Whereas the Management of the Poste Stage of Letters of England, Scotland, and Ireland, is committed to my care and conduct; These are therefore in His Majesties name to require you, in your respective stages, to use all diligence and expedition in the safe and speedy conveyance of this Mail and Letters from London to ____ , and from thence to return; And hereof you are not to fail, as you will answer the contrary at your perils. Given under my hand this ____ past ____ in the morning. To the Several Postmasters on ____ Road. The bills were signed in writing by Philip Frowde, the then working head of the Post Office. The stages, and the official distances between the stages, at this time from London to Berwick, were as follows:-- London to Waltham, 12 miles. Waltham " Ware, 8 " Ware " Royston, 13 " Royston " Caxton, 9 " Caxton " Huntingdon, 7 " Huntingdon " Stilton, 9 " Stilton " Stamford, 14 " Stamford " Witham, 8 " Witham " Grantham, 8 " Grantham " Newark, 10 " Newark " Tuxford, 10 " Tuxford " Scroby, 12 " Scroby " Doncaster, 7 " Doncaster " Ferribrigs, 10 " Ferribrigs " Tadcaster, 10 " Tadcaster " Yorke, 8 " Yorke " Burrowbridge 12 " Burrowbridge " N. Allerton, 15 " N. Allerton " Darlington, 12 " Darlington " Durham, 12 " Durham " Newcastle, 12 " Newcastle " Morpeth, 12 " Morpeth " Alnwicke, 16 " Alnwicke " Belford, 12 " Belford " Berwick, 14 " ---- 272 ==== The number of despatches weekly to the principal continental cities, and the times allowed for transit to or from London, were these:--