§ MR. ALDERMAN COTTONasked the Postmaster General, If he will make arrangements for the Royal Mail Steamers to the West Indies to call for letters at Plymouth on the outward voyage on the 3rd and 18th of the month, so as to increase the interval between the arrival and departure of the mails, and obviate the inconvenience occasioned not only to merchants in London, but also in Liverpool, Manchester, and the whole of Scotland, by the short time now allowed for replying to letters; and, whether he will make other arrangements, such as offering a premium for increased speed (as in the previous contract) likely to effect the same object?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS, in reply, said, he could not adopt the suggestion, as he thought that whatever advantages might be likely to arise from such an arrangement, they would be more than counterbalanced by disadvantages. There was not any offer of premiums for increased speed in the contract.