§ MR. CAVENDISH BENTINCKsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether his attention has been called to a Design prepared by Captain Fowke for the alteration or completion of the Exhibition Building; whether Her Majesty's Government approve generally of such Design; and, if so, whether the cost of the same is included in the Estimate now laid upon the Table of the House; and if no design has yet been approved of, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to employ Captain Fowke as the Architect of the new Building?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONNo design has yet been approved of, and no decision come to as to who will be employed to make the changes in order to adapt the building to the purposes for which it is intended.