§ MR. EDWIN JAMESsaid, he would beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Whether any person is about to place anything, and, if anything, what, upon the summit of a pedestal which has been standing for twelve months at the southern end of Waterloo Place, Pall Mall; and, if anything is to be placed there, when it may be expected to be done?
MR. COWPERsaid, he was happy to assure the hon. and learned Gentleman that the pedestal would not be permanently vacant, and that it would receive a group of statues to commemorate the heroic conduct of the Guards in the Crimea. The management of the statues and pedestal was in the hands of a committee of subscribers, so that he could not say when the work would be completed. Mr. Bell was the sculptor, and he had no doubt that a work of art would be placed on the pedestal before any very long period had elapsed.