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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
95
[49]
It
will
be
remembered
that
the
late
lamented
Prince
Consort
laid
the
foundation-stone
of
this
structure
in
1862,
being
the
last
occasion
on
which
he
assisted
at
any
public
ceremony.
For
further
information
of
the
Scotch
Office,
see
Mr.
Lang's
Historical
Summary
of
the
Post-Office
in
Scotland.
[50]
Appendix
to
Postmaster-General's
Third
Report,
supplied
by
Mr.
Anthony
Trollope,
then
one
of
the
Post-Office
Surveyors
for
Ireland.
CHAPTER
V.
PALMER
AND
THE
MAIL-COACH
ERA.
We
have
now
arrived
at
a
most
important
epoch
in
the
history
of
the
English
Post-Office.
Fifteen
years
after
the
death
of
Mr.
Allen,
John
Palmer,
one
of
the
greatest
of
the
early
post-reformers
rose
into
notice.
To
give
anything
approaching
to
a
proper
account
of
the
eminent
services
that
Palmer
rendered
towards
the
development
of
the
resources
of
the
Post-Office,
it
is
requisite
that
we
notice
the
improvements
which
had
been
made
up
to
his
time
in
the
internal
communications
of
the
country.
Trade
and
commerce,
more
than
ever
active,
were
the
means
of
opening
out
the
country
in
all
directions.
Civil
engineering
had
now
acquired
the
importance
and
dignity
of
a
profession.
This
was
the
age
of
Brindley
and
Smeaton,
Rennie
and
Telford,
Watt
and
Boulton.
Roads
were
being
made
in
even
the
comparatively
remote
districts
of
England;
bridges
were
built
in
all
parts
of
the
country;
the
Bridgewater
and
other
canals
were
opened
for
traffic,
whilst
many
more
were
laid
out.
And
what
is
perhaps
more
germane
to
our
special
subject,
many
improvements
were
apparent
in
the
means
of
conveyance
during
the
same
period.[51]
While,
on
the
one
hand,
the
ordinary
stage-coach
had
found
its
way
on
to
every
considerable
road,
and
was
still
equal
to
the
usual
requirements,
the
speed
at
which
it
travelled
did
not
at
all
satisfy
the
enterprising
merchants
of
Lancashire
and
Yorkshire.
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