§ VISCOUNT TURNOUR (Sussex, Horsham)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General by whose authority a registered letter, addressed by Mr. E. Stewart of Horsham, on the 18th August, to the overseers of the parish of Cocking, Sussex, was redirected, as stated in a letter from the Postmaster-General to Mr. Stewart, without the authority of the sender, to the assistant-overseer.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI understand that the overseers of the parish of Cocking had requested that all correspondence addressed in the manner stated should be delivered to the assistant overseer; and the registered letter in question was dealt with accordingly. It is not the practice of the Post Office to obtain the authority of the sender before redirecting a letter in compliance with the wishes of the addressee. The delivery of the letter to the assistant overseer was a proper one so far as the Post Office is concerned.