Show DISRAELI IS DEAD THE telegraph informs us of the death of the earl of april at 5 a m his departure is a great loss to england during the last forty four years benjamin disraeli has hay figured in in bri british ibish politics and for the greater part of that period has occupied a prominent position before his country and indeed before the world his eminent abilities as a statesman have received general recognition and he not only succeeded in achieving the success at which lie he aimed as a politician but won his way to the peerage and stood as near to the head of the government of great britain as was possible for any man outside of the royal line he re was the practical ruler of the nation for several years and secured the confidence of his sovereign as well as the admiration of his colle colleagues alies aLles 0 and the fear as much as tho iho edmi enmity of his foes he was one of the great men of the age 4 and of the earth and his name will shine with lustre in the annals of the nations the deceased statesman was the son of the late isaac desria disraeli eli elj an author and a scholar and was born bom in london dec 21 1805 he was consequently in his hia year he first ap appeared red before the public as an author autho his s vivian grey taking the lite literary world by stormy and ile hib his succeeding books all works of nie fiction being received with avidity he was first returned to parliament from maidstone in Kent in I 1 n 1837 having been defeated two or three years previously ina in a contest con test for the borough hof of wycombe Wy combe in 1841 lie was elected for shrewsbury and in 1847 1817 for the county of buckingham where is situated his estate hughenden Hug henden manor he kept the seat for Bucking hamshire until his death and fought his way up from the ranks and from the partial failure which occurred at his maiden effort at speechmaking speech making until he reached the pinnacle of fame and a position 0 o n of pa power we that was felt th throughout u g h out the co continent n t inen to of f europe the career c of 0 f the t h e distinguished d istl anguished naul ngui shed writers financier orator 4 diplomat lomat and political leader is so well known fh that fht t we need d not particularize but will merely add ad d that t iia lia t his triumphs were a victo victory ry f for or h his s ra raco race co as he was a jew by blood if not in religion A hebrew dictated the policy of the great british empire and affected the fortunes and the fate of other strong nations he will be mourned by the people whom he served and among those who will remember him with respect and with admiration for his bis remarkable powers will be his great political adversary the eminent gladstone besides his political lio llo honora honors nors disraeli me or Beacons beaconsfield field received many distinctions chiefly for his literary achievements his latest work endymion endymion is understood to embody much of his own personal experience peri ence ho he was married in 1869 to the widow of wyndham lewis esq sq M MP and daughter of john E evans vans esq of park devonshire D evon shire who preceded him to t the be world beyond the vail vau it was his wish to be interred near the remains of his wife but the british public will not be satisfied unless the honored dead reposes within the shadows of the historic and classical abbey of westminster where sleep great BrIt hills ilias most celebrated and illustrious sons |