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WHEN THE DUKE was asked about the new conical bullet, he said " Not less than an ounce ; or it will not break a horse's leg;" meaning, of course, that the diameter should not be less than that of an ounce ball. This particular advice was not understood ; nor followed. IT HAS BEEN SAID that the words "Glorious, " and " Glory, " do not occur in the Duke's Dispatches, As a matter of historic truth, this is not the case. They do occur : but the Duke never appealed to them as an incentive to his sol...diers. AN INSTANCE of the Duke's shrewdness, and self- respect occurred at the opening of the great Exhibition of 185 1. While waiting for Her Majesty to arrive, a Chinaman, in his native costume, walked into the inner circle of the Ministers, Court etc. , and addressed the THE DUKE. 173 Duke. The latter saw at a glance that the man was of no importance in his own country, beckoned to a policeman; and had him instantly removed. THE CROWN has no longer the power to create Irish peers. When Disraeli was asked whether an Irish Peerage was valuable, I heard him say "Valu- able !
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