13 JULY 1839, Page 11

THE UNIFORM PENNY POST.

House of Commons, Friday 12th July.

Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. SPRING RICE present their compliments to the editor of the Spectator, and beg that lie will suggest to the public, as a sure means of defeating their juggle about the Penny Post and obtaining the adoption of Mr. Hrbes plan, this very simple process,— namely, that all friends of the Penny Post, old and young,—everybody, in short, who can write--should employ ten inimeo...s every day in directing blank letters to anybody at sonic distant place, and putting them into the post. These letters could not be distinguished from any others, but must lie carried to the places of their destination, where alone the hoax on St. Martin's-le-grand could lie discovered. The cost would be little, as the letters might be written on such scraps and remnants of paper as are generally wasted. In this way, supposing the people bent on their object, the labours of the Post-Office would be doubled, trebled, or quadl.upled, as well as time size of the mail-bags; not to mention the fun and confusion, and the ridiculous mmtification of all the Post-office authorities. It scans impossible to discover any means of defeating tine attack on St. Martin's-le-Grand, save one, which would be completely effectual : and that is, requiring payntent byhrehand—a main feature of the measure which it is flue object to obtain. in a word, resistance would lie out of the question.

The legality and nnwality of the ;let would be the same as that of the famous Clare election, the resist a n ce to tithes in Ireland, the re- fusal to pay Church-rates in England, and Lord FITZWILLIAM'S in- tended refusal to pay taxes if the Reform Bill had been withheld. So there are precedents enough to justify it. Mr. SPRING RICE and Sir Romma• Pt:Er, need scarcely say, that it has ever been their policy to re -ist the public wish as long as possible, and to yield to nothing but tsenpulsion. The Penny Post question gives them a fine opportunity of showing their consistency in this matter of resistance to public opinion. They intend to yield, when they can no longer resist, but not before. It is on account of their declared admiration of Mr. IIILL's plan, that they thus invite the editor of the Spectator to set the public upon extorting it from them. Consistency for ever !