The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

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GENERAL POST-OFFICE

CAUTION

Against illegally sending, collect
s. g , conveying, or delivering
Letter

the Act of the Ist VICTORIA, C. 36, sec. 2, every
Person who despatches or sends, or causes to be sent.
or tenders or delivers in order to be sent otherwise than by
Post, a Letter not exempted from the exclusive privilege of
the Postmaster General, forfeits for every Letter Fv
Pounds.

Every Person who receives, takes up, or collects any Let-
ter not exempted from the exclusive privilege of the Post-
master General, forfeitsfor every Letter Five Pounds.
Every Person who conveys otherwise than by Post, or
delivers a letter not exempted from the exclusive privilege
of the Postmaster General, forfeits for every Letter Five
Pounds. _

Every Person who makes a collection of exempted Letters
for the purpose of conveying or sending them otherwise than
by Post, or even by the Post, forfeits evert/
Pounds. f Letter Fare

And every Person who is in the practice of
weekcommitting
any of the above mentioned acts, forfeits for every
Poun(-18.
during which the practice is continued
oneEu
By the 13th section, pecuniary penalties fnci
incurred under
ay be recovered in
the Post Office Acts, not exceeding . "
the Peace, by any Person
a summary way before a Justice or.
who will sue for the same ; whereof will belong to
the Crown, and the other moiety withfull costs of suit, to
the Person who informs and prosecutes.
Town Clerks, are to
Magistrates, Clerks of Peace,tolvens share of the penalties in strict
pay over and remit the
Crowns
of the 16th section.
conformity to the directions one moiety
are exempted from the exclusive pri-
dprosecutes.
The following Letters
General, viz. :
vilege of the Postmasteraprivate Friend in his way, journey, or
Letters sent by
shall be directedby
a messenger on purpose ; Commissions
travel, if delivere.d by such Friend to the party to whom they
Letters sent
or retediags, urns thereof , and Affidavits and Writs, Process or Pro-
or returns thereof, issuing out of a Court of Jus-
tice ;
Letters sent out of the United Kingdom by a private ves-
sel ;
Letters of Merchants, Owners of Vessels of Merchandise,
or of the cargo or loading therein sent by such vessels, or in
charge of any person employed by such Owners for the car-
riage of such Letters, according to their respective directions,
and delivered to the respective persons to whom they shall be
directed, without paying or receiving hire or reward, or other
advantage or profit for the same ;
Letters concerning goods or merchandise sent by common
known Carriers to be delivered with the goods without hire
or reward, or other profit, or advantage, for receiving or de-
livering such Letters.
But the following persons arc expressly forbidden to carry
a Letter, or to receive, or collect, or deliver a Letter, although
they shall not receive hire or reward for the same, viz.:—
Common known Carriers, their Servants or Agents, ex-
cept a Letter concerning goods in their carts or waggons,
or on their pack horses, and Owners,
of Stage Coaches. Drivers, or Guards

By Command,
W. L. IVlABEltiarbeoretary.