The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-25

THE LrDcEns Should be drawn up to correspond,
and so as to exhibit page the accounts OF each
port office for the year. and they might in the British
rost Once, be made up OF printed blanks, leaving no
thing to enter In manuscript but the amounts-thus
saving the time Of the clerk for more duties
and epsuring greater accuracy.
more general use Of printed blanks would much
improve the service and in view of the great multiplied
ton and increase of duties that low postage
labor saving facility In England they provided OF
a uniform kind for every species of notice. return
voucher. The account books made up Of printed
blank sheets and even envelopes for accounts dead
letters &C., with printed addresses furnished to the
postmasters. This goes far to ensure despatch and
accuracy.
REGIsrRATIoS-Iw would adopt the English plan for
furnishing evidence Of the mailing and receipt of vau
able letters providing special means for tracing them
In the mails and giving greater security in mailing
and forwarding them. This is easily accomplished If
adopt their general mode Of mailing. But the at
failure and deception. have already described
the process Of registration. IL made to the pur
pose desg ned 1t will greatly benefit the public will
somewhat improve the revenues The registration fee
in England is equal to "a cents, besides the POSTAGE
and told that the number Of letters In that
try that paid this high charge very great being
used In of payments legal notices and in many
other instances where the evde the assurance
was desired that the information sent was brought
As to compe nration of postmssters prssen mode
by commissions is decidedly preferable In my judy
ment, to the English, which is by specified salaries
Commissions best suited to changing and grow
ing system, they always proportion the remunera-
ton to he amount Of business done. But see no
good reason for a separate commission newspaper
postage Let the accounting be simplifed by having
but set Of commission rates. embracing both letters
and newspapers and II class of suboices should be
authorized the commissions for sub deputies,
sderation Of their being relieved Of the keeping and
rendering of accounts, might with justice be put at
lefs rates than those of other postmasters.
Uniform rates and pre-. payment of postage will
greatly facilitate the business Of mailing and account
ing In Great Britain paid letter not exceeding
half ounce in weight, 10 sent through the mail to
any part of the kingdom at their minimum rate and
the unpaid letters at double that rate. This discri
minatien insures pre- payment in most and it is
further aided by legal provision that subjects the
writer to the payment OF the postage, and to prose-
cution therefor If necessary, in all where his
the writer Is equally liable to pay the postage his
refused letter. The English scale of progression is
When the letter exceeds an ounce, be it small
an excess it is subject to four rates Of postsgeas
much 30 as II it weighs two ounces so If IL exceeds
two ounces, six rates, the il it amounts
to three ounces in weight This scale simplifes the
busine,s at the oces and counteracts the tendency
to make up large letters, which sometimes into
an abuse
III.-RAILRoAp Mail SERVICE.
In France, the right of sending the mails by
railway free Of charge is secured in the ch, ar
mails Of the Prince Of Thurn and Taxis, and Of
the several governments, are conveyed, free Of
cost on the railways of that country. In England,
the railway companies are bound under heavy penal
ties to take the mails at such hours and speed the
Postmaster General shall Prescribe and as to oompsn.
ration, If they and the Postm aster General cannot
agree upon it, 1t to be decided by arbtrators chosen
by each, and an umpire appointed by them If neces
sary. The prices paid by the British post Office vary
from Id to g. Cd the single mile Id the single mile
the English count distance, is equal to $l4 r. 100
per mile per daily service state is. The
Is Cd. compens Is equivalent to S45l 93s per
mile per snnum daily service. The cause of this
difference IL best explained in the language of
the Secretary of the Britieh Post ONCE Col Mabery
Some trains Che said) run in the middle of the
night when they would not have passenger to
convey; others are run at hours when they full
of passengers. In the one case you would get very
excellent terms. in the other you would be obliged to
pay very because you must expense Of the
train the police, the night estaoshment and every
ether &c In eide mt to your order" We have
euch service performed in this country as here descrb
ed. find notwithstanding this extravaeant award Of
s45l 9as per mile per annum in favor of the North
road mail conveyance in England in 1S47, averages,
according to the best data that could be obtained IL
2.1O cents for each single mile The railroad mail
vice in the United States stands for the last at the
average Of 10 40 100 cents per single mile: believe
would have better service performed between the
poet and the depots especially at the large cities
and make more satisfactory arrangements with the
companies we were to conhne their service to the
rails as in Great Britain and IL the department
to construct its railroad cars proper deduction
being made in the compapy's pay It would have suit
able apartments for its mails agents. other rail-
roads than those between Washington and Phade-
phia The mode OF settling prices for railway mail
service by al bitrston Is am persuaded unfsvsraby
regarded in England searching investigation having
been set on foot into one OF these awards through
Parame ntary Committee, and great reluctance since
r.t;oS In 70 tSe versd questions of rail
,oad comnen,atio, With which this Dsnartment IL an
n~naS I %nnh,n ssI vbv arc NOT the comm;ttsss M
and Conars.s .sif tn hsst arbitrarors, or
~ r. no "a N ~. s..mo.e snscf, In, Ghacon,
n.nsotnn tor cash n be heard in
nd the comnsnio, in ornest;on n tbev dssirs. and
in the Observation-Disclosures Act for the seryice of the de-
Ia sohsdu,e hs rsf.rrad IN ~
phnh r,,I .st,,a sach case and Leave M cbancs co
a,snute aferwarda What the law IL in the Tho
or of tho Rritisb poatmaster ovsr
rs;IvsYs snohias b, To dx denartnrea and ,rrir.I.
Of bonrs that heat anti the nubljc convenience in
resnect solely To their mails Instead of their chisf
mail, beipg desnatcbed A ours are from New York
at four in the afternoon thew are not per-
mtted TO leave London till nine and ten At night
thus allowing ample time for the preparation Of cor
after the of the dsv Il over and
ample time TO mail IL after Il il deposited in the office
ON the came priuciple the mails are brought into
opdop at ON three to We o'clock in the NOR ming
giving sufficient time at the office to one n assort and
SIepspe than for delivery at the esrIiest
hours of the dav For want of such mower such ar
eme nts are possible here wherever the Gonna
MES fir IL is not for their interests in reference to