Her Majesty's Mails

"Whereas the management of the postage of the letters of Great Britain and Ireland is committed to our care and conduct: these are therefore in His Majesty's name to require you in your respective stages to use all diligence and expedition in the safe and speedy conveyance of this mail and letters: that you ride five miles an hour according to your articles from London to East Grinstead, and from thence to return accordingly. And hereof you are not to fail, as you will answer the contrary at your perils. Signed, CORNWALLIS. JAMES CRAGGS."[41] TO THE SEVERAL POSTMASTERS BETWIXT LONDON AND EAST GRINSTEAD. Haste, Haste, Post Haste! +--------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | | From the Letter-Office at half an hour past two in the | |Miles.| morning, July 17, 1719. | | | | | 16 | Received at Epsom half an hour past six, and sent away | | | three-quarters past. ALEXANDER FINDLATER. | | | | | 8 | Received at Dorking half an hour after eight, and sent | | | away at nine. CHAS. CASTLEMAN. | | | | | 6 | Received at Rygate half an hour past ten, and sent away | | | again at eleven. JOHN BULLOCK. | | | | | 16 | Received at East Grinstead at half an hour after three | | | in the afternoon. | +--------+-----------------------------------------------------------+