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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
108
No
less
certain
was
it
that
the
mails,
under
the
new
system,
travelled
more
securely.
For
many
years
after
their
introduction,
not
a
single
attempt
was
made,
in
England,
to
rob
Palmer's
mail-coaches.
It
is
noteworthy,
however,
that
the
changes,
when
applied
to
Ireland,
did
not
conduce
to
the
greater
security
of
the
mails.
The
first
coach
was
introduced
into
Ireland
in
1790,
and
placed
on
the
Cork
and
Belfast
roads,
a
few
more
following
on
the
other
main
lines
of
road.
Though
occasionally
accompanied
by
as
many
as
four
armed
guards,
the
mail-coaches
were
robbed,
according
to
a
competent
authority,
"as
frequently
as
the
less-aspiring
riding-post."
Not
many
months
after
the
establishment
of
mail-coaches,
an
Act
was
passed
through
Parliament,
declaring
that
all
carriages
and
stage-coaches
employed
to
carry
his
Majesty's
mails
should
henceforth
be
exempt
from
the
payment
of
toll,
on
both
post-
or
cross-roads.
Previously,
all
post-horses
employed
in
the
same
service
travelled
free
of
toll.
This
Act
told
immediately
in
favour
of
the
Post-Office
to
a
greater
extent
than
was
imagined
by
its
framers.
Innkeepers,
who,
in
England,
were
the
principal
owners
of
stage-coaches,[62]
bargained
for
the
carriage
of
mails,
very
frequently
at
merely
nominal
prices.
In
return,
they
enjoyed
the
advantages
of
the
coach
and
its
passengers,
travelling
all
roads
free
of
toll.
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