The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-28 00:00:00

PoST.OFFICE—MONEY ORDERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l believe it is not generally known that money
to any amount may be remitted by Post-office orders.
It is true that not more than five pcunds can be
drawn on one order, but parties may have as many
different orders for five pounds each as they please.
I am aware of this from the following circumstance :
A party who arrived in a post town too late for banking
hours, wished to remit the sum of twenty pounds, in
order to meet the payment of a bill ; he went to the
Post office to make inquiries. The Postmaster said,
" I have just paid one party two separate orders of
the London Office for five pounds each, of consecutive
numbers and of the same date, and if you like to have
four orders for five pounds each you shall have them."
This was agreed to, the orders granted and forwarded,
and the money paid without hesitation, and this at the
small cost of two shillings.
As the public may not be aware of this convenience
existing, perhaps you will not hesitate in announcing it.
I am, Sir, yours, es,:c.
January 23, 1841. NORTHVILLE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stß,—Allow me, through the medium of your valu
ab!c Journal, to give publicity to the loPowing circum-
stance :

I this afternoon presented at the Branch Poet-office,
Charing-cross, thirteen Post-office Orders for the sum
of 14/. 153. 7d., drawn in my favour, and 811 payable
there ; when, to my utter astonishment, I was toll by
the clerk that he had not sqficient funds to meet my

When, Sir, it is considered that advices had been
duly forwarded to pay each Order at that particular
place, and that an excellent per tentage is charged, as
an insurance to guarantee the prompt and faithful pay.
went of all such claims when applied for, surely the
public have a right to expect that ample funds should
be provided for that purpose, and not that they should
be put off an excuse that is utterly disgraceful to
an establishment possessing so large a revenue as the
General Post-office.

Permit r.-,e also to call your attention to another
abuse connected with Post-office money orders. For-
merly it was considered quite sufficient for the person
to whom as order was made payable to indorse it on
the kick, and it was paid to his servant or friend if he
could not conveniently present it in person. Now no
such indulgence is allowed ; all orders being marked
in large characters, not transferable, and only paid to
the party on his or her personal application. However
fire it the slcrilice of time, sick, lame, or in prison, go
you must, with one solitary exception ; if the fortunate
holder of a ten or twenty shilling order keeps an account
with a bank, he may pass it through his hanker, and
the large capitals which are blazoned forth io conspi-
cuously, arc no longer visible to the optics of the Post-
office authorities. I remain, Sir, yours, &c.,
27, Long-acre, Jan. 23. J. HUNTER,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, JAN. 27.

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four
o'Clock.
Colonel BRUEN was introduced by Sir Thomas
Cochrane and S.r R. H. Inglis, and took the oaths and
his seat for the county of Carlow.
Mr. M. BLAKE took the oaths and his scat for the
county of Mayo.
Mr. 13 YNG presented a petition from Chelsea, pray-
ing for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the line of the

South Western Railway.
Mr. PHILLIPS presented 31 petitions from
parishes in the diocese of Herefordshire, praying that
no further grants might be voted to the College of May-
nooth, and that the House would appoint a Committee
to inquire into the system of education pursued there.
Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borOugh of
Leicester against the payment of Church-rates.