§ 3. Mr. GINNELLasked under what Statute letters are tampered with in the Dublin post office in cases of which the Postmaster-General says he has no knowledge; whether the letter addressed to a 1816 Member at the House of Commons, posted in Dublin on the 12th instant, opened and noted in red ink there, bearing the Dublin postmark of the 13th and 15th instant, and not delivered here until the 16th instant, was found to contain anything criminal; and, if so, whether the guilty person will be dealt with by the civil or by the military authorities?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI have no more knowledge of the letter referred to than has my right hon. Friend the Postmaster-General.
§ Mr. GINNELLAre not Government officials in some sense under the control of the Chief Secretary, and this letter, bearing the Dublin postmark of the 13tli and 15th instant, is proof that it was properly dated?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI have nothing whatever to do with the Post Office.