The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-02 00:00:00

FEDERAL RECRUITING IN IRELAND.

Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether her Majesty's government were aware that the
Pederala were recruiting in Ireland, and if they were pre-
paring to take active steps to prevent it?

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Sir R. PEEL saki he had no direct information that re-
cruiting had taken plate in Ireland. The government were
aware that agents had been there, but of course they did not
openly recruit. Great numbers of young men had certainly
gone from Ireland to America, and on inquiry they found
that their passage had been Pad, and they had reason to
suppose that there were Irish in America who had been in-
duced by the Federal agenta to enlist in the Federal cause.
They were following up the matter, arid taking active steps
to discover the delinquents if they could, but the reuniting
was not done openly.
VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Commissioner of
Works whether, in this warm weather, it would not be
better to veutilate the house by the ordinary expedient of
opening the windows, rather than motion* the present
mode of shutting the windows carefully, and pumping up
the air from the cellars below the house.

Mr. COWPER said his opinion was that if the windows
were opened, u the hoe. member proposed, the air that
would be admitted would neither be so cool nor No
pure as that they were enjoying at present. (Laughter.)
The hon. gentleman was mistaken in supposing that the air
they were breathing was pumped out of the cellars. If the
hon. gentleman would take the trouble to go below
(laughter)—be would see that the air was admitted in the
most natural and easy way into a chamber below the house.
There it was purified ; it was washed in • stream of pure
water, arid many of the impurities floating in it were re-
moved. Afterwards it pared through a very clean cham-
ber where the remaining floating impurities were inter-
cepted. The air then came through the floor, travelling
at the nits of one foot • minute, and then
it wised out. This air, in cold weather, was
warmed, and in summer it was iced. (Laughter.)
The object Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney had in view was that
the air should at all seasons be of en equal temperature—
that of 64 degrees of the thermometer. Sometime' it
varied one degree above or below, but very little more. Om
Friday evening, when the hoe. member wished to have the
windows open, the thermometer outside the house was 78
degrees, while inside it was only 63, so that if the hon.
gentleman's suggestion had been adopted, the windows
would have poured into the house air that was 13 degrees
higher than the air they were breathing. He (Mr. Cowper)
had himself no prejudice against opening windows, and the
rule adopted was that when the air outside was 64 degrees
the windows were opened, and when it was more than that
they were closed.
Lord R. CECIL inquired what was the cost of the
ventilatioe?

Mr. COWPER could not tell off hand, as it was included
in the warming and lighting of the bonne.
Mr. D. GRIFFITH said that one of the floors through
which the air came was the door on which they trod.
Mr. COWPER said it came through that door after it
bad been washed and cleaned.
THE GALWAY SERVICE.

Mr. KEKEWICH &eked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether the Galway Packet Company were bound by their
contract to land mula sa well as telegrams when the ships
called at St ,John's, Newfoundland!

Mr. PEEL replied th►t the point wee in dispute. The
government thought they were bound, and the company
thought they were not.

THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.

LordJ. MANNERS asked whether any arrangement had
been come to between the government and the commis-
sioners
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respecting the appropriation of the Exhibition
baldin ?
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know when the ',ab-
ject would be brought on?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said an ar-
t bad been come to by the government, but subject
to the of parliament, to purchase the interest of
the commissioners in the site of the Exhibition building.
and a certain limited portion of the building which belonged
to them, for 120,0001., and likewise to purchase the interest
of the contractors in the residue of the building, Dot inclu-
ding the annexes, which were altogether separate, but
nearly the whole of the residue, for 80,0001. His noble
friend who bad just entered the house (here Lord Palmer-
ston, who came from behind the Speaker's chair, was
greeted with cheers) would perhaps in the course of the
evening be able to fix an early day when the subject would
be brought under the consideration of parliament.
Lord PALMERSTON—I propose to bring on the matter
on Monday next.
THE BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY.
Mr. S. FITZGERALI) said that may a short time ago the
public heard with great regret of the interruption of diplo-
matic relations between this country and Brazil, and he
wished to know whether the government were in a position
to lay before the house any additional papers in reference
to the affairs of Brasil, in order that the house might form
an early judgment on the subject!
Mr. LA YARD said be bad Lid additional papers on the
table that afternoon.
FORTIFICATIONS.
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In reply to Sir J. Es nmraroug
Lord PALMERSTON said—l will shortly move for leave
to bring in a bill to authorise the additional issue of ter.
minable annuities, for motioning the fortifications which are
in program, and when I do that I shall have to explain to
the house everything connected with the subject.