3 MAY 1884, Page 2

Silbsequently, in Supply, the controversy as to the frightful statue

of the Duke of Wellington formerly placed upon the- Marble Arch was renewed,—Sir Robert Peel arguing for the re- placement of the statue on the Marble Arch, chiefly, apparently, on the ground that the Academicians do not like it, and that the Academicians are always wrong. But even Mr. Labouchere could not endure the prospect of the continued brooding of this- night-mare, or night-horse, over London, calling that "mon- strous horse" the greatest curse from which any city has suffered since the Trojan horse ; and Sir R. Peel was defeated by 111 votes (219 to 108).