§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the Postmaster General, Whether he will consider the propriety of adopting some plan for the appointment of Post Office officials which would be free from all suspicion of political bias?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS, in reply, said, that the present system of appointing Post Office officials was one of long standing, and although from time to time suggestions of alterations, free from the suspicion referred to in the Question, had been made, they had not been found practicable or advisable. At the same time, he was far from saying that the present system was not capable of improvement and he was prepared during the Recess to give his consideration to the subject and to communicate with the Treasury thereupon.