29 APRIL 1966, Page 6

C be %pectator

April 28, 1866

On Thursday night Mr. Gladstone announced, u)th a sang-froid highly creditable to his nerves, That as the division on the Franchise Bill would be taken on Friday, he should on the following Thursday make his financial statement. This pre- supposes victory or some plan of meeting defeat other than resignation, and was calculated to be not a little encouraging to those waverers who bit always to be upon the winning side.