RAL LIBRARY ANG-21920 A Medium of Intercommunication LITERARY MEN, "When found, make a note of."-CAPTAIN CUTTLE. JULY 17, 1920. PRICE SIXPENCE. Post free 7d. Registered as a Newspaper. MORTMAIN AT T Heal's, tradition is An Exhibition of Coloured Furniture Heal & Son Ltd TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W BOOKS OF ANTIQUARIAN AND GENERAL INTEREST SELECTED FROM THE LARGE STOCK ON VIEW AT THE TIMES BOOK CLUB, 380 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W.1. Booklovers are invited to make a personal inspection if possible, or to write for a catalogue, which will be sent post free. LONDON, JULY 17, 1920. CONTENTS.- No. 118. 66 attempted to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon, by bombs made in Birmingham; but unseen causes had been gradually sapping his ascendancy, and the symptoms, says Sir Edward Cook, had not escaped Delane. On Jan. 27 Delane told Greville that he thought the Government "would not remain long in office, and that it is time they should go, and he ridiculed the idea of its not being QUERIES:-Royalist Delinquent Estates, Norfolk. 46— The Rev. John Atkinson: Robert Cullen Wisdom practicable to form another Government. measured by the Length of the Beard"- History of the Within a month," adds Sir Edward Cook, Navy': H.M.S. Coventry-Statuette of Shakespeare- "Lord Palmerston was out and Lord Derby Manor of Churchill, Oxon-Kaspar Hauser Legend-in; but then an editor of Delane's influence William de Eu, 47-Thwaites-Manderstoun Andrews--Teggs (Thomas and William)-Black Mass-has considerable power of making his proSailors' Chanties-Sir W. H. Russell: List of Works phecies come true." We may continue in 66 Sir Edward Cook's words :- is pre Wanted -"Mess-Master"-"Stagnum" and "Offoldfall"-Teachings from the Church's Year,' 48-Continuation of Don Juan'-Kipling Reference Wanted-Servington Family of Devon, Dorset, and Somerset-H. Hope Palmerston was Prime Minister, it was scarcely Great as was Delane's influence when Lord Crealock" Apple" in Place-Names-Lowestoft ChinaRibes Sanguineum-The Malvern Mercury Anecdote less during the interval of the Derby Administraof a Popular Character,' 49-Job Heath's Posset Cup- tion (1858-1859). It was a secret of his power Yeanting-stone-Militia Acts -Little Wild Street Baptist to have friends in both camps; it was the essence Chapel-Authors of Quotations Wanted, 50. of his power not to be the tied paper of any party. REPLIES:- British Coffee-house, 50- Rue de Bourg, On the morrow of Palmerston's defeat The Times Lausanne, 51-Spoonerisms - Sabine. -Heraldic Dogs- was sympathetic, but advised him to resign forthHeraldry of Fishes, 52-A Stolen (dele Secret) Tide with. The next day was Sunday, and Sunday', Portraits by Cotes-Courtenay Riots-A Literary HoaxWild Darrell, 53-Dinwiddie Family, 54-Old Semaphore as Disraeli says in one of his novels, Towers-Alleged Reprints of The Times,' 55-A Late eminently the day of canards.' Delane put this Brass-The Rev. Dr. Edersheim, 66-Willow-plantations extract at the head of a Provisional List' of the Stalky & Co, by Rudyard Kipling Emerson's new Administration which he published on English Traits' Local London Magazines The Monday (February 22). The list gave Mr. GladPrefix Right Honbie," 57-Marks of Fate-Amber stone as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Davidians: David George's Sect-Calverley's (Charles Disraeli as Foreign Secretary-in the light of Stuart) Parodies-Grandfather Clock--Richard Bp. of RossHurbecs, 58-Ninety-nine Year Leases-Lore of subsequent events a sufficiently bizarre comthe Cane--Folk-Lore of the Elder-Cheney Hamilton-bination, but at the time probable enough. "Nor did Fly for it"-Authors of Quotations Wanted, 59. Disraeli had doubtless told Delane of Lord NOTES ON BOOKS :- Discoveries in Greek Lands'-'Sir Derby's overtures to Mr. Gladstone, who, however, Francis Bacon'-'The Psychic Research Quarterly,' preferred to be a buttress, rather than an inside Notices to Correspondents. pillar, of the anti-Palmerston Government. Two days later the official list showed Mr. Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Malmesbury as Foreign Secretary. Notes. PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE PAPERS. THE inner history of the difficulties which In the meantime the letter, printed below, had been written. On the same day, as Mr. Buckle records, Disraeli wrote to Derby: I have just heard that The Times has decided to support you. So much for public opinion. Delane says we shall do much better without Gladstone." The text of Disraeli's letter may now be given : Confidential. Grosvenor Gate, Feb. 22, 1858. MY DEAR DELANE, confronted Lord Derby in forming his Had I had anything to communicate to you, would have sent. Lord Derby has not yet communicated with therefore, all the lists and rumours about, are any of his late colleagues except myself, and quite idle. Our time has been spent, the last eight and forty hours, in making fruitless overtures, but they have not been disappointments. never calculating for a moment they would be accepted, but calculating, that the refusals would work for our advantage in public opinion. refused*: Lord Grey, with great expressions of cordiality, has declined. Lord Ellenborough has accepted the Board of Control. There never was, for a moment, a question that Lord Derby and myself should go to the Treasury. Indeed, he said, he would not undertake the office if we were separated. Nor has there been the slightest question about the leadership of the House of Commons. Indeed, that question has long been settled by the party, which can alone practically decide upon such points. Tho' SO little, apparently, is decided at present, my belief is that after a general meeting of the late Derby Cabinet which is called for the first time, for to-morrow at two o'clock, everything will be found arranged, tho' one or two individuals, of good and great name, may appear in the eventual list, which never appeared before, and old ones may figure in new characters. The difficulties on the surface are no doubt great, but we must remember the country is tired of cliques and vain and personal coteries, and that principle of party, which of late years has been so much derided, has by severe experience, commenced again to influence opinion. You must understand, tho' this I mention in our utmost confidence, however it may govern your tone, that Lord Derby has accepted this task at the personal solicitation of the Queen; that, sent for on Sunday night, he detailed the political situation to H.M., the rivalry of J. Russell and Palmerston, the limited minority which he could alone command, and while, he said, he was ready to undertake the office, he told the Queen that the choice of her servants was one of the few, but one of the most precious, privileges left to her, and therefore, she should not decide offhand, but she should be free for second thoughts; but not himself and his friends. So that if after sleeping over the strange conjuncture and deeply considering all things, after his frank narrative, she still should be of opinion that he should undertake the office, she might count on him. H.M. accepted this offer, and next day wrote to Lord Derby that after prolonged and mature consideration, she retained her opinion; that his was the only organized party in the country, and that it was not only her wish, but she believed it "the expectation of the country," that in the present state of affairs he should take the helm. was We should have been miserables to refuse. But by this conduct on his part, though some might have thought it hazardous, Lord Derby has entirely gained the good feelings of the Queen, who is really working as heartily as ourselves, to form the Cabinet, using her personal influence, and among other things, I give it you as a trait; Duke of Newcastle came up to town to-day from Clumber, in consequence of a letter by messenger from Lord Derby. His Grace said he thought it disrespectful not to come up, &c., but refusedthe stereotyped refusal of the Peelites-I believe really, jealousy of my lead in the Commons. The Queen, when she heard the interview was ineffectual, said "I will see him." * There was no offer to Herbert, but an open I suppose this is as about as imprudent a letter as was ever written, but it is written in our old spirit of camaraderie, I never forget your generous support of me in 1852. My opponents, for the struggle is against me, assume that this will be a repetition of that year. Humbly, I doubt it. The Court was then against us—it is now with us. The country was then more than prejudiced against us. It is certainly now not hostile. We have no absurd pledges to hamper us; we shall be able to settle France admirably; and we have a dissolution in our pocket which, as in 1852, we shall not be forced immediately to make use of. Certainly, there is a great intellectual array against us, but it is of a past or mature age. We have, I think, a rising crop, and whatever happens we have what Lord Palmerston never had, a real party. After the meeting of to-morrow I will send you something authentic. Yours sincerely, D. I need not impress upon you the extreme confidence of these details. Lord Malmesbury is not appointed to the Foreign Office, but the Queen has expressed her satisfaction if he be. J. DELANE, ESQ. [at foot of first sheet] Two other letters of Disraeli to Delane, of later date, may perhaps be added here :Hughenden Manor, Sept. 23rd, 1862. DEAR DELANE, JOHN AIKIN'S EXCURSIONS. II. JULY 29-Aug. 5, 1803. IN the summer of 1803 John Aikin, whose tour of the preceding year appeared in 'N. & Q.' last week, set out through Buckinghamshire for Oxford and Oxfordshire and back through the Thames Valley and Surrey home to Stoke Newington. His narrative is as follows: we suddenly arrived at a brow, that gave Dined at Tetsworth.-Thence to Oxford under a burning sun, the road not pleasant. Oxford is scarcely seen on this side till close upon it. The entrance, over Magdalen Bridge, and up the High Street, unrivalled in objects of beauty and singularity. But it is needless to describe a place so celebrated, and [of] which no description can give an adequate idea. 29 July, Friday.—What is the use of awe atherglass if people will not take warning by it? Nothing could indicate rain more plainly, and the sky also confirmed the prognostic, yet we set off in defiance of both. A pleasant ride with only a few threatening drops, to Watford, where After tea we took a most interesting walk we arrived before twelve. It then set in for a among the principal colleges and public buildings,. sober soaking rain, and we dined and drank tea extending to Christchurch and Magdalen walksat our inn, at a loss how to pass the time. Such a most charming evening with full moonlight. an inauspicious setting out inspired gloomy ideas. The Christchurch avenue of elms, exceeding At length, the rain abating, we resolved to get a everything of the kind we had ever seen, afforded stage forward at any rate. Our spirits mended a singular comparison with the gothic architecture as soon as we were in motion, and it was not in its neighbourhood and made the first works of long before the rain ceased. Proceeded through art dwindle to toys. But art soon resumed its Rickmansworth to Amersham-a very fine empire, and we returned from a long walk, with country, richly wooded, with fertile vales, sloping our imaginations filled with variety and grandeur. eminences, corn-fields and every circumstance of 31st Sunday.-Spent the morning in rambles: rural scenery of the soft and cultured kind. A about Oxford, and saw the outside of everything little sunshine would have enlivened the prospects, worth seeing. Revisited Christchurch and Mag-but they were pleasing even in the sober light dalen walks-saw the chapel of the latter college, under which we viewed them. Great part of the a most sumptuous piece of ecclesiastical decoraway was between hedges, of very fine foliage, but tion. Looked into St. Mary's and All Saints. too much masking the views. Arrived at Amersham soon after eight, very glad that we had ventured to quit our prison at Watford. 30 July, Saturday.-Rose early and saw all the fine scenery round us wrapt in gloom. After breakfast set out in a Scotch mist, which we found soon likely to give us a good wetting. We were however still more mortified at the veil it cast over the tract through which we past to Wycombe, which was skirted on one side with a beautiful line of beech wood, with fine forest glades reminding us much of our rides in similar weather through the New Forest last year. Reached Wycombe with our upper garments almost wet through. How absurd to call this place High Wycombe when it is situated in a deep vale almost a mile in descent. But such a vale! Nothing can be imagined more sweet and riant. It was too wet to walk, so we contented ourselves with a visit to the church, a fine old building, with monuments of the Petty family, and an altarpiece by Mortimer-St. Paul converting the Druids!!! The weather gradually cleared and we had the pleasure of seeing the dark mists scattering and the blue sky opening in the intervals. Got a dish of coffee and then proceeded. Thence along the vale to West Wycombe, all enchanted ground! Hanging woods, rich cornfields, Lord de Despenser's house, church and park, everything in the perfection of beauty with sunshine to view it. Leaving the vale, we passed a very heavy close road cut through a wood on an ascent, and came through a rough After dinner, rode to Woodstock, the road uninteresting. But a drive round Blenheim park finished the day with the highest gratification we had yet experienced. It seems impossible for made grounds to be finer; for nature has done little to the place; and the grand piece of water, the sloping woods, the inequalities of surface,. etc., are all the product of art. To lay out grounds in such a style is certainly no mean department in the fine arts. The evening sun greatly favoured our prospects. The palace is a wonderfully striking edifice. It is too much broken into parts and its magnificence is heavy and cumbrous, but it is magnificence. The back front pleased us best. We find the inside cannot be seen till 3 o'clock tomorrow, and we think the time lost in waiting would overpay the sight. So we must content ourselves with the great: landscape of wood, water, etc., instead of painted canvas or tapestry. August 1, Monday.-After a farewell view of the entrance of Blenheim park, set out on our return to Oxford. On our arrival delivered a letter to Mr. Smyth of New Coll. who politely offered to be our conductor. Viewed the chapel of that college which has the finest painted windows in Oxford. They are of different times and artists. Those from Flanders are the finest in colouring; but the grand West window representing the Nativity from designs of Sir J. Reynolds and executed by Jervis, though sober in colouring, is beyond all parallel as a work of art, and indeed for the grace and beauty of the |