The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

INLAND BOOK POST.

OINZILAL POST OIPICI, JONI, 1855.
On and from the 11th instant, the regulations of
the inland book post will be as follows, vie.:
1 1. Postage rates—for a packet, not exceeding 4 ounces,
Id.; ditto, exceeding 4 ounces' and not exceeding 8 ounces,
2d. ; ditto, exceeding 8 ounces and not exceeding 16 011000 P,
44.; ditto, exceeding 1 lb. and not exceeding I} lb., 6d.;
and so on, 2d. being charged/or every additional haltpound
or an less weight.
2. The postage must be prepaid in full by means of post-
age stamps sexed outside the pocket or its cover.
3. Every packet must be sent either without a cover, or in
a weer open at the sada or sides.
4.1 f the postage paid on the packet amount to as much
as 4d., it may contain any number of separate books or
other publicauone, prints, or nape, and any quantity of
toict: parchment, or vellum (to the exclusion, however, of
whether sealed or open) ; and the books or other
641:1, pabilealisme, maps, sic., may be either printed,
wrillon. or , Of any mixture of the three. Further, all
**lmage , mounting, or covering of a book, publi-
in., sr of a portionthereof, will be allowed, whether
seek , &0., be loose or attached, as also rollers in
the Nee ef prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or
otherwise) in the ease of books, and, in short, whatever is
nimemary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic
matter, or usually appertains thereto.
5. Bat, if the pottage paid be less than 4d. the packet
must consist exclusively of ?rioted matter, without restrie-
doe, however, either as to the number of publications or
separate sheets, or as to whether they are bound or tut-
bound.

6. A book packet, whatever may be the postage paid
thereon, most not contain any letter, closed or open, or any
enelosuie sealed or otherwise closed egainst inspeetion, nor
must there he any letter, or any communication of the
nature of a letter, written or printed in any such packet or
on Weaver.

book packet sea be received, if it mimes 2 fest in
length, width, or depth.
8. Any packet which shall not be open at the side or
side', or shall have any letter, or any communisation of the
' nature of a letter, written or printea in it or upon its cover,
will be charged with the " unpaid " or double letter
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a packet be found to contain any letter, whether
closed or open, or any enclosure sealed or otherwise cloud
against inspection, or any other unauthoriaed enclosure,
the letter sr endatiare will be taken cut and forwarded to
the address on the packet, charged with fall postage as an
unpaid letter, together with an additional rate of 4d. ; and
the remainder of the packet, if duly prepaid with stamps,
will then be forwarded to its address.
10. If a packet be not sufileieatly prepaid with stamps,
but nevertheless bear a stamp of the vales of one penny, it
will be forwarded charged with the deficient book postage,
together with an additional rate of four pence; but any
packet which shall bear no postage stamp will be 'bargee
with the "unpaid" or double letter postage, according to
its weight.
11. In every sass in which the postage charged upon •
packet under these regulations would be greater than the
otter rate, the latter postage must be substituted.
14. These regulations will not interfere with the privi
,es allowed to votes and proosedinp et parliament, or
with those allowed to newspapers and other periodical pub-
lications, when duly stamped with an appropriated die, sad
posted in accordance with the regulations applicable to such
privileged paid/otiose.
13. To peewit obstacles to the regular transmission of
bitten, any eisur of the Post.odloe may, when aeceesary,
detain a book whet for a period not exceeding twenty.
four hams beyond the time when it would otherwise be
forwarded.

14. The head postmaster, who first receives a book
=:llet. whenever he has ground for suspecting an
Keay of the above coaditiess, and oussienally
eves when *me is no ground for suspicion, open and
ennuis dm whet ; and every book packet which shall
not be apes site soda or sides, or shall exceed two feet in
*gay width, or depth, or shall have any letter or any
emsmeneation of the nature of • letter written or printed
is Meng* l sour, or skill bear no postage stamp, must
besot win es little delay as possible, to the Dead
is Loudon, Edinburgh, or Dublin, u the ease
slag be ; bells the event of any other infringement of the
mapiallun the packet must be dealt with by the Post-
s** himself, as laid down is paragraph No. 9, and In the
fiat part of No. 10. ROWIAND liu r, Sec.

Tax DANuss.—A letter from Bucharest of the 31st
espislas the tame of the late mime of vessels on the
Dub, by the Raisins, mentioned a few days minor, to be,
that ppm were found on board which proved that the ar-
gon of earn were handed for London. General Ludas has
net an yet given any decision in the matter.
COMMIMICATION WITH TEI FAIT.
eadaa —Tbsc of Turin of the 31st states that it is in
oesseet Belaklava with 8a5epe........
these el Oiespro. With this view, the
Um bottom Im Bpossia and Cagliari is to Ins eas=l;
• salmsrissetdrie with Melts, Gallipoli, and Oesseeasimple,
the Mit assumsaisating with Varna by empeaded wires.
Tin BiIiILINTIELD DOCK% —At the monthly
msellsi of the Itverpool Town Council. held yestesday, the
elisions el the Masse Osinittse, Mr. Hugh &ruby,
motel till OM sari ef Tads hail made a report to the
Oammtillse et Me Muss et Chommeas, in reforest* to the
sibs( Itosopesi bills. That report had
nanalcal. Mai • Was beta the Maps, James
MOW Si. at
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