dom of Great Britain, together with the contents thereof, fhall be charged more than as a treble letter, unless the fame shall weigh an ounce, when it is to be rated as four fingle letters, and fo in proportion for every quarter of an ounce above that weight, reckoning each quarter as a fingle letter.

8. Letters to all parts of Europe are dispatched from London every Tuefday and Friday, except those to Portugal, which are forwarded by the Lifbon mails on Tuesdays only.

9. Letters to the Weft-Indies and to North-America are difpatched from London the first Wednesday in every month.

10. No letter, under one ounce,,to be charged higher than as a treble letter.

11. All masters of veffels bringing letters from abroad, fhall deliver the fame (except in the cafe of quarentine) at the poft-office where they break bulk, for which the post-mafter shall receive 1 d. extra for each letter. 5 Geo. 3. C. 25, f. 3, 4.

12. Bills of exchange, written on the fame piece of paper with a letter, and feveral letters to feveral perfons, written on the fame piece of paper, fhall pay as fo many diftinct letters. 26 G. c. 21. f. 51.

13. Writs, and other proceedings at law, inclosed or written on the fame piece of paper with a letter, fhall pay as fo many diftin&t letters. 26 G. 2. c. 13. £ 6.

14. But merchants accompts not exceeding one fheet, bills of exchange, invoices, bills of lading (sent or brought over fea; 6 G. c. 21. f. 52), shall be allowed without rate in the price of the letters. 9.A Ann. c. 10. f. 13.

15. But patterns or famples of goods, or pieces of any thing, though not paper, inclofed in a letter, or affixed thereto, if under an ounce weight, fhall pay as a double letter. 26 G. 2. c. 13. f. 7.

16. No letters or packets fhall be exempted from poftage, except fuch as fhall be fent to the king; and fuch as not exceeding the weight of two ounces, fhall be fent during the fitting of parliament, or within 40 days before or after any fummons or prorogation,

which fhall be figned on the outfide thereof, by any member, and by whom the whole fuperfcription fhall be written; and also the name of the poft-town from which the fame is intended to be fent, and the day, month and year, when the fame fhall be put into the poft-office (the day of the month to be in words at length or directed to any member at the place where he hall actually be at the time of the delivery thereof, or at his ufual place of refidence in London, or at the lobby of the houfe of parliament of which he is a. member; or to the offices of the Treafury, Admiralty, War-office, General Poft-office, fecretaries of state, paymaster-general of the forces, clerk of the parliaments, clerk of the House of Commons; or upon his Majefty's fervice (indorfed by the proper officer).4 Geo. 3. c. 24. f. 1, 4. 5 Geo. 3. c. 25. f. 26. 25 Geo. 3.

17. Counterfeiting the fuperfcription of any letters to evade the poftage, is transportation for seven years. 25 Geo. 3.

18. Printed votes or proceedings in parliament, or printed newspapers fent without cover, or in covers open at the ends, figned on the outside by any member. of parliament, or directed to a member at any place, whereof he shall have given notice to the PoftmasterGeneral, shall be exempted from postage in England; 4 G. 3. c. 24. f. 5. and fhall pafs from Great Britain and Ireland at the rate of 1 d. only for each printed vote, proceeding in parliament, or newspaper. 25 Geo. 3.

19. If any person entrusted to take in letters and receive the poftage thereof, fhould embezzle the money, burn or destroy the letters, or advance the rates and not duly account for fuch advanced rates, he fhall be guilty of felony. 5 Geo. 3. c. 25. f. 19.

20. All fums not exceeding 5 1. due for postage may be recovered before juftices of the peace, in the fame manner as small tithes. 9 An. c. 10. f. 30.

21. All fums overcharged for letters will be returned at the Poft-Office, Lombard-ftreet. If on good terms with your poftman, he will get this done for you; on

this

this account it may not be impolitic to give him a shilling at Christmas.

22. Any complaint made of misconduct to the Secretary of the Poft-Office, by letter or otherwise, will be immediately attended to.

23. No one is obliged to receive a letter from the poftman, though directed to him, unless he thinks proper.

1.

HAS five principal offices; viz. the chief Pennypoft office in Throgmorton-ftreet; the Weftminfter, in Coventry-ftreet; St. Clements, in Blackmoor-ftreet, Clare-market; the Hermitage, in Queenreet, Little Tower-hill; the Southwark, St. Saviour's Church-yard, Borough.

2. Letters to be sent out of town muft be put into thefe offices before ten at night, to be forwarded by the first delivery the next day.

3. To prevent the frequent delays of Penny-poft letters, the public are requested to be particularly careful to fend them to the Penny-poft receiving-houses, from whence they are collected every four hours, and delivered four times a day to all parts of London; for when they are put by mistake into the General Poft-office, or the receiving-houses for general-poft letters, they cannot be collected till late in the evening, and befides the delay thereby, the penny which ought to have been paid with them muft of neceffity be charged to the perfons they are directed to.

4. Letters are much accelerated by being put in at any of the five principal offices, instead of the receiving-houses, from whence they must be collected and fent to thofe offices.

5. For the port of every letter or packet, paffing or repaffing within the cities of London or Weftminster, the Borough of Southwark and their fuburbs, (which letter or packet is not to exceed the weight of 4 ounces,

unlefs

unless coming from or paffing to the General-Poft) one penny upon putting in the fame, as also a penny upon the delivery of fuch as are directed to any place beyond the faid cities, borough, or fuburbs, within the district of the penny-poft delivery.

6. The triangular stamp on all Penny-poft letters fhews the day they are brought to one of these principal offices; and the round stamp the hour they are gi

ven to the letter carriers.

7. This poft carries parcels under four ounces to moft places within ten miles of London.

8. To expedite the delivery, it is advifeable to write on the outfide, the day of the week, and the hour the letter is put into the office.

9. If you fend any thing of value by the poft, it is proper that the perfon who delivers it at the office fhould be able to prove the contents; but the office has given the following directions concerning this matter. Unless letters containing things of value be left open, to be so carried to one of the five principal officês above-mentioned, there to be feen and entered, the letter-carrier will no ways be made answerable for their mifcarriage.

10. Those who send bank-notes by the post, are advifed by the post-office to cut them in two pieces, obliquely, fo as to have the words on the left, as below, in one piece, and thofe on the right in the other, and fend them at two different times, one half at one time and one at another, as a fecurity, in cafe the mail is robbed.

No. 5515.

I promife to pay to Mr. Abraham Newland, or bearer, on demand, the fum of TEN Pounds.

L. TEN.

Entd. J. Fleetwood.

London, May 5, 1786.
For the Gov. and Comp. of
the Bank of England,
J. GREENWAY.

In cafe of lofs the Bank will pay the money, on producing one half of the note.

11. With refpect to the Penny-poft, the public are defired to be very diftinct in their directions, particularly to lodgers, by mentioning their landlord's fign and

H

- name,

name, for want of which many cannot be delivered. And as a check on the letter-carrier, thofe that he returns after three days enquiry will be sent to the writer gratis, if their refidence can be discovered.

12. Nothing above four ounces will be conveyed by the penny-poft, except paffing to or from the general poft-office.

13. Those who wish to find perfons in London, not having their directions, may often find them out by enquiring at the poft-office among the letter-carriers, at the time the letters are delivered to them.

THE

MAIL COACHES.

HE following (exclufive of thofe on the cross post roads) are the Mail Coaches already established. 1. To Bath and Briftol, from the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane, and the Gloucefter Coffee-house, Piccadilly.

2. To Bath and Briftol, through Andover and Devizes, from ditto, ditto.

3. To Carlile, by way of Manchester, from the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane.

4. To Chefter and Holyhead, from ditto.

5. To Dover, from the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, and the Gloucefter Coffee-houfe, Piccadilly, to York Houfe, Dover.

6. To Exeter, through Salisbury, Blandford, and Dorchefter, from the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane, and the Gloucefter Coffee-houfe, Piccadilly.

7. To Exeter, through Marlborough, Devizes, Froom, Wells, Bridgewater and Taunton, from the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane.

8. To Gloucester, Swanfea, and Carmarthen, from the Angel Inn, behind St. Clement's Church, and the Gloucefter Coffee-houfe, Piccadilly.

9. To Hereford, Brecknock, Carmarthen, and Milford Haven, from ditto, ditto.