§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General 994 whether his attention has been drawn to the correspondence between the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and the Postmaster General of the United States, in which the latter says that the United States mails for Great Britain and Ireland are made up in accordance with the wishes of the Post Office Department, and that if the present practice of this Department fails to secure the most expeditious delivery of the correspondence the matter should be brought to the attention of the General Post Office in Loudon for such recommendation to this Department as will accomplish that object, which recommendation will receive careful consideration by this Department; and whether he proposes to make a recommendation on the matter?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.The answer to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. I have been in communication with the Postmaster General of the United States, and I learn from him that an alteration has taken place in the dates of sailing of the American packets. Until I have seen the effect of this change I am not in a position to make any recommendation.