§ MR. WILLIAM M'ARTHUR (Cornwall, Mid., St. Austell)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will reconsider the facts and arguments repeatedly laid before him by influentially supported Memorials from upwards of 200 public bodies under seal or resolution, in favour of contributing towards the establishment of additional night mail trains between London and Plymouth; whether the proposed trains would very materially improve the postal intercommunication between almost every town west of Basingstoke as far as Penzance and the Scilly Isles, as well as to and from London, and especially between the Naval Establishments of Portsmouth and Devonport; whether he will consider the advisability of improving the existing postal arrangements between many of the towns in the five south-western counties by utilising the railways now traversing them, the mails now being conveyed by mail carts during the night for many miles; whether the proposed improved service has been approved by Her Majesty's Postmaster General; and whether the expenditure asked is small for the services to be rendered?
§ MR. GOSCHENI will consider what decision ought to be arrived at.