The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF

Pursuant to the stipulations of • the Board of
'Works at the recent sale of the materials, the Old House of
Lards is now being rapidly demolished. The roof and the inte.
rior are gone, as is " Guy Fawkes' Porch ;" only old stone and
brick walls remain with the men at work on them pecking the
walls to pieces, which is no easy labour, so decided is the con-
sistency of the. materials. The Old House of Lords was, we
must now say, a very memorable place;` besides the fact of
the Cellars underneath being the scene of what is called the
" Popish Plot," it is said • at one time to .h*e been the Bed
Room of Henry VIII. And even now the 4‘ Royal Robing
Room," which is a contiguous Chamber, and where the King
robes *ben he goes to meet the Parliament, is surrounded
With curious old tapestry representing " the Birth of
Queen Elizabeth." The celebrated Ant Bitika appears in her
bed ; and there are on one side • of her an attendant, and a
nurse with the child on the other. The tapestried story is
somewhat broken into by the loss of a piece of the arras, cut
to make a doorway for his Majesty, leading from the staircase
and the new Royal Entrance. Th the tapestry beyond the
Queen Ann BuUen, appear Henry VIII. and his Courtiers;
and one of those Courtiers seems dispatched to bring back in-
telligence of the event of the Queen's indisposition. The Old
House of Lords, of late years, has seldom beep used,. eNcept
as a Committee-room when witnesses were to be evrmined.
It was last used by the Lords' CoMMittee, who. ;Ter:4A the
evidence fur and against the 13111 tbr the Repeal of, the " SO,
.taltieldm Acts."

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The Old House of Lords is directed - to -he pulled down to
-make way for the furtlwance of those improvements about the
Upper House of Parliament that have long been contemplated,
especially since the 'compl-Alon of the New Royal Entrance in
Palace-yard. The chief improvement will be a gallery, leading
from this entrance and the staircase to the'` Painted Chamber,"
and thence to the Robing Room and other portions of the space
thus gained will be occupied with offices requisite for the busi.7.
netts of, and the persons attending the House of 'LordS.
Whole of these alterations are made by the Board of Work.,
'anti are constantly inspected by Mr. Soane, the architect. h
is still in Contemplation, as we stated on a fOrmer day, to
take down 111 r. Lee's house in Cotton-garden (in a portion of
Which building Gus/ Pawkex, &c. secreted themselves, accord-.
ing to evidence adduced on the trial), to make way for a regu-
lar series of Parliamentary Offices occupying the site of Cotton-
garden. The present Parliamentary Offices are at an inconve-
nient distance from the House of Lords ; they are in
..Abing..
don-streeOrth4,alteration they will be, as they ought to be,
attached to the House, and convenient for reference and buss:
ness when. the' House is sitting.
It, has been erroneously stated in some of the papers,
that the ° Painted Chamber" was vibe pulled, down as well'
as the old House of Lords ; that is not the fact. 'lt is to re-
main... It is the fine long Chamber in which the " Court
of Claims" holds its sittings. Some of the paintings on its
walls, together with scraps. of Norman French, (there is no
tapestry about this Chamber), are still distinctly visible. Other
portions of them, when the Chamber was repair3d, were co-.
vered with canvas and frame-work, anti afterwards plastered.

SuAmmo/ CoNivEastox.,----Maclean, the Laird
of Coll, adopted a very SUillitittll method to bring
about uniformity of sentiment in one of the lie.
brides, a small island called Rum. 'When be en-
tered upon the possession or that sterile spot, he
found all the inhabitants Roman Catholics ; and
being himself a zealous Protestant, it was not
without considerable vexatioh that he saw all his
dependants having recourse to a mode of %vor-
ship so little in unison with his own views as a
churchman. To effect a reform in this important
concern; he placed himself one Sunday, during
mass,.at the entry of the chapel, and having or.
tiered the congregation to be dismissed, he locked
the door, and put the keys in his pocket, threat-
ening the people, as they passed him in going
Out, that he would cane every individual who
should ever venture to return to take part in thosti
superstitions ceremonies. FroM this moment all
the inhabitants of Rum embraced the Protestant
faith, and: went to the kirk With the Lai-rd. It
happened that Maclean, whilst thus exercising
his zeal as a reformer, had seconded his menaces
by shaking, in the faces of his converts, a golden.-
headed cane, which he gave them to understand
would prove the instrument of their punishment
in case of a relapse to Popery. A circumstance
which led the other Hebrideans, whenever they
had occasion to speak of the conversion of the
p'popto orßum, to call them the Protestants
qf
Me golden-headed cane.

IVe are happy to observe that the Spanish Sub-
scription still proceeds in our city ; and expect,t-
tion4 aro entertained that it will increase to a
very considerable amount.--( Exeter Paper).
The Subscription at Tayistock, for the Spanish
Patriots, amounted to 'warty 1204, which had
been remitted to the Committee at the Crown
and Anchor.

annual Conference a it. weskyan me.
thodists was held at Sheffield last week, When
from 350-to .100 Ministers or that persuasion were
present. The increase of members daring the
hist year was stated to be 10081.

A Brazil Mail arrived yesterday, bringin.g
:letters from 'Bahia of the 23d of June, at which`
time' there was every prospect of an immediate
abandonment of the. place by the Portuguese
troops. Liam, the Brazilian General before.
Bahia, had issued a proclamation, assuring-pro-
tection to 'the inhabitants in the event of the de-',
parture of the Portuguese;- in consequence of
which, a deputation of the principal, eitizens had
waited on him to' form.. arrang,enients for the
effectual security of persons and property on this
occasion: -This conference 'had been permitted
by M.‘..otrti.s, the Portuguese, General, who had'
iw.itcil passports to enable them to pass the hues,
-but who declared, at the same time, that neither
he nor his troops would enter into any conven-
tion with the Brazilians : . the inhabitants of.
Bahia must make the best terms they were able
for their own safety. The 25th had been fixed
on as the period for the embarkation of the Por-
tuguese troops, though it was expected that alt
the arrangements would not be completed so'
early the greater part of the stock. of provisions,
howeier, had been placed on board the trans-
ports. MADEIRA'S chief apprehension seems to
have been how to elude, When on the voyage tr
Portugal, our enterpriziug countryman, Lord
COCHRANE, who was at sea with part of the
squadron equipped at Rio, and who had deter-
mined, if possible, at whatever risk, to make prize •
of the ships of war. A report was current that
he hal been applied to to permit an unmolested
passage, but which he was only willing to allow-
as regarded the transports. Those his Lordship
would suffer to pass, but his fleet had been
equipped for the purpose of capturing the ships'
of war, and they must depend on Ode own CNPr.,
tions for safety.—Lord COCHRANE had not been -
heard of for a few days previous to the sailing of '
Abe packet. He made, about the 14th, a daring
attempt to`cut out the principal Portuguese ship
from 'the harbour of Bahia, in the face of the
whole squadron, and within gun-shot of the bat-
teries, but Win" prevented by a sudden change of
wind. Much inquietude existed among the in-
habitants of Bahia respecting the approaching
entry of the Brazilian troops—a ckss of soldiers
ill-disciplined, and not likely, without restraint,
to respect either person or property. Sir Tuns.
HAttnY was at Bahia for the protection of the
English interests.—The following is a copy of
General Ltsi,v's

• PROCL. TION. •
Recent!), charged with the military command of this province
and its army, in pursuance of my appointment by his Excel-
lency the Political Governor, in the barite of th Emperar of
Ltraxil, I address you, Lushanfans, to tell you, in vain do yen
assail the independence of this vast empire; min I cell upon
you, fur the love of humanity, and for the stopping of the effu-
sion of blood, which, :with . so much folly, you compel u$ to.
shed, trot to persist in the illusions and errors whiels.have been
imposed upon you by the revolutionary unit anarchical Congress
of Lisbon, which,.. with, the MuchiaVelian intention, has
sent you to this side of the 41tlantie to attack us, and hi receive.
unwillingly front our hands a cruel and infallible death. Exe
perience must have:convinces! you of this. The force of our
arnis has already hies seriously felt by your phalanXes. The;
difference of entnate,• bongo., and privations. of' every kind.
have filled your hospitals; and your army, as.. yon well know,
haS been gradually reduced to a most deplorable condition. In
a short time, even though we should not tlght,.you will be com-
pletely annihilated, anti you cannot have the slightest hope of
receiving from Lisbon reinforcements of troops, which besides,
if they did come, Would only eerie to augment tire number
of the victims. Your unhappy Country is seneibr'e of the Ar 3.:
chiavelism of the tyrannic faction which governs it; And in
order to save itself front total ruin, has hoisted the Standard
well-understood liberty in the northern provinces. : Your army :
in the whole of Portugal is reduced to scarcely MOOD men ; so'
that, under the critical circumstances in which you are placed,
yotf must inevitably perish here, if you 1101tatt to relinquish
the unjust., impolitic, ea:useless contest in which you are rit-
gaged. Reflect, laisitanians, on the melancholy fate which
awaits you, if you contlime to be the instruments of the insane
measures of that oppressive, unjust, and revolutionary 1
gress' which is, perhaps, at this moment justly annihilated by
your brothers in altos. Attend to what we uitcr you in the
name of our incomparable Emperor, if you desist front the
frantic emerprise in which your wicked Ministry have engaged
you. If you lay down your arms, we will embrace you as
brothers. We are willing to share with you our immense- •
lends ; but if; from love
.of country, you' wish to euthask, we
will'assist you In that object, and thus prove to all the world
' that the nets of injustice which the meheichuly'ciretunstances
of a fatal epoch have compelled you to submit have left in our.
minds no odious and vindictive passions. To you, Europeans,
whti are inhabitants of 'Bahia, we also promisirtoguarentee
Your property and your personal safely agairisr.avy risk on
aceomn of differences of opinion. Recollect, Lusitanians, that
Dwane:in families have li, d from you, and have,s-Ught an Asy
lum amongst us.; let them tell how they haVe been aided and
assisted with every thieg, asi far as we were able to simply
them Undeceive yoorselves, Lusitnnians eo.een yorir eye*—
be not the instruments of your own disgrace. If you resist:,
the injustice will on your part be complete, anti then yoit will
compel us to resort to the most sacred of rights—the dreadful
extremity of exterminating you as with a thunderbolt. It we
still hesitate, it is because we respect the ties of fratenitiy by
which we are united, nntl which, if you are dtseivihg,
ever he held sacred by us. These are the sentiments of Myr
great arid humane ro r—,sen t ill: en ts Which dil;tingnish p.ll
iris imperial °niers.' lieterinine, then, while tle..e i tee ,•.
and you will find us ready to receive you: with e••
width you have always experienced anningst lee ;i• you this
not adopt this course, you have no choice left; but bete tr death'
and surrendering to our arma At discretion.
171va a • Refigiani ! Deis o nom Imperatior ! o nOssa.
Indephidencia !

(Signed) JOSE JOAQUEM DE LIMA
Commander-in-Chief of the Army Of
.Pocifiosooll,
' and of the Troopa of Bahia. -
Bead-quarters, Piraja, March 20,
182 the tecona year of
Independence of tiv Empire,
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It is our painful duty to record the death of
r:,. Ch.atlyn, with of Richard Chesty m F4rt,t of ,Itztrii;ky
denee upon tha Coroner's IYqueit ha t heert t i ni,;httl to rte, ley*
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against Mr. C Iteslyn
Iyn had, in conseqoence, been separated from the
of Iter sisters, to whom she was most afrectionwely at-
tached ; anti eta a since that time her health anti .pirivt,
had been rapidly detßiting, It was Nutted that soulu ad
verse proceeding had recently been taken by t
1411, the contemplation of winch, added to her already ca..
fecbted suite bout of body and mind, had produced as fever
bf tho brai(lt totally deprived her oileason. On sun.
day morning Itat, she was missed fivm. the 11011 NC. .111).
mediate inquiry was nude, anti she was discovered lire hit
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