§ LORD ERNEST BRUCEsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, By whose authority the Statue in St. Margaret's Square of the late Right Hon. George Canning has been removed from its pedestal, and in what situation it is proposed to re-erect it; and, whether a site has yet been granted for the erection of a Statue of the late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, baronet, subscribed for in 1850 3 by his political friends and admirers, and long since executed by Baron Marochetti?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS, in reply, said, he had already explained the circumstances connected with the temporary re-moral of the statue of Canning. A site, he was happy to say, had been allocated for the statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, in the immediate vicinity of the House. The only reason why it had not been erected was in consequence of the completion of works which were going on for the convenience of hon. Members. So long as these were proceeding it was perfectly impossible to erect the statue on the spot designed, but it would be placed there at the end of the Session.