The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-21 00:00:00

THE NEW LAW COURTS.

On the motion for the house going into committee,
Mr. GREGORY rose and moved that, in the opinion of
the house, it was desirable to reconsider the question of
Carey-street as the site for the new law courts, inasmuch
as the Embankment between the Temple and Somerset
House offered many advantages for erecting such buildings.
Lie contended that the erection of the new courts on the
Carey-Areet site would be a great mistake, and that it
was advocated but by a cumPtrativo few interested
persons living about Lincoln's-inn. The Thames Em-
inent offered facilities that male it most eligible for the
purpose Le proposed, and, coati ared with those offered
by Carey street with its want of proper approaches, it
stuod out most remarkably. In point of exponse, the
buildings might be put on the Thames Em-
bankment tied all the approaches made fJr
a sum of no less than £1,650,000 below that
of Carey-street, and with respect to the land
so cleared, he was in possession of information which was
to the effect that there was a perfectly solvent number of
gentlemen who were quite ready to take it off the
hands of the Government at the price paid for
it. (Hear, hear.) If the new buildings were placed on
the Thames Embankment, the Carey-street site would at
once become highly valuable for the erection of chambers
and other offices, so that no loss would ba sustained by the
alteration. If the Carey-street site was persevered in no less
than £700,000 would have to be laid out in the purchase
of additional land; £lOO,OOO would have to be given for
the Law Institution, and altogether an enormous outlay
would have to be made, and after all they would
get a large pile of builings, but without the con-
venience that the Thames Embankment site, offered.
He thought it would be most bdneficial to the legal pro-
fession that the Carey-street site should be occupied by
chambers, by which arrangement all the lawyers could be
within bell-pull of the new Ltaw Courts But there were
a few persons whose interests the. alteration of the site
did not suit, and the great outcry against the Thames
Embankment was maintained and kept up solely by them.
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER moved, as an amendment,
" that in the opinion of the house it is desirable to proceed
as soon as possible with the erection of the new Law
Courts, and the offices connected therewith, upon the site
appropriated for that purpose by the Act 28 and 2) Vic.,
c. 49, and that if additional land were necessary for the
proper erection of such courts and offices, such additional
land ought to be acquired in immediate proximity to that
site." He did not stand up in favour of the Carey-street
site simply because the ground was cleared. if not a brick
had been displaced or a single individual removed from a
local habitation he would still have been in its favour.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted that
the house would reconsider the question altogether afresh,
and come down to something like the modest and fair
estimate which was formed three years ago. What the
new courts must have was air, light, quiet, and accessi-
bility ; and he deprecated the adoption of an enormous ex-
penditure without proper and renewed deliberation. The
Government had suspended the purchase until the plea-
, sure of the House of Commons was known. He thought
it would be well to put an end at once to the Royal Com-
mission, which had done its work; and the sums now ex-
pended on it were simply an unnecessary outlay.
On the_ motion of Mr. HENLEY, the debate was ad-
, jourued.

4`lrhe orderg of the-day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

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