The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

The following notice appeared Saturday at the General Pest-office
St. Martin's-le-Grand:—

" Notice to the Public, and Instructions to all Postmasters, Sub
Postmasters, and Letter Receivers.
" General Post office, March, 1844.

" Onand from the lit of April next, letters may be sent unpaid,
vi• France, to the following countries and places, or the postage
may be paid to destination, viz. :—The Austrian dominions, the
Free City of Cracow, Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Europe, to.
gether. with the town of Scutari, in Aaia.
" Letters may also be sent through France unpaid to the follow.
ing provinces and governments of Southern Poland and Southern
Russia, viz. :
" IN POLAND. —The provinces of Cracow, Lublin, and Sando-
mier.

" IN Ruasta.—The Governments of Abkhas, Astrakhan, Bes-
sarabia, Caucasus, Circassia, Cossacks of the Black Sea, Cossacks of
the Don, Daughistan, Ekaterinoslav, Georgia, Imeretia,
Koursk, Mingrelia. Nicolaei, Podolia, Poltonia, Schirwan, Tau.
ride, Tchernigow, Uchrainis, Volhynia, Vowney; or the postage
may be paid as far as Podgorce in the one case, or as far as Brody
in the other.

" The combined British and Foreign rate of postage to be taken
on a single letter, weighing less than a quarter of an ounce, for any
of the above.mentioned countries, will be as follows :—To the
Austrian dominions, Is. 5d .; Free City of Cracow, Is. 54. ; City of
Belgrade, Is. sd. ; Moldavia and Wallachia, le. 9d. ; Turkey in
Europe (Belgrade excepted), and Scutari in Asia, is. Ild.;
Southern Poland and Southern Russia, Is. 6d.

" Letters exceeding the weight before.mentioned will be charged
on the principle adopted with French letters,
"Letters addressed to Greece, the Archipelago, and the lonian
Islands, which hitherto could only be paid to the extreme frontier
of France, may in future be paid as far as Trieste, and these which
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of paying the postage to the extreme frontier of
France, on letters addressed to Switaerland, Baden, Bavaria, or
) may be paid.
"Theoption
the countries served through the office of Tour and Taxis is with.
drawn. Those letters which are directed to the German and
Northern States, to be forwarded through the office of Tour and
Taxis, if not posted unpaid, must in future be paid to destination.
By command, "W. L. MABERLY, Secretary."

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
SweesPisftakderlared ; 100 soya. added.
SWINDON STEEPLE-CHASES.—FRIDAY.
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Mr. King's Vanguard, 12st __
(Oliver) 1
Mr. Vevers's Charity, lOst 101 b
Mr. Elmore's Lottery, 1 Ist ; Mr. Anderson's King Cole,
lOst 101 b ; Mr. Tilbury's Culverthorpe, lOst 101 b ; and Mr.
Killard's Chance, 7st 81b, also started, but were not placed.
Won by half a length, after oneof the finest races ever seen.
A Sweepstakes of 5 so's. each, with 20 added, list 71b
each, &c., was won by Mr. Baker's Old Glory (Owner), beat-
inga Mr. Jones's Dick Turpin, Mr. Holthlliam's Monarch, and
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Mr. Powell's Roulette, lOst 101 b (i,owell 0
Mr. Wesley's Brilliant, lOst (Noblei 0
Mr. Tilbury's Tom Tug, list . 3
Lord Maidstone's Cmsar, list 4
Mr. Audinwood's British Yeoman, lOst. 5
The following also ran :—Little Robert, lOst 41b ; Camilla,
lOst ; Emperor, llst ; Gay Lad, llst 121 b ; Charley, lOst 41b
(killed); Ace of Diamonds, lOst 10Ib ; and Balugani, llst.
A dead heat between Roulette and Brilliant, and the stakes
divided.
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. 12st each.
Two miles and a half. (7 Subs.)
Mr. H. Clarke's Leo 12st (Dowdeswell) 1
Mr. Le Blanc's Dide, 12st
The Egyptian, 12st; Belfield, 12st; Fire King, 12st; and
Refuse, 12st, were not placed.
NORTHLEAGH STEEPLE CHASES.
The Cotswold Handicap of 2 soya. each, with 25 added,
four miles, was won by Mr. G. Symond's Nimrod, Ilst 71b,
beating Mr. Dangerfield's Turfcutter, list, Ragged Jack,
Hazard, Countess, and several others.
• The second race was won by Mx.itetton's Aristocrat,
beating four others.