§ MR. G. HAMILTON rose to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer the question of which he had given notice. Members connected with Ireland were aware that letters intended to be sent to Ireland by the morning mail have to be put into the post-offices before eight o'clock, and the letters from Ireland are delivered soon after that hour. This being the case, if the communication were accelerated by a few hours, there would be time in London to answer letters received from Dublin in the morning. He need not say how great an advantage that would be to all parties connected with Ireland. The question of which he had given notice was this—whether it is the intention of Government, in consequence of the acceleration of railway conveyance between London and Dublin, to make any arrangement for the transmission of letters for Dublin by any afternoon train, so as to afford persons in London, who receive letters from Dublin in the morning, the opportunity of answering them, and of the answers reaching Dublin the following morning; or of otherwise accelerating the transmission of letters between London and Dublin?
§ The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER answered that the suggestion had been, and still was, under the consideration of the Government. When it was first proposed, the charge for railway conveyance seemed to be so exorbitant as to throw a difficulty in the way; but he hoped some arrangement would be made.