. 5, 1890.
