The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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sol five o'clock.
rag DUMAN NAVY.

The Karl of ELLENDOROUGH naked the noble dgks,
the edit Lord cl the Admiralty, what ernngemeala had
been. wade between the Admiralty and the Indian govern-
moat in commonweal the abolition of the Indian navy?
W hat he understood was that for all war services it was to
be transferred to the mown, but that for the conveyance of
troops end Soaks amain portion of the vessels would re-
main under the dimities of the Indian government.
le The Duke of SOMERSET, who was indistinctly heard.
wm,nderstood to say that a small local navy would bs
mmotained for the transfer of troops and stores from one
pert of India to metier, but that, for the general protection
of India or what might be called imperial porpoise, the
Admiralty wouldmais.
The Earl of EL BOROUGH asked who would have
the oontrol and distributive of the fords!

7i:17.1. 7r KW imperial purpose*
the ,uiremaed cot the WOO would rest with the home govern-
ment. bat the Goverow-Ocearal at India would have some
power is reload to it.

THB AXHIBITION BUILDING.

The Duke of RUTLAND mid he wished to put a question,
of which he had gives solace, with respect to the Exhibi-
troll building. He thought that any attempt to adapt the
bedding to a totally different pumas than that tar which
it was originally derinsed would utterly fail. No one
could my that the build*, se it now stood, was adapted
to the purpose for when' it was now required, and after •
having purchased it to speed 24,000/. more in order to I
adapt it to that purpose, would be a great waste of public
moony. To amertani the true value of such a building they I
ought to try to arrive at the approximate value of the raw I
materiels of wheat it was composed. The question be i
washed to put to the noble earl the President of the Council I
was, whether he was aware of the nature of the founds-
noes of the building, sod abo whether he was aware that in
order to make it pomaded it would be odoesary to almost
rebuild it and to drain it again!
Earl GRAN VILLE did not think it was nemeary that
he should follow kis nide friend into the details with re-
specs to the purchase of the Exhibition building. The other
house had the other day settled the question by adopting
the rise of the goverment by • large majority. With re-
gard to the question of economy, it was idle for noble lords
in that house, without say professional knowledge whatever.
going into deeds as to the number of bricks or the quantity
ef
other raw materials in the building. He was quite
unable himself to make any calculation on the subject, but
he believed the noble duke had ridiculously understated the
valor of the bricks. The course the government ought to
tele was to got the beet professional advice on the subject,
and not to to to the calculations of amateurs
as to the value of the raw materials. Then
as to the muslin of taste, he had himself no
pretentious to taste, sad be was rather gLul that he had
not, because be saw so many who professed to have taste
differ most uncommonly es to what taste was. (A laugh.)
Be was thereforeglad that he had not exposed himself to
scan a reproach. Bat his noble friend who advocated eco-
nomy suggested that them buildings, some portions of
which at least Wile morally approved of, should be pulled
down. The picture ram was admitted to be, except
by the most rioted mitres about the best ever constructed
in this country. He hardly knew of any one in England or on
the continent which wee better adapted for the display of
pictures ad for their inspection by numbers of people.
And when his nod fuse spoke of puffin down the exist-
ing building, and oceelnedin at theism sate, which covered
about 18 acres, • large sad betides building, in per-
fect unity of ado with monuments, he appeared
to have altogether led dot of the question of economy.
Be hod not the slighted doubt that the building might be
put into a proper stated repair in a not unplessing style
for • stun of mosey incomparably smaller than the expense
of pulling down the structure and erecting a new one. As
te the objection of the application of stucco to bricks, there
were buildings is Landon, the Travellers' Club amnia
the rest, on whir* duce° was used without the result being
considered to be in any was • deformity. lleeides which,
he had just been re that many of the buildings in
Al Rome wise a conshinatios of brick and stucco.
The Earl of DERBY mid he considered it premature to
go into a demessies of the comparative merits of the two
modes of penning, semely, the pulling down and re-
main, or adapting the present building ; until the price
swain of the paranse of the land had been settled. The
portion whether tin would allow the contractors to pull
slows the building sad then purchase of them the materials
lee the purposed oesstrocting a new edifice or whether
they would take the building as it 'dad at •
valuation, was one into which he would not enter. With
regard to the picture Wiry in the bnildiog, he thought it
would be difficult to lad i pllery better adapted for its
But then was • question which he wished to
peril se.
As on tithe ocrominoners of 1851, he
'inclined the soceptanee of the offer of the goverorcest to
give 120,0001. for the Ind, which at the lowed estimate
was worth 250,0001. Why then, be would ask, had the
government proposed in the House of Common • vote for
only 67,0001. this year, leaving it to the caprios of parlia-
ment to grant or withhold the remainiug 53,0001. next year!
Earl GRANVILLE felt there would be good ground
▪ complaint if the government had caked for too
large • vote, bat as he nderstood the noble errl, he com-
plained as SODOIXOiIIIIO62r of 1851, that they bad made an
unfair bargain.
The Earl of DERBY add that he had attended a meeting
of the ecommiasionen whoa it was agreed to sell the land
for 19:1,0101., and what be wished to know was why par.
Lamest was not to be 'eked to vote the whole of that sum
in the present ss icio.
Earl ORAN WILE said that if the House of Commons
were to refuse the supplementary vote after agreeing to •
vote ota &oncost, such acourse would be without precedent.

Lord REDEIFDALE believed that if the government m-
imed to dm anything to do with the purchase of the
Molding, the rectors would be only too glad to get rid of
the met of pulling doom Outbuilding and removing the ma.
burials by accepting the mom mentioned by the noble duke.
The Earl of RARDWICKE thought it would be dan-
gerous for the government to purchase for • permanent pur-
pose • building which had been erected for • temporary pur-
pose. Without a word of disparagement spinet either
architect or coutthetor, he would observe that there was
among professional men a tendency to stand very much
together in giving an opinion on any subject, and cease.
miently that the @abortion that the present building
would answer all the purposes to which government
intended to apply it was not much to be depended upon.
No doubt the picture gallery was a very good
sue, but a good picture gallery might be copied
into any bulletlike that might be erected. From his own ex-
perience he was very much of opinion that any attempt to
patch up a building erected for a temporary purpose and
waren it for • new purpose, would be far more expensive
this palling it down and erecting a new the.
The Duke of ARGYLL could Dot admit that a temporary
building was always unfit for coaversioa to a permanent ass.
Whether it was so or not depended entirely on the manner
in which it had been constructed, and in his opinion parts of
the building were fit for permanent use. As to the value of
the materials, all depended on whether the contractors were
bmited to time. If obliged to poll down the building and
ether off the materials suddenly, they would incur en im-
mense loss ; but riot so if they bad • reasonable time
allowed for the purpose. In the preseot instance be be-
lieved the costracters would have a very long time allowed
them for the disposal of their materials.
The subject then dropped.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following iillswiTreTteiT;iiiiifitinse and passed :
The Sidmooth and Budleigh &Berton Railway, the Saffron
Walden Railway, the Honey Island Reclamation, the St.
Luke's Workhouse and Vesta Than, the Bano Navigation
Improvemeet, the Llanolly Railway and Deck, and the
Hitches Bridge.