§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a telegram sent from Portsmouth to Paris on the 18th February was delivered in Paris. Rue de Castiglione, on the 20th, some 24 hours after the arrival in that city of the sender; and if he can in any way account for the delay?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHTelegraphic communication with France was normal on the 18th of February; and a telegram from Portsmouth for Paris handed in on that date should have been delivered without material delay. If the hon. Member will send me precise particulars of the time and office at which the telegram in question was handed in, I will have further inquiry made and inform him of the result.