§ COLONEL FRENCHsaid, he would beg to ask Her Majesty's Government, What is the result of the inquiry as to the formation of a bar across the Thames, below Barking, from the sewage of London?
MR. BRUCEreplied that Mr. Rawlinson, the well-known civil engineer, had been instructed to inquire into the subject. He had made a preliminary inquiry, and had given notice of a public inquiry, which was to be held on the 21st instant. That inquiry would be prosecuted with all due diligence, and the Report, when made, would be laid upon the table of the House.