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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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In
the
packet
service
deeds
of
devotion
have
been
done
in
the
way
of
duty,
as
has
been
the
case
on
occasions
in
the
land
service.
At
a
period
probably
about
1800,
a
Mr
Ramage,
an
officer
attached
to
the
Dublin
Post-office,
being
charged
with
a
Government
despatch,
to
be
placed
on
board
the
packet
in
the
Bay
of
Dublin,
found,
on
arriving
there,
that
the
captain,
contrary
to
orders,
had
put
to
sea.
Mr
Ramage,
being
unable
to
acquit
himself
of
his
duty
in
one
way,
undertook
it
in
another;
and
hiring
an
open
boat,
he
proceeded
to
Holyhead,
and
there
safely
landed
the
despatch.
Another
instance
is
related
in
connection
with
the
shipwreck
of
the
'Violet'
mail-packet
sailing
between
Ostend
and
Dover;
the
particulars
being
given
as
follows
in
the
Postmaster-General's
report
for
1856:--
"Mr
Mortleman,
the
officer
in
immediate
charge
of
the
mail-bags,
acted
on
the
occasion
with
a
presence
of
mind
and
forethought
which
reflect
honour
on
his
memory.
On
seeing
that
the
vessel
could
not
be
saved,
he
must
have
removed
the
cases
containing
the
mail-bags
from
the
hold,
and
so
have
placed
them
that
when
the
ship
went
down
they
might
float;
a
proceeding
which
ultimately
led
to
the
recovery
of
all
the
bags,
except
one
containing
despatches,
of
which,
from
their
nature,
it
was
possible
to
obtain
copies."
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