§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that by promptly availing of the special mail service American letters landed at Queenstown, ex Umbria, at 7.30 p.m. on Friday last, were delivered in London at 9 a.m. on Saturday, thus enabling replies to be despatched by the outgoing Cunard liner on Sunday; whether he is aware that under the old system these letters would not have reached London until after business-hours on Saturday evening, and could not therefore have been answered until the following Thursday; and whether, in view of the great benefit which this special service confers upon the mercantile community of Great Britain and Ireland, it will be continued?
§ MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)I beg, at the same time, to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether, pending a decision on the question of the special mail service for American mails between Queenstown and London, now under his consideration, he will direct that the service shall meanwhile go on as heretofore?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI am aware of the circumstances referred to in the first two paragraphs of the question, and in the course of a few days I hope to be able to make a communication on the subject alluded to, as I promised to the deputation which I received at the House of Commons on the 11th instant.