§ MR. DICK PEDDIEasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether his attention has been directed to the condition of the old hall of state in Edinburgh Castle, which is now used as the hospital of the barracks; and, whether he proposes to take any steps to restore this historical building to its original form, and to apply it to some use more suitable to its character than that to which it is now applied.
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRE,in reply, said, that the attention of the Government had be called by the municipal authorities of Edinburgh to this and many other subjects affecting Edinburgh Castle; they were now under consideration, but no decision had been arrived at.