18 MAY 1844, Page 9

The average number of letters passing through the Post-office every

week at the present time, as shown by returns to the House of Com- mons just published, is upwards of 4,598,573. A correspondent re- marks, that " if every letter thus sent economically for one penny during a single week were to pay twopence—one penny for postage, and one penny to the national testimonial to Rowland Hill—it would add 19,019/. to the subscription."