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Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny :£ Ou^^at^^^^cr^^i^^^^:^ : ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION OF TlIK M WWAIE OF Uliiifoiin Jiilanb PENNY lM)STA(iE \T THK VENETIAN CHAMBER. HOLBORN RESTAURANT AT THE HUlLDHALL AT THE MUSEUM OF S(IEN( E AND ART, SOUTH KENSINGTON Darioue Cown^ an5 liillatics tbrcii{]bcut tbc Unite? Ixinci^om 1840— 1890 ILLUSTRATED WITH POJITRAITS ASD SKETCHES LONDON PRINTED FOR THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION COMMITTEE GENERAL POST-OFFICE ISUl Richard Clav and Sons, Lihitkd. london and bcngay. IbdO. lpo»tma6tcr-(3cneral. The Right Hun. HEXRY CECIL RAJKES, M.P. Secretary of tbe poet-Office. SIR AUTHUR BLACKWOOD, K.C.B. ^Financial Secretary. ALGERNON' TURXOR, E.sy., C.B. ZlbirJ) Secretary. HENRY JOYCE, Esq., C.B. H36i6tant Secretaries. F. E. I'.AINES, Esq., C.B. E. H. REA, Esq., C.M.G. | .T. C. LAMB, Esq., C.M.G. Committee of /iRaiiacjement. F. E. BAINES, E.vi., C.B., Chainaaii. CoLONEi, .T. J. CARDIX. Colonel S, RAFFLES THOMPSON I W. H. PREECE, E.<Q.. F.RS. I R. C. TOMBS, E.sq. W. <;. CATES, Esq. •) E.sq. SYDNEY BECKLEY, | Honorary n. Secretaries. A. AITKEN, Esq. [ ' S. WII-SON, Esq. SUBCOMMITTEES TO ARRANGE Foi; riiF. POST-OFFICE JUBILEE CONVERSAZIONE AT HIE SOUTH KENSINdTON MUSEUM, On thk 2Nn of .IL'LY, 1890. CLOAK ROOM:— ANGELL, T. W. ARDROX, J. C. A. AITKEN, HADCOCK, J. C. Secretary. BUNDY, C. H. ENTERTAINMENTS CHAMDUE, A. E. HILL, PEARSON. W. G. GATES, NOP.>=^, E. Secretary. I'AMPHILON, A. MUSIC BECKLEY, SYDNEY HALL, C. S. SYDNEY BECKLEY SEALY, A. Secretary. WINTER, E. REFRESHMENTS BADCOCK, H. LANG, C. D. S. WILSON, WIGHT, J. F. Sfrvtarii. YELD, E. LADIES' COMMITTEES- BROWN, MISS MISS GUNSTON. SAUL, MISS Secretary. SMITH, MISS C()x\TENTS. INTRODrf'TION. The Jrnii.EE Yeak 1 1" A Bkief Ai cot'NT OF the Post-Offick . Some Reminiscences 33 The JriJii.EE of the Pennv Post, from "Punch" . i~ To THE Honoured Memoky of Sir Rowland Hill (Poem) ... 44 THE PENNY POSTAOE JUBILEE DINNER 47 THE CONVERSAZIONE AT THE GUILDHALL. ^3 Cataloove of Articles Exhibited at Guildhall . Instructions for Postal Duty at Guildhall 115 Rei'okt of the Controller of the London Postal Ski;vke . 122 Report of the Electrician 130 Extracts from Rei-ort of Penny Post Jubilee Committee appointed by the Corporation 135 " Account of Guildhall Conversazione, from "City Prf>s . 146 Collection of Historical Exhibits at the Conversazione . 165 The (iuiLDHALL Conversazione, from "Punch" 1S8 THE CONVERSAZIONE AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. Pro<;ramme of the Conversazione at Sovih Kensington U*1 Instructions for Postal Duty at Suuth KESsiNirroN li'"^ Kei'of.t of the Controller of the London Postal Service . 209 Report of the Entertain.ments Co.mmittee 219 Account of South Kensington Conversazione, from the .' "Times" and the "Daily Telegraph" . 221 Teleura.ms from Foreign Countries and Colonies Received at South Kensington 230 viii CONTENTS. CELEBKATIONS OF THE JUBILEE IN THE PROVINCES. PAGE Provinoial Abstract . of Reports from and Loxdon Offices . 235 Extracts from Typical Reports from London Offices .... 244 ,, ,, , ,, Provincial Offices . 247 ,, ,, ,, ,. Scotland 274 ,, ,, ,, ,, Ireland 279 THE POSTMASTERS' BREAKFAST 285 ROWLAND HILL MEMORIAL AND BENEVOLENT FUND. Meeting at the Mansion House 291 List of Subscriptions to the Fund 308 APPENDIX. Chrlstmas, 1890 319 H LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Sir RowLANii Hill. K.C. Frontispiece. Sir Rowland Hill's BiuTHi'LArE, Kiddekminstek 12 A Travelling Post-Office 17 The Brighton Parcel Coach 25 Loading the Brighton Parcel Coach 37 Frederic Hill, Esy . .41 F'08TMEN'.S UNIFfJRM.S DURING THE LA.^T FlFlY YeAKS 87 '.04 The Mulready Envelope, 1840 . The Guildhall Jubilee Post-Cari' 124 TELEGUArHS AT CiflLDHALI 131 " The "City I'ress Wire at Giildhall , . 160 A P0.ST-OFFICE IN 1790 168 The South Kensington Jubilee Envelope 211 The South Ken.sington Jubilee Correspondence CaiwD . 213 Facsimile ok Manuscript by Sir Rowland Hill (o/ucc 14 The Rkjht Hon. Henry ('ecil Kaikes, M.P. (Post master- General) ., i' Ex-Postmaster.s-General : His Grace The Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T. lo/ao. 50 The Right Hon. The MARycis of Haktington, M.P. „ 52 The Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., M.P. ,, 56 His Grace The Duke of Rutland, K.G ,, 60 The L.\te Right Hon. Henry Fawcetp, M.P ,, 70 The Right Hon. (!. J. Shaw Lefevre, M.P 74 The Late Lord Wolverton ., 80 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Sir James "Whitehead, Baet to face 83 Sir Arthur Blackwood, K. C.B. (Seeretar}' of the Post Office) . ,, 147 The Post-Office Committee ,, 191 F. E. Baines, Esq., C.B. (Chairman). S. Raffles Thompson, Esq. James J. Cardin, Esq. R. C. Tombs, Esq. "\V. H. Preece. Esq., F.R.S. Hon. Secretaries to Committee to face 192 Walter G. Gates, Esq. Sydney Beckley, Esq. G. A. AiTKEN, Esq. S. Wilson, Esq. Frederic Hill, Esq to face 288 Date Stamps Used at Guildhall and at South Kensington ., 218 TNTRODUCTrON CELEBRATION OF THE JUBILEE OP INLAND UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE, THE JUBILEE YEAR, 1890. In 1880 a general feeling was expressed that the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of Uniform Penny Postage in this country ought not to be allowed to pass without some indication of the feelings which must actuate all who look back to the great reform introduced in 1840, and consider what has since been done. A committee was accordingly formed to make the necessary arrangements, and it was resolved that, in the first place, officers of the Post-Office should meet together at dinner at the Holborn Restaurant. The Penny Postage Jubilee Dinner on January 15 was most successful. Nearly 300 gentlemen were present, including Mr. Raikes, the Postmaster-General, and all the higher officials of the Department, as well as Sir Lyon Plavfair and Mr. Shaw- Lefevre, who have held the office of Postmaster-General, Sir John Tilley, late Secretary of the Post-Office, Mr. Pearson Hill, son of Sir Rowland Hill, and others no longer in the service. A full report of the interesting speeches will be found below. But still greater things were to come. The Corporation of the City of London, anxious to celebrate in a fitting manner the Jubilee of Penny Postage, askeil the Post-Office to co- operate in arranging for an important conversazione at the B 2 JUBILEE OF PENNY POSTAGE. Guildhall. The invitation met with a ready response, and by the 16th of May, the date of the conversazione, the Guildhall and its approaches had undergone the strangest of metamorphoses. The great hall contained a fully-equipped post-office of to-day, and the representation of a post-office of 1790, while in an enclosure visitors were able to see how letters, papers, and parcels are sorted and made up into despatches in the Post- Office. At the other end of the room telegraphic apparatus of all descriptions was exhibited, and communication was established with cities as distant as Paris and Berlin. The Art Galleries were used for the exhibition of models of travel- ling post-offices, mail steamers, &c., and of a large and valuable exhibition of jDictures, books, stamps, letters, State papers, and every description of curiosity illustrating the history of the Post-Office. Excellent musical arrangements were made, and Mr. Sydney Beckley, who conducted, has found in the choir gathered together for this temporary purpose the nucleus of what promises to be a successful Post-Office Musical Society. The Lord Mayor and the members of the Corporation were, it is needless to say, excellent hosts, and all the visitors, including the Prince of Wales, who honoured the occasion with his presence, were much interested in the numerous attractions provided. The Exhibition was kept open on the 17th and 19th of May, and musical entertainments were given on each day. Full accounts of the jDroceedings, from various points of view, are given below. If it had been practicable to keep the collections together for a month, the rooms would no doubt have been crowded to the end. Some of the objects of interest were sent on to the Exhibition of the London Philatelic Society, held in the Portman Rooms later in the month, while many of the valuable stamps shown there had been forwarded from the International Postage Stani}) Exhibition, held in Vienna in April. The proceedings connected with the celebration promoted by the Corporation Avere brought to a pleasant conclusion by a dinner at the Albion Tavern, under the presidency of Alderman Sir James Whitehead, Bart., at which the Postmaster- THE JUBILEE YEAR, 1800. 3 General aud the principal officers of the Department were present. The official celebration of the Jubilee of Penny Postage took the form of a grand conversazione at the South Kensington Museum, when a gathering of nearly 4,000 persons filled the courts and galleries of the beautiful building. The Committee, in arranging for this gathering, had a double object in view, for they wished not only to mark in a fitting manner the Jubilee of a great reform, but to increase, so far as might be, the Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund, which has for its object the giving of relief to Post-Office servants, before or after retirement, who, through no fault of their own, have fallen into necessitous circumstances, or to their widow^s and orphans. Her Majesty the Queen, having graciously consented to become the Patron of the Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund, extended her patronage to the conversazione, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh consented to be President. The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council kindly lent the Museum for the occasion, and the Postmaster-General having agreed that, as far as possible, the 2nd of July should be a general holiday in the Post-Office, application was made to the railway companies, who generously issued tickets to Post-Office servants and their families, available for a week, at charges for the double journev, which in no case exceeded the single fare.
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