28 SEPTEMBER 1956, Page 18

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OCTOBER 1, 1831

Colonel TRENCH brought before the House his scheme for transferring King's College to Bnckingham House, and for appropriating the remainder of the latter building to various public purposes, by which, and the leasing of the gardens, he is of opinion that a sum more than sufficient for the erection of a fit and proper residence for the King might be re- alized, over and above the expense already in- curred. The Colonel mentioned that the lower story of the new palace was under water; which statement, however, he afterwards modified. It was wholly denied by Ministers; who asserted, on the contrary, that the building. although objectionable, was at least in sound and tenantable condition.