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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
141
[79]
Some
of
his
motions
must
have
been
far
from
palatable
to
the
powers
that
were,
and
we
confess
to
thinking
some
of
them
wanting
in
charity
and
good
taste.
For
example,
September
7,
1835,
we
find
him
moving
for
a
return,
to
supplement
another
which
had
been
sent
in
imperfectly
drawn
up,
which
should
show
"what
the
special
services
are
for
which
Sir
Francis
Freeling
receives
700l.
a-year,
the
number
of
rooms
allotted
to
him
at
the
General
Post-Office,
and
how
often
he
resides
there.
Also
the
number
allotted
to
the
Under-Secretary;
whether
the
whole
or
part,
and
what
parts
are
furnished
at
the
public
expense;
also
the
annual
sum
for
coals
and
candles,
for
servants,
&c.;
also
the
probable
expense
of
expresses,
messengers,
and
runners,
passing
between
the
Post-Office
and
the
Secretary
at
his
private
residence,"
and
a
number
of
other
items
still
more
trifling.
[80]
The
Quarterly
Review,
for
October,
1839,
speaking
of
his
motions
for
different
papers,
says,
"What
grounds
he
had
for
making
them
could
only
be
imagined.
They
were,
in
fact,
the
kind
of
random
motions
with
which
a
member
fishes
for
abuses,
but
is
still
more
anxious
to
catch
notoriety."
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