Manchester. Introduction of a Penny Post. List of Receiving Houses

HIS MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER GENERAL Having been pleased to settle and establish A PENNY POST OFFICE in the Town of Manchester, and the Suburbs thereof and Places adjacent;

Notice is hereby given, that Offices are opened for the receipt of Letters and Parcels, not exceeding four Ounces weight, at the following Places:

And also at the principal Post Office in Back Square from which Places Deliveries will be made all over the town Three Times a Day, viz. Eight in the Morning - Half past Twelve at Noon - and Six in the Afternoon. - Before which Times Letters should be put into the above Offices, in order to be sent by the quickest Conveyance - for the carriage of which, one Penny will be charged in the Town, and two Pence for such as are for the Places adjacent, and within the Penny Post delivery.

Letters intended for the General Post for London, and all Parts may, on payment of one Penny with them, be put into any of the Four Receiving Houses ???? the principal Office at the proper times for their being circulated by the several Post without Delay. The Receiving Houses will be open from Seven in the Morning till Ten at Night, for that Purpose; and the Postage both on Foreign and Inland paid Letters, will be received at them, the same as at the Principal Office.

Letter Carriers will be despatched regularly every Day (Sundays excepted) with the Letters to and from Middleton, Ashton-under-line, Staley-Bridge, Oldham, Saddleworth, and other Places, of which due Notice will be given.

It is the Wish of the Post Master General rather to prevent than to punish. Therefore that the unwary may be made acquainted with the Penalties they are subject to, by illegally conveying Letters within the Precincts of the Penny Post Delivery, the following Extract of 5th Geo. 3d. is added by their Lordships order.

"And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that when any Penny Post Office or Offices shall be settled and established in any Cities, Towns, Suburbs, or Places adjacent, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Dominions in America, no Person or Persons whatsoever shall make any Collection of Letters or Packets in or near such City, Town, Suburbs, or Places, where such Penny Office or Offices shall be established, without Licence or Leave of the Postmaster General for the Time being; upon Pain of incurring the Forfeitures and Penalties to be forfeited and paid by Persons collecting, receiving, carrying, recarrying, and delivering Letters contrary to the Act, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne; to be recovered in Manner as by the said Act is directed, and with Full Costs of Suit."

N. B. The Penalties to be incurred by the 9th Queen Anne, are FIVE POUNDS for every Letter, or Packet, illegally collected, carried, or delivered, whether for Hire or not, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS for every Week such Practices are continued.

GEO. WESTERN, Surveyor G.P.O.