adjourned yesterday after a sitting of not more than five nrinutes' duration in honour of one who has been described as being, next only to Pitt, the greatest Englishman of the century. The JWestminster Gazette Inst night pointed out that this adjournment' was absolutely without precedent; never before has the House of Commons been adjourned owing to the death of any personage, not a member of the Royal Family, who was not a member of Parliament with a seat citherin the House of Lords or House of Commons. During the few minutes' sitting Mr. Balfour announced that he would to-day move that Mr. Gladstone should have a public funeral and that 8 monument should he erected in Westminster Abbey. So far it is impossible to know what are the views of the late statesman's family with regard to the funeral, but it is believed that they will fall in with the wishes of Parliament and the nation generally on the subject. One wish only Mr. Gladstone is said to have expressed, and that is that no flowers should be used on the occasion, amd this desire his family trust will be universally respected.
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