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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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[189]
Only
one
instance
is
on
record
of
any
violent
and
wilful
attempt
to
damage
a
pillar
letter-box.
This
is
the
more
wonderful
as
the
temptation
to
lift
the
lid
and
contribute
articles
not
contemplated
by
our
postage-system
must
naturally
be
strong
in
the
eyes
of
our
City
Arabs.
A
singular
accident
befell
one
of
these
letter-boxes
(1862)
in
Montrose.
A
quantity
of
gas
from
the
street
pipes
seems
to
have
got
into
the
box,
and
a
night-watchman
to
have
ignited
it
by
striking
a
match
on
the
top
in
order
to
light
his
pipe.
The
top
was
blown
off
and
the
pillar-box
hopelessly
damaged,
although
the
watchman
and
the
letters
escaped
without
injury.
[190]
The
following
announcement
from
the
postmaster
of
Manchester,
as
given
in
a
bill
dated
1721,
contrasts
strangely
with
the
latitude
allowed
now.
"The
post
goes
out
to
London,"
says
he,
"on
Monday,
Wednesday,
and
Saturday,
at
nine
o'clock
in
the
morning.
It
will
be
best
to
bring
the
letters
the
night
before
the
going
out
of
the
post,
because
the
accounts
and
baggs
are
usually
made
up
over-night."
In
these
days,
when
we
may
post
up
to
within
five
minutes
of
the
despatch
of
a
mail,
and
letters
for
America
may
be
posted
within
ten
minutes
of
the
sailing
of
the
packet,
we
cannot
be
too
thankful
for
our
privileges.
[191]
This
arrangement
does
not
apply
to
foreign
letters
coming
to
or
going
out
of
this
country.
[192]
The
number
of
registered
letters
last
year
was
over
two
millions,
or
one
registered
letter
to
about
three
hundred
ordinary
letters.
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