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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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The
Executive
Government,
on
its
part,
has
shown
a
just
and
highly
appreciative
estimate
of
Sir
Rowland
Hill's
remarkable
services
in
the
provision
which
has
been
made
for
him
on
his
retirement.
By
a
Treasury
minute,
dated
March
11th,
1864,
advantage
is
taken
of
the
special
clause
in
the
Superannuation
Act,
relating
to
extraordinary
services,
to
grant
him
a
pension
of
three
times
the
usual
retiring
allowance.
The
language
in
which
this
resolution
is
couched--doubtless
from
the
pen
of
Mr.
Gladstone--is
unusually
complimentary
for
this
class
of
official
documents.
After
recounting
Sir
Rowland
Hill's
eminent
services--the
facts
of
which
are
based
upon
a
statement
just
presented
by
the
veteran
reformer
himself,
(see
Appendix
H)--and
stating
the
amount
of
his
pension
if
treated
on
the
ordinary
superannuation
allowance,
the
Lords
of
the
Treasury
say
that
they
consider
the
present
a
fitting
case
for
special
arrangement.
"Under
the
circumstances,
it
may
justly
be
averred
that
my
Lords
are
dealing
on
the
present
occasion
with
the
case
not
merely
of
a
meritorious
public
servant,
but
of
a
benefactor
of
his
race;
and
that
his
fitting
reward
is
to
be
found
not
in
this
or
that
amount
of
pension,
but
in
the
grateful
recollection
of
his
country.
But
my
Lords
discharge
the
portion
of
duty
which
belongs
to
them
with
cordial
satisfaction,
in
awarding
to
Sir
Rowland
Hill
for
life
his
full
salary
of
2,000l.
per
annum."
Lord
Palmerston
has
further
given
notice
that
he
will
move
in
the
House
of
Commons,
that
the
pension
be
continued
to
Lady
Hill,
in
the
event
of
her
surviving
her
husband.[100]
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