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man In the university. Among other dstin-
guished contemporaries, Alexander Kinglake
was his closest friend. He did not remain
long. however. at Cambridge. for which and
its curriculum no felt an unconcealed contempt
Replying in the House Of Commons to o remark
that there was q difference between "educa-
tion" and instruction" had" he said. L
am sorry to say. tho honor OF being educated
at university. but I will not say 80. for am
sorry was ever placed at one. There 10 no
portion OF my life on which look back with
moro regret than that which spent at Cam
bridge. for there I was instructed In oil the
vices for which the place Is notorious. look
upon universities as hindranoes to education"
From Cambridge being gazetted to the
seventy-ninth Highlanders. he was transferred
to military life. for which he had naturally
still greater disgust. and the delights OF which
he aptly summed up in play which he wrote
for the garrison theatricals In Dublin. a. be-
Ing fred or frozen into premature old age. You
retire half.pay Captain. with chronic cough
and unsettled income" His first quarters was
Edinburgh where he became great favorite
with Charles Y. and the Fronoh exiles who were
staying at Holyrood. Mention OF the delight he
gave them by his sparkling wit and unnagging
fun Is made in Q French memoir OF the time.
On efrecting an exchange into tho Seventh
Fusileers. which was ordered to Ireland. he
got into tho first Of tho many sorapes into
which his spirit OF banter brought him. BY ro-
turning the Adjutants report Of the Itch hav-
Ing broken out among the men In crossing the
Channel with the jocose minute attached.
The Seventh must scratch on" Shortly AZ
ter his arrival in Ireland he was appointed
An aide -de-camp on the staff Of Lord Null
grave. just sent over as Viceroy. which In.
cluded some Of the most brilliant men OF
London society-in fact. half the D'Orsay
Hallery-and he threw himself heart and
soul into the spirit OF q court which was
compared to the royal ono Of Charles H. in
luxury and dissipation. and to tho vicereGal
one Of the Duke Of Rutland In tho eloQuence
and wit which half redeemed it's other vices.
Its repartoes and sarcasms. which were scat
tered among friends and foes with an undis-
eliminating audacity. were the talk OF tho
town. Bernal became the terror Of snobs. espe-
cally tho dun English ones about tho Castle.
and the delight Of such men as Plunkett then
Chan cellor. and. Bushe. Lord Chief Justice.
He appeared several times with great eclat on
the stage in private theatricnls. playing on one
occasion LduncoiOt GOb5o to the ShviocE
Of Lord Mulgrave. who was a worry good
amateur actor. and very fond OF tho art. hav-
Ing. while previously Minister at Florence. had
theatre attached to the Legation. in which he
gave weekly performances through the winter
season. Amid all the distractions OF such q
life he did not forget his carly literary love. but
contributed anonymously to the Ne,c Sporting
Magazine :" The Chariot OF Achilles" an anil
mated sketch OF London society. conceived
In most racy vein and marked by SUBJ
acid humor. the authorship OF which WAS
for some years as much subject OF discussion
as is that OF the recent work on London society
as it Is now.
Tho rout of the Liberal party In 1s41 swept
him to q new scene. At Wycombe. tho same
borough In which Dsraeli made his first at
tempt rs Radical to enter political life. he
made his first appearance in tho political
arena. and. though the outlook was black
enough, there being two candidates in the field
and a strong Tory local interest against him.
his energy and audacity. his vigorous person.
ality his brilliant speeches and epigrammatic
thrusts bore everything before him. and ho
was placed at the head Of tho poll. securing by
dash and daring seat which tho ability and
resources Of Disraeli had been unable to win.
In Parliament he Immediately struck out an
independent line for himself and soon became
the brilliant free lance OF the House. About
this timo again. precisely rs did Dlsraei. he
relieved his future Of many difficulties by
"
Sir Thomas Osborne. Bart, OF Newtown Amer,
in Tippcrary. who was possessed in her
own right OF $1,000 year. precisely the sum
Disraeli's wife brought to him and assuming
tho arms and surname OF her family he be-
camo thereafter known by the name in which
he.wil be remembered in the history OF his
tme-Bernni Osborne.
We must canter through his political ca
rcer: In lSi7 he was returned for Middle
Sex. which he represented to 1sj2; Dover
came next: then LiskenrJ. from which. in
consequence of q quarrel with his constitu-
ents. he retired in sulk. in 1865, as Achi-
les. Charles James Fox and other distin-
guished men did, to the seclusion OF his Irish
country seat, having served. it may be mem
toned. during tho Aberdeen Government OF
1852. as Secretary to the Admiralty, in whose
handsome structure he resided with Mrs. Os-
borne. and exercised a very liberal hospitality.
Mrs. Osborne was q handsome woman, very
bright. and with the Same keen relish for sar-
casm which he had. His friend Disraei. in
his aphorism5 recently published. says: A
good woman wearies." The scenes between