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 exceeding20...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.

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.

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.