SIR MINTO FARQUHARsaid, he rose to ask the Chief Commissioner of Works, What progress, if any, has been made towards the completion of the Memorial to the late Duke of Wellington in St. Paul's Cathedral?
MR. COWPERsaid, in reply, that Mr. Stephens had not completed the model which he had been commissioned to prepare. He (Mr. Cowper) had addressed frequent remonstrances to him, but he was not able at present to say when the model would be ready.
SIR MINTO FARQUHARsaid, he wished to know, whether the period that had elapsed since the death of the Duke of Wellington, in 1852, was not too long to be allowed to pass without some active step being taken towards completing the memorial intended to be raised to the Duke's memory in St. Paul's Cathedral?
MR. COWPERsaid, he quite agreed that Mr. Stephens had been very dilatory in the execution of the engagement, which 81 had been made with him no less than six years ago. He could only hope that much more time would not elapse before the commission was executed.