West Indies. New schedule of mail service

A Plan having been strongly recommended by the Governors and other Persons of Consideration residing in the Leeward Islands, as well as by the West India Merchants and Planters residing in London, for the Improvement of their Correspondence by employing Two Schooners to convey the Mails through those Islands, instead of One as at present, the Post-Master General have consented to make a Trial of it for Six Months:

Notice is therefore hereby given, that when the Jamaica Packet, with the Mails from hence of the First Wednesday in the Month, arrives at Barbadoes, One of the Schooners will proceed from thence, with the Leeward Island Mails as at present, for St. Vincent's, Grenada, Dominica, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's, where she will leave the Mail for Tortola to wait the Arrival of the Leeward Island Packet with the Mails of the Third Wednesday in the Month from England.

When the Second, or Leeward Island Packet, arrives at Barbadoes, the other Schooner will take the Mails for Dominica, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Kitt's, and, after staying Forty-eight Hours for Answers at each Island (excepting at Nevis and St. Kitt's) will return to Barbadoes, whilst the Packet will proceed to St. Vincent's and Grenada, and, instead of calling at Dominica, Antigua and Montserrat, as at present, will go directly to Nevis and St. Kitt's, and from thence to Tortola, and then return to Falmouth.

It is calculated that, by the Packet and Schooner each taking a different Course during the same Time till they meet at Nevis, instead of the Packet performing the whole Voyage, will save Thirteen Days in every Voyage.

ANTH. TODD, Sec.