The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-10 00:00:00

burr LETTERS.

That on all lette;sTransmitledly vessels not being
packet-boats, between the United Kingdom and any
place beyond the seas (including Ceylon, the Mauritius,
the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies), there
shall be charged and taken for British postage the rates
following, at whatever place within the United King-
dom the same may be posted or delivered, that is to
say, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight, one uni-
form rate of eightpence ; and if exceeding such weight,
then progressive and additional rates of
postage ac-
cording to the scale of weight, and number of rates
herein-before contained, estimating and charging each
additional rate at Bd.
FOREIGN LETTERS.

That on all letters not exceeding half an ounce in
weight, transmitted by post,
Between any part of the United Kingdom and France,
or any other foreign country through France (letters to
and from any of her Majesty's colonies or dominions ex-
cepted), there shall be charged and taken uniform rates
of postage of the like amounts as are now payable by
law on single letters transmitted between London and
any such foreign country.

Between the United Ringdom and 'foreign parts (c /•••
cept France and any foreign country. through France ),
or between the United Kingdom and any of her I\ll.
jesty's colonies or dominions through a foreign country ;
or between any ports, islands, or places out of thL,
United Kingdom, there shall be charged and taken the
Ilke rates of British postage as are by law now payahll
in respect to single letters so transmitted (letters on
which uniform rates of postage between any such places
are now legally payable being still ii.ihie to.and charged
therewith, according tot respective amounts thereof) ;
and the sad letters whether at present rated from or to
the port of.departure and arrival of the packet convey-
ing tl:e same or not, shall, for the purposes of this War-
rant, be deemed and considered to be so rated, and the
rates shall be charged and taken accordingly.
And on every Metter so transmitted (letters chargeable
with uniform rates of postage as aforesaid excepted),.
which shall be posted within the United Kingdom atany
other place than the port of departure of the packet by
which the same shall be forwarded, or which shall be
addressed to, or delivered at, any other place within the
United Kingdom than the port. at which the pack&
bringing the:same shall arrive, and not exceeding hal i
an ounce in weight, an inland rate of twopence shall b
charged and taken, in addition to the rates of Briiii h
postage now payable thereon as aforesaid.
And cn every letter so transmitted as hereinbefo' re
respectively mentioned exceeding half an ounceln weig ht
(letters on which uniform rates are payable as aforesr ,id
included) there shall be charged and taken progr, esti ive
and additional rates of British portage, according to ' the
scale of weight and number of rates liereinbefore
tained, estimating and charging each additional nit( .! at
the amount hereiubefore directed to be chargeti and
taken on every letter so transmitted not exceedir, half
an ounce in weight, and charging the inland rate ( if any)
as aforesaid. •

And we further orderznikdirect that, in all ses in
which the British rates hereinbefor. directed to ,be
charged cn letters transmitted by post betty( en the
United Kingdom- and foreign parts, or betm len the
United Kingdom and any of her -Majesty's colt mks or
dominions through a foreign country, or haw( •en 'any
places out of the United Kingdom, not exceed ing half
an ounce in weight, shall exceed the duty of . postage
which would be payable by law according. to th e exist-
ing rates on single letters so transmitted in c , ice this
warrant had not been made, there shall be char - ged and
taken on such letters the. like rates of postage ( inly and
no more as would by law be payable according to the
existing rates by distance or otherwise in re" speet of
such single letters ; and on any such letters e :ceeding%
half an ounce in weight there shall he charged ; ind'paid
the progressive additional rates according' to ie scale
of weight and number of rates hereinbefere co stained,
estimating and charging each additional rate at the
amount payable accoring to the existing rates fc it, every
such single letter.

That-with reference to the existing treaties b e tween
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, her 'esent
Majesty, and his Majesty the King of the Fe ench,
letters between 64' United Kingdom and France may
be sent without being pre-paid ; but in all other .. cases
of letters sent out of the United Kingdom it sbi ill be
lawful for the Postmaster-General to require the •?t /stage
thereof to be paid by the sender on the tender o r deli-
very of such letters at the Post-office, or other p is ice ap-
pointed by the Postmaster-General for the re c eipt of
such letters for the purpose of transmission by the post,
(subject nevertheless to the regulations and en. tetments
in this respect contained in the Act of the Ist Victoria,
cap. 34, section 34.)
And we order and direct that all additional ; tes at
any time heretofore payalr'e by law on letter s trans-
mitted by post to or from Ireland by way of IL ).J 'yhead
in respect of the Menai-bridge, and by way of Go mway
and Chester in respect of Conway-bridge, and b y way
of Milford and Waterford, and also the additions i rate
of one halfpenny on fetters conveyed by the pos t •n any
part of Scotland by a mail carriage with more t hi .11 two
whrcls, shall be wholly remitted and shall c re ase to
be payable.

That all additional rates for letters originally sent by
the general post to places within the United K
directed beyond the limits of the delivery of the :general
post, and delivered by any twopenny or penny ~or con
vention post, or originally sent by any twop e nny or
penny or convention post, and afterwards passing t A rough
the general post, shall also be remitted and ceasa to be
payable.

- That on and after the said 10th day of Januar! ,7 next
the privilege of sending and receiving letters by tb c post
free of postage, whether Parliamentary, offici: d , or of
any other description wbatsoever.i:except as het inafter
provided), as well under an Act, passed in the first
year of the reign of her present Majesty, i ihtitulod
" An Act for regulating the sending and recc iering of
letters and packets by the post free from the cluty of
postage" (being the Ist of Victoria, c. 35), as under
any other Act or Acts now in force, or under tt y au-
thority whatsoever, shad be wholly suspended .during
the time this warrant shall be in force, and that a 11' let-
ters to which any such privileges now extend (43xcept
as aforesaid) shall thenceforth be charged and fa barge-
able with the like rates as any oti;or letters trap s mitted
by the post wile be Chargeable with, under or by, virtue
of this present warrant.
That the printed votes and proceedings of ti ie Im-
perial Parliament, and printed votes and proce lings of
the colonial Legislatures, may be forwarded by ',the post
between places in the United Kingdom, or bet R 'een th.!
United Kingdom and her Majesty's colonies t out not
through France, nor to the East Indies, zia Falmouth
and Alexandria), subject, nevertheless, to all thi regu-
lations and restrictions in force under the sai d Act
of Ist Victoria, cap. 34, which voti:s and proei ,edings
shall be charged with the rates of postage it ilowing
(that is to say) :
If not exceeding two ounces in weight, there phall be
charged and paid a rate of one penny.
If exceeding two ounces apd not exceed; eg four
ounces-in Weight, there shall be charged and pai. i•a rate
of twopence.

And for every additional two ounces in weigh t above
the weight of four ounces, there shall be charged, an ad-
tiOnal rate of postage of one penny.
And every fraction of an ounce above the we:if:lit of
two ounces shall be charged an additional r.ito of
postage of one penny ; provided always that it sitiall be
lawful for the Postmaster-General (if he shall s ee fit)
to delay the transmission of any such printed v otes or
proceedings, for any space of time, not ex, ending
twenty-f Our hours from the time at which sne,h votes
and proceedings would otherwise have.been forwarded.
That the privilege of forwarding addresses to her
Majesty free of postage, did the privilege, by the said
Let of the Ist Victoria, c. 35, granted to Me milers of
each House of Parliament, of receiving peti tious ad-
dressed to either House of Parliament, not exceeding
six ounces each in weight, free of postage, and all the
privileges and exemptions by law granted in respect of
printed British newspapers duly stamped, and of foreign
newspapers, and of colonial newspapers (including those
of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, Man,
and the lonian Islands), whether stamped or not,
and letters to and from soldiers and seamen employed
in her Majesty's service abroad, and transmitted to and
from the United Kingdom (provided that such letters
do not exceed half an ounce in weight), shall continue
in force,subject to the existing regulations and liAbilities
respecting the same.

That if any such printed votes or proceedings. Par-
liamentary petitions, printed Newspapers, and letters
of soldiers and seamen, shall become chargeable with
and liable to the full letter rates of postage, such
rates (and the treble duty on Newspapers in such
cases as the same shall by law become payable), shall
ha charged and taken according to the scale of weight
and rates hereinbefore specified.
That, except in the cases bereinbefore specified, all
privileges whatsoever of sending letters free of
rovided that the pos-
tage, or at a reduced
trahtee
timeof ptioisistagper,esesohtallwholly wabee-
ation ; P
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charterers, and consignees (resident in
let-
terswar roar
owners,
the United Kingdom) of vessels inward-bound, and the
owners, consignees, and shippers of goods on board ves-
sels outward-bound, shall have the like exemption from
postage as such letters are now entitled to, under the
provisions of Ist of Victoria, e. 34, and that printed'
Colonial Newspapers, not stamped, may be brought into
the United Kingdom by packet boats free of postage.
Provided always, and wehereb y declare, that nothing
in this 'warrant contained shall extend
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to ort be in any-
wise construed
.to affect the
rates
under an Act passed in the year 176-4(obse (being the payable
sth
Geo. 3, c. 25) on letters transmitted by the poste within
or between any of the British dominions in America or
the West Indies, and not passing to or from the United
Kingdom, cr to alter the mode of charging such letters,
so far as such rates are now payable by law.
That on all foreign letters addressed to places within
her Majesty's dominions the Postmaster-General may
charge the foreign postage in addition to the British
postage ; and he may account for and pay over to the
foreign countries entitled to receive the same the amount
of all such foreign postage.
That the gratuities now payable by law to masters of
vessels on letters and newspapers conveyed by them,
for or on behalf of the Post-office between places within
the United Kingdom, shall, on and from the said 10th
day of January, 1840, be reduced ; and the sum of two
shillings and sixpence only, and no more, shall from
thenceforth be payable for each and every number of
of one hundred of such letters and newspapers, and for
any less number in the like proportion ; and a gratuity
of one penny for each letter, and of one halfpenny for
each newspaper, shall also be payable to the masters of
vessels bound to Ceylon, the Maur:tins, the Cape of
Good. Hope, and the Bast Indies, on letters and news-

p• pers conveyed by them for or on behalf
Ifice, subject, nevertheless, to all the regl
conditions r.wv by law applicable to letter:
papers conveyed by private ships and the deli .
to the Post-office.
That the terms and expressions used.in this kl.:4111i1
shall be eonsttued according to the reme2tire, inter-
pretations of the terms and expressions contained in an
Act passed in the first year of her present Mtjesty,
cap. 36, intitulod " An Act for consolidating the laws
relative to.offences against the Post-office nt•the United
Kingdom, and for regulating .the judicial administra-
tion of the Post-office laws, and for explaining certain
terms and expressions employed hi these laws ;" and
the said firstly hereinbefore„mentioaed Act ofrtl:e se-
eond -and third. years of her present 1114:sty, so far
as :those interpretations are not repugnant to the sub-
ject, or inconsistent with the context of such terms and
-expressions ; but so that, for ad the purposes of this
present warrant, the islands of Guernsey, Jerscy, Alder-
flay. Sark, and Man, shall be deemed and considered to
1)e comprehended within the term or expression of
"the United Kingdom," and Honduras and the Itnian
Islands within the term or expression of " British dorn-
ilion.s or colonies," wherever such terms or express ans
shall he found or used in this present warrant ; and that
the word " cost wherever used in this warrant, shall
extend to and - include as well any genoral as any two-
penny, or penny, or convention post.
'Provided, lastly,.and we hereby declare, that it shall
be lawful for the Lord's Comniissionerz, for the time
being, of her Majesty's Treasury, or soy throe of them
by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter, to
alter or
.repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the
regnlations hereby made, and to make and _establish any
new or other rates or 'regulations in lieu thereof, at d,
from time to time, to appoint at what time the ra.tcs
that may be payable arc to be paid.
As witness OUT hands this 27th day of December, 1839.
•MELBOURNE.
F. BARING.
THOS. WYSE.