The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes,
divided London and its environs into ten district.,, each to be
treated, in many respects, as a separate town; and to render
this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every
paeans may be taken by the public for causing letters to be
directed according to the district for which they are intended.
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 should be
legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end
the address, thus : _ _

JAMES THOMPSON, Esq ,
500, High Holborn,
W.C.

Or, whim the letter is from the country, thus
Jewas THOMPSON, Esq.,
,500, High Holborn,
London,
W.C.
Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug-
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
placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear
his 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, tizc., will be
kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
procured (price 6d.) at any bead post-office, will hereafter
contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and
Ike 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 "
Tho following additional information may prove useful :
TAILS OF DISTRICTS.
Names. Initials.
Eastern Central Distzlet
Western CentraHribtrice— W. C.
Northern District
North Eastern District N. E.
Eastern District
South Eastern District S. E.
Southern District
South Western District S W.
Western District W.
North Western District .
If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
*ent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the
estuary letters, according to their respective districts, before
trey 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 the delivery and, it is hoped that, if the previous
assortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended
to all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
*fa further and important acceleration of the morning deli.
Very throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
Routes]) HILL, Secretary.
Osneral Post-office, Dec., 1856.

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• TRUSTEES.
Ili Grace the Duke of Wellington.
The night Hon. the Earl of Albemarle.
H. 8. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin.lane.
T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.