s confirmed by the manner in which the
Corporation have expressed themselves concerning it. Measures are being
taken to carry it into execution through other parts of the kingdom, and
the plan will be adopted in a few days upon the Norfolk and Suffolk
roads.

"A. MOYSEY AND J.J. PRATT.

"To Philip Georges, Esq., Deputy Town Clerk."

May 12, 1785:--"Bath Post Office. A further extension of Mr. Palmer's
plan for the more safe and expeditious conveyance of the mails took
place on Monday, the 9th inst., when the letters on the cross posts from
Frome, Warminster, Haytesbury, Salisbury, Romsey, Southampton,
Portsmouth, Gosport, Chichester, and their delivery, together with the
Isle of Wight, Jersey and Guernsey, all parts of Hampshire and
Dorsetshire, will be forwarded from this office at five o'clock p.m.,
and every day except Sundays. Letters from the above places will arrive
here every morning, Mondays excepted:

"N.B.--All letters must be put in the office before five o'clock p.m."

May 18, 1785:--"We hear that Mr. Palmer's plan for conveying the mails
will be adopted from London to Manchester through Leicester and Derby,
and to Leeds through Nottingham, at Midsummer."

June 9, 1785:--"Mr. Williams, the public-spirited master of the Three
Tuns Inn, and the chief contractor for conveying the mails, had in the
morning of this day placed in the front of his house His Majesty's
Arms, neatly carved in gilt. In the evening his house was illuminated in
a very elegant manner with variegated lamps, the principal figure in
which was the letters 'G.R.' immediately over the coat-of-arms. A band
of music with horns played several tunes adapted to the day, and a
recruiting party drawn up before the doors with drums and fifes playing
at intervals had a very pleasing effect."

On June 30, 1785, appeared the following paragraph, which shows how
complete was the success of John Palmer's post plan, in spite of all the
obstacles placed in his way to obstruct his scheme. We are now informed
that the "mail-coaches and diligences have been found to answer so well
that they will be generally adopted throughout the kingdom, and
conveying of them in carts will be discontinued."

On June 30 appeared a long letter showing how the G.P.O. tried to
overthrow Mr. Palmer's scheme. This is signed Thomas Symons, Bristol,
and describes the scheme as the most beneficial plan that ever was
thought of for a commercial country. He also complains of