The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-03-02 00:00:00

The Amendment Was, at the engraft° n.of tbe CluszCZALon of
!tilt! EXClitQll'Eß, withdrawn.
Mr. HUME was exceedingly desirous that the Canal should be
disposed of to some company. In such an age of speculation, go.
veenment would not long want a desirable MI.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would assure the
Honourable Member for Aberdeen, that he would be most willing
Ito receive a tender from him on that subject (a laugh.)
The sum of 30,0001. was then proposed for building and repair-
ingl
Westminster
Mr. BANKS rose to object, not to the amount, but to the I
outrages that had lately been perpetrated upon this ancient edifice, 1
and he was exceedingly glad that his Hight Honourable Friend
(Sir C. Long), had exculpated the Based of Taste from any par-
ticipation in this abominable undertaking.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted as
much as his Honourable Friend these outrages upon taste; with
whom they originated he could not determine. His first visit to
the Hall certatnly surprised him; the foundations were already
laid, and all he could now fromise was, that no such structure
should disgrace the opposite aide.
Mr. NVILIA.S.NIS proposed that this objectionable structure
should be razed, and not one stone of it left on another.
BENETT trustful Whitehall was not speedily to undergo
improvement.
'l'he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was
certainly unprepared for such a question.
lie (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) distinctly stated, that any
alterations for which Parliament might allow hint a //mot wonld be
made under the directions of a Committee. He did not believe
there was the slightest project of the kind alluded to by the lion.
Member.

Mr. WILL T.131S proposed that the motion should be postponed
to a future night, when there would be more time to inquire into
the subject.
Mr. BERNAL knew that there was considerable anxiety among
the legal Gentlemen, several of whom were in the House, to have
the building finished • and if it were to be pulled down, and then
built up again, it would cause considerable delay and inconvenience
to them and to the public business.
Mr. 14' ILLJA thought' that the subject had nothing to do
with the Courts of Law ; they were in a totally different part of
the building ; and it was not hi 3 wish that they should be touched.
But in his opinion it was better that the public should suffer a tem-
porary inconvenience than that a building disgraceful to the country
should be suffered to remain for posterity to wonder at.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that his approbation of
' the beilding was not very great," lint the quapion was, Whether or
' not we should delay the public husinal of tEe zatmtryltrta kin g
' it down to build a better one.

31r. BARING made some remarks, which were almost inaudible
in the gallery ; we understood him to ask some questions relative
to the plan of the new post-office.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he be-
lieved he could answersatisfactorily on this subject (respecting the
Post-office.) It had been agreed on by the Committee that designs
should be given in for the purpose of choosing one from the
number; yet of all those which were laid before theM, not one
would exactly do, because so few were acquainted with all the
departments necessary for the object. The Committee then di-
rected their own architect to send one in, and transmitted it to the
Treasury. lie (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think it
exactly the thing required, and conceived that it would not an-
swer. The one then given in by Mr. timirke was chosen. It ap-
peared to be a design which united to utility sufficient grandeur and
ornament, without being festooned or any thing of that kind. On
the outside were porticos, and the windows were very large. In
short it was such a design as appeared to him to unite taste and
use, with as much ornament as was allowable, from (what should
be always recollected) the nature of the place in which It was to be
built.