§ MR. LAYARDsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Whether the works to be undertaken on the Piccadilly side of the Burlington House site have been stopped on account of an alleged interference with the lights of the Albany; and whether, if this be the case, the Royal Academy will be able to com- 1455 plete the building which they have commenced, so as to hold their annual Exhibition in it next year?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS, in reply, said, it was true that the works to be undertaken on the Piccadilly side of Burlington House had been stopped on account of an alleged interference with the lights of the Albany. He hoped, however, that before long the negotiations which had been commenced with the view of meeting those difficulties would be completed; but he could not undertake to say that Burlington House would be ready for the exhibition of the Royal Academy in May 1869.