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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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The
arduous
exertions,
extending
over
a
quarter
of
a
century,
and
the
ever-increasing
duties
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Post-Office
have,
within
the
last
few
years,
begun
to
tell
upon
the
physical
system
of
Sir
Rowland
Hill,
and
have
more
than
once
caused
him
to
absent
himself
from
the
post
which
he
has
made
so
honourable
and
responsible.
During
the
autumn
of
last
year
he
obtained
leave
of
absence
from
active
duty
for
six
months--his
place
being
filled
by
Mr.
Tilley,
the
senior
assistant
secretary
of
the
Post-Office--a
step
which
was
generally
understood
to
be
preparatory
to
his
resignation,
should
no
improvement
be
manifest
in
his
health.
Now
(March,
1864)
his
retirement
is
announced,
and
he
leaves
us
and
passes
"not
into
obscurity,
but
into
deserved
repose."
May
he
be
long
spared
to
enjoy
the
rest
and
quiet
which
he
has
so
well
earned,
and
the
gratitude
and
sympathy
which
must
be
universally
felt
for
him.
His
early
work,
that
would
have
been
Herculean,
even
if
he
had
not
been
assailed
by
foes
without
and
foes
within,
must
have
caused
him
immense
labour
of
hand
and
labour
of
brain;
the
carrying
out
also
of
many
important
subsequent
measures,
which
may
be
said
to
have
followed
as
necessary
corollaries
of
his
great
reform,
must
have
occasioned
him
an
amount
of
bodily
and
mental
toil
and
excitement
of
which
the
"roll
of
common
men"
have
neither
experience
nor
conception.
Not
to
speak
of
his
services
to
commerce,
Sir
Rowland
Hill,
more
than
any
living
individual,
has
succeeded
in
drawing
close
the
domestic
ties
of
the
nation,
and
extending
in
innumerable
ways
the
best
interests
of
social
life.
He
deserves
well
of
his
country,
and
we
are
only
giving
expression
to
a
feeling
which
is
uppermost
at
this
moment
in
most
men's
minds,
when
we
add
the
hope
that
a
debt
of
gratitude
may
soon
be
discharged
by
some
gracious
national
tribute.[99]
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