The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-19 00:00:00

NEW REGULATIONS for the TRA.NSMIS-
SION of NEWSPAPERS and other PERIODICAL PUBLI-
CATIONS by POST.— The following Circular Letter, a cony of
which has been iorwailed to the printer of each pa' lication now
passing thr ugh the Post under the Newspaper priTilege, is putall-hed
ior general information :

Genoral Post-office, June 16, 1855.

1. As a publication, of wh ch you are the printer, has hitherto
passed through the post under the newspa ,er *privilege, I am directed
by the Postinaster,teneral to request your attention to the provi-
slum of the Act To am 111 the Laws relat'ng to the Stamp Duties
on Newspapers, and to provide fir the t ansteission bi po,tt of
printed periodi:al publications," which has now received the Royal
A stsent.

2. By this Act every periolical publication printed in c 'nformlty
with the several re..ulations therein specified, on paper duly stamped
with an appropriated die, and posted within 15 days from the date of
publication, will, on and after the day appointed for the Act to take
effect, be entitled to the privilege of transmission and ra-transmis-
sion by the post, between places in the United Kingdom, on certain
conditions ; among these are the following :
First. —The publication must have the title and date of publica-
tion printed on the top of every page; and

Second.—lt must be folded in such a manner that the whole of th.,
stamp or starnps, denoting the duty, sitall ha exposed to view, and
be distinctly visible on the outside.

3. I need hardly point out that, unless the publication printed by
you he a periodical publication, in every respect conformable to the
provisions of the Act, it will not in future be entitled to any privilege
with respect to its trausmi sion by the post. But should you desire
that the publicat ion shall enjoy the postal privilege, I am to draw your
attention especially t• the two conditions just named, as being those
most likely to be overlooked, and to sugeest that you should advise
your publisher and readers to cnmp'y with the second, so as to avoid
the inconvenience that would otherwise result from its enforcement.
To faciliWe such camAance, I am further to suggest the import-
ance of s printing the paper, that the stamp or stamps shall inva-
riably fall on an outside page, and of adopting both these measures
even before the new rcgul stions become comaulsory.
4. the Act further proviiks that, to entitle a publication to the
privileges connect,' with transmission beyond the United Kingdom,
the following conditions, in addition to those already noticed, shall
be observed.

First.--The Postmaster-General must be satisfied that such pub-

lication is a newspaper, or entitled to the privilege of a newspaper,
within he me:111'11g of existing Treaties and arrangements with
Foreign and Gdonial Governments; and
Second —The proprietor er printer must register the publication at
thr, General Post-office in London.

5, It', therefore, volt de ire that the publication, of which you are
the printer, shall enjoy these privileges, it is ricessary that you
should m .ke a wri ten application to that effect, addressed—
"To the Secretary of the Post•office,
(Newspaper Register.) London,"
and enclosing a specimen copy, stamped with the appropriated die.
6. your application must further be ne,!ompanled by the sum of
ss. as a fee tor admission to the register, and this payment will en-
title the newspaper to be retained on the register till the let of July,
1856. If the fee be transmitted through the post, it should be by
means of a post-officeaaoeey order. Payable to Br. Maitland Wilson
B ,yd, of the General Post-office. Landon.
7. A like fee of Si. must be paid, in tires 'me manner, yearly, viz.,
0 t or before the 15th June, otherwise it will be understood that
the privilege in ouestioa is no longer desired. and the name of the
publication will be removed from the Register at the clo'e of the
same manth of June. Of this arrangement due notice will be given
from time to time.

8. it must, of course, be understood that, even while the pnhlica-
Von continues on the register, the privilege of transmission abroad
will be lost by any change which shall deprive the publication of the
characteristics of a newspaper, within the meaning of the treaties,
&c., alluded to above.

9. rho Postmitster-General desirse me also to explain that regis-
tration will not absolutely secure any postal privilege afterthe publi-
cation has left this country, as his Lordship has no power to require
the post-office of a foreign country, or even (w th a few exceptions)
of a British colony, to treat a publication as a newspaper merely be-
cause It is held to be such in this country, although the fact of its
being entered opt-n the register will be presumptive evidence that it
has a claim to be so treated.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR-
DENS. THIS EVENING. Grand Modelled View of Se-
bastopol.. An attempt will be made to convey, to the public an idea
of the operations of a siege, and that nothing may be wanting to
give reality to the scene the proprietor has secured the services of a
considerable number of the wounded heroes of the Crimea, and at
half-past 6 this evening will be given the attack and defeat of the
Russian sortie, in which upwards of Or) soldiers, marines, artillery-
men, and seamen will a•sis`. Final Repulse of the Russians and
Bombardment of Sebastopol, with grand Pyrotechnic Tableau, at a
qtrarter to 10. Splendid Menagerie, Eephant's Car, Itemington's
n,rial Bridge. Godfrey'a unrivalled Band, and numerous other
attraction=. Admission Is., daylight attack and night bombard-
ment included. B.—Corperal Bridges and Private J. Mackey,
of the Coldstream Guards, both severely wounded at Inkerman,
attend every day, from 3 till chick, to point out the various objects
of interest, &c.