The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-09 00:00:00

NE Ur LONDON POSTAL DELITBRIBIL

The preparations for carrying into ant the pro-
ject of dtviAiag Leaden tote tea postal dlstrisee, meatimeed
in the Duke of Argyll's ►ecent report on the PeleeSoo de-
partment, ham commenced. At present Lead's sad Ito
suburbs, Included within a tittle, the mates of wide► ie St.
lierua'ok.Ornad, end the redress about 12 of 14 lathe in
length, form one large postal district. Almost an leMetes
petted *Atlas that circle, or Ia the provinces, us sonvoyei
to tti litteral l'ost-office, where they are primarily aortal
tato districts, and then into postmen's walks. Theo
arraseements seas nub delay in the delivery of Looden
/even, on amount of the double sorting, and of the
minoring of the postmen from the General Pout-
oaks to distant walks. The aor►ngementa cause additional
delay alas by snaking letters travel over moth unneeentorp
round Thu a letter posted at Kingsland-road for Blame
ford till bas to travel to the General Post-once, sad
then hack 'gals over the same round, before it guts to Its
dedication ; and letters for the London district panel in
the provinces Mien pass by the suburb or street to whisk
Um are addressed as their way to the General Pat.
office, era thes return again by the same routs to bs deli-
vered It bee long been seen that if letters could Warted
into Lordon districts accardirg to their addressee beim
thee left the provinces, or the particular parts la London
sear %Ili& they were posted, and if they leers takes aired
to the centre of those districts, where a staff of later.
carrion eoaW be stationed, such letters would merely have
to be separated into postmen's walks, and they could be
delivered after their arrival or posting in London in cm*
half c f the time at present occupied.

Accoraing to the new arrangements, London will be di-
vided into tea postal districts—viz., east central, west cen-
tral, northern, north eastern, north water, eastern,
wasters, southern, south eastern, and south waters. The
sena Limey of thee, distrisu will be situated chiefly on the
north sod the three latter on tke math aide of the Thames.
The cmt astral and west central districts will somprebead
the chief hotness portions of the City. The other eight dis-
tricts will henna if from them in a somewhat triangular
ahaps. The following straw, squares, villages, its., will indi-
cate the bounded's of the various districts :—The east central
district wit be bounded by Nshopstate-street, City-road,
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domell-street, lied the Thames; the writ central district

by Gray's-inn-lone, Knee-craw, Bartowareesens, Bedford-
maim Tnfalgsrmaaro, and the Thanes; the wenn*
district by Tottenhaaa-coartroad, Devonshirweireel,
Maida-
hiU, Kerman green, Brent firm, Sosthall, Isiewerth, Chia-
wick, Kensington, and Piecadilly; the eastern district by
the Nineties, Whitethapel road, Mils-end, Old Ford, Al-
dertbreok, Bukinpide, Collier's-row, Beaked, Ran-
hen, sad the Thanes ; the souther% by Bleskletawr
road, Newington, Noowood, Addington, Cheesy Malden,
Upper Tooling, Clapham, and Lambeth; the metiers, by
FentoariUts, Fiachley, Rowley-green, Yotter's.ber,
than:row, Tottrahaa, and Stoke Newington; the math
women, by Charing-crow, Brompten, Enhstradierk,
Onabory, Hampton, Wimbledon, Weadsworth, Bettina,
and the Thanes ; the north western, by the Nev-road,
Vomits-town, Kentish•town, Kendall-hall, Renew en-
tice, Perivale, &lbws, and Portlaad.town ; the math
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sisters, by Shoseditch, Kiscoland-road, ditmeklowell,
Borah-kill, HataMalt, Epping, and Victoria-perk; the
south eastern, by New Kent-road, Peckham, Pone,
Restos, Bexley, Brith, sad the Thaass. la
each district there will be • ebld sortiarcdtee,
having its own staff of porters and lettereserlers,
sad having a direct postal coranmateatkm with the Met

Mime every other aistriet, aad with even pest Inn la
Ike kingdom. Letters *Mehl at thin skid ellen will
Delp have to be separated into lane, union' walk', when
tiny will be immediately distributed. I. sup of those
walks it ere will be hoary deliveries of kitten, tea Oaths
daily; no° which deliveries the letters whin are sew on-
downs iato the netropolis from preeissial towns
sad from font a nails leaded at the Wynn tbrougbout
the day will tall. The fealties which the mew arrange-
te will afford the inhabitants of London for annual.
satin with oath other will be very gnat. At poloist
some ocissiderable tins elapses before a letter en be de-
livered, even is the sane street fa whisk it le
rend, bat by the new arranges/ate this fns
nation will so longer be felt; and prompt badger
ite axial appetite's** nay them be engaged at short
Wein *mei the post. The distrisis an narked out IS
IWO of Leadoa sad its suburbs; sad lien have been prising
fa whin the postal slitriet of nary sheet, sine, wart.
*OM banking bone, newspaper olio, palate establieb-
neat, village, sad bullet it Lanka and lb asiglikerbood
Imitated. Clerks from the Omani Peet-edlee an sow
traeelliag aver the sentry, iastrastiag esuatry post
manses sad their clerks how to sort the vast umber of
Man is. Leaden tato districts. Bone idea of the labour
of the noway whin this node of latter-raring regains
may be inagised Iron the rapidity with whisk Inter-
net* la aseseaplishod pest-oftleee, aad from
the bet that Is the tea dhtriete then are upwards of
fl,ooo losalities.
The Pest-onse department will be greatly mined, sad
the eseveskine of the penis snared, if person addressing
barn for Leads. sail in wrigithearbeed add to the dine-
lissi the Isaiah of the pedal anent to whin tick earn-
nonlean mid*, sad this will, a• dean, be gessmilly at-
thaded is U the iakebiteate of Leaden add these initials to
emir bill heeds, to the& buboes advertiseasean ia the
Imedss anonyms, sad to the beadier et their private
btim. Thus a loner fer Pt. Purr ehrebyard should
len Z. C. Wed to the addrus, sad pissed sepannsly b►
ism it, mile b would signify Zest Central. W. C. should
he added to the weed Stread, whisk would *say Wed
Cntrel. W. to Partumenaare, o snuffy West. N. W.
to Bt. Joba's•weed, Itegesit'is.park, to Minty North Wen
S. to Lambeth, Ileadawark ; B. I. o Ifiglinnet, Benegb.
Z. to Restred ; N. to Tennis=; N. B. to Bethnal grew
read ;B.W. to Biannes, de. Whim the sew scheme of
Um Ludes diarist pen shall be la fall opmetinkthe
knells of Ilegtrad will have postal eossaundatioa seem
nee to es, city of the world.