The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-15 00:00:00

DISRAELI I

defence of his

proves not only that he is a man of genius, but thlt he is
eminently qualified to influence legitimately, and to direct

and control the representatives of the pt
adapting, and schooling, and modelling hims

He is

to his new

situation with praiseworthy assiduity.- His very genius is
made to bend to meet the necessities of his new duties.

no longer gives way to those sarcasms and frequent
grams which made his speeches in opposition so telling
so destructive. He is now as bland as he was formerly
king. His tone is conciliatory, his bearing is digni-
manner in addressing the house is composed,

ute, and man!

Even his s

yle of dress is changed,
Ilan forme

s now of a graver

, when he

red in exquisi

ly fitting vi

oves, ant

peculiarly-patterned waistcoats. It used to be the fashion,
even amongst his own party, to say that DISRAELI was
not the man to lead the Conservatives of England ; now
there is not a man in that party who does not admit that
DISRAELI is far above all others in the house, the very
man to organise, to discipline, to exercise, and to com-
mand the Conservative forces in the lower Louse of
parliament.

Of course the topic of conversation in all circles is the
of the general election, into which we must be in-
continently plunged, nolens volens. There is not a single
bill or other matter likely to stop the way. This election
subject over-rides all others in men's minds and mouths.
It interests every one, from the territorial lord, who
derives his titles and estates from the gratitude or liberality
e PLANTAGENETS and TUDORS, to the free and in-
id^

Lt elector who derives his franchise from a ten

pound tenement. It enters into the consideration of the
politician, the lawyer, the capitalist, the trader, the
artisan, and the " gentleman at large." It stops ex-
penditure in the west end, and it arrests mercantile deal-

ings in the east. Election speeches, beyond counting,
and addresses of all sorts and sizes, and articles written
for the newpapers, and letters marked private and con-
fidential,—but, nevertheless, intended to be published,—
all demonstrate the universality of the interest excited by
this great theme. The anticipated results are, as may
easily be imagined, as varied as the opinions of the
calculators, and there is, in truth, no depending with
any reliable certainty on the accuracy of any of the
prognostications ventilated. In the Carlton Club, it
is confidently asserted, that there will be returned

a good working majority pledged to give a general
_ _

port to Lord DERBY'S G

iovcrnment, and suf-
ficiently strong in numbers and influence to enable him to
carry on the legislative and administrative affairs of the
country with credit and firmness. In the Reform Club,
on the other hand, it is insinuated that the position of the
Premier will not be materially bettered by the dissolution,
although even there they do not attempt to deny that he
will obtain an accession of about twenty members from
Ireland, and of about forty from other parts of the king•
don:. But whatever may be the actual result, there cannot
be a question, that the coming general election will be one
of the most hardly-contested on record ; that it will
pu`_ more old stagers hors de combat, and introduce more
than any previous one since the first Reform

recruits,

Farliaml
Lord

RUSSELL is determined not to give up the com-
mand of the ragged forces that muster on the Opposition
side of the House, in all the varieties of colours conceivable
between the buff and blue of Whiggery and the blood red
of Chartism and something more, without a struggle. He
will not yield the baton, if he can help it, to his "right
hon. friend," the Baronet of Netherby, nor allow himself
to be thrust aside like an old worn-out u

Iserviceable ra-
pier, for a brighter and a more slashing blade. The little
ex-minister has once more contrived to plant himself at
the head of the Parliamentary rabble, and has again issued
his order of the day, as generalissimo, summoning them
to a grand field of battle. That it will ail end in smoke,
after a little parade, is.quite certain. However, the ma-
noeuvre will serve to keep alive the spirits of his Lordship's
partisans, and will, perhaps, succeed in persuading a few
Izles that " Jack the giant-killer" is himself again
" His soul in arms, and

r for the fray

;ht this

Lord JOHN is to
forces against the r

and centre. ." The case of M.

state of pub'

sounding battle-cry that

onfessed that the