§ Colonel Trenchpresented a petition for a bill for the erection of a Quay on the banks of the river Thames.
§ Sir Joseph Yorkeobserved, that the House were, perhaps, not aware that this petition regarded the Quay which his hon. friend, by whom it was presented, had projected. He trusted, however, that his hon. friend would not sacrifice the substance for the shadow, or allow his taste utterly to supersede his judgment. He was a great admirer of his hon. friend's talents. No man wrote better; few men 541 spoke better; he drew admirably; but he hoped the House would pause before they allowed his hon. friend to draw on the pockets of the public in support of this extraordinary scheme. His hon. friend seemed to forget, that with all his pillars, with all his arches, with all his promenades, with all his flower markets, with all his fruit markets, with all his essences, his plan would create simply a receptacle not alone for the dissolved granite of Mr. M'Adam, but for the offensive filth which this great city was constantly pouring into the river, and which, so accumulated, would, in all probability, occasion a pestilence.
§ The petition was referred to a committee.