Mr. Baringsaid, that the motion which he was about to make appeared to him to be of such a nature, as would not call forth any opposition from the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Vansittart). Government were now about to cause a new Customhouse to be erected in the city of London; and when so large a portion of the public money as it must necessarily demand was about to be expended, it should, in some shape or other, come under the cognizance of parliament. He did not by any means suppose, that the plan was a bad or an improperly, expensive one; but a building of this description was of such importance, that an estimate 415 of the expence of erecting it should be laid before parliament. The hon. gentleman then moved, "That there be be laid before this House an estimate of the expence of building a Custom-house in the city of London."
§ The motion was then agreed to.