The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

POSTAGE TO INDIA.

It will be gratifying to those who have correspondents
in India to know, that a great inconvenience will be
soon done away with—viz., the obligation of paying the
postage on this side; and that -in a short time postage
may be paid both here and in India, and both on the
transmission and receipt of the letters. The London,
East India, and China Association having renewed their
memorial to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of
the optional payment of letters between this country
and India, their Lordships have directed the Postmaster-
General to carry the arrangements proposed by the East
India Company, in the following letter to Mr. Clay, M.P.,
Secretary to the India Board (to whom the subject had
been referred) into effect _

" East India-house, March 11, 1841.
" Sir,—l have laid before the Court of Directors of
the East India Company your letter of the 3d inst., and
tlae enclosed correspondence relative to the optional pre-
pament of letters passing between the United Kingdom
and India via Gibraltar and Falmouth, respecting Which
the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India are
desirous of ascertaining the Court's opinion.
" The Court direct me to state in reply, that consider-
ing the proposed arrangement as one calculated to promote
the convenience of the public in both countries, they
are willing to facilitate its introduction, and accordingly
to give orders for the collection in India on behalf of her
Majesty's Government of the postage due both on'unpaid
letters posted in the United Kingdom and on letters for
this country prepaid in India, and for the remittance to
England of the amount collected by bills in favour of her
Majesty's Postmaster-General, in the manner already
adopted with respect to the poStage levied on letters
passing between India and places in the Red Sea or
Persian Gulf, &c. The scale of rates authorized by the
Lords of the-Treasury for the collection of the posta,Te
on the last mentioned description of letters may, it 'is
presumed, be applied to all letters on which postage may
hereafter be levied in India on behalf of her Majesty's
Government.

"The Court will also take care to transmit to India
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any cominumcation which may be considered necessary
for the information of the Indian post-masters in the
collection of the postage, and they would suggest, with
the view of insuring the well-working of the new sys-
tem, that detailed -directions on the subject should be
drawn up at the General Post-office here, and that the
proposed arrangement should not be carried into effect
without giving due notice to the authorities in India,
and allowing time for the requisite preparations there.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
Esq., M.l'., India Board."—Tinics.
" JAMES C. MELVILL.
" To Win. Clay,

LARGE LOCFILEVEN TROUT.—A few days
age, there was caught in Lechleven a trout weighing 10lbs.
avoirdupois, or DO ounces ; the length 27i inches, and 17
inches at its greatest girth. It was of the grey species, and of
perfect symmetry, being considered as one of the finest speci-
mens as yet Feen of this delicate fieh. From three quarters of
Culedunian Mercury.
a pound to a pound is considered fully weight.—
an average