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10. You are aware of the rate at which locomotive engines travel?

Yes.

11. Can they easily command twenty miles an hour?

Yes.

12. With certainty and precision?

Yes.

59. Do you go the same rate by night as by day?

Exactly the same.

13. Calculating on a Railroad all the way, what time would the mail leaving London arrive in Liverpool?

In about eleven hours.

14. Is it contemplated to have a Railroad from Birmingham to Liverpool?

It is quite arranged for it.

21. If the mail arrived at Liverpool at seven o'clock in the morning, could they arrive the same evening at Dublin?

Perfectly well.

52. Do you know any thing of the transport of bullion from Manchester to Liverpool; has bullion been sent?

Certainly.

53. In a considerable quantity?

A considerable quantity.

54. Do you know whether that has been found of great advantage to the bankers?

It has been a great service to every one.

Mr. H. Cheetham, in continuation.—p. 96.

3. What is the market-day at Manchester?

The principal market-day is on a Tuesday.

4. At what time does the mail arrive at Manchester?

At four in the afternoon.

5. Do the foreign letters arrive in time for the market?

All the foreign letters arrive at a time when the market is over.

6. If the mail could be expedited six hours, would that be a great advantage?