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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
151
During
the
month
of
February,
1838,
Mr.
Wallace
moved
for
a
Select
Committee
of
the
Commons
to
investigate
and
report
upon
Mr.
Hill's
proposals;
but
the
Government
resisted
the
motion.[91]
They
intimated
that
the
matter
was
under
their
consideration,
and
they
intended
to
deal
with
it
themselves.
But
the
community
were
dissatisfied.
They
continued
to
petition
till
Ministers
were
compelled
to
show
a
greater
interest
in
the
subject,
which
they
did
"by
proposing
little
schemes,
and
alterations,
and
devices
of
their
own,
which
only
proved
that
they
were
courageous
in
one
direction,
if
not
in
another."[92]
Meanwhile,
the
"Merchandise
Committee"--formed
of
a
number
of
the
most
influential
and
extensive
merchants
and
bankers
in
London,
with
Mr.
Bates,
of
the
house
of
Baring
&
Co.
for
chairman--was
called
into
existence
through
the
manifested
opposition
to
reasonable
reform.
Large
sums
were
subscribed
by
this
committee
for
the
purpose
of
distributing
information
on
the
subject
by
means
of
pamphlets
and
papers,
and
for
the
general
purposes
of
the
agitation.
So
great
and
irresistible,
in
fact,
was
the
pressure
applied
in
this
and
other
ways,
that
the
Government
found
it
impossible
any
longer
to
refuse
an
inquiry.
A
month
or
two
after
Mr.
Wallace's
motion,
Mr.
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