§ SIR WILLIAM FRASERsaid, he wished to call the attention of the First Commissioner of Works to the state of the Road round St. James's Park at present and for many years past. During the last three days the road had been mended, and it was then just passable. When Her Majesty gave the public a road across the park, it was no doubt her wish that it should be placed in proper repair. But the road had, in fact, never been properly formed, although, considering the thousands of persons by whom it was used, some little trouble ought to betaken to put it into a proper state. He had received several letters since he had placed his notice on the paper, and although it was said that country Members were averse to the country at large paying for metropolitan improvements, yet considering that this was an appanage of the Crown, and that the road had been conceded by the Sovereign to the public, it certainly ought to be kept in decent repair. The first thing was that the road should be regularly made as a macadamized road ought to be. He trusted that the right hon. Gentleman would hold out some hope that the road should no longer be kept in the disgraceful state in which it at present was.
MR. COWPERsaid, he believed that considerable care had been taken to make 1895 the road a good one. A large quantity of granite had just been put on it, and in the course of two or three days, when the rollers had been properly used, the road would be very passable for carriages. The road was not worse than others in the metropolis, and if it had been out of order it was owing to the great traffic upon it and the wet weather.
§ Main Question put, and agreed to