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pisaeIt e6ht him 4 Sarfnct llat of the EleR
Cabinet. which was pnblishtd on the fnsr
BowinG morning IN Tho T'mes. A day leter
DisraellS election addresa waa submitted
10 Delane. Not word did 10 contain about
protection, but dwelt solely on the neces-
sity OF maintaining q cordial alliance with
France. The question, however, which
could not be delayed was tho future gov
ernment Of India. When the Bengal army
mutinied th0 East India Company may
be aaia ss have died by tte own hand. A.
soon a. Il became necessary 70 maintain
considerable body OF European troops IN
India all parties were agreed that tho COM
peny must be dethroned and the govern
nnerlt Of the Queen set up In its place. u 10
well known chat Lord Derby sAccecded ~
s.enscdelllng the administration OF India u
tho form In which it still vubstantiaily
remains.
In the course OF the spring OF ASS there
was o temporary coolness between Delane
and Disfaeli, and Q passage In Q speech
which the latter delivered during the Wmt.
suntide 'recess-a passage which referreo
TO the once stern guardians Of popular
rights simpering In the enervated atmos-
phere OF gtlded saloons WAS Gonofaiy
Tfuss Tbis. according To Mr.. Paul In his
-History OF Modern England was the
Disraelian mode Of saying that MIR. Delane
went TO Lady Palmerston's receptions, aud
1t did not amount to much. for Mr.. Deiane
was the most independent Of editors. His
nephew assuresus that Delane was the very
last man In England whose demeanor 10
society could be legitimately criticised.
-Habitually somewhat grave, one did not
often see him laugh In public, and whom his
features relaxed 10 was In rather grim
smile, the very reverse Of q simper In the
literal acceptance OF the word The cool
hess betweefi Disraeli and Delane was OF
very short duration, and In spite OF wide
differences OF opinion and certain In
ability at times to understand one another
thoroughly. their friendship remained un-
broken to the end, In one OF the last let
ters which Delane received from Disraeli
the leader Of the Conservative party, az he
then was, wrote. I'VE have known each
other now a very long time, and notwith-
standing tbe harsh obstacles which politioal
difsrapc,s inaena,b,v offer to social init
macy have maintained relations OF more
than friendiiness.p
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VIE.
In 1888 pelane bought a small freehold
property at Ascot Heath, to which for
many years IL was his delight 10 retire,
II only for tyonty-four hours, from the
smoke and turmoil of London. To all his
other occupations he now added the varied
delights OF a small farm, and numerous
entries in his diaries attest the keen interest
which he took in everything connected
with its upkeep and Improvement The
soil Of Ascot. however. is poor and sandy.
hv nature produoine little but heather,
eorse and fir, and when Delane first went
to live there no had but few neiehbors.
Only by a slow and costly process Of rec
lamation was he able to convert the barren
sand into permanent pasture and thriving
plantations of Young trees. The unfag-
rinp recreation which Delane found in
playing at farming presents close analogy
to the foible Of Disraeli, who liked to identity
himself with the peaceful art of husbandry
at Hughenden. 1t is noticeable that in
more than one of Delane's letters to him
the expression I'VE farmers" occurs, almost
az IL each wished the other seriously to
believe that agriculture was one OF the
main occupations Of his life and pot merely
one of its distractions.
The neighborhood OF Ascot was en-
deared to Delane from its being near his
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