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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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These
are
but
a
few
instances
of
the
robberies
against
which
the
guards
were
constantly
warned
to
be
on
the
alert,
and
which
they
were
enjoined
to
prevent.
They
were
provided
with
a
blunderbuss
and
a
brace
of
pistols,
to
make
a
good
defence
in
case
of
need;
and
it
may
be
interesting
to
recall
that
the
charge
for
the
former
was
ten
or
twelve
shot
the
size
of
a
pea,
and
two-thirds
of
such
charge
for
the
latter--the
quantity
of
lead
mentioned
being
sufficient,
one
would
suppose,
if
well
directed,
to
give
a
hot
welcome
to
any
one
attempting
the
mail.
But
the
guards
were
very
often
not
so
vigilant
as
they
should
have
been,
the
ale-houses
having
then
the
attractions
which
to
many
they
still
have:
sometimes
they
fell
asleep
on
their
boxes,
and
in
other
respects
wofully
infringed
the
regulations.
The
following
official
notice
plainly
shows
this:--
"I
am
very
sorry
to
be
under
the
necessity
of
addressing
the
mail-guards
on
such
a
subject;
but
though
every
direction
and
inspection
are
given
them,
and
they
are
fully
informed
of
the
punishments
that
must
follow
if
they
do
not
do
their
duty,
yet,
notwithstanding
this,
and
every
admonition
given
in
every
way
that
can
be
devised,
four
guards
that
were
looked
upon
as
very
good
ones,
have
in
the
course
of
last
week
been
guilty
of
such
misconduct
as
obliges
their
discharge--for
the
public,
who
trust
their
lives
and
property
in
the
conduct
of
the
office,
can
never
be
expected
to
suffer
such
neglect
to
pass
unnoticed.
The
four
guards
discharged
are
John
----,
for
having
his
mail-box
unlocked
at
Ferry-bridge
while
the
mail
was
therein;
Wm.
----,
for
going
to
the
office
at
York
drunk
to
fetch
his
mail,
though
barely
able
to
stand;
W.
----,
for
bringing
the
mail
on
the
outside
of
the
mail-box
and
on
the
roof,
and
converting
the
mail-box
to
another
use;
W.
----,
for
going
from
London
to
Newmarket
without
firearms."
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