. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . nt to the coveted post, forthe Queen immediately sent for him. Peel had signified his de-sire to co-operate with a Liberal Government for the repeal ofthe obnoxious laws, and this was a most welcome assurance toLord John. But a new obstacle arose: both Lord Palmerstonand Lord Grey ought to be included in such a Ministry; indeed,it could not well stand without them; Lord Palmerston wouldnot accept anything but the Foreign Office, and if Lord Palmer-ston was made Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, LordGrey would have nothing to do with i
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. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . nt to the coveted post, forthe Queen immediately sent for him. Peel had signified his de-sire to co-operate with a Liberal Government for the repeal ofthe obnoxious laws, and this was a most welcome assurance toLord John. But a new obstacle arose: both Lord Palmerstonand Lord Grey ought to be included in such a Ministry; indeed, it could not well stand without them; Lord Palmerston wouldnot accept anything but the Foreign Office, and if Lord Palmer-ston was made Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, LordGrey would have nothing to do with it. The reason for this per-versity was, that Lord Palmerston had a high opinion of hisability in conducting business with other countries ; Lord Grey, upon the other hand, dreaded his talent of keeping perpetual-ly open all vital questions and dangerous controversies. Confronted by this difficulty, the Liberal leader decided that itwould be impossible to form a cabinet which could stand, andso informed the Queen, who at once sent for the late Premier. Early Official Life. 93 and reinstated him in office. Of the two ministers who had re-signed, and thus compelled Sir Robert Peel to follow their ex-ample, the Duko of Buccleugh was persuaded to remain in theministry; Lord Stanley retired, and his post of Colonial Secre-tary was filled by Mr. Gladstone. The member for Newark had been elected because he was theprotege of the duke—the Duke of Newcastles nominee, not-withstanding his ingenious evasion on the occasion of his firstelection. But this nobleman was a warm advocate of the prin-ciple of Protection ; as an upholder of Free Trade Mr. Glad-stone could never have gained his support. Accordingly, on the5th of January, 1846, he issued an address to his constituents in-forming them of the necessity for his retirement as their repre-sentative, since he no longer held the principles on which he hadbeen elected. Newark was too thoroughly in favor of Protec-tion, and perhaps too much