HC Deb 15 March 1877 vol 232 cc1969-70
MR. ISAAC

asked the Postmaster General, If arrangements are in course of settlement with the White Star Line of Steamers trading between this Country and the United States of America, by which the serious delay, inconvenience, and loss at present sustained by the mercantile community of this Country trading with the United States of America may be avoided?

LORD JOHN MANNERS,

in reply, said, the question of the conveyance of the American mails was now under consideration by Her Majesty's Government, and under these circumstances he hoped the hon. Member would excuse him if he declined to enter into the merits of any particular line of steamers plying between Liverpool and the United States.