Onr observations on the Post-office have called forth the following
letter from a correspondent—
Chichester, 12th January 1842.
RESPECTED Farran—In reading the article in last week's Spectator enti- tled " Post-office Improvement," and the remark that Lord LOWTHER was dis- posed to facilitate the beneficial operation of the Penny Postage Act, it appeared to me that it only required the attention of the Postmaster-General to be di- rected to the partial and insufficient Post-office accommodation in some country districts, to obtain an early removal of the grievance. For instance, an this city we have but one London delivery of letters, at a late hour, while the small towns of Guildford and Godahning have each two deliveries of London letters ; our letter-box is also closed at the inconveniently early hour of six p.m., for the despatch of the London mail. These remarks may apply to other districts be- side this: but if the Government carry out the reported improvements in the Post-office department, they will probably ascertain by inspection and inquiry, the actual extent of Post-office accommodation in the various districts. The only reasons I can assign for our not participating in the advantages possessed by some other towns, are the apathy of the inhabitants on this subject, and the hostility of the Postmaster to the penny-postage measure. I remain respectfully, ONE OP THY SUBSCRIBERS. The suggestion of inquiry is good. In selecting examples of ano- maly for illustration, we by no means exhausted the stock; which it would indeed require some space to do. One of the most glaring and most objectionable is the disproportion of time expended in the commu- nisation between different places. For instance, of two letters posted in London after three o'clock in the afternoon, one to Hampstead the other to Bristol, the Bristol letter arrives first. Of two letters, posted at Wolverhampton and Brompton, for London, that from the nearest will he last received. Indeed, the " return of post" from London to Brompton cannot safely be reckoned on under twenty-four hours. A little attention to arrangement would remove very many inconveni- ences of the kin&
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