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![Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of )}—continued. ‘‘ T have been so much pressed with business of late, and my time for business (between 4 and 6) is so limited, that it has been quite out [of] my power to write - as [ had wished. eee oot ‘©The Duke’s attack seems to have been slight; a case of gold apple pie for luncheon and an easterly wind met in an open carriage to the Lords. . . ._. ‘©T dined at Burdetts on Wed. with Sir Geo. Murray, Ld. Landor, Sir T. Freemantle, Ld. Abinger, Sir Robt. Wilson good talk, as Johnson says—of the olden time. Charles Fox, Sir Sidney Smith, and the old siege ot Aire. ree ‘¢ Ainsworth has been blackballed at the Ath: on the plea he says of havg. written Jack Sheppard, but others say because he was not considered a gentleman tho’ in sooth in such a clique I think he might head with Ayrton & Co.” Ete. ‘‘ Send me any memda, of calls that yon have. J don’t mean the originals but a short precis of them. ‘¢ We divide I believe on Thursday: or drive the Governt out next day.’’ Ete. cc ,)~6CdL’s eleen. looks safe. Nothing can exceed the rancour of the Whigs except their efforts to crush him. Winslow tells me they have traced letters to Stanley of the Treasury whipping up. ‘“‘Tt was agreed that the candidates shd. not go down witht. fair notice to each other. Lyttelton commenced at i-past 12 on Tuesday night, sent a note marked ‘ immediate’ to Sir J. Beckett, who had gone to bed, informg. him that Ld. Lytton, had just gone down to Cambe. They launched up Lt. at 4-past 2, who was off at 8. Lytton. gained little by the ruse. He appeared in the Senate when nothing was going on, and everythg. thin cold and scanty. Lyndt. entered at 3 o’cl., the Senate crowded and the breeze in his favour. The tumultuous cheering of the undergraduates lasted 20 minutes. Nothing can exceed the enthusiastic popy. of our friend.’ Etc. ‘¢ Everything is as dull as ditchwater, on both sides. The accts. from Walsall very good indeed—the struggle will be at Canterbury, but our report to-day is favour- able. Sir Forester Loftus, Ld. John Manners, and a laree party of ‘ Young Eng- land ’ have gone down to-day. J was asked but declined. ‘¢ Talfourd made a good start with his copyright bill last night owing to the injudicious opposition of the Utilitarians. J have prepared to compromise the case by 21 years, or even 30, according to the French projét, and Talfourd is not un- willing. This concession would gain a good many } and } men like Ld. Eliot, ete. On the whole I think we may carry a bill this year. ‘¢ Down at the House of Lds. on Thursday I shook hands with the Duke of W2. who seems to have taken a new lease. He looks 10 years younger, and speaks in the house with all the repose of old days, none of that nervous twitching tco pain- fully perceptible of late years.”’ ‘¢ The Thiers Ministry is broken up. There are bets in Paris that L.P. will abdicate before 50 days are past. ‘¢ Every day brings up some creat incident.’’ Ete. ‘‘Whatr. may be the result of last night’s debate, wher. the Tories as I believe they will ultimately prove, be the strongest, or the opposition come in, and I for one do not comprehend how they can; one thing I deem certain vizt. that enother dissolution will occur, before nine months are over. Peel did not speak well. Stanley with great pomt and power; Burdett, who had written to Lady Blessington and provised to vote for Sutton, saying that there was as much differ- ence bet». Abercr. and him ‘ as bet®. a nutshell and the dome of St. Paul’s,’ lost his courage and sneaked off witht. votg. Henry Stanley, who had promised me t»9 vote for Sutton, voted for Aby.; Sir Chs. Verney and Sulliz., Clayton, and Richford for Sutton. O’Connell has managed it all and very well, but, in spits of their discomfiture, if the Tories be firm, they must eventually succeed. O’Connell is so powerful that he says he will be in the Cabinet. How can the Whigs submit to this? Jt is the irish Catholic Party which has done all the mitchief,’’ Etc.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31827172_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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