The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-02 00:00:00

SUNDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Yesterday, by command of the Postmaster-General,
there was a general delivery of letters and newspapers
throughout the metropolitan districts and the provinces.
Its the majority of cases the delivery commenced shortly
after nine o'clock, and terminated at half-past ten in
the forenoon, and although in some instances it began
rather later, in no ease was it permitted during the hours
of Divine service. As some misapprehension appears to
here arisen as to the official rule for the circulation of
newspapers on the Sunday morning in the (London)
town and country delivery, a list of places is subjoined,
at each of which newspapers posted at any of the re-
ceiving houses by six o'clock, or at the chief effice by
seven o'clock on the Saturday evening, will be delivered
on Sunday morning free, except in those cases where
the place to which they may be directed is situated
within three miles of the General Post-office, in which
cases the charge is id. on each newspaper. The follow-
ing is the list above alluded to:—Acton, Acton (East),
Apperton, Balbam, Barking, Barnes, Barnet, Battersea,
Bayswater, Beckenham, Beddington, Bexley, Bexley-
heath, Blackheath, Blendon, Bow, Brentford, Bridging,
Bromley (Kent), Bromley (Middlesex), Brompton, Bush-
hill, Cars's& ten, Charlton, Charlton (New), Cheam,
Chelsea, Chigwell, ;Chigwell-row, Chingford, Chisel-
hurst, Chiswick, Clapham, Clapton, Colney-batcb, Cray-
ford, Crouchend, Croydon, Dagenham, Deptford, Dul-
wich, Ealing, Ealing (Little), East Bernet, East Ham,
East Sheen, Edgware, Edmonton (Lower), Edmonton
Upper), Elstree, Elthaw, Enfield, Enfield-highway,
Edits, Finebley, Foot s Cray, Friern Barnet. Fulham,
Golder's-green, Greenford, Greenwich, Hadley, Ham,
Hammersmith, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton-court.
lismpton-Wick, Hanwell, Harrow, Hayes (Kent). Hen-
don, Heston, High Beach. Highgate, Highwood, Holds-
den-green, Hornertee, Hornsey, Hounslow, Hurst,
Hyde. Ilford, Ilford, (Little). Isleworth, Kensal-green,
Kensington, Keaton, Kew, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Lamp-
ton, Lee, Lewisham, Leyton, Leytonstone, Lisson-
grove, Lock's-bottom, Loughton, Maldon (Surrey),
Merton, Mill-hill, Mitcham (Lower), Mitchetu
(Upper), Morden, Mortlake, Muswell-hill, Neasden,
New-cross, Newington (Stoke), North Cray, North•
end (Fulham), North-end (Hampstead), Northolt,
Norwooi (Surrey). Norwood (Middlesex), Old
Ford, Paddington, Palmer's-green, Parson's-green, Peck-
ham, Perrivele, Petersham, Plaistew (Essex), Plaistow,
(Kent), PluTastead, Porider'a-end, Potter's-bar, Putney,
Queen's Elm, Rainhaw (Essex), Richmond, Roehampton,
Rouiford, SeWardston, Shepherd's bush, Shooter's-bill,
Sulcup, SaareehreJli, Southall, Southboroegh, Sow h-
end (Eithatn), South-eed (Lewisham), Southgete, Stam-
ford-hill, Stanmore, St. Mary Cray, Stockwell, St.
Peal's Cray, Strand-under-the-Green (New), Stratford,
Streatham, Sunbury, Sutton (Surrey), Sutton (Middle-
sex), Sutt )11 (Little). Sydenhem, Tedilington, Tnornton-
heath, Tooting (Lower), Tooting (Upper), Tottenham,
Totteridge, Turnham-green, Twickenham. Upton (Es-
sex), Upton (Kent), Waddon (Croydon), Walham-green,
Wallington, Waltham-abbey, Waltham-cross, Waltham-
stow, Wandsworth, Wanstead, Welling. Wembly, West-
end (Hampstead), West Ham, West Ham (Abbey),
Whetstone, Whtb's-cross, Whitchurch (Edgware),
Wilton, Wickham (East)), Wickham (West), Widmore,
Willesden, Wimbledon, Wincbmore-hill, Woodford,
Woodford-bridge, Woolwich, and Worton. It is gene-
rally understood by the authorities that no future modi-
fications on points of detail will affect the existing regu-
lations in the London district (country) department,
though further orders will be shortly issued with refer-
ence to the Sunday duty in many of the more distant
post towns.