be jifittropoltti.
On Monday, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Alderman Venables, Sir Peter Laurie, with Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and other City officers, and about sixty Common Councilmen, waited on the Duke of Sussex with a congratulatory address, voted by the Common Council, on the re- covery of his sight. The Duke returned a suitable reply ; which was handed in writing to Mr. Alderman Wood, acting for the Lord Mayor. It was then discovered that the reply was addressed to the Lord Mayor and gentlemen of the Common Council, without any mention of the Aldermen ; whereupon Sir Peter Laurie said, good-humouredly- " Your Royal Highness, what have we done that you have passed us over without notice ? The Aldermen are a body still in existence. We really have not yet been extinguished; and I mean to stand up for the rights of ' my order.'" " Surely, surely," said his Royal Highness, laughing ; and desiring the manuscript to be returned to him, he caused the unintentional omission to be supplied. Mr. Pritchard observed that the mistake was ominous, as sometimes "coming events cast their shadows before."
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