Letters, to go the same day, must be put into the Post-offices at the
west end of the town before five, and at the General Post Office, in
Lombard Street, before seven o’clock; but those put into the General
Post Office before half-past seven, will go that evening, paying 6d.
with each.
The West-India and America packet is made up the first Wednesday
in every month; and the Leeward-Island packet, the first and third
Wednesday in every month.
The packet for Calais is made up every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday.
For Ostend, Holland, and Cuxhaven, every Tuesday and Friday.
For Sweden, every Friday. For Lisbon, every Tuesday. For the
Mediterranean and the Brazils, first Tuesday in every month.
For Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, the first Tuesday in each month. For
Madeira and Brazils, ditto.
All foreign letters must be paid for, except those for the British
West Indies.
A clerk regularly attends at the Money Order Office from nine o’clock
in the morning till six in the evening, and guarantees the safe
conveyance of any sum, payable at sight by the Deputy Post Masters in
the country, Edinburgh, or Dublin; who will also receive any money,
and give an order at sight on the Money Order Office in London.
Allowances made for Surcharges from eleven to five o’clock.
N.B. Any person sending or conveying Letters, otherwise than by Post,
incurs a penalty of five pounds for every offence.
_Table of the Rates of Postage in Great Britain,
(From any Post Office in England or Wales)._
For any distance not exceeding 15 miles ... 4d.
Above 15, and not exceeding 20 ... 5d.
Above 20, ———— 30 ... 6d.
30, ———— 50 ... 7d.
50, ———— 80 ... 8d.
80, ———— 120 ... 9d.
120, ———— 170 ... 10d.
170, ———— 250 ... 11d.
250, ———— 300 ... 12d.
And so in proportion; the postage increasing progressively one penny
for a single letter for every excess of distance of 100 miles.
All double, treble, and other letters and packets whatever, pay in
proportion to the respective rates of single letters; but no letter
or packet to or from places within the kingdom of Great Britain,
together with the contents thereof, shall be charged more than as a
treble letter, unless the same shall weigh _an ounce_, in which case
it is to be rated as _four_ single letters, and so on in proportion
for every quarter of an ounce above that weight, reckoning each
quarter as a single letter.