§ SIR J. D. WESTON (Bristol, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he will give any special reason why the assistant superintendents in the Telegraph Department at Bristol, with services ranging from 27 to 33 years, were passed over recently, and Mr. S. Righton, an assistant superintendent of the Postal Department at Bristol, with only 22 years' service, was selected for promotion to the postmastership of Penzance?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONOnly one of the two first-class assistant superintendents in the Telegraph Department applied for an appointment as Postmaster, and he did not receive one, because Mr. Righton was much more highly recommended.