LORD DENMAN, in pursuance of a Notice, asked what was the estimate for the new Courts of Justice, and whether that estimate included the £20,000 lately voted for clearing the site? He observed that Sir Richard Malins, in the House of Commons, had declared that the Consolidated Fund must supply funds for the clearing of streets, while only two Courts were necessary, in Lincoln's Inn. He contended that this enormous expenditure 1731 was quite unnecessary, and he was sure that their Lordships would pause before they gave unlimited power to any architect, by departing from the course which had been adopted by the late Earl of Derby as to the Courts of Justice Building Bill.
§ THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNEreplied, that the estimate was £750,000 and that there was no reason to suppose that it would be exceeded. The £20,000 voted for clearing the site was on account of this sum.
§ House adjourned at Two o'clock, till To-morrow, half-past Twelve o'clock.