Mr. Fosterwould beg to inquire of the noble 165 Lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, whether it was his intention to proceed this Session with the Thames Embankment Bill, and if so, whether he intended to propose that the expense should be met by a tax upon coals?
The Earl of Lincolnsaid, that it was not his intention to bring on the Bill of last year for the embankment then contemplated, but he did intend to introduce a Bill for the purpose of embanking a part of the Thames higher up. It was not, however, his intention to propose that the expense should be defrayed by a duty on coals.