§ MR. BARNETTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is in contemplation to make the 27th of February a Bank holiday in the city of London or elsewhere, under the provisions of the fourth section of "The Bank Holidays Act, 1871?"
MR. GLADSTONE, in reply, said, the Government had desired to do whatever seemed agreeable to those more particularly concerned, and, having had communications with the representatives of City banking houses, he was led to believe that it would be agreeable if the 27th of February were made a bank holiday according to law, so far as London was concerned. That, therefore, it was the intention of the Government, as at present advised, to do. Their intention, however, was limited to the metropolis.