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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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Nearly
the
whole
of
these
recommendations
were
combated
by
the
officers
of
the
Post-Office
during
their
examination--and
successfully
so--though
it
is
certainly
remarkable
that,
in
the
face
of
their
opinions,
the
great
majority
of
the
proposals
have
subsequently
been
carried
out
with
unquestioned
advantage
to
the
service.
It
would
be
a
weary
business
to
relate
the
objections
made,
and
the
exceptions
taken
to
each
recommendation
as
it
came
up
to
be
considered.
Of
course
the
non
possumus
argument
was
frequently
introduced.
Colonel
Maberly
said
it
was
an
impossibility
that
there
should
be
hourly
deliveries
in
London.
A
post-office
in
every
village
was
thought
equally
absurd.
We
need
only
add,
that
the
labours
of
the
Committee
led
to
little
practical
result.
They
decided,
by
a
majority
of
four,
not
to
report
any
judgment
on
the
matter.
Though
this
result
must
have
been
eminently
unsatisfactory
to
Mr.
Hill,
especially
on
account
of
their
not
having
expressed
themselves
on
his
grievances,
yet,
by
refusing
to
exonerate
the
Post-Office
from
the
charges
which
he
had
brought
against
it,
the
Committee
may
be
said
to
have
found
for
the
reformer.
With
regard
to
Mr.
Hill's
further
suggestions,
they
refer
to
the
evidence,
and,
"entertain
no
doubt
that
his
propositions
will
receive
the
fullest
consideration"
from
the
Treasury
and
the
Post-Office.
So
they
did
eventually,
after
some
weary
years
of
waiting.
Fifty
years
before,
Mr.
Palmer,
writing
to
Mr.
Pitt,
said,
"I
have
had
every
possible
opposition
from
the
Office."
Mr.
Hill
might
truly
have
said
the
same.
Thus
it
is
that
history
repeats
itself,
and
"the
thing
which
hath
been,
it
is
that
which
shall
be."
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