§ VISCOUNT INGESTREsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Commissioner of Works, whether his attention has been called to a memorandum left in his office by the late Chief Commissioner of Works, with reference to the unsatisfactory Estimate sent in by Sir Charles Barry for the completion of the Works at the Palace of Westminster, and whether any and what determination has been come to on the subject?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSsaid, his attention had naturally been called to the memorandum in question, and he had lost no time in communicating on the subject with Mr. E. Barry, who was acting on the part of his father, then suffering from ill- 1799 ness. In consequence of those communications, details and estimates had been sent in for the entire completion of the Palace of Westminster. Those estimates had been submitted to the Treasury, and in a few days would be in the hands of Members.