28 JULY 1888, Page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone received on Wednesday some appro- priate

presents on occasion of their golden wedding,—or, at least, on occasion of "entering on the -fiftieth year of their married life," which we should have supposed to be a year short of the golden wedding,—in the shape of a fine portrait of Mr. Gladstone by Holl, one of Mrs. Gladstone by Herkomer, and some beautiful silver cups. Lord Granville made the presenta- tion with his usual grace, and both Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone acknowledged the friendship expressed in the jubilee gift. Marvellous as are Mr. Gladstone's powers, he probably possesses none greater than that gift of personal fascination which makes of his private life the most delightful contrast to the fever of political struggle.