A LIST OF MAIL COACHES,

Which set out on the Week-days at Eight, and on Sundays at Six o’Clock in the Evening.

  1. Bath and Bristol, continued to Exeter, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  2. Barton, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street.
  3. Boston, from Bell and Crown, Holborn.
  4. Brighton, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross.
  5. Cambridge, every night, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, to St. Ives and Wisbeach, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and White Horse, Fetter Lane.
  6. Carlisle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, from Bull and Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street.
  7. Chester and Holyhead, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross.
  8. Carmarthen, Milford Haven, and Huberstone, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  9. Dover, from Angel, behind St. Clement’s.
  10. Exeter and Falmouth, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  11. Edinburgh, from Bull and Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street.
  12. Gloucester, Carmarthen, and Milford, from the Angel, behind St. Clement’s Church, and Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly.
  13. Holyhead, from the Bull and Mouth, through Birmingham and Shrewsbury.
  14. Harwich, from Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street.
  15. Hull, from Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street.
  16. Leeds, from Bull and Mouth.
  17. Liverpool, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  18. Manchester and Carlisle, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  19. Norwich, by Ipswich, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  20. Norwich, by Newmarket, from Swan, Lad Lane, and Golden Cross, Charing Cross.
  21. Oxford, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Angel, behind St. Clement’s.
  22. Portsmouth, from Angel, behind St. Clement’s.
  23. Plymouth and Falmouth, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  24. Southampton and Poole, from Bell and Crown, Holborn.
  25. Shrewsbury, Birmingham, Kidderminster, and Bewdley, from Bull and Mouth.
  26. Swansea and Neath, from Swan, Lad Lane.
  27. Worcester and Ludlow, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Bull and Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street.
  28. Yarmouth, from White Horse, Fetter Lane.
  29. York, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Inverness, from Bull and Mouth.
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TWO-PENNY POST.

There are Two Principal Post Offices, one in the General Post-Office Yard, Lombard-street, and the other in Gerrard-street, Soho. There are, besides, numerous Receiving Houses for Letters, both in Town and Country.

There are SIX Collections and Deliveries of Letters, in Town daily, (Sundays excepted) and there are two Dispatches from and Three Deliveries at most places in the Country, within the Limits of this Office.

The Hours by which Letters should be put into the Receiving Houses in Town, for each delivery, are as follow:

FOR DELIVERY IN TOWN.
Delivery.
Over Night by .........  8 o’Clock for the First
Morning ...............  8 ............... Second 
....................... 10 ............... Third
....................... 12 ............... Fourth
Afternoon .............  2 ............... Fifth
.......................  5 ............... Sixth
 
FOR DELIVERY IN THE COUNTRY.
Delivery.
The preceding Evening by  5 o’Clock for the First
Morning ................  8 ............... Second 
Afternoon ..............  2 ............... Third

But Letters, whether in Town or Country, may be put in at either of the Two Principal Offices, an Hour later for each Dispatch.

Letters put in on Saturday Evening are delivered in the Country on Sunday Morning.

The date Stamp, or, if there are Two, that having the latest Hour, shews also the Time of Day by which the Letters were dispatched for Delivery from the Principal Offices.

The Postage of a Letter from one part of the Town to another, both being within the Delivery of the General Post Office, is Two pence; and to and from parts beyond that Delivery, Three pence; and the Postage of this Office on each Letter passing to or from the General or Foreign Post-Offices, is Two pence.

The Two-penny Postage of all Letters, such as are for Parts out of His Majesty’s Dominions excepted, may or may not be paid at putting in, at the option of the senders.

No Two-penny Post Letter must weigh more than Four Ounces.

The Delivery of this Office extends to the following and intermediate Places; viz.:—

In  KENT—Woolwich; Plumstead; Shooter’s Hill; Eltham; Mottingham; South End; Lewisham; Beckenham; and Sydenham.

In  SURREY—Croydon; Beddington; Carshalton; Mitcham; Morden; Merton; Wimbledon; Ham; Petersham; and Richmond.

In  MIDDLESEX and HERTS—Twickenham; Teddington; Hampton; Hampton-Court; Hampton-Wick; Sunbury; Whitton; Isleworth; Brentford; Ealing; Hamwell; Wembly; Willsdon; Kingsbury; The Hyde; Mill-Hill; Highwood-Hill; Totteridge; Whetstone; Friern-Barnet; East-Barnet; Southgate; Winchmore-Hill; and Enfield.

In  ESSEX—Chingford; Sewardstone; High-Beach; Loughton; Chigwell and Row; Wanstead; Ilford; and Barking.

Cash, in Gold or Silver, or other articles of Value enclosed in Letters (Notes or Drafts for Money excepted) to be mentioned to the Office-keeper at putting in; but it is recommended that Bank Notes, or others payable to Bearer, be cut in half and sent at twice, the Second Part not to be sent till the Receipt of the First is acknowledged. This Office however is not liable to make good the loss of any Property sent by Post.

It is earnestly requested that Persons receiving Letters will not detain the Letter-Carriers at their doors longer than can be avoided.

Letters for this Delivery are frequently by mistake put into the General Post, by which they are unavoidably delayed; It is therefore recommended that they be put into the Two-penny Post Offices or Receiving Houses, in order that they may be regularly forwarded by their proper conveyance.

Bye-post.  A Bye Post is established on each Road within the Country-Delivery of this Office, by which Letter are transmitted from one part to another of the same district, direct, and without coming to London.

Any irregularity in the Delivery of Letters, communicated to the Comptroller, will be duly attended to, and if the Covers bearing the date Stamp are produced they will assist materially in discovering where the fault lies.