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

BAUM' jOinl the QUIDNUNCS.

QUIDNUNCS (in chorus) : My dear Babble.
BABBLE : Hush ! You have seen to day's Fulminutor
First QUIDNUNC: What we wore just talking about. You see we
want—eh, isn't that it
Second and Third QuEnNurres : Just so.
BABBLE : You want to know what it means ?

QUIDNVINCS (eagerly): Yes.
BABBLE : Well, I have found it out. (BABBLE draws them together
and whispers.) That article, I've just heard from Scratchaway himself—
that article MEANS SOMETHTNO
QUIDNIINCS (together, each drawing a long breath): Ah, I thought so !

THE DUKE'S VISIT TO THE POST-OFFICE.
His Grace the Postmaster-General has, we are happy to state, entered
upon his new and important duties with the same energy which has
characterised his highly superior method of keeping the Privy Seal.
He has paid a visit to St. Martin's•le Grand, and has been pleased to
inspect the whole establishment. His shrewd eye instantly detected
great numbers of blunders, both in the principles and in the details of
our Post-office system, and there is not a department, but has benefited
by his prompt and practical suggestions.
His Grace was attended over the Post-office by Mr. Rowland
Hill, who upon that occasion only, and by particular desire of a person
of distinction, abated somewhat of his usual hauteur. The Chief and
the Secretary first visited the office of the Receiver General, when the
Duke, immediately fixing upon the real point of interest, demanded
what the official received. Being informed that he received money,
the Duke replied, "And a very good thing to receive too." They then
went up-stairs to the Accountant-Generals department, and here his
Grace evinced his remarkable knowledge of the institutions of the
country, by remarking, "An Accountant-General here ! Dear 'me,
that's a curious coincidence. Why, do you know, there's an Account-
ant-General of the Court of Chancery. Very queer coincidence "
The next department visited was the Two-penny Post•office, now called
the London district. Here his Grace was highly amused by seeing
the letters come tumbling through the slits into the boxes, and he
picked up several of them, and remarked that there was a great differ-
ence in the handwritings of people. Mr. Hill said that he wished
people wrote better and clearer hands, to which the Duke made the
playful rejoinder, "Ah 1 Mr. Hill, you talk like a schoolmaster, as you

His Grace the Postmaster-General has, we are happy to state, entered
upon his new and important duties with the same energy which has
characterised his highly superior method of keeping the Privy Seal.
He has paid a visit to St. Martin's•le Grand, and has been pleased to
inspect the whole establishment. His shrewd eye instantly detected
great numbers of blunders, both in the principles and in the details of
our Post-office system, and there is not a department, but has benefited
by his prompt and practical suggestions.
His Grace was attended over the Post-office by Mr. Rowland
Hill, who upon that occasion only, and by particular desire of a person
of distinction, abated somewhat of his usual hauteur. The Chief and
the Secretary first visited the office of the Receiver General, when the
Duke, immediately fixing upon the real point of interest, demanded
what the official received. Being informed that he received money,
the Duke replied, "And a very good thing to receive too." They then
went up-stairs to the Accountant-Generals department, and here his
Grace evinced his remarkable knowledge of the institutions of the
country, by remarking, "An Accountant-General here ! Dear 'me,
that's a curious coincidence. Why, do you know, there's an Account-
ant-General of the Court of Chancery. Very queer coincidence "
The next department visited was the Two-penny Post•office, now called
the London district. Here his Grace was highly amused by seeing
the letters come tumbling through the slits into the boxes, and he
picked up several of them, and remarked that there was a great differ-
ence in the handwritings of people. Mr. Hill said that he wished
people wrote better and clearer hands, to which the Duke made the
playful rejoinder, "Ah I Mr. Hill, you talk like a schoolmaster, as you
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