§ MR. WESTERNsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home 1807 Department, Whether it is his intention this Session to introduce any measure for abolishing Turnpikes; and, if not, whether he will be disposed to leave out of the Continuation Act those trusts which are free from debt?
MR. H. A. BRUCEsaid, in reply, that it was not the intention of the Government to introduce any general measure for the abolition of turnpikes. It was undoubtedly the custom to extinguish trusts whenever the debt had been paid off, but there were some exceptions, however, to that rule. With regard to the case which the hon. Member had doubtless in his mind, that of the Essex roads, the trustees, and a majority of the parishes through which the highways passed, were of opinion that the trust should be continued. Under these circumstances, it would not be extinguished.