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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
219
Any
loss,
however,
which
the
railways
might
experience
in
this
respect
was
more
than
counterbalanced
when
the
Executive
abolished
the
compulsory
impressed
stamp
on
newspapers,
this
arrangement
giving
rise
to
a
conveyance
of
newspaper-parcels
by
railway-trains
to
an
enormous
extent,
and
proportionately
lessening
the
work
and
profits
of
the
Post-Office.
The
year
1849
is
principally
remarkable
for
the
agitation
which
existed
with
respect
to
Sunday
labour
at
the
General
Post-Office.
Previous
to
this
year
no
work
was
allowed
in
the
London
establishment,
but
now
an
arrangement
was
proposed
to
receive
the
mails
as
on
other
days,
officers
attending,
though
not
during
the
period
of
Divine
service,
to
assort
and
dispose
of
the
letters
received.
Public
meetings
were
held
in
London
and
many
of
the
principal
towns
to
protest
against
any
increase
of
the
Post-Office
work.
Public
opinion
in
the
metropolis
was
pretty
unanimous
against
any
change;
in
the
provinces
it
was
more
divided.
The
authorities
gave
way
before
the
force
of
opinion,
and
the
London
office
has
remained
closed
ever
since
on
the
first
day
of
the
week.
In
the
country
different
arrangements
are
made.
In
Scotland,
and
in
one
or
two
English
towns,
no
letter-delivery
takes
place
from
house
to
house,
a
short
time
only
being
allowed
for
the
public
to
apply
for
their
letters
at
the
post-office
windows.
In
the
majority
of
English
towns
the
early
morning
delivery
only
is
made.
The
day-mails,
as
a
rule,
do
not
run
on
Sundays.
The
post-offices
in
the
major
part
of
our
English
and
Scotch
villages
are
entirely
closed
on
Sundays.
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