I have now finished a task which I began with reluctance, and which I feel much relieved to have drawn to a close. A more agreeable duty remains to be performed: it is to express my sincere thanks for the kind support with which your Lordship has been pleased to honour my efforts.
I have, &c.,
Rowland Hill.
The Most Noble
The Marquis of Clanricarde,
&c., &c., &c.
[APPENDIX B.]
[See [p. 105.]]
Further letter to Postmaster-General (Lord Clanricarde).
Hampstead, August 13th, 1849.
My dear Lord,—Knowing how fully your lordship’s time and that of other ministers is occupied during the session of Parliament, I have hitherto refrained from again requesting attention to my letter of January 3rd, but now that a period of comparative leisure has arrived, I feel that I ought no longer to postpone the irksome task.