The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS SENT

VIA FRANCE.

On the Ist January, 1557, and thengeforward, the
following reduced rates of postage fcr letters forwarded
from the United Kingdom in the mails to France,
whether by packet or by private ship, will be substituted
f)r those now levied :

1. France and Algeria—not exceeding oz., 4d. ;
above I oz. and not exceeding oz., Bd. ; above oz.
and not exceeding oz., is. ; above cz. and not ex.'
ceeding loz , is. 4d. Letters for the places aforemen-
tioned may be prepaid to their destination. 1. Places
in Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, at which France maintains
post-offices, viz.:—Alexandria, Jaffa, :Beyrout, Tripoli
in Syria, Latakia, Alexandretta, Mersina, Rhodes,
Smyrna, Mitylene, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Constan-
tinople, including Scutari—not exceeding - oz., 6d. ;
above / oz. and not exceeding icz , ls. ; above oz
and not exceeding f oz., is. 6d. ; above I oz. and not
exceeding 1 oz., 21. 1. The rates just given are for
prepaid letters, but letters for France or Algeria posted
unpaid will be charged with double the rates specified,
and letters for the French offices in Turkey, Syria, or
Egypt, posted unpaid will be chargeable with a rate of
9d. per ox., instead of 6d.
Syria and Egypt (the places at which France main-
tains post-offices excepted)—not exceeding / oz., 6d. ;
above / oz. and not exceeding oz., ls. ; above 6 oz.
and not exceeding 4 oz., Is. 6d. ; above oz. and not
exceeding 1 oz., 2s. These letters can only be prepaid
to the port of disembarkation.
Letters for the series of states next mentioned may be
prepaid to their destination : —Luxembourg. Baden. 2.
The Netherlands. 2. Rhenish Prussia (3). Bavaria.
Wurtemberg. 2. German States, viz., Hohenzollern,
Birkenfeld, Hesse, Homburg, LippeDetmold, Schwartz-
burg ltudolstadt, Reuss, Nassau, Saxe Coburg Gotha,
Saxe Meiningen, Hildburghauaen, Hesse Electoral-
Hesse Darmstadt, Saxe Weimar Eisenach, Frankfort-
on-the Maine, Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck. Sar-
dinia Switzerland, Salonica, Tunis, and Tangiers—not
exceeding / oz., 6d. ; above / oz. and not exceeding oz.,
is. ; above oz. and not exceeding oz., ls. 6d. ; above
oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 2. Letters for the

Netherlands, Rhenish Prussia, and the German States,
intended to be sent via France, must be so directed. 3.

The following aro some of the principal towns in Rhenish
Prussia,and a complete list will be given in the next num-
ber of the " British Postal Guide," which will be pub-
lished on the Ist of January ; Aix-la-Chapelle, Bone,
Cleve, Coblentz, Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld,
Emmerich, Eupen, Furth, Munster, Mulheim, Nerves,
Neuwied, Padderborn, Pyrmont, Remecheid, Sarlouis,
and Trier or Treves.

Letters for Spain and Portngal may be'prepaid througn
France at the following rates for both countries-not
exceeding cz., 3d. ; above oz. and not exceeding 3 oz.;
11d. ; above 3 oz. and not exceeding oz , ls. 7d. ; above
oz., and not exceeding 1 oz., ls. 101. 4. Letters for
Cadiz and Vigo are forwarded by peninsular packet, un-
less specially addressed via France. 5. Letters from Por-
tugal intended to be sent via France must be so directed.
6. Letters for Prussia (the Rhenish provinces ex-
cepted), Hanover, Saxony, Mecklenburg Schwerin,
Mecklenberg Strelitz, Brunswick, Oldedburg (the prn-
cipality of Birkenteld excepted), and Anhalt, may be
prepaid to their destination-not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ;
above oz. and not exceeding 3 oz., ls. 4d. ; above s oz.
and not exceeding oz., 2s. ; above oz. and not ex-
ceeding 1 oz., 2s. Bd. 6. Letters for any of these planes
intended to be sent via France must be so directed.
Letters for Tuscany, 7. Austrian dominions, 8. Servig,
8. Denmark, and Parma and Modena, may be prepaid
to their destination-not exceeding ,} oz., 9d. ; above
4 oz. and not exceeding A oz., ls. 6d. ; above 3 oz. and
not exceeding :14: oz., 2s. 3d. ; above ?,-; oz. and not ex-
ceeding 1 cz., 3s. 7. Letters for Venetian Lombardy
are forwarded through France, unless otherwise ad-
dressed, but letters for any other part of the Austrian
dominions intended to be sent via France must be
so directed. 8. Letters for Servia or Denmark intended
to be sent via France must be so directed.
9. Letters for the lonian Islands via Austria may be
prepaid to Trieste-not exceeding oz., 91. ; above ,1
cz. and not exceeding . oz., ls. 6d. ; above 3 oz. and
not exceeding oz., 2s. 3d. ; above oz. and not exceed-
ing 1 oz., 3s. 9. Letters for the lonian Islands in-
tended to be sent via France must be so directed.
Letters for the Papal States, the Two Sicilies, and
Greece may be prepaid to their destination-not exceed-
iag 11d. ; above oz. and not exceeding 3 oz., ls.
101 ; above 3, oz. and not exceeding oz., 2s. 9d. ;
above oz, and not exceeding loz , 3s. Bd.
10. Letters for Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Eu-
rope (the places at which France maintains post offices
excepted) via Austria, Sweden, Norway, Poland, and
Russia may be prepaid to their destination-not ex-
ceeding oz., is. 3d. ; above oz., and not exceeding
3 oz., 2s. 6d. ; above . oz. ana not exceeding I oz., 34.
9d. ; above oz, and not exceeding loz , 53. 10.
Letters for these places intended to be sent via France
must be so directed.
11. Letters to any foreign country beyond sea, to
which letters may be despatched from a pert in France
by private ship may be prepaid to the port of disem-
barkation-not exceeding oz., 10d. ; above I- oz. and
not exceeding 3 oz., ls. 3d. ; above d oz. and not
exceeding oz., 2s. id. ; above a oz., and not exceeding
1 oz., 2e. 6d. 11. Letters intended to be sent by private
ship from a port in France must be so addressed.
The postage upon letters for Spain, Portugal, Syria,
and Egypt (the places at which France maintains post
offices excepted), Salonica, Tunis, and Tangiers, or for
foreign countries beyond sea, and upon letters intended
to be sent via Austria to the lonian Islands must be
paid in advance. Letters for the other countries speci-
fied may either be paid in advance or forwarded unpaid
at the option of the sender. If unpaid, however, letters
for France or Algeria, or for the places in Turkey, Syria,
or Egypt, at which France maintains post-offices, will
be caarged with a higher rate as already stated.
Registered Letters.-Letters addressed to all those
countries and places to which, according to the foregoing,
the entire postage to destination can be paid in advance,
may be registered at the desire of the senders, and in
such case the postage must be so prepaid, and at double
,he rates of postage chargeable for ordinary letters.
By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec. 20.

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE UPON LETTERS
FORWARDED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN,
THE EAST INDIES, AND CHINA, VL4 MAR-
SEILLES.
On the tat of January, 1857, and thenceforward, a
:eduction will take place in the amount of the French
transit rate chargeable upon letters forwarded by British
packet to the Mediterranean, the East Indies, and China,
in the closed mails, via Marseilles, and such letters will
be liable to the following combined rates, viz :
Not exceeading oz ............... . Os. 01.
Above oz. and not exceeding oz ls. Od.
Above oz., and not exceeding oz
Above oz., and not exceeding loz 2s. 01.
Above 1 oz., and not exceeding 11 oz.
to letters
Above 1i oz., and not exceeding 14 oz 3s. 6d.
Above Li oz., and not exceeding 1:1- oz 3s. 91.
Above 1;1 oz., and not exceeding 2 oz 4s. Od.
The following scale of charges will apply
sent to Malta, Egypt, the possessions of the Ears: India
Company ; Java, Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Molue-
Ca?, the Philippine Islands (when specially addressed
via ; Ceylon, Mauritius, Bourbon (Reunion),
Hong-Kong and China.
Letters forwarded to Malta by the French Mediter.
ranean packets will also be liable to the same rates.
Upon letters addressed to the lonian Islands, via
Marseilles, the following combined rates will be charge.
able :
Not exceeding oz.
Above oz., and not exceeding 4 0z.....- is. 6d.
Above t oz., and net exceeding oz •••••• 2s. 9d.
Above a oz., and not exceeding loz 3s. 01.
Above 1 oz., and not exceeding 11 oz. 58.
Above 11 oz., and not exceeding 11 oz 53. "".
Above Ft oz., and not exceeding Li oz ss. 9d.
Above 14 oz., and not exceeding 2oz 6s. Od.
The postage on letters for any place in Egypt (excert
Alexandria), or for any place in China (except Hong
Kong), for the lonian Islands, or for Java, B3urbob,
Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluccas, or the Philip-
pine Islands must be paid in advance.
Letters for the other places specified above may either
be paid in advance or posted unpaid, at the option of the
sender. By command of the Postmrster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Poet-office, Dec. 20.