LORD CAMPBELLsaid, he wished to put a question to the noble Earl at the 794 head of Her Majesty's Government with respect to the state of the clock in the tower. That clock was expected to have been long before this of great service to the public, and especially to the gentlemen attending Westminster Hall, but it was not yet at work, although it had been placed in the tower for some time. He was in hopes that on returning from circuit he should have found it at work. The clock had four dials, and he observed on passing the tower that day that the fingers on each dial pointed to different figures. He understood that during his absence on circuit the clock had been at work for half an hour, and he wished to know when it would be permanently at work?
§ THE EARL OF DERBYsaid, that immediately after the noble and learned Lord asked a question on this subject on a previous occasion he communicated with his noble Friend at the head of the Board of Works; in consequence of which communication his noble Friend wrote to Sir Charles Barry, who informed him, in reply, that the chamber would be ready for the reception of the clock in the course of a week or ten day, but that Mr. Denison still required some work to be done in the tower. Since that he had not received any further communication on the subject.