AN
ADVERTISEMENT
On
the
behalf
of
William
Dockwra
,
Mercht
.
Concerning
the
PENNY-POST
.
WHereas
the
said
Dockwra
did
above
Nine
Years
since
at
his
Sole
Charge
,
first
set
up
,
that
New
and
Useful
Invention
of
the
Penny-Post
,
so
universally
approved
,
and
well
known
to
be
a
Great
and
Publick
good
.
He
was
most
unjustly
deprived
thereof
,
by
the
Power
of
the
late
King
James
,
when
Duke
of
York
,
under
Colour
of
Law
,
and
kept
out
of
Possession
in
the
late
Reigns
,
without
any
manner
of
Reparation
to
this
Day
;
as
appears
more
fully
by
his
Case
lately
Printed
.
Therefore
finding
himself
obliged
,
for
Vindication
of
his
just
rights
,
and
in
order
to
the
Reparation
of
his
great
damages
;
to
make
Address
to
the
Parliament
for
Relief
,
he
did
accordingly
exhibit
his
humble
Petition
,
to
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
and
upon
Reading
of
the
same
there
,
it
was
Unanimously
referr'd
to
the
Commitee
of
the
whole
House
,
for
considering
the
Publick
Revenue
.
Soon
after
,
some
Unnamed
Person
,
did
Print
,
and
Disperse
a
Paper
,
which
he
call'd
;
An
answer
to
Mr.
Dockwra's
Case
concerning
the
Penny-Post
:
wherein
,
by
citeing
Part
only
of
the
Post-Office
Statute
,
and
asserting
several
untruths
,
and
by
frameing
a
Tryfling
Parallel
,
between
the
General
and
Penny-Post
(
but
leaving
out
the
Ma●terial
,
and
E●…
ential
Parts
of
the
Practice
,
wherein
they
are
utterly
disagreeable
and
inconsistent
)
he
put
the
whole
Case
in
a
False
Light
,
and
as
much
as
in
him
lay
,
used
his
Talent
towards
the
justifying
of
those
Illegal
and
Arbitrary
Proceedings
,
under
which
the
said
Dockwra
with
his
Family
of
a
Wife
,
and
Eight
Children
,
have
been
so
many
Years
oppressed
.
The
Design
of
which
Paper
,
bespeaking
the
Author
,
to
be
a
Man
of
as
little
Sense
,
as
good
Principles
.
The
said
Dockwra
is
well
satisfied
the
present
Governour
of
the
General-Post-Office
,
had
no
hand
therein
;
as
knowing
his
Abilities
too
great
,
and
(
believing
his
Ingenuity
and
Justice
)
to
be
far
above
thoughts
so
low
,
and
attempts
so
malicious
.
Now
whereas
the
said
Dockwra
,
had
prepared
a
Reply
to
that
pretended
Answer
,
which
he
had
by
him
ready
to
wash
off
the
Varnish
of
that
Officious
Undertaker
,
and
solidly
to
Evince
to
the
Parliament
his
Legal
Title
to
this
New
Invention
(
never
known
or
practised
in
the
World
before
)
and
to
expose
the
wicked
Practices
that
were
made
use
of
to
Divest
him
thereof
,
(
after
he
had
spent
so
many
Years
time
,
and
so
many
Thousand
Pounds
just
to
bring
the
Penny-Post
to
Perfection
)
and
having
Dutifully
attended
the
House
of
Commons
to
that
End.
The
Parliament
adjourned
,
before
the
Revenue
was
settled
;
so
that
the
said
Dockwra's
Case
came
not
on
to
a
Hearing
this
Session
,
for
which
Reason
,
he
did
not
think
fit
to
Print
his
Reply
.
But
finding
since
the
Adjournment
of
the
Parliament
,
the
same
sort
of
Papers
have
been
thrown
into
Coffee-houses
and
other
Places
,
and
Care
taken
,
Industriously
to
spread
false
reports
about
Town
,
concerning
the
Issue
of
the
said
Dockwra's
Petition
,
which
may
beget
undue
Impressions
.
The
said
Dockwra
thinks
it
Incumbent
upon
him
,
to
Advertise
the
Publick
hereby
,
that
he
has
not
met
with
any
sort
of
Discouragement
from
the
Parliament
in
his
Application
to
them
for
Relief
:
But
on
the
contrary
,
hath
found
an
Honourable
and
Universal
Countenance
therein
,
and
doubts
not
(
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
Parliament
)
but
that
he
shall
receive
from
their
great
Wisdom
and
Justice
,
such
Genero●s
Reparation
for
his
Sufferings
,
and
such
due
Reward
for
the
Publick
Service
he
hath
done
his
Countrey
●…
s
will
be
not
only
to
his
intire
satisfaction
,
but
to
their
Eternal
Honour
.