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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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FOOTNOTES:
[10]
The
special
messenger
who
informed
James
of
Queen
Elizabeth's
death
accomplished
a
great
feat
in
those
days.
Sir
Robert
Carey
rode
post,
with
sealed
lips,
from
Richmond
in
Surrey
to
Edinburgh
in
less
than
three
days.
[11]
Notes
and
Queries,
1853.
[12]
This
instance,
showing
the
usage,
gives
us
an
insight
into
the
amount
of
control
under
which
these
public
servants
were
held.
Sir
Cornelius
was
in
the
bad
grace
of
the
people
of
the
district
through
which
he
had
to
pass,
on
account
of
being
a
foreigner;
so
at
Royston
Edward
Whitehead
refused
to
provide
any
horses,
and
on
being
told
he
should
answer
for
his
neglect,
replied,
"Tush!
Do
your
worst.
You
shall
have
none
of
my
horses,
in
spite
of
your
teeth."--Smiles.
[13]
Blackstone,
in
speaking
of
the
monopoly
in
letter
traffic,
states
that
it
is
a
"provision
which
is
absolutely
necessary,
for
nothing
but
an
exclusive
right
can
support
an
office
of
this
sort;
many
rival
independent
offices
would
only
serve
to
ruin
one
another."--Com.
vol.
i.
p.
324.
[14]
Journals
of
the
House
of
Commons,
1644.
[15]
Journals
of
the
House
of
Commons,
21st
March,
1649.
[16]
In
Burton's
Diary
of
the
Parliament
of
Cromwell,
an
account
is
given
of
the
third
reading
of
the
new
Act,
which
is
important
and
interesting
enough
to
be
here
partly
quoted.
"The
bill
being
brought
up
for
the
last
reading--
SIR
THOMAS
WROTH
said:
'This
bill
has
bred
much
talk
abroad
since
yesterday.
The
design
is
very
good
and
specious;
but
I
would
have
some
few
words
added
for
general
satisfaction:
to
know
how
the
monies
shall
be
disposed
of;
and
that
our
letters
should
pass
free
as
well
in
this
Parliament
as
formerly.'
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