§ MR. PATRICK J. POWER (Waterford, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether he is aware that the mail trains to Scotland and other places on the London and North Western Railway, with the exception of the Irish mail, carry third class passengers; will he inquire why passengers by the Irish mail are placed in a less favourable position than passengers to other 673 places served by the London and North Western Railway; and will the Government endeavour to have provision made in the future for carrying third class passengers by sea and rail in connection with the Irish mail service?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonI have communicated with the London and North Western Company, and gather from the reply that the Post Office contemplate some alterations in the arrangements for the carriage of Irish mails, and that in connection with such revision, the Company will give careful consideration to the hon. Member's point. The Postmaster General has already had the matter before him, and I will communicate further with him on the subject.