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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Many
striking
examples
of
the
great
difference
in
the
cost
of
the
two
services
are
furnished
in
different
Post-Office
Reports.
For
instance:[112]
In
1844,
a
coach
proprietor
in
the
North
of
England
actually
paid
to
the
Post-Office
Department
the
sum
of
200l.
annually
for
what
he
regarded
as
the
privilege
of
conveying
the
mails,
twice
a-day,
between
Lancaster
and
Carlisle.
Now
the
Post-Office
pays
the
Lancaster
and
Carlisle
Railway
the
sum
of
18,000l.
annually
for
the
same
service.
The
items
of
charges
for
mail-conveyance
by
railway
at
the
present
time--if
they
could
have
been
known
by
any
means,
or
even
guessed
at,
by
the
enterprising
post-reformer
of
1837--might
have
had
the
effect
of
deterring
him
from
offering
his
suggestions
when
he
did.
Certain
it
is,
that
the
proposals
would
have
had
small
chance
of
success,
if
those
who
had
charge
of
the
fiscal
concerns
of
the
country
could
have
known
that
the
sum
which
would
have
to
be
paid
by
the
Post-Office
to
railway
companies
alone,
in
the
year
1863,
would
not
fall
far
short
of
the
whole
amount
standing
for
the
entire
postal
expenses
of
1839.
In
1842
Mr.
Hill
left
the
Treasury,
and
was
thus
cut
off
from
all
active
supervision
of
his
measures.
The
Post-Office
authorities
found
a
friend
in
Mr.
Goulbourn,
the
new
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
who
was
known
to
sympathise
with
their
views.
It
had
been
arranged
that
Mr.
Hill
should
continue
his
services
for
some
short
time
longer
in
his
improvised
place
at
the
Treasury
Offices.
The
divergence
in
the
views
of
the
new
chiefs
and
the
reformer
made
his
position
more
and
more
unpleasant.
On
his
being
bowed
out
of
office,
Mr.
Hill
petitioned
the
House
of
Commons.
The
petition--which
was
presented
by
Mr.
Baring,
the
ex-Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer--described
briefly
the
Post-Office
measures
of
1839;
his
own
appointment
to
the
Treasury;
the
fact
of
his
appointment
being
annulled;
the
benefit
of
the
new
measures
in
spite
of
their
partial
execution;
the
obstructive
policy
of
the
Post-Office
officials;
and
thus
concludes:--
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