Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-20
A PERFECT HoTCH.PoTCH.

The las, London Quarterly gives very interesting sketch
of the vast mechanism Of the London Post Oce Depart
ienr and some of its curious incidents Some time SINCE
official notice was given after the adoption Of cheap postage
ba, the post Office would convey packets through the
mails provided they did weigh over sixteen ounces
The writer gives amusing account OF the effects oil the
notice after the adoption Of cheap postage III was no doubt
there would suddenly appear crowd OF rec
anpular parcels various lengths breadhs and ihcknes'es
-some sealed lied wafred, bat all containing
written or printed documents of less importance
at appears however, from certain most extraordinary
ledger which permitted 10 peus that portion OF
the public awaited themselves ri This incsnabe literary III;
diligence with about much consideration herd Of
very hungry pigs might be expected 10 evnce on being al
lowed Tor recreation, 10 walk in garden Vi beautiful -
lips; certainly if The ghost OF our excellent Old friend tile
late Sir Francis Freezing could but by conJuraon be made
10 read the list of The packets which have been transmitted
and delivered by post certainly, like that of Hamlet,
would exclaim To energetic Pustnaster-General-
o. horrible O. Horrblel most horrible
Il thou nature in thee bear II not
For instance il appears there have been transmitted
'packe,s-irom Blackburn in Lancashire 10 Spitaheds,
London two canary birds delivered by the postman alive
and we'll From Davenport to London, pork pie To
London woodcock also pair OF pebald mice, which were
Kept in The Post-oce month"; fed and last delivered 10
the owner who called them From Manchester TO Castle
street, Borough rabbits and bd-hfeen parcels
plum. pudding From Bognor to Plymouth lobster. In
day. 81 letters containing wedding cake On more than
OCCASION without envelope banknote Zone was Tor
no less than ESQ., the ends being merely folded upon
each other wafeed back Of the then directed
lnnumerabe eeces in badders several Of which having
BURST and the water having weed the letters many OF the
poor found crawling the correspondence
Of the country From Plymouth 10 Humanity bottle
Of cream From mother to her bottle OF strawher
ries which being smashed in the bag completely destroyed
packet full of very valuable lace addressed 10 the late
Queen Downger. ship biscuit the address being on a
very small piece of paper pasted thereon From oness to
Dublin, uncovered bottle full Of liquor, merely labelled
with address and thu words sample Of cider From Ex-
mouth TO Hastings half pound Of soft soap in thin paper.
From Bishops Stortford TO Brunswick Square fish: also
several packages OF plants in wet From Hastings 10
Bath bunch Of grapes also shiimps. From Kingston TO
Westminster Bridge Road, TO Mrs. -, roast duck. A
flask gunpowder Fftvth separate packets containing
each box Of lucier matches being handled box
poded in the Post Office traveller bagnan, wrote to
his beloved wife for his pistol she afec'ionaey sent H.
merely labelled loaded almost to the mouth with powder ball.
and sugs. To the Countess of "a pair of flesh
brushes the mail in coming from the West was upset
into brook which dssovng the paper covering of these
brushes they probably ancyng they had arrived at their
Journeys end instantly set 10 work and destroyed consid
cradle of the epistoary contents OF the bags 10
Mr. -, live snake. From London to Wellington,
Somersetshre very long cucumber. To naturalist in
London live mouse china cups and box of live
spiders From Oxford Merton square, Dublin ad-
dressed TO Miss most beautiful head-dress Of the ge-
nus Jeamaee From London Sudbury, two sweetbreads
To- hume heart; partridge; mackerel; paper
of fish hooks; human stomach, &C.. &c"