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, collecting, conveying, or delivering

Letters,

BY 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, fo.feits for every Letter. Fe
Pounds. .

Every Person who receives, takes up, or collects any Let-
ter not exempted from the exclusive privilege of the Post-
master General, forfeits for &very 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 for every Letter Five
Pounds.

- And every Person who is in the practice of committing
any of the above mentioned acts, forfeits for every week
during which the practice is continued One Hundred Pounds.
By the 13th section, pecuniary penalties incurred under
the Post Office Acts, not exceeding £2O may be
recovered in
a summary way before a Justice of the Peace, by any Person
who will sue for the same • one moiety whereof will belong to
the Crown, and the other moiety
with full costs of suit, to
the Person who informs and prosecutes.
Magistrates, Clerks of the Peace, and Town Clerks, are to
pay over and remit the Crown's share of the penalties in strict
conformity to the directions of the 16th section.
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Letters sent by in
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The following Letters are exempted from the exclusive pri-
vilege of the Postmaster General, viz
a private Friendway, journey, or
travel, if delivered by such Friend to the party to whom they
shall be directed ;
Letters a messenger on purpose; Commissions
or
and Affidavits and Writs, Process or Pro-
ceedings, or returns thereof, issuing out of a Court of Jus-
tice ;
returns thereof,sentby
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 whorri 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 are 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, Drivers, or Guards
of State Coaches.

By Command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary