§ MR. DILLONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any precautions are taken to secure that letters are not opened by subordinates in the Irish Post Office for curiosity or with dishonest motives, under cover of the right to open letters exercised by the Lord Lieutenant?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, if the hon. Member will refer to the 25th section of the Act 1 Vict., c. 36, he will find that it provides against the contingency referred to in the Question. The offence is by that section, a very stringent one, made a misdemeanour, and is punishable as such.