The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-07 00:00:00

TREASURY WARRANT.

(From the Gazette of last evening.)
Whereas by an act of Parliament, passed in the fourth
year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An
act for the regulation of the duties of postage," power is
given to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
from time to tin a, by warrant under their hands to alter
and fix any of the rates of British postage or inland postage
payable by law on the transmission by the post of foreign
or colonial letters or newspapers, or of any other printed
papers, and to subject the same to rates of postage accord-
ing to the weight thereof and a scale of weight to be con •
tamed in such warrant, and from time to time, by warrant
as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered rates, and
to make and establish any new or other rates in lieu
thereof.
And whereas further powers are given to the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury by another act, passed
in the eleventh year of the reign of her present Majesty,
intituled " An Act forgiving; further facilities for the trans-
mission of letters by post, and for the regulating the duties
of postage thereon, and for otliCir purposes relating to the
post-office."
And whereas certain powers are also given to the Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasui7 by another act,
passed in the 18th year of the reign of her present Majesty,
intituled "An act to amend the laws relating to the stamp
duties on newspapers, and to provide for the transmission
by post of printed periodical publications."
And whereas by the said recited act, passed in the fourth
year of the reign.of her present Majesty, and by divers
warrants, under the hands of the Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, certain rates of British postage have been
established and made payable on the transmission by the
post of certain British, colonial, and foreign newspapers
therein respectively mentioned.
And whereas it is expedient that such additional rates of
postage should be charged on certain British, colonial, and
foreign newspapers sent by tie post as are hereinafter men-
tioned
Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury.,
in exercise of the power vested in us, in and by the said
before-mentioned Acts, or either:of 'them, and of all other
powers enabling us in this behalf, do, by this warrant
(under the hands of two of us, the said Commissioners, by
the authority of the statute in that case made and provided),
order and direct as follows (that is to say) :-
1. On every printed newspaper, whether British, colonial,
or foreign, transmitted by the post between any ports or
places beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom, by
British packet boat, via Southampton and Egypt, or be-
tween any Pbrts or places beyond the seas, by British packet
boat, via Egypt, without passing through the United King-
don, there shall be charged and paid, in addition to any
other postage now payable thereon, a further and addi-
tional rate of British postage of ene penny, and in all cases
in which such respective newspapers are liable, on the trans-
mission thereof by such respective routes, to progressive
rates of postage, according to the scale of weight con-
tained in any such warrants as aforesaid, the additional
rate of one penny payable under this present warrant shall
be calculated and paid in respect of each such progressive
rate.

2. Every printed supplement or additional sheet to any
newspaper shall, for the purpose of charging the postage
under this Warrant, be deemed a distinct newspaper, unless
sent in the same cover or together with, the newspaper to
which it is a supplement or addition, and every printed news-
paper transmitted by the post under this present Warrant
shall be so transmitted in conformity with and under and
subject to the several regulations, orders, directions, and
conditions relating to newspapers mentioned and contained
or referred to in and by clause 7 of a certain Warrant of the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the
16th day of February, 1859.
3. The respective newspapers transmitted by the post
under the provisions of this Warrant shall, when redirected
and again forwarded by the post, be subject to the several
orders, directions, regulations, and rates of postage respec-
tively contained in a certain other Warrant of the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the 19th
day of February, 1855, relating to redirected rates of postage
upon letters and packets respectively redirected and again
forwarded by the post.
4. Nothing in this Warrant before contained shall be
deemed or construed to extend to any newspapers trans-
mitted to or from the United Kingdom via Marseilles,
or to newspapers contained in the French or Spanish mails
passing through Egypt, or to any newspapers to be trans-
mitted by the post, under the provisions of the said War-
rant of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bear-
ing date the 16th day of February, 1859, and amended by a
certain other Warrant of the Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, bearing date the 10th day of March, 1859,
all which respective newspapers shall be charged and
chargeable as if this present Warrant had not been made.
6. The term " newspaper" used in the several clauses of
the said Warrant, bearing date the 15th Feb., and in clauses
Nos. 1,2, and 3 of this present Warrant, shall include all
publications admitted to the privileges of a newspaper under
the provisions of the said recited Act passed in the 18th
year of the reign of her present Majesty, and the several
other terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall be
construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they
would have had if inserted in the said recited Act passed in
the fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty.
6, The Commissioners for the time being of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands duly
made, at any time hereafter, alter, repeal, or revoke any of
the rates of postage hereby fixed, or any of the orders, regu-
lations, conditions, or restrictions hereby made, and may
make and establish any new or other rates, orders, regula-
tions, conditions, or restrictions in lieu thereof, and from
time to time appoint at what time the rates which may be
payable are to be paid.
7. This Warrant shall come into operation on the Ist
day of January, 1861.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 11th
day of October, 1859.
JOHN BAGWELL,
E. H. KNATCHBULL HUINESSEN.