HC Deb 30 April 1863 vol 170 c992
LORD ROBERT MONTAGU

said, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the statement is correct which has been made by Mr. Scott Russell, in a paper read before the Society of Naval Architects on 28th March, concerning the collection of Models at Somerset House— namely, that "It has been thrust down into a cellar, shut up in the dark, and is now effectually kept out of sight"?

LORD CLARENCE PAGET

, in reply, said, the collection of Models at Somerset House was not so satisfactorily placed as could be wished, owing to the want of room; but it was a very great Exaggeration on the part of Mr. Scott Russell to say that they "had been thrust down into a cellar, shut up in the dark, and effectually kept out of sight." That was not the state of things.