3-052-545 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Midlothian Election: Mr. Gladstone addressing the crowd from the balcony of Lord Rosebery's house, in George-Street, Edinburgh, Eight P.M., Monday, April 5, 1880. Gladstone '...has been staying, with Mrs. Gladstone, as the guest of Lord Rosebery, at Dalmeny House...At half-past seven the result was announced to be, 1579 votes for Mr. Gladstone, 1368 for Lord Dalkeith. This gratifying intelligence was instantly carried to Mr. Gladstone...A large assemblage of the right hon. gentleman's friends and admirers presently gathered under the balcony. He came forth, with Mrs. Gladstone and his daughter, to acknowledge their enthusiastic congratulations. Mrs. Gladstone held a candle, as she stood beside her husband, and its light was on his face. In a few heartfelt words of earnest thankfulness and renewed determination, Mr. Gladstone expressed his desire that the Liberal party should now "turn their victory to good account, and use their strength for the common benefit of their country... Personally long engaged in the hottest of the conflict, I rejoice not only in the prospect of good to be accomplished by the accession of the Liberal leaders to power, but in the cessation of a controversy always on the verge of bitterness".' From "Illustrated London News", 1880.