In retaliating that part of Mr. Disraeli's strictures during the
Irish debate, the other night, which spoke of some "great man" being wanted with great measures, Sir Robert Peel sarcastically observed, that he had looked for Mr. Disraeli himself as the " coming man." This meant more than meets the eye, and the House understood it well. The story goes, that Mr. Disraeli had already been designated by another Member, (the reader will readily guess who,) as " the coming man." Recently, that Memter, with whom the author of the Pevolutionary Epic was not at all acquainted, bowed in a very revereLL manner to the rising statesman—of Hebrew extraction, be it remembered, and a traveller in the East. Subsequently the same enthusiast asked leave to sit near the Member for Shrewsbury ; entered into conversation ; and explained to the puzzled Mr. Disraeli, that although he might not be con- scious of it himself, he was probably the Messiah ! " Fools may stum- ble " at this announcement ; but obviously Sir Robert Peel does not.
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