§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee, read.
§ THE EARL OF REDESDALEsaid, there was one clause in the Bill which raised a question of great importance. He referred to the 4th clause, which ran—"The Board"—that was the Metropolitan Board of Works—
may from time to time accept as a gift or be quest any monument, or any moneys for the 1573 purchase of any monument, and erect or permit the erection of any monument upon the said embankment or lands.—the Thames Embankment and the land vested in the Board—and the Board may preserve and maintain every such monument, and shall have the control and management thereof for the benefit of the public.This clause suggested the question, who were to be the proper judges as to what monuments ought to be put up? And, as the matter was one which deserved careful consideration, he put it to the noble Viscount who had charge of the Bill whether he thought it would be advisable to proceed with the measure on the first day of their Lordships' re-assembling after the Whitsuntide Recess?
§ VISCOUNT MIDLETONsaid, that in order to meet the wish of his noble Friend, he would postpone going into Committee on the Bill until Friday.
§ Committee put off to Friday next.