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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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[75]
Evidence
of
Colonel
Maberly
before
the
Select
Committee
on
Postage,
1843,
p.
170.
[76]
Mr.
Matthew
Devonport
Hill.
1862.
[77]
Mirror
of
Parliament.
Barrow.
1833.
[78]
Now
and
then
the
House
was
enlivened
and
amused
by
even
Post-Office
discussions.
Thus,
in
the
discussion
on
the
above
motion,
Mr.
Cobbett
complained
that
a
letter
of
his,
which
"was
not
only
meant
to
be
read,
but
to
be
printed,"
had
never
been
received
by
him,
nor
could
he
get
any
satisfaction
out
of
the
Post-Office
authorities.
He
advised
all
honourable
members
who
had
complaints
to
make
against
the
Post-Office,
to
make
them
at
once
to
the
House,
without
having
any
interview
with
Ministers.
For
his
own
part,
with
regard
to
letters
being
opened,
he
felt
sure
that
the
Post-Office
read
all
the
letters
it
cared
to
read;
so
he
took
care
to
write
accordingly.
He
didn't
care
about
his
letters
being
read,
provided
they
were
allowed
to
go
on,
as
he
addressed
them.
Mr.
Secretary
Stanley
(the
present
Lord
Derby)
thought
it
would
be
a
subject
of
deep
regret
that
any
negligence
on
the
part
of
the
Post-Office
had
prevented
the
elaborate
lucubrations
of
the
hon.
member
for
Oldham
from
appearing
in
the
Register
on
the
appointed
Saturday.
Mr.
Cobbett.
It
never
appeared
at
all.
Mr.
Secretary
Stanley
was
grieved.
He
felt
sure,
however,
that
the
hon.
member
spends
too
much
time
over
the
midnight
oil
not
to
have
kept
a
copy
of
his
precious
essay.
He
protested
against
hon.
members
taking
up
the
time
of
the
House
with
complaints
against
a
department
which
managed
its
work
very
well.
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