MR. GOLDSMIDsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, What progress has been made during the past year with the monument to the late Duke of Wellington, and whether it is likely to be completed in the course of 1869?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSsaid, in reply, that he had made a general statement as to the condition of the work last week. Upon receiving notice of the Question of the hon. Member he had communicated with the artist, Mr. Stephens, who informed him that he could hardly expect to have the whole of the figures fixed in their places before the end of 1869; but he hoped by that time that great progress would be made.