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A combinationlong sincethreatened, under which Mr. Disraeli was to retire

into the Upper House, and a junction to be formed of all " moderate" men,—that is, of all content men in the Commons under the leadership of Lord Stanley,--has, it appears, broken down. Mr. Disraeli declines to transfer himself to an uncongenial atmosphere, but with a graceful consideration for one whom he has publicly called his "severest critic, but a perfect wife," he has accepted a coronet for Mrs. Disraeli, who has been created Viscountess Beaconsfield in her own right. Very few even of

• Including Horsham, double return.

Mr. Disraeli's bitterest opponents will grudge him all honour which leaves him still in his true place, the Sovereign Assembly of the Empire.

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