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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
198
This
state
of
things
could
not
continue;
accordingly,
we
find
Lord
Radnor,
moving
soon
after
in
the
House
of
Lords,
for
a
return
of
all
the
warrants
which
had
been
issued
for
the
detention
of
letters
during
a
certain
period,
animadverting
especially
upon
the
alleged
practice
of
general
warrants
to
intercept
all
letters
addressed
to
a
certain
person
instead
of
there
being
issued
a
separate
warrant
in
the
case
of
each
letter.[117]
This
mode
of
proceeding,
as
he
truly
said,
if
acted
upon,
was
a
flagrant
violation
of
the
words
of
the
statute.
Lord
Campbell
expressed
the
same
views.
Lord
Brougham
observed
that
the
first
statute
conferring
this
power
had
been
framed
by
Lord
Somers.
It
had
been
continued
ever
since
by
various
Acts,
and
had
been
exercised
by
Sir
Robert
Walpole,
Lord
Grenville,
and
Mr.
Fox,
as
well
as
under
the
administrations
of
Lord
Grey
and
Lord
Melbourne.
If
Lord
Campbell's
construction
of
the
Act
were
correct,
the
sooner
they
had
a
new
one
the
better.
Lord
Denman
was
for
putting
an
end
to
the
power
altogether.
The
return
was
granted,
the
Duke
of
Wellington
approving
the
Home
Secretary's
conduct
notwithstanding.
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