It is important the public should clearly understand that on
and after the 10th of February inland letters will be returned to the writers unless at least part of the postage be prepaid. This class of letters is now exceed- ingly small, consisting chiefly of letters posted heedlessly or for the purpose of annoyance, the latter forming so great a proportion of the whole that many persons whose correspondence is large, in order to eseape a serious annoyance, invariably refuse all unpaid inland letters, thus subjecting themselves to the inconvenience of rejecting some few letters which are really important. Under the new arrangement, as the sending of annoying letters will, it is expected, be nearly, if not entirely suppressed, and as the charge on partially prepaid letters will be reduced to the deficient postage with the addition of the fine of one penny, whatever may be the amount of such deficient postage, few persons, probably, will think it necessary to per- sist in their refusal of all inland letters charged with postage, and thus the inconvenience above referred to will be avoided. We understand that mea- sures have been adopted at the Post-office for returning to the writers as promptly as possible the few wholly unpaid letters which, from forgetful- ness or other cause, may still be posted, so as to avoid all unnecessary delay in their progress.
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