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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
232
The
postal
service
with
Ireland
being
considered
deficient,
so
much
so,
that
frequent
mention
was
made
of
the
subject
in
the
House
of
Commons,
a
new
and
special
service
was
brought
into
operation
on
the
1st
of
October,
1860.
Night
and
day
mail-trains
have,
on
and
from
that
date,
been
run
specially
from
Euston
Square
Station
to
Holyhead,
and
special
mail-steamers
employed,
at
enormous
expense,
to
cross
the
Channel.
Letter-sorting
is
carried
on
not
only
in
the
trains,
but
on
board
the
packets;
nearly
all
the
Post-Office
work,
including
the
preparation
of
the
letters
for
immediate
delivery
at
London
and
Dublin
respectively,
being
accomplished
on
the
journey
between
London
and
Dublin,
and
vice
versâ--a
journey
which
is
now
accomplished
in
about
twelve
hours.
By
means
of
this
new
service,
a
great
saving
of
time
is
also
effected
on
the
arrival
and
departure
of
most
of
the
American
and
Canadian
mails.
It
cannot
but
be
interesting
to
the
reader
who
may
have
followed
us
as
we
have
endeavoured
to
trace
the
progress
of
post
communication
in
this
country,
to
know
how
much
is
really
possible
under
the
improved
facilities
of
our
own
day.
A
better
instance
could
not
be
afforded
than
that
occurring
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
1862,
when
the
important
news
on
which
depended
peace
or
war
was
hourly
expected
from
the
United
States.
Before
the
packet
was
due,
the
Inspector-General
of
Mails
took
steps
to
expedite
the
new
Irish
mail
service,
to
the
greatest
possible
extent,
in
its
passage
from
Queenstown
to
London,
and
the
result
is
so
clearly
and
accurately
given
in
the
Times
of
the
8th
of
January,
1862,
that
we
cannot
do
better
than
quote
the
account
entire:--
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