MR GLADSTONE'S 100 277 



In a footnote to the above extract I wrote, in the issue 

 of 5th May 1883 : 



I have at once made arrangements to prove to Mr Gladstone 

 that the clock of St Stephen's Review, at any rate, is not behind 

 time, for the sandwichmen have been chartered to "assemble 

 in their thousands " near the Houses of Parliament, displaying 

 not only the admirable clock tower device, but also disguising 

 their "interesting and manly" after-proportions with the above 

 extract from Mr Gladstone's speech. This has been done on 

 Thursday afternoon, the day after the speech. It is needless 

 to say that Mr Gladstone has been placed on the free list of the 

 paper. 



The sequel to this was truly remarkable, for on 7th June 

 I received a letter containing a Bank of England note 

 for 100, which the writer, who signed as "A Happy 

 Medium," said, "Mr Gladstone has deputed me to remit 

 to you." 



The following is a copy of our banker's receipt, which 

 was forwarded to Mr Gladstone : 



THE CONSERVATIVE PRESS COMPANY (LIMITED) 

 St Stephen's Review 



Banker's Receipt 



Received the 6th day of June, 1883, of Mr Gladstone, per 

 " A Happy Medium," the sum of One hundred pounds (/ioo) 



DIMS DALE & Co. 



In sending this receipt to Mr Gladstone I wrote the 

 following letter : 



3 ST MARTIN'S PLACE, 

 jtb June 1883. 



SIR, I beg to enclose a receipt for ^100 which was forwarded to 

 me, as Editor of St Stephen's Review, by an anonymous corre- 

 spondent, who stated that the donation came from you. I confess 

 that this seems in the last degree improbable, but as you some 

 time ago took occasion to suggest that our financial arrangements 

 were not satisfactory I allude to your Aquarium speech it 

 seems possible that you may have made an effort to assist us. 



In any case, as I have received ^100, and you are the only person 



