New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-22
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N,v.r,ner Letter. Acro.. the Sea Tor . Penn,


MANY psrsons imagine that the mail matter between
Great britain North America must Be Increase
iucoDvtnisnt bulk in order to produce snser Ocean
Penny Postage tn smouni Of revenue derived from tbs
tr.s.nt rates But this great mistake Newspapers
and 9th publications constitute probably more THAI
hs the weight snd bulk Of the mails conveyed the
Ocean espeeia, between England and the United States
FER there Is special arrangement Tor The Transmission 81
pnsd matter between these two great countries the Ike
~ which does not exist between sny other too nations d.
yd,d by the sea In En- gland you can seod no psohca
ton whatever even TO any Of is own Coenes, sness
be ar the Government stamp short OF sxpesce or tseive
cents The postage on hIe S@,Iss 49, "es .
l. ktg cents But the postage on the same from iondos
to ~ Louis is but I'd, half OF which Is PAID ON hs SIDE
ara half on the And yea cAs transmit between
England and the Cued States sny printed matter -ns
ever old newspapers pamphlets DOCKS snd paris VI
books 81 the charge Of ID Tor two ounces psd soove
Id by the sender and Id by the receiver What - the
consequence Why, IN oroer % sveld the present nfo
post,ge letters, and tuns OF old newspaper
pSm hets, bits OF books &c. sre sent across tho
not with the slightest expectation that they VIII %
read but 20 convey g. distant friends what may DO
expressed IN the Manuscript direction ON the band or
"soEi" receives old English newspaper postmArked
Long SurOn Lincolnshire. No bat John knows whose
hand penned those simple words He knows full we'll and
they gladden. hs heart With this message This Is frou
your sfectonaie mother she remembers you with
mothers memory She is pretty we'll Look Al thsse
words They not written with feeble or siokly
hand nice and comforting letter that 90 John for
penny The words lew. without verb or sdeetveto
connect qualify them but they arc full OF meaning To
father TO send him for penny 50 they are vr'iea on
the OF an old newspaper weighing TIVE ounces in-
.esd Of sheet Of noie paper weighing halt an suacs
The poorest Of the serd these newspaper letters
the and send them they do by tens o thousands
weekly True there IN them but few kernels OF
vht bushel Of chsh but IS the chad transpcred
for nothing the bulk is not regarded by either party
Ocean Penny Postage Already In Practice.
In an able leading article of Tao L0sdos Tes Of the
goth January the editor remarks "Our present object IL
to inquire whether arrangement could not DO
made by the Post Oice for the transmission OF letters At
the rate of penny between the Mother country ana
"Austrais by private sailing ships n nos by packet
Lord Aberdeen also IN his reply 90 the large aud nhueu
ta deputaton that wates upon him ths 10Th Of April,
made Substantially this observation, "Geutlsmeu have
said that they ready 10 admit that penny should be
required Tor the domestic psTt penny for the colonial
part Of the expense but complain of hs charge OF four
pence for the ocean part Of the postage Nov am as
sured, that the gentlemen present connected with tho
shipping interest disposed to undertake the task OF con
veyng letters under what they call eSorbtsnt amount,
The Psst Office will be glad 10 accept bis otter.
Now fact stated sometime since by two respectable
Csptsns OF American saing ships which seems 10 supply
Al the inquiry Of TIE London It, ana 10 tho
declaration OF LORD Aberdeen. These wo Captains sailed
between New lOrk and London. and Ia conversation IN
the praecabiy OF Cheap Ocean Postage they sail that
their custom 10 leave letter bag for the re ,ept OF
letters in coffee house in New York sew days before
setting sail with notice that Il would be closed AZ speo-
h, At lifetime appoIst,d Il locked brought
board and conveyed across the Atlantic u England
On arriving oil GIavesend the ship was boarded oy mo
British Custom house Ocer aud the letter bag was put
that II contained all the mail matter board 10 bis know
edge 1bs Oicer tAen opened the bag counted the let
teri posted them probably in Gravesend 10 the persons 70
whom they were addressed each charged with Ell tho
usual rate sailing ship letters and tn gave the Cap
tain penny each for his part Of the service performer
upon IT, And this service not only Included the simple
item of transportation the Atlantic but the patng
Up Of the bag ia Newfork and sundry other little cares
that end of the route which included IN the niand
services letters crossing the and charged a. such
Both these Captains said this had been practice Of
long standing With them and they presumed similar ar
raugement bad )een entered into with other American
Captains For themselves they quite satisfied with
what they received for their ps Of the Performance for
frsghi the world weud pay them well the trans
pOraon OF letters the at the rats OF penny
each. They and the Captains Of the other American
Liner" would jump at the chance of conveying all the
letters that crossed the sea vt that figure.
Does that fact satisfy the inquiry in reference 10 tho
prsctcsbity arranging with sailing ships to convey
letters between the mother cosntry and Australia or
America for penny each Dses Il not also supply tho
proof in answer the declaration Of Lord Aberdeen that
private enterprise u competent TO accomplish the meno
transportation Vi letters across e SEA 81 hs peanL aIsf
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