The smallest clerkships, twopenny-halfpenny postmasterships in unheard-of villagesall, all that can be dispensed with, must make way for the friends of the incomers to power.

Soon after Albert's return from Glenfield, he received an appointment to the postmastership of Metropolisville in such a way as to leave no doubt that it came through Squire Plausaby's influence.