The Great Fire of London 282 Locations of the Post Office 283 Labels or post-boys' way-bills 284 Stages from London to Berwick 286 Times of transit of Continental Mails 287 News collected through the Post Office 287 Rate of travelling by post-boys in 1666 291 Notice taken of neglects 291 CHAPTER XI Lord Arlington becomes Postmaster-General 293 His Deputy Postmasters-General 294 Country deputies pay a fine for continuance in office 296 Reduction of salaries 297 Early post-office letter-books preserved 300 Colonel Roger Whitley appointed Arlington's Deputy 300 Wages further reduced--Exemptions enjoyed by Deputies 305 Dilatoriness of the deputies in making payments 307 Delays of mails in Wales 308 Advantages of farming the Post Office 310 Conciliatory character of Whitley 311 Whitley pushes business 313 By-letters 315 Whitley's opinion of attorneys 317 On Conformity 318 CHAPTER XII Caustic correspondence 319 Liverpool's first horse-post 320 Circulation of Irish letters 321 One delivery a day in London 322 The Packet Service 323 An express way-bill 325 Ship letters 325 Irregular conduct of masters of packet boats 327 Tonnage of packets 329 Proposed transit through England of letters from Flanders and Holland to Spain and Portugal 330 Whitley's sympathy for his seamen 331 Want of accommodation for letters at the post-houses 332 Careless treatment of the mails 334 Young post-boys 336