There are Three Deliveries within the Town by Letter Carriers, every day (except Sunday); the first delivery to commence about 8, a.m.; the second about 12; the third about 5, p.m. On Sundays, only the first, at 8, a.m.

When any delay occurs in the arrival of the Mails, a corresponding delay will, of course, occur in the delivery.

The office is closed on Sundays from 9, a.m., until 1.30, p.m., and finally at 8, p.m.

DESPATCH OF LETTERS.

The following are the hours at which the letter-box is closed for making up the several Mails, and at which each mail is despatched:—

Box closes at Despatched at
H. M. H. M.
First Grand Junction.—Bags made up for Warrington, Preston-Brook, Northwich, Middlewich, Nantwich, Congleton, Market Drayton, Stafford, Penkridge, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Birmingham; and on Tuesdays and Fridays a Foreign Bag to London. The postage of Foreign Letters can be paid from 5.30 to 6 a.m., and up to 9 o’clock the previous evening. 6.0 a.m. 6.20 a.m.
First Manchester Mail.—Bags for Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Leeds, and York. 6.30 a.m. 6.50 a.m.
Chester Mail.—For Neston, Parkgate, and Chester. 7.30 a.m. 8.05 a.m.
Lancaster Mail.—For Maghull, Ormskirk and Southport. 8.0 a.m. 8.15 a.m.
Second Manchester Mail.—A bag for Prescot, and (per Railway to Newton) bags for Newton, Wigan, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Manchester. 8.30 a.m. 8.50 a.m.
Second Grand Junction.—Bags for Warrington, Stafford, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham. 11.0 a.m. 11.20 a.m.
Third Manchester Mail.—Blackburn, Colne, Bury, and Manchester. 11.30 a.m. 11.50 a.m.
Penny Posts.—For Birkenhead, Upton, Seacombe, New Brighton, Crosby, Bootle, Walton, West Derby, Old Swan, Woolton, and Wavertree. 11.0 a.m. 12.45 p.m.
Fourth Manchester Mail.—Manchester. 1.30 p.m. 1.50 p.m.
Third Grand Junction.—Bags for Prescot, Warrington, Preston-Brook, Northwich, Middlewich, Nantwich, Newcastle, Eccleshall, Stone, Stafford, Penkridge, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Towcester, Northampton, London, and Bristol; and letters for Portugal, North and South America, and the West Indies. The letters for London sent by this despatch will be included in the first delivery there the following morning. 1.45 p.m. 3.20 p.m.
Carlisle Mail.—For Ormskirk, Preston, Chorley, Bury, Blackburn, Haslingden, Lancaster, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and all Scotland. 4.0 p.m. 4.30 p.m.
Fifth Manchester and the York Mails.—For Manchester, Rochdale, and the Counties of York, Lincoln, and Durham (per Railway). 4.0 p.m. 4.50 p.m.
Bristol Mail.—Chester, South Wales, and Bristol. 4.0 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
Dublin Mail Packet.—For Ireland. 4.30 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
Bolton Mail.—For Bolton. 4.30 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
Holyhead Mail.—For Birkenhead, New Ferry, Eastham, Chester, North Wales. 6.30 p.m. 6.0 p.m.
Fourth Grand Junction.—Bags for Manchester, Warrington, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and London. The letters for London sent by this despatch will be delivered there about 11 a.m. 6.0 p.m. 6.20 p.m.

India.—Letters to and from the East Indies are regularly forwarded by ships. The postage must be paid when posted.

The Rate outward is two-pence per package under three ounces, and one shilling per ounce above that weight.

Letters conveyed outward in sealed bags, are charged with 8d., single, if sent by ship from the port at which they are posted; but if sent from any inland town, or to another port, 1s., which must be paid when posted.

Foreign Letters.—No letters for Foreign parts, except British America, the British West India Islands, and France, can be forwarded, unless postage be first paid; in default, they are sent to the General Post Office, London, opened, and returned back to the writers.