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LOYDON. FRIDAY, NOV. 20.

TILE PBEMIER TO HIS COYSTITUE_VTS.

Ma. Diktuttm's bitterest political adversaries
hare rerer refused him the two opposite yet not
irreconcilable qualities of audacity and adroitness.
Ii it was ty the audacity of genius that a political
soldier of fortune with the principles of An
lahniselite, and the opinions of a partisan with-
out a leader or a follower, rose from obscurity
or from ridicule below the gangway to
a goseminent seat on the Treasury Bench,
it has lean by isdroitnems, by tact, by that self-
commend which is the sccrPt s art of com-
manding others, that he) sintained the
asceuelaacy so labor:ously • - other arts in
other yems. His speech at Cue ...Midhall banquet
the other day was a masterpiece of that
lofty and daring cynicism which fascinates
the young mid bus a subtler charm for men who
bare lost their illusions. His Nomination speech
at Aylesbury yesterday is a striking instance of
that magic versatility which in the very
thick of the battle disarms the fiercest
enemies, and matches from defeat a
grace beyond the reach of the con-
queror. This esprit dWI is indispensable to state-
craft, if not to statesmanship ; and the con-
sciousness of it may perhaps have given Mr. Die-
Basil in his adventurous days a presen-
timent of his extraordinary destiny. People
were wondering whether with a hostile
majority staring him in the face the PREMISE.
would " run amuck," cry aloud, and spare none,
or whether he would be calm, reserved, and digni-
fied. The result has shown him fully equal to
the exigencies and the proprieties of the occa-
sion. Had he made an aggressive and &Sant
speech he would only have furnished the text for
a crushing reply in booth Lancashire. Instead of
this he is all moderation and modesty. To be sure
be does not treat the free and independent but un-
known Elector, who is in•ensible to charm of
manner and dexterity of fence, with that playful
indulgence of Lord PALMERSTON when the bold
Mr. I;sarcurrE, of Tiverton, tried to "tackle"
en agiel wrestler whom all the Powers
cf Eui elm had fulled to throw. Mr. DISRARLI
uts Coen the interpellatiGns of "an Elector"
tcab r seas astic severity worthy of a stronger 'foe-
scan. But on the peat question of public polies!,
on tae Reform Bill, or national expenditure, on
foreign arrive, on Ireland, ho touches with in-
cabe and complacency. lie takes
meth for hating carried a " large," inst:rai
of a '• moderate" measure of refmsa, and
rejoice; in the disappointment of tlioso '
alum isle like Mr. ',cove, who predicted all
manner of terrible consequences from household
suffrrge. With exquisite effrontery ho attributes
these alarms to " the great Liberal leaders," in-
cludingletr. BRIGHT. Then, as tothe question of ea-
r adhere, he distinguishes between a " cheap" and
an vecmcmit ul government (the world is ruled by
words ') uud declares himself for the latter, sine*
s gloat nation can never have the former without
lose of power, and perhaps of its existence. Primary
education, leshnical education, reformatory edu-
cation, the best small arms, the beat big guns,
the best ironelade, all cost money ; but can they be
dispensed with ? By the simple process of lump-
ing together a million and a quarter spent in edu-
cation and twenty-six millions spent on tho mili-
tary services, Mr. DISRAELI makes it self-evident
that we are a very " economically "if not a very
cheaply governed nation.
About Ireland and the Irish question or ques-
tions Mr. Disiisami indulges that humorous ima-
gination which, however villualble an Ingredient.
in a statesman, delights iirobsenring the realities it
pretends to expose. The Irishman, he safe is dis-
contented because living under a wet climate and on
the shore of a " melancholy ocean," with no aka-
pation but agriculture, and endowed with extraor-
dinary talents, be has no variety of pursuits and
no amusements. The imaginative Hibernian Cult,
wants public works and
no doubt that is the

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point of view in which the /Impinge X 4,041
if he ever giros the matters Are*,slsadd
terry late the condition of the WA '
1* glad to the Triah Church, the lionleftite
aladmtitig en audience of squire.' and farmers,
Eards tlisestablishment as a disturbAnos of the
tiplits of property: the Pagniaa, as an attsok on
" 11.r1eya1 supremacy," and Mr. DlSltABl.lhiinsolf
(tut this is rather an esoteric view of the ease) as
likely to lead to " dawiereus of fir the preps-
• • gat ion of religions farth," which, sword ing to Mr.
GAIIIOIIAN HARDY, is the promise übjeot of the
liish Church Estatdiabinent. la this finely-

to staple 1 faultion Hr. Disamtu discourse, on
111 e topics of the day, " with frankness, as is
"my custom." But his peroration is almost that
of a political deathbed. Happy, we soy, the
man, whether in public or in private life,
who is permitted the luxury of re-
morse while be is still in enjoyment
of the fruits of "things which be regrets and
" words which be deplores." Suoh is the irony
of fate that perhaps, if Sir Roamer Pau had had
a better seat on horseback, the " things which
" I regret and the words which I deplore" might
have been done and spoken in vain.

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