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William Lewins
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LORD
STRICKLAND
said:
'When
the
report
was
made,
it
was
told
you
that
it
(the
Post-Office)
would
raise
a
revenue.
It
matters
not
what
reports
be
abroad,
nothing
can
more
assist
trade
and
commerce
than
this
intercourse.
Our
letters
pass
better
than
in
any
part
whatsoever.
In
France
and
Holland,
and
other
parts,
letters
are
often
laid
open
to
public
view,
as
occasion
is.'
SIR
CHRISTOPHER
PACK
was
also
of
opinion,
'That
the
design
of
the
bill
is
very
good
for
trading
and
commerce;
and
it
matters
not
what
is
said
abroad
about
it.
As
to
letters
passing
free
for
members,
it
is
not
worth
putting
in
any
act.'
COLONEL
SYDENHAM
said:
'I
move
that
it
may
be
committed
to
be
made
but
probationary;
it
being
never
a
law
before.'"
The
bill
was
referred
to
a
Committee,
and
subsequently
passed
nearly
unanimously.
[17]
Lord
Macaulay
states
that
there
was
an
exceptional
clause
in
this
act,
to
the
effect,
that
"if
a
traveller
had
waited
half
an
hour
without
being
supplied,
he
might
hire
a
horse
wherever
he
could."--History
of
England,
vol,
i.
[18]
Cobbett's
Parliamentary
History,
vol.
ix.
[19]
Macaulay's
History
of
England,
vol.
i.
pp.
387-8.
[20]
Under
William
and
Mary,
Docwray
was
allowed
a
pension,
differently
stated
by
different
authorities,
of
500l.
and
200l.
a
year.
[21]
Amongst
the
Post-Office
pensions
granted
in
subsequent
reigns,
Queen
Anne
gave
one,
in
1707,
to
the
Duke
of
Marlborough
and
his
heirs
of
5,000l.
The
heirs
of
the
Duke
of
Schomberg
were
paid
by
the
Post-Office
till
1856,
when
about
20,000l.
were
paid
to
redeem
a
fourth
part
of
the
pension,
the
burden
of
the
remaining
part
being
then
transferred
to
the
Consolidated
Fund.
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