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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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Exceptions
were
made,
however,
when
the
letters
were
addressed
to
places
to
which
the
King's
post
did
not
travel;
also,
in
the
case
of
common
known
carriers;
messengers
particularly
sent
express;
and
to
a
friend
carrying
a
letter
for
a
friend.
These
exceptions,
trifling
as
they
were,
were
withdrawn
from
time
to
time,
as
the
Post-Office
became
more
and
more
one
of
the
settled
institutions
of
the
country.
As
it
was,
the
prohibitory
clauses
caused
great
dissatisfaction
in
the
country.
The
middle
of
the
seventeenth
century
was
certainly
a
bad
time
for
introducing
a
measure
that
should
bear
any
appearance
of
a
stretch
of
the
royal
prerogative.
That
no
one
but
the
servants
of
the
King's
Postmaster
should
carry
private
letters
was
regarded
as
an
unwarrantable
interference
with
the
liberty
of
the
subject;
so
much
so,
that
in
1642
a
Committee
of
the
House
of
Commons
was
appointed
to
inquire
into
that
part
of
the
measure.
The
subject
was
also
frequently
mentioned
in
Parliament;
notwithstanding
which,
the
Government
strictly
adhered
to
the
clause.[13]
The
first
rates
of
postage
for
the
new
service
were
fixed
at
twopence,
for
a
single
letter,
for
any
distance
under
80
miles;
4d.
up
to
140
miles;
6d.
for
any
longer
distance
in
England;
and
8d.
to
any
place
in
Scotland.
Of
course
the
distances
were
all
reckoned
from
London.
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