...school, but he proves hla freedom from party bias by quoting a snub Disraeli gave to Imperialism in 1852: "These wretched Colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone around our neck." Had Sam Slick's convictions on the subject of a close bond between...

...Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's Ministry, he wrote to Lord Malmesbury, then Foreign Secretary, ' These wretched Colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone around our necks.' Some persons will probably say that the imaginative mind of the...

...In that year he, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, wrote to Lord Malmesbury, as Foreign Secretary, " These wretched colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks. " What a change between this remainder biscuit of an effete doctrine...

...two leaders in their wish to get rid of the Colonies, (for Disraeli, as far back as 1852, wrote, " These wretched Colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone around our neck"), the people were wiser and more patriotic than their politicians...

...Secretaries of the Colonial Office, recommended the release of Canada. Mr. Disraeli wrote in 1852, " These wretched Colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks." Lord Thring drafted a Bill for cutting the Colonies adrift. How far...

...In that year he, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, wrote to Lord Malmesbury, as Foreign Secretary, " These wretched colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks." What a change between this remainder biscuit of an effete doctrine...

...before it. In 1852 Mr. Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, wrote to the Foreign Secretary, "These wretched Colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks." One of Mr. Nassau Senior's conversations records how Bright, in 1856,...

...Long White Cloud, p. 157.) And Disraeli wrote in 1852 to Lord Malmesbury, the Foreign Secreta1y : " These wretched colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks." (Malmesbury, Memoirs of an Ex-Minister, p. 260.) CH. IV 329 that...

...country would concede their independence.3 Mr. Disraeli, writing in 1852, told Lord Malmesbury that ' these wretched colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks.' 4 The Duke of Newcastle declared that he should see a dissolution...

...country would concede their independence. 3 Mr. Disraeli, writing in 180*2, told Lord Malmesbury that ' these wretched colonies will all be independent in a few years, and are a millstone round our necks.' 4 The Duke of Newcastle declared that he should see a dissolution...