[64] “The custom of two religious societies for which he printed.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.
[65] “November 5th.—Told the Postmaster-General of anonymous letters which I had received, charging —— and —— with encouraging the opposition in the office. He says he has received a letter, not anonymous, making similar charges.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.
“It is a notable fact that, while so much has been said by the London merchants and bankers against a delivery in London where their places of business are, of course, closed, not a word has been said against a delivery in the suburbs where they live.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.
[68] See “Report of Select Committee on Postage, 1843,” p. 35.
[69] One or two anecdotes are still preserved in the Post Office of these meetings with the Surveyors. On one occasion Sir Rowland Hill had noticed a certain disposition to insubordination on the part of some of these gentlemen. “He rebuked them by reminding them that, according to the conventional conclusion of his letter, he was their obedient servant, ‘whereas—I am nothing of the sort.’” On another occasion, when talking of a certain able official who was rather a bore, he said, “he is an excellent officer—at Edinburgh.”—Ed.
[70] On January 10th of the next year there is the following entry in Sir R. Hill’s Journal:—
“This being the tenth anniversary of the adoption of Penny Postage, we had a family party to celebrate the event. My poor sister, however, was too much affected by the consideration that it would be the last meeting of the kind before her departure with her family for South Australia; and I fear the same consideration affected the spirits of all.”—Ed.
[71] Parliamentary Return, 1850, No. 185.