Show The British Cabinet Crisis I LONDON February 23 Ponsonky the Queens private Secretary left Windsor today and visited Gladstone at Downing street He was closited with the pnme minister a longtime The cabinet council met at 2 this afternoon ernoon and is still in session Earl Spencer Lord Lieutenant of Ireland waspresent having arrived from Dub in this morning The outcome of the meeting is very uncertain but a crisis is predicted Every member of the ministry was presentat this ufternons Cabinet council coun-cil The admiralty have ordered six torpedo tor-pedo > cruisers and invited proposals for seven war ships from Clyde ship builders build-ers Rumor are current if that Gladstone resigns he will propose to behis successor cessor the Marquis of Hartington the present minister of war The Cabinet council was in session until 630 this evening but the result of the meeting is not yet ascertained I J |