In The Meantime - Whether The Cause Was The "Trent" Affair, Or Pre-
Occupation On The Part Of The Duke, Or Neglect Of Permanent Officials,
Or Their Bad Habit At That Time Of Regarding Colonists As Inferior
Persons - Our Delegates And Their Wives Felt Hurt At The Social Neglect
Which They Experienced.
And I agreed in the truth of their complaints
so much, that I formally addressed the Duke on the 31st December.
He
acknowledged the neglect, apologised for it, and thereafter, until the
day of their departure, the delegates, and Mrs. Howe and Mrs. Van
Koughnet, were received in high circles, and were especially invited to
Clumber.
To sum up, I left England for Canada, in "The Asia," on the 1st
February, 1862, landing at New York, where my son and Messrs. Brydges
and Hickson met me - and after a deal of hard work on the part of every
officer and man on the Grand Trunk, and no small anxiety, labour,
responsibility, and exposure to storms and climate, inflicted upon
myself, Mr. Brydges, Mr. Hickson, and the whole staff, Quartermaster-
General Mackenzie sent us a handsome acknowledgment of our semi-
military services. But the authorities at home did not condescend to
recognize our existence or our labours.
The late Sir Philip Rose gave me the greatest assistance with Mr.
Disraeli, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, and all the great party whose
confidence he possessed. The following letter, addressed to him by Sir
E. Bulwer Lytton, will be read with great interest:
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