Lord. Beaconsfield has left an unexpected will. He bequeaths
all his papers to Lord Rowton, with orders to publish such of them as he thinks advisable, but to avoid hurting private feel- ings; and as regards the correspondence with the Queen, to abide strictly by her Majesty's orders. Out of any money re- ceived for the publication, Lord Rowtou is to take £500; but the remainder, and the Hughendeu estate, which is described in Domesday Book as. covering 1,000 acres and yielding 21,490 a year, is settled in strict entail upon the Earl's nephew, Ccningsby Disraeli, a lad in whom it is reported his uncle saw "the stuff of a man." He is described as a retiring lad, with bright, black eyes, and a distinctive Jewish look. His majority is postponed to twenty-six, and meanwhile all accumulations are to be invested, in laud, to increase the pro- perty and pay off mortgages. No other persons are mentioned in the will, except the sisters of Coningsby Disraeli, who come after him in the entail, and the document itself is in the driest legal form. Should it chance that Hughenden falls to one of the sisters, any owner of the manor is asked to take the name of Disraeli, the object of the whole arrangement being evidently to keep the name alive. The will was unexpected, but when one thinks of it, it is very characteristic. Lord Beaconsfield never could quite decide, especially if he had to address a Bucks audience, whether Ile was himself, or an English country gentleman.
