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

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health and disease, the race of men, Ste. Lectnres delivered at 1?,
'2, 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery
y Or. KAHN, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One
Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Kban
(gratis).

DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for po'stal purposes,
divided London and its environs into ten districts, each to be
treated, in many respects, as a separate town; and to render
this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every
means may be taken by the public for causing letters to be
directed according to the district for which they are intendel.
Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is
left the initials are W. C., the district being the Western
Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials shculd be
legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end
the address, thus :

JAmEs TIMMPSON, Esq ,
500, High Holborn,
• W.C,

Or, whin the letter is from the country, thus :
JA mss THOM MON; Esq.'
500, High Holborn, -
London,

4mong other means of inducing this practice, it is ang-
gested'that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
District should add the name of the district, or the initials. to
his own address inside his letters when writing to his corre•
spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi-
ness, he should give the name of the district, or the initials;
in the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or
lacards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear
kis address.

Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement,
should be requested to use the initials in reply.
Information as to the district in which any locality is in-
cluded may be had at any receiving-house in London and its
environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be
kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
procured (price 6d.) at any head post-office, will hereafter
contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and
like information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be
given in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857,
in the part headed " Street Directory "
The following additional information may prove useful :

TABLE OF DISTRICTS.

Names.
_Eastern Central District
Western Central tistrict
Northern District
North Eastern District.... ......
Eastern District
South Eastern District
Southern District
South Western District
Western District
North Western District ...

Initials.

E. C.

W C

. S W.

N. W.

If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart:
*tent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the
'wintry letters, according to their respective districts, before
they reach London in the morning.
By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third,
of such letters are already so assorted with as much correct-
ness as circumstances allow - a change which has greatly ex-
pedited ti e delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previeus
assortment with full facility for correctness, can be extended
to all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
ila progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
of a further and imporrant acceleration of the morning deli-
very throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
aeneral Post-office, Dec., 1856.

TEEE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES
COMPANY (Limited).
Capital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 10/. each, deposit

2/. per Share on Allotment.

TRUSTEES.
ral Grace the Duke of Wellington.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle.
B. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane.
T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.