The Press. — London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

THE PRESS. TERMS OF SUB FOR Ebe Vrtoo: (STAMPED.) :ON Per Annum .. .. .. .. 61 6 0 Half-Yearly .. .. .. .. 013 0 Quarterly .. .. • • .. 0 6 6 Payable in advance. _ _ Subscribers are requested to send their Orders through their News Agent; if direct to the Office, accompanied by a remit tance. Advertisements also must have &reference or remittance. Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFMID PIZ, 110, Strand. London. were." The Secretary admitted that early habits might influence his feelings in this respect, but maintained that he was justified in his wish, to which the Duke replied gravely, that in the attempt to attain caligraphic excellence, it was possible to sacrifice rapidity of thought. The dignified gesture intimated that the discussion must close Proceeding to the Newspaper-office, Mr. Hill expressed a hope that his Grace concurred with him in thinking that newspapers were a great nuisance, and that the Post-office ought not to be troubled with them. The Duke asked how people were to get them. The Secretary replied that the manufacturer of the newspaper ought to deliver his work at his customer's door, like any other tradesman. Chairs, and shoes, and quartern loaves, did not go through the post, and why should newspapers? This favorite view of Mr. Hill's seemed to strike his Grace, and he was going to order the newspaper box to be shut at once, but being reminded that some inconvenience might arise from this course, he permitted papers to be received as usual. As he stooped down to inspect the boxes, an avalanche of newspapers whirled through the openings, and fairly swept his Grace, who is a slight figure, into a corner of the room. Some clerks inter posed and screened him, but the Duke bore it very good-naturedly, and only observed that the journals " hit hard." The Duke then went to the Inland office, where he remarked rather severely upon the clerks' habit of eating sausages with their pen knives, a custom which he justly stigmatised as slovenly, and he ordered that any gentleman desirous of eating a sausage should give notice in writing to the housekeeper, who was to furnish him with a plate, knife, and fork. This was the only reform which it occurred to him to suggest in this department, but, from the way in which he glanced at the awkward coal skuttles, it is rurmised that other improvements will, ere long, be announced. The Ship-letter Office excited no remark from the Duke, except a regret that the war had increased its duties ; but the Foreign-letter Office he examined with much interest, and cross-questioned the clerks as to the number of coloured envelopes they reamed in a day, and as to the singular directions. He evinced great eagerness to go into the secs et department, and open suspicious letters, but, being informed that there were none, he appeared a little disappointed. But his laudable curiosity was appeased at the Dead-letter Office, where he had much opportunity for speculation. He also made a practical sugges tion that all letters with black bordered envelopes should be received at this office, by which means the duties of other departments would be lightened. Mr. Hill promised to consider the plan, and thought it WE have received a communication from Mr. John M. Knott, a diligent writer on the currency question, calling in question the accuracy of a statement contained in an arti. de in our number of Nov. 17, headed" Currency and Capital." In that article it was said that Mr. John Taylor had " con. fessed that, with the discovery of the new gold-fields, he saw swept away all hope of the one great object of his life being carried into effect." Mr. Knott, from his intimacy with Mr. Taylor, and general knowledge of his sentiments, conceives that he is justified in affirming that Mr. Taylor never used those words. This is a strange piece of pre sumption on the part of Mr. Knott. As it happens, the writer of the article " Currency and Capital " heard those words from Mr. Taylor's own lips. Mr. Knox's negative testimony is worth nothing. Mr. Taylor may not com monly have expressed that sentiment,—he even may not entertain it now. lint the writer was justified in ad- ducing it as an evidence that the gold discoveries had, in Mr. Taylor's opinion, materially altered the state of the currency question, and had relieved that monetary pressure which constituted an argument in support of his theory• 'the revival of that pressure may have revived Mr. Tay lor's hopes of success ; but the admission of Mr. Knott , t hat Mr. Taylor " rejoiced over the gold discoveries, as beneficial to the world, and ministering to industry," sup plies a presumption that, with the increased production of gold, he felt (even though his own opinions might have remained unchanged) that there would be less probability than before of a change in the currency becoming a popu lar question through any positive scarcity of the circulating medium. We regret that we cannot, from its length, insert Mr. Knott's letter; but, on the particular point of what ex pressions Mr. Taylor may have used between three and four years since, Mr. Knott is certainly not a com• petent witness, and has no right to insist on being heard. t is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite rode pendent of the merits of the communication. We cannot undertake to return commo•o — • • not avail ourselves. of which we do Communications should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the didioulty of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference for payment iu town. 7rts 2 1!) rglig+ LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. His Majesty Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, passed through London en route to Windsor between 12 and 1 p.m.yesterday. His Majesty reached Dover at an early hour in the Vivid, from Calais, which place he left at 5 o'clock a.m. on Friday morning. The King, on landing at a quarter to 8 a.m., was welcomed by the Sardinian Minister, Sir G. Grey, and other officers of the Queen's household; and received by the naval and military authorities of the port. During his brief stay the Mayor and Corpora tion were admitted to an audience for the purpose of presenting an address, welcoming his Majesty to the shores of England. The Recorder of Dover having read the address expressing a warm and hearty wel come, the King replied : Gentlemen,—You are the first who have offered to me, on landing on the hospitable soil of England, words of con• gratulation and welcome. Those words are more highly appreciated by me on that account ; and I am most happy to receive through you the first marks of sympathy at. the moment I am realising a wish, long entertained by me, of visiting the Sovereign of this great country. The expressions you have adopted in pronouncing a enlogium on the Sardinian army in the Crimea are most grateful to my ears, and I am sure that the approbation of the countrymen of those who combated so well at Alma and Inkermann will be highly valued by our soldiers. I accept the expressiou of your good wishes as a happy SATURDAY, might be extended to all letters with black seals. The contact of great minds is ever productive of beneficial results. The remainder of the establishment was also visited, and the Duke insisted on trying his own abilities in the sorting department. A handful of letters was given to him, but most of them were directed to places of which he had never heard, and he made no very great pro gress in assorting them. He was cruelly puzzled at finding letters addressed to Tampico, Jamaica, St. Juan, and Newington Butts, and declared that the public ought to be ashamed of themselves for writing to such places. A young clerk or two, however, assisted his Grace with a little geographical information, and the epistles found their way to the right quarter. He then went over to the Money-order Office, and desired Mr. Hill to let him go in alone, and incognito, and under these circumstances he endeavoured to prom; a money-order himself. But he was so dreadfully bullied by the unconscious officials for the awkward way in which he furnished the information, and so ridiculed. for saying that his name was Argyll, and nothing else, and that he was staying at Stafford-house, which the clerks took for some " Emporium of Commerce," in which he was a young man, that he lost his temper, and brought in Mr. Hill. The thunderous jobation which followed did great good, and no fewer than three poor servant girls, who came for post orders that afternoon, were civilly spoken to, and were helped to make out the requisition for the orders. This is another of the bene fits which have accrued from the Duke's visit, and it is to be hoped that he will continue his rounds, and gradually civilise this part of tho Civil Service. On the whole, the nation is to be congratulated on hav ing obtained the brilliant, intelligent, and practical knowledge of his Grace for the direction of the Post office. CONUNDRUM. WHAT is the official difference between Sir Charles Wood and Sir Robert Peel? Answer—One is the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the other is the &et one. AN EPIGRAM OF MARTIAL (Boos V.—XLIII.) (Freely Translated), • ON THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE OIY UNITY EXISTING IN THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES. Their vaunted unity but this denotes, That ours are free while theirs are purchased votes. R. omen of my journey ; and I beg that you will convey to your fellow citizens whom you represent my sincere senti ments of gratitude. Shortly after his Majesty and suite left for London, and arrived at the Bricklayer's Arms station about noon. The King was here met by Prince Albert and suite, and conducted to the royal carriage, when, the cortege being formed, his Majesty and the Prince with their respective suites, escorted by a squadron of cavalry, proceeded en route to the Great Western Railway. Throughout the whole the King was most warmly and enthusiastically received by the people, who lined the roads thickly. The cortege reached the Great Western station at half-past one, where the King immediately entering the royal train proceeded direct to Windsor, arriving there about 2 p.m. At 2.45 p.m. the Lord Mayor and sheriffs proceeded by special train to Windsor to invite the King to the City and receive his commands relative to the presentation of the address. AMERICA. The United States mail steam-ship Arago, Captain Lines, has arrived, with dates from New York to the 17th ult. The intelligence by this arrival removes all appre hension of a rapture between England and the United States. ,With regard to the question between the two coun tries, a despatch from Washington states . The State Department has received by the Pacific a despatch from Mr. Buchanan, unequivocally denying that he had made a tender of the sympathy of the United States in favour of the allies. The Administration is under no apprehensions of a rupture with England. The Secre tary of the Navy withheld the instructions to Commodore Paulding until the arrival of the Pectfie; and in conse quence of the receipt of official intelligence from England, assuring our Government that the despatch of s British squadron to the West India station has no reference to Central American matters, nor any object hostile to the United States, only one vessel of the home squadron will proceed to Nicaragua, that vessel being the flag-ship Palma°, with Commodore Paulding, in charge of the general interests of the United States. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 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