The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-28 00:00:00

RATES- OF POSTAGE

The following are the rates of postage on letters fixed by
the bill for the regulation of the duties of postage :
On all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight trans-
mitted by the post between the United Kingdom and foreign
parts, or between any of the places out of the L nited King-
dom hereinafter mentioned, there shall be charged and taken
the following rates of British postage, that is to say :4

By packet-boat between Dover or any other port in
the United Kingdom and Calais, or any other port in
France, a packet-rate of 0 3
Between France and any place in the United King-
dom distant from Dover or other port in the United
Kingdom not more than eight miles, a rate (the
packet-rate included) of
Between France and any place distant from Dover or
other port as aforesaid, more than eight miles and
not more than fifteen miles, a rate (the packet-rate
included) of
Between France and any place distant from Dover or
other port as aforesaid more than fifteen miles, and
not more than twenty miles, a rate (the packet-rate
included) of 0 7
Between France and any place distant from Dover or
other port as aforesaid more than twenty miles, and
not more than thirty miles, a rate (the packet-rate
included) of
Between France aid any place distant from Dover or
other port as aforesaid, more than thirty miles, and
not more than fifty miles, a rate (the packet-rate in-
cluded) of '
And between France and any place in the United
Kingdom distant from Dover or other port as afore-
said, more thari fifty miles, or between France and
London or any place in the United Kingdom,through
London, an uniform rate (the packet-rate included) of 0 10
Between any part of the-United Kingdom and Spain,
otherwise than through France, an uniform rate of 2 2
Between London and the following places, by way of
France, viz., Malta, the lonian Islands, Greece,
Syria, and Egypt, an uniform rate of 0 10
Between London and Germany, by way of France 1 4
Between London and Switzerland, by way of France 1 2
Between London and Spain, by way of France 1 7
Between London and the following places, by way of
France, viz., Italy, Sicily, Venetian Lombardy, Tur-
key, the Levant, and the Archipelago....
Between London and Holland
Between London and Belgium
Between London and Switzerland 1 8
Between London and Germany 1 8
Between London and Denmark 1 8
Between London and Sweden, and other parts of the
North of Europe 1 8
Between London and the following countries, through
Belgium, or Holland, or Germany, viz., Italy, Sicily,
Venetian• Lombardy, Malta, the lonian Islands,
Greece,-Turkey, the Levant, the Archipelago, Syria,
or Egypt 1 8
Between's! any part of the United Kingdom, and any
place-in the East Indies, via France, in addition to
the Red Sea or Persian Gulf packet-rate, hereinaf-
ter Mentioned
Neverthelsss, all foreign letters herein rated between Lon-
don and a place abroad, which shall be sent to or from any
place in the United Kingdom, without coming to or passing
through London, shall be charged as if they had been sent
from or to London ; and the rates of British postage for every
letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by
packet-boats, shall be as follows :
Between any part of the United Kingdom and the s. d.
United States of America, an uniform rate of 1 0
Between a port in the United Kingdom and Lisbon,
or any other port in Portugal 1 7
Between a port in the United Kingdom and the king-
dom of Greece, or any port in Syria or Egypt, but
not including letters transmitted between the United
Kingdom and the East Indies 2 3
Between Suez or Bassora, or any port in the Red Sea
or Persian Gulf, and any port in the East Indies
(letters transmitted by her Majesty's Mediterranean
packet to or from the United Kingdom only except-
ed) .
Between any of the ports or islands or places situate
upon the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the
Archipelago, the Black Sea, in Turkey in Europe
and Asia, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, or the
Mediterranean, and upon the northern coast of
Africa, whether in the Mediterranean or in the
Straits of Gibraltar (not having been first brought
or conveyed from the United Kingdom, or not being
intended to be conveyed to the United Kingdom
Between any of the ports or places last aforesaid and
any port or place in the East Indies, by way of the
Red Sea or the Persian Gulf, in addition to the
aforesaid Red Sea or Persian Gulf packet-rate
Between a port in the United Kingdom and the Island
of Madeira
Between a port in the United Kingdom and any port
in the Island of Cuba in the West Indies, or any
port in Columbia or Mexico
Between any port in the British possessions in the
West Indies and any port in Columbia or Mexico 1 0
Between any port in the United Kingdom and Brazil. 2 7
Between any port in the United Kingdom and Buenos
Ayres, or any other port on the continent of South
America (other than Columbia, Brazil, or Mexico). 2 5
Between any port in the United Kingdom and any port
in the Island of St. Domingo
And in addition to the aforegoing rates (except on letters
between the United Kingdom and France, and between the
United Kingdom and the United States of America, there
shall be paid on every such letter as aforesaid an inland rate
of postage of twopence for the distance any such letter shall
be conveyed within the United Kingdom ; and on every
letter so transmitted as hereinbefore mentioned, exceeding
half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken
progressive and additional rates of British postage, according
to the scale of weight and number of rates in this act con-
tained as to letters, estimating and charging each additional
rate at the amount hereinbefore directed to be charged and
taken on every letter so transmitted, not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, and charging the inland rate as aforesaid,
but so that letters herein rated between London and a place
abroad shall not be charged any inland rate for the distance
between London and the outport at which the packet-boats
conveying the same shall be stationed.
And on every letter between foreign countries or between
any foreign country and any of her Majesty's colonies trans-
mitted through the United Kingdom, there shall be charged
and taken for the distance any such letter shall be carried
within the United Kingdom (in addition to the packet or
ship letter rates to and from the United Kingdom, to which
such letter will be liable under this act, any such inland rate
or rates of postage not exceeding one shilling on any letter
not being more than half an ounce in weight, as the commis-
sioners of her Majesty's treasurer may, by warrant under
their hands, direct ; and on any letter exceeding that weight,
progressive and additional rates of British postage according
to the scale of weight and number of rates in this act con-
tained as to letters, estimating and charging each additional
rate at the sum which any such letter would be charged with
under this schedule, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight;
but so that no such letter be transmitted through the United
Kingdom, unless the British postage chargeable thereon be
paid before the same be sent out of the United Kingdom, or
unless there be a treaty between the postmaster-general and
the postoffice of the foreign country from which it shall have
been forwarded, or to which it shall be addressed, for collect-
ing and accounting for the British postage on such letters.

Whiggery and Radicalism are often confounded. Between
the two there are no doubt several points of resemblance ;
but though agreeing in some respects, they differ in many.
They are the respective creeds of two different sorts of men.
Generally speaking, whiggery is the faith of men who have
got something to lose—radicalism is the faith of those who
have got nothing. Such a thing as a rich whig is possible ;
but a rich radical is a contradiction in terms. The ruling
principles of the men being different, their tactics of course
differ.—Chester Courant.