§ MR. LAURIEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works Whether it was intended to erect any edifice in Hyde Park in commemoration of the Great Exhibition; and, if no site has yet been adopted for Richard Coeur-de-Lion, whether there is any objection to allow it to surmount the Marble Arch?
§ SIR BENJAMIN HALLsaid, no public moneys had been or were intended to be spent on a memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851, but when Mr. Alderman Challis was Lord Mayor of London, a subscription was entered into with that view. He saw Mr. Alderman Challis not long ago on the subject, and that gentleman asked him whether a site would be given in Hyde Park for the erection of such a memorial. He (Sir B. Hall) told him that he could give no positive answer until he saw the design that might be proposed. With respect to the question as to allowing the statue of Richard Coeur-de-Lion to surmount the Marble Arch, he did not think the public or Baron Marochetti would thank the hon. Member for such a suggestion.