§ SIR ROBERT PEELasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether there is any foundation for the report of a recent attempt to remove or destroy the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square; and, if so, what information he can give on the subject; and, whether any reward has been offered with a view to discover 91 the perpetrators of this wanton outrage upon the National Monument erected in the Metropolis in honour to the memory of the illustrious hero?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRESir, I have no information to give to the House on the subject of this attempt beyond that contained in the newspapers at the time, which was substantially accurate. The question of offering a reward for the detection of the perpetrators is one for the consideration of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department.