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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.
BANKRUPTS.—REBECCA CnoNK, Conduit street, Regent-
street, Middlesex, milliner and dressmaker—HENßY PALMER,
High-street, Portsmouth, linen draper Fitaiccre PtrnAy,
Newington-causeway, Surrey, watch and clock maker—ROBERT
WADDAIIR STREET, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, grocer and
tea dealer FREDERIC EVERY, Bampfylde - street, Exeter,
scrivener—JOHN Draw., Devonport, builder—BasJAMlN SCOTT,
Earlabeaton, near Dewsbury, Turk, blanket rusuufacturer—
JOHN BAPTY, Harslet, Leeds, woollen•yam manufacturer—
JOHN VALIANCE BELLAMY Sheffield, wine and spirit merchant
—Fnascp Scatrz, Sheffield, cutlery manufacturer•--ROBELT
BURNS, Liverpool, millwright and engineer—EDWlN Tnevis,
Luzley near Oiciliass, cotton spinner and manufac.
tuner.
SCOTCH BEQUE'iRATIObi.--ithrtEUT SIEVE, Edinburgh)
leather merchant,