MR. KERsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, as a Select Committee has been appointed, and is now sitting, to inquire into the circumstances attending the termination by the Postmaster General of the Postal Contract with the Royal Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, it can be correctly stated that the subsidy had been withdrawn, and that the Contract will not be renewed, under any circumstances, by Her Majesty's Government?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTON:Sir, as is well known to hon. Members, the Post Office authorities have intimated to the Galway Company that the Contract is at an end. What may be the result of the labours of the Committee which has been appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the case, of course, I am unable to state.