+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ON AND AFTER THE 5TH OF APRIL 1801. | +-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+------+ | |Single.|Double.|Treble.|Ounce.| | +-------+-------+-------+------+ | | _d._ | _d._ | _d._ | _d._ | |Not exceeding 15 miles | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |Above 15 and not exceeding 30 miles| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | | " 30 " 50 " | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | | " 50 " 80 " | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | | " 80 " 120 " | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | | " 120 " 170 " | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | | " 170 " 230 " | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | | " 230 " 300 " | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | | " 300 " 400 " | 11 | 22 | 33 | 44 | | " 400 " 500 " | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | | " 500 " 600 " | 13 | 26 | 39 | 52 | | " 600 " 700 " | 14 | 28 | 42 | 56 | |Exceeding 700 miles | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | +-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+------+ Thus the postage on a single letter was--from London to Brighton, 6d.; from London to Liverpool, 9d.; and from London to Edinburgh, 1s. A letter weighing one ounce is now carried from London to Thurso for 1d. In 1801 the charge was 5s. On letters to or from places abroad, "not being within His Majesty's dominions," the postage was at the same time raised by 4d., 8d., 1s., and 1s. 4d., according as the letter was single, double, treble, or of the weight of one ounce. But there was worse to come. By the Act of 1801 the London penny post--that post which had been established 120 years before, and which, its founder had predicted, would endure to all posterity--was swept out of existence. For us who are now living it is difficult to conceive that such an enormity should have been possible. Yet there is the fact. After the passing of the Act of 1801 the London penny post had ceased to be. Where 1d. had been charged before, the sum of 2d. was to be charged now.