The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-21 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON COLONIAL

LETTERS.

General Post-Office, July, 1854.

On and from the Ist of August next, the postage upon
letters conveyed, whether by packet or by private ship,
between the United Kingdom and the following British
colonies and possessions, viz. :—Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Barbadoes, will be re-
duced to a combined British and Colonial rate of—for
a letter not exceeding 4 an ounce in weight, 6d. ; ditto,
exceeding 4 an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounce, ls. ;
ditto, exceeding 1 ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces,
2s. ; and so on, increasing ls. for every additional ounce
or fraction of an ounce. The postage upon these letters
may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded
unpaid, at the option of the sender. To the reduced
rate of 6d. a United States' transit rate of 2d. per half
ounce must be added, in the case of all letters for the
above mentioned British North American provinces,
which may be specially addressed "via the United
States." It must be observed that the foregoing re-
duction cannot be applied to letters conveyed by a
mail packet belonging to the United States, arid
that letters, therefore, addressed to Nova Scotia or
New Brunswick, intended to be despatched by the
United States' mail packets, will continue liable to
the existing rates of postage. Parliamentary proceed-
ings.—On and from the same date the rates of post.
age now chargeable upon packets containing printed
votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament,
sent through the post to Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick, Newfoundland, and Barbadoes, will be repealed,
and all such packets will be subject to the same rates of
postage which are levied on printed books sent to those
colonies, viz. :—For every packet of Parliamentary pro-
ceedings, not exceeding 41b. in weight, 6d. ; ditto ex-
ceeding 41b., and not exceeding 11b., la. ; ditto exceed.
ing lib., and not exce,eindhuinoitgwebv2eelbrs.s , 25.,
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contain a single publication only. the several sheets or
parts thereof, when there are more than one, being
sewed or bound together. 3 It must not exceed two
feet in length, breadth, width, or depth. 4. It must
have to writing or marks upon the cover or its contents,
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to the regular transmission of letters, any officer of the
Post office may delay the transmission of any such
packet of printed votes and proceedings,any for time
not exceeding twenty-four hours from the time at which
the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him.

THE BISHOPRIC OF SODOR AND MAN.—The sermon
on the occasion of the consecration of the new Bishop of
Sodor and Man will be preached by the Hon. and Rev.
Montague Villiers. We understand that many members
of the evangelical body, lay and clerical, highly disap-
prove of the step taken by the hon. and rev. gentleman,
and that a correspondence has taken place on the. sub
ject, which may possibly be laid before the