Property-Tax Department, Stamp Office, Public Accounts Office. See Audit Office 10 to 4 Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Dean's-yard, Westminster; Treasurer's Department, 10 to 2; Secretary's and First Fruits and Tenths Department, 10 to 4 Queen's Bench Office, Mitre-court-buildings, Temple; hours as the Writ Office Queen's Remembrancer Office, 22, Dukestreet, Westminster, 10 to 4 Railway Board, 22, Great George-street Receiver's Office for Greenwich Hospital, Tower Hill, 10 to 4 Record and Writ Clerks' Office, Chancerylane, 10 to 4 in Term and during the Seals, at other times 11 to 1 Register Office of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, 5, Dean's-court, Doctors'. commons, 9 to 5 Registrar Office, Chancery-lane (C.) 10 to 2 Registry of Designs, 4, Somerset-place, 10 to 4; for registering, 11 to 3 Report and Entries Office, Chancery-lane, 10 to 3; vacation, 11 to 1 Royal Marines Office, 22, New-st., Springgardens, 10 to 5 Rule Office (Q.B.), Queen's Bench Office, Inner Temple, 11 to 3, and 6 to 8, in Term; in vacation, as Writ Office Rule Office (C.P.), Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane, 11 to 3, and 6 to 8, in Term; in vacation, as Writ Office Savings Banks' (Barristers') Office, 5, Bolton-street, Piccadilly, 10 to 4 School of Design, Somerset House Scottish Corporation Office, Crane-court, Fleet street, 10 to 4 Secondary's Office, 5, Basinghall-st., 10 to 7 Walsall Secretary's Office, Lord Chancellor's, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4; Rolls, Chancery-lane, 10 to 3; vacation, 11 to 1 Sheriff of Middlesex's Office, Red Lion-sq. Court days, Thursdays Sheriff's Court Office, Guildhall-buildings, 10 to 4 Signet Office. See Privy Seal Solicitor-General's Office, 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn Sons of the Clergy, 2, Bloomsbury-place, Bloomsbury-square Stage Coach Duty Office, at Inland Revenue Office, Broad-street Stamp Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4. No money received after 3 State Paper Office, 12, Duke-street, Westminster, 11 to 4 Stationery Office, James-street, Buckingham-gate, 10 to 4. Stock Exchange, Capel-court, Bank, 10 to 4 Subpoena Office, Rolls-yard, 10 to 4 in Term, and 11 to 1 in vacation only Surveyor of Crown Lands, 8, Richmondterrace. See Board of Works Tax Office, Somerset-place, 10 to 3 Taxing Master's Office, Staple-inn, 10 to 4; vacation, 11 to 1 Tenths Office. See Queen Anne's Bounty Tithe Commissioners' Office, 9, Somersetplace, 10 to 4 Transport Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Treasury Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, Public Works and Buildings Office, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Writs Office (Q.B.), Queen's Bench Office, King's Bench-walk, Temple, 11 to 4, vacation, 11 to 3; long vacation, 11 to 2. IRON-MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS, 1851. Wolverhampton... Birmingham.. Stourbridge Dudley.. Wednesday.. Thursday.. Friday.. Saturday HACKNEY-CARRIAGE FARES. All vehicles, whether on two or more wheels, plying for passengers in any part of the metropolis, within five miles of the General Post Office, with the exception of those licensed as stage-coaches, are deemed hackney-carriages within the provisions of the Act. Fares according to Distance.-For every hackney-carriage drawn by two horses any distance not exceeding one mile, one shilling, and sixpence for every additional half-mile or fractional part of half a mile. Fares according to Time.-For every hackney-carriage drawn by two horses any 7 7 7 13 METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES, Chelsea-16, Great Queen-st, Westminster Hampstead -6, Hardwick-place, Hamp- Kent--Mill-lane, Deptford Lambeth-139, Blackfriar's-road New River-New River Head, near Sad Southwark and Vauxhall-Sumner-street, West Middlesex-20, Nottingham-place, METROPOLITAN GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES. British-11, George-yard, Lombard-street, | Imperial-33, John-street, Bedford-row and 105, Broad-street, Ratcliff Chartered-19, New Bridge-street, Black- City of London-Dorset-st., Salisbury-sq. Great Central Gas Consumers', 28, Cole- Independent Haggerston London-26, Southampton-street, Strand Phoenix-64, Bankside Ratcliff-189, Wapping High-street South Metropolitan-Canal Bridge, Old Surrey Consumers'-293, Rotherhithe-st. LONDON FIRE ENGINE ESTABLISHMENT, 68, WATLING-STREET. The following are the stations at which Engines are to be found, both Day and Night. Ratcliffe Wellclose-square Cheapside 68, Watling-street Portman-square-33, King-st., Baker-street St. Mary Axe-Jeffries-square Blackfriars Farringdon-street Covent Garden-Chandos-street Waterloo Bridge-road, near the New Cut The Floating Engines lie off King's Stairs, Superintendent -Mr. J. Braidwood, 68, Watling-street. GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. THE Receiving Houses are open for general post letters till half-past five, or till six P.M., if the letters be pre-paid by stamps, and bear an additional 1d. stamp as a fee; and at St. Martin's-le-Grand and the Branch Offices, at Charing Cross, Old Cavendishstreet, Stones' End, Southwark, and Lombard-street, till six without fee; at the first three Branch Offices till a quarter to seven; at Lombard-street and the General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, till seven, with an additional ld. stamp; and at St. Martin'sle-Grand till half-past seven P.M., with a fee of 6d. The extra penny on all inland letters to be paid by a stamp, but upon foreign, colonial, or ship letters the penny must be paid in money. General post letters are charged by weight, as follows:Letters not exceeding Do. Do. oz., one postage 1 oz., two postages 2 oz., four postages 3 oz., six postages; and so on, adding two postages for every ounce; but parliamentary papers are an exception. The price of a postage is 1d., which must be pre-paid by a stamp, or it will be charged double, and if the weight of the letter should exceed the value of the stamps attached, the excess will be charged double: thus, a letter weighing more than half an ounce, but not exceeding an ounce, if bearing ld. stamp only, will be charged an additional 2d. on delivery. Shilling stamps and tenpenny stamps are also now issued. Newspapers, to go the same day, must be put into the General Post Office before six o'clock; but those put in before half-past seven o'clock will go the same evening by paying a halfpenny with each. In the branch offices they must be put in before half-past 5, and at the Receiving Houses before 5. They must be sent in covers, open at the sides, and, to go free, no words or communication must be printed on such paper after the same shall have been published, nor any writing or marks upon such printed paper, or the cover thereof, other than the name and address of the person to whom it is sent; but, by affixing a stamp conspicuously on the cover, the paper itself may be written on, but this exemption does not apply to papers sent abroad. If addressed to persons who have removed, they may be re-directed, and sent free of extra charge. Failure in these conditions subjects the paper to the same rate of postage as an unpaid letter. Single books may also be sent by post, open at the ends, at the rate of 6d. per pound, which must be pre-paid by stamps, every fraction being reckoned as a pound. Single books may also be sent to the West Indies and Nova Scotia; under lb. 6d., above 1s., and 1s. for each lb, or fraction of a lb. above, prepaid by stamps. British newspapers sent to foreign countries (where they are permitted to go free through the foreign post) go free: but if otherwise, they are charged a British postage of 2d. each; or a rate equivalent to the foreign rate. French and Belgium news. papers are subject to a postage in England of one halfpenny. English papers pay in France a postage of 5 centimes. Newspapers to and from the Colonies are transmitted free (unless sent by private ships), and must be posted within a week of their publication. MORNING MAILS. The Letter Boxes at the Receiving Houses will be open till seven A.M. for newspapers, and 7.45 A.M. for letters; and those at the branch offices, Charing Cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough, for the reception of newspapers until half-past seven A.M., and for letters until eight A.M. At the General Post Office and the Branch Office in Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at a quarter before eight A.M., and for letters at half-past eight A.M. Mail despatched at half-past nine A. M. Letters and newspapers for Ireland, posted at any receiving office before two or any branch office before three, or at St. Martin'sle-Grand by half-past three, are despatched at five, and reach Dublin early on the following morning. No person will be permitted hereafter o send or receive letters free of postage. Members however of either House of Parliament will be entitled to receive, free of charge, petitions addressed to either House of Parliament, provided they are sent without covers, or in covers open at the sides, and do not exceed the weight of thirty-two ounces. Addresses to Her Ma. jesty will likewise go free of postage. The rates on newspapers and letters of soldiers and sailors will remain unaltered, with the exception, however, that the privilege now given to soldiers' and sailors' letters will be restricted to the cases in which they shall not exceed half an ounce in weight. Letters exceeding 4 oz. in weight, must be pre-paid in money or in stamps. With this restriction, any weight may be sent by post; but the packet must not exceed two feet in length, and nothing should be posted which will not bear the crush in the letter bags. Letters directed to bankrupts are to be delivered to the assignees for three months after the issue of the fiat. The rate of postage for Parliamentary Papers is ld. for every 4 oz. They may be also sent to Hamburgh, Bremen, or Lubeck, viâ Hamburgh, open at the ends and prepaid, if not exceeding 2 oz. for ld.; above 2 oz. and not exceeding 3 oz. for 6d.; above 3 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz. for 8d.; and 2d. per oz. extra up to 16 oz. Letters containing coin or articles of value are recommended to be registered. Such letters and any others may be registered at any of the receiving-houses in London till five o'clock for the evening mail, and at any post-office in the country until within half an hour of the closing of the bag to the place for which they are directed. The fee in any case in Great Britain is 6d. and the postage, and to France 6d. and double the French postage. Such letters bearing a sufficient number of stamps will pass as paid letters, but the registration fee must in every case be paid in money. Money orders for sums under 54 are granted by every post-town upon every other post-town in the United Kingdom, on application at the various offices; and also by and upon certain offices in the me tropolis, of which the postmasters are furnished with a list, for which a commission of 3d. for Two Pounds, and 6d. for any sum above Two Pounds and not exceeding Five Pounds, is charged. They must be presented for payment within the second calendar month after their issue or a fresh order will be charged for, and within the twelfth calendar month, or they will not be paid at all. Post Office Orders are recommended for small sums; and, if neither that nor registration be adopted, that all bills, notes, &c., be cut in halves, and sent by different posts; the numbers, dates, &c., should also be carefully taken. No money orders are issued or paid on a Sunday. The following is a List of Receiving Houses within the limits of the London District Post appointed for the issue and payment of money orders : Within the Three Mile Circle. General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Branch Offices - Borough, Charing Cross, Old Cavendish Street, Lombard Street Battle Bridge, No. 1, Pleasant Row East India Road, No. 3 Gray's Inn Lane, No. 43, Up. North Place Kensington, High Street, opp. to Church Old Kent Road, No. 9, Northampton Place Paddington, No. 116, Edgware Road Pimlico, No. 28, Queen's Row Strand, No. 180, corner of Norfolk Street Beyond the Three Mile Circle. Barking Barnet Bromley, Kent Nova Scotia, New Bruns-) Canada } Belgium Brit. and For. (under oz.) 06 France and Algeria The single uniform rate on letters between the United Kingdom and places beyond sea (Hamburg and Lubeck excepted, to which the postage is 6d. only), when conveyed by private ship will be 8d., The Postage to all the places marked * must be paid in advance. + If not posted or delivered at the Port. These Rates include the Internal Colonial Rate of 2d. per half ounce. *Heligoland Uniform rate of 0 6 *Cuxhaven do. 0 6 *Countries on the Continent of Europe, via Holland do. 0 8 Holland 1s., in whatever part of the United | Madeira, Grey Town (St. Juan de Nicara Kingdom they may be posted or delivered. It is clearly to be understood that the single rates of postage given in the above instructions are applicable only to letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight. Letters exceeding half an ounce advance in proportion to their weight. It must, however, be borne in mind that this Scale does not apply to French and Belgium rates on letters to and from France, Belgium, and through France, as the present system of charging French rates on such letters must continue in force, viz., a single French rate for each quarter of an ounce exclusive. Letters to and from warm climates are recommended to be sealed with wafers instead of wax. Mails made up in London as follows:Via London-France, twice daily till 7 P.M. Belgium, daily. Holland every Wednesday and Saturday: Letters received till 8 A.M. Germany and the North of Europe on the evenings of Tuesday and Friday: Via Southampton Channel Islands, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: Portugal, Madeira (via Lisbon), Spain, and Gibraltar, on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of every month. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Ionian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, and India, the 20th of every month. The Overland Mail to India, via Marseilles, is made up on the evening of the 8th of each month; when the 8th falls on a Sunday, then on the evening of the 9th. British West Indies (except Honduras and Bermuda), Foreign West Indies (except Havana), Venezuela, and Jacmel (Hayti), 2nd and 17th of every month. Nassau, Havana, Honduras, 17th, Vera Cruz, Tampico, 2nd, and St. Juan (Porto Rico), 2nd and 17th of every month. gua), 2nd and 17th, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the 17th of every month only. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, 9th of every month. Via Liverpool British N. America, and United States. There are now two lines of packets, one British and one American, and letters are sent by the first, that starts; Saturday is the usual day, but there is occasionally an extra one on a Wednesday. One of the United States packets that communicates with Hamburgh calls at Southampton in and out. LONDON DISTRICT POST. The principal office is at the General Letters going from one Part of the Town Chief 1 } 6, 8 p.m., or at 9 11 a.m., à bef. 1 2 3 4 5 6, and at 7 and 9 p.m. Will be } at 12 and at 8 a.m. following morn. The above deliveries are confined to London; and in the environs, within a circle of three miles, including Camberwell, Camden Town, Dalston, Hackney, Holloway, Islington, Kent Road (Old), Kennington, Kentish Town, Kingsland, Newington Butts, Pentonville, Shackle well, South Lambeth, Somers Town, Vauxhall, and Walworth, there are six deliveries a day, and letters posted in London before six are delivered the same evening. All places within six miles of the General Post Office have letters delivered the same evening if posted before five o'clock at a receiving-house, or before a quarter to six at the chief office. The district extends twelve miles round London, but includes Hampton Court, Hampton, and Sunbury, though beyond the limits; and the number of deliveries vary from five to two. MAIL ROUTES DIRECT FROM LONDON. The following List, by the kindness of the Gentlemen connected with the Mail-Coach Superintendent's Department at the Post-Office, has been corrected according to the latest arrangements, and is of importance, as enabling persons to ascertain the time of receiving and delivering letters, as well as of forwarding parcels, and otherwise availing themselves of these conveyances. A very trifling computation will enable them also to ascertain the time of the mail passing any of the intermediate places. The first column gives the distance in miles from London, measured from the Post-Office; the third is the time of the mail's passing from, and the last its time passing to, London. The mails leave the Post-Office, London, every evening at 8. The time mentioned is London time throughout, for the difference between which and the time at the different places, see the Companion for 1831. BATH, BRISTOL, EXETER, and DEVONPORT. 173 Wellington 3 15m 9 48a Miles. Night Mail. 3 35m leaves arrives From Gen. Post Office 8 Оа 5 0m 182 Tiverton Station.... 9 26a 7 5m 5 55a 227 Ilfracombe ........ 205 Crediton ......... 5 50m 7 3a 6 25m 6 25a 6 45m 6 5a BRIGHTON RAILWAY. 5 times from London. * 5 times from Brighton. |