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From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Coi

THURSDAY, MARCH 25.
POOR RELIEF. (IRELAND) BILL.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Eleventh Clause (And whereas it is expedient to increase
the number of qualified Justices, which, according to the pro-
visions of the said first-recited Act, may be appointed to act
as ex qfficio guardians of any Union) :—Amendment proposed,
to leave out the words " And whereas it is expedient :"
Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand
part of tha Clause." The Committee divided:—
MAJORITY—AYES, 154.
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Acheson, Viscount Dundas, J. C. • Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
31eynell, Captain
Adderlcy, C. It. Ellice, Edward
Ainsworth, Peter Ellice, E., jun. Millics, R. Alonekton
Archbold, Robert Ferguson, Sir R. Monahan, J. 11.
Arkwright, George Flueh, G. Morpeth, Viscount
Austen, Colonel Fitzinaurice, W. Morris, David .
Baillie, 11. J. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Mostyn, E. M.
Seine, Walter Forster, Mathew Mundy, E. M.
Baring, F. T. Fox, C. R.' - Newdegatc, C. N.
Bentinck, Lord G. Fuller, A. E. Northland, Viscount
Beresiord, Major Gasket!, J. M. O'Brien, A. Stadord
Berkeley, Craven Gore, W. R. 0. Ogle, S. C.
Berkeley, Captain Gore, Robert Owen, Sir John
Berkeley, H. Gregory, W. 11. Parker, John
Bodkin, J. J. Grey, Sir G. Pattison, James
Botfleld, Hellish Grimsditch, Thomas Philipps, Sir Ir.
Bouverie, E. I'. Grogan, E. Plumridge, Captain
Bewring, Dr. Hamilton, G. A. Polhill,
•F.
Uroadwood, H. Hamilton, W. J. Reid, Colonel
Brooke, Sir AIR. Hastie, Archibald Repton, G. W.
Itrotherton, Joseph Hawes, Benj. Rich, Henry
Buck, L. W. Henley, J. W. Romilly, John
Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir J. Ross, 1). R.
Bunbury, T. llodgson, F. Russell, Lord J.
Busfeild, William Hodgson' R. Sandon, Viscount
Carew, W. 11. Pole Holmes, W. A'Court Shaw, F.
Carew, R. S. Hamby, John Sheppard, T.
Cavendish, C. C. Howard, C IV.G. Shirley, E. J.
Chandos, Marquis of Howard, E. G. Somerset, Lord G.
Chichester, Lord J. Inglis, Sir R. Spooner, R.
Clay, Sir:W. JaIIICS, William Stanley, W. 0.
Clerk Sir G. James, Sir IV. C. Stanstleld, W. R. C.
Cole, Hon. H. A. Jervis, Sir John Staunton, Sir G.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Jocelyn, Viscoun Stuart, Lcrd J.
Corry, Henry Johnstone, Sir J. Strutt, Edward
Courtenay, Lord Johnstone, Hope Tancred, H. W.
Cowper, W. F. Jolliffe, Sir IV. G. IL
Thornely, T.
Craig, W. G. Kemble, Henry Tollemache, J.
Cripps, William Ker, D. S. Towneley, John
Darner, Colonel • Kirk, Peter Trotter, John
Deedes, W. Labouchere, Henry Treubridge, Sir E.
Denison, J. E. Lascelles, W. S. Vane, Lord H.
Dickinson, F. F. Liddell, H. T. Vesey, T.
Disraeli, B. Lincoln, Earl of Wall, C. B.
Douglas, Sir H. Lindsay,iColonel Walsh, Sir J.
Douglas, J. S. Loch, James Ward, H. G.
Duff, James Macaulay, T. 13. Wood, Sir Charles
Duncan, George Manners, Lord J. Wortley, J. S.
Duncombe, A. March, Earl of Young. John
Dundee, Admiral Marjoribanks, S. TELLERS.
Dundas, F. Matheson, James Hill, Thrd M.
Dundas, Sir David Maule, Fox Tufnell, H.

MINORITY-NOES, 26.
Browne, R. D. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pechell, Captain
Callaghan, D. Hindley, C. Rawdon, Colonel
Collett, John Howard, P. H. Scrope, G. P.
Crawford, W. S. Lawless, Cecil Stuart, Y.
Dennistoun, J. Layard, Major Wawn, J. T.
Escott, Bickham Macnamara, Major Williams, W.
Evans, Sir De Lacy M`Carthy, Alex.
Ewart, William Napier, Sir Ckarles
Fieldeu, John O'Brien, W. S.
Fitzgerald, R. A. O'Connell, M. J.

TELLERS.
O'Connell, John
Bellew, R. M.

SCOTCH AND IRISH RELIEF.

The following is an account of the distribution of the
sum of 1,2401. placed at the disposal of Lord John
Russell by the committee of ladies for conducting the
benefit given at her Majesty's Theatre, for the relief of
the distressed Irish and Scotch:—

SCOTLAND.
In aid of the fund raised by private subscrip-
tion in support of the exertions made by
Macleod, of Macleod, to carry his people
through this time of pressure
Lady Mackenzie, of Gairloch, for distribu-
tion , 5O

Mrs. Campbell, of Islay, for distribution lOO
Major Haliday, for the relief committee at
Portree 25
Sir Edward Coffin, for the relief committee
at Oban
Mr. Robertson, Sheriff Substitute of Mull,
for the relief committee at Tobermory

Total for Scotland .£os`

IRELAND.
To Colonel M'Gregor, to be divided amongst
the Ladies Committees at Dublin, in pro-
portion to the funds which have been
raised by them by private subscription £2oo
Lady Gore Booth for distribution
The Very Rev. Dean Hoare, Dean of
Achonry Ballymote, county of Sligo, for
distribution lOO
Father Mathew, for distribution
The Friends' Relief Committee, London 7O

The same, Dublin 7O
Colonel Stokes, at Tralee, for distribution 5O
Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General
Bishop at Belmullet, for distribution in
the barony of Erris, county of Mayo 5O
The Venerable Archdeacon Trulock, Screen

Rectory, Dromore West, county of Sligo 50
Assistant Commissary-General Milliken,
for distribution in the county of Galway 25

Total for Ireland

£Bl5

Total for Ireland and Scotland £1,240

THE Inosi TRADE.—We are happy to learn that
there exists no falling off in the arrival of orders, such
as generally is the case towards the close of each
quarter, and more particularly might have been ex-
pected from the drooping condition of many other trades,
combined with the adverse state of the money-market.
On the other hand, we are informed that the order. books
at some of the first houses are now better filled than they
were at the commencement, and the specifications are in
most instances for immediate delivery. That there is
no lack of money, or disposition to invest it where
reasonable and secure remuneration presents, may be ga-
thered from the ease with which the various railway calls
are paid up—the extraordinary outlay now going on in
new erections for mining and manufacturing operations
—and the reported fact, that for the Government Irish
loan one party was commissioned to tender more than
double the whole amount required. It is, therefore,
beyond a doubt that the aggregate of the railways now
in progress, and for which Bills have been obtained,
must and will be carried out; as also that this system
of transit will be generally introduced into India, and
all the other British dependencies, and by its vast con-
sumption of iron, both in the construction and the con-
tinual requisitions fur machinery, and other contingencies,
it will exert a powerful and permanent influence on the
prospects of the trade. It may also reasonably be ex-
pected that railways will in due time find their way to
every nation under the sun, should the absence of any
serious commotion allow the energies of mankind to
develop themselves in the progress of civilization; and
that with many thousands of wants created in its course,
and by the general increase of population, these will
afford a sufficient consumption, under the increased
facilities of commerce, to prevent that dreadful depres-
sion which seems to be universally dreaded by our
manufacturers upon the completion of railways in our
own country.—Birmingham Gaz:lte.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONDUCTING TIIE
COW:WEI/SHIP FOR MlDDLEsex.—Yesterday, in consequence
of the large increase of unnecessary applications from the
various summoning officers to the Coroner for warrants to
authorise the holding of inquests, Mr. Wakley, M.P., caused
to be distributed to all summoning officers throughout the
western division of Middlesex copies of the following form
which is to be for the future the only mode,o_f_oapp_l'iclitediopotfdo-r
the Coroner's warrant for such purpose
street, Strand, London. On applying to Mr. WaN • 1
i
Co-
roner for Middlesex, for inquest warrants, the constablen all
cases should fill up such blanks in the following form as the
itleY
information he has been enabled to obtain will permit him to
supply. The application should be made without delay, and
the constable is not to apply personally to the Coroner, unless
he should receive a communication from the Coroner direct-
ing him to attend at the office:-1. What was the name of
the person deceased? (write the name at length ) 2. Where
is the body lying? 3. What was his or her age? 4. On what
day and at what hour did the death happen? 5. Who were
present at the death ? 6. Was the person found dead ; and
if so, where? 7. When was the person found dead, and by
whom ? 8. If found dead, when was the deceased person
last seen alive, and by whom, and where ? 9. What is the known
or supposed cause of death ? 10. Did illness exist before the
death ; and if so, for how long a time? 11. Was the person
speechless or insensible during the illness, and for how long a
time? 12. Is blame attached to any party, and, if so, to
whom? 13. Did any medical practitioner attend before the
death, and, if so, for what length of time, and what his name
and place of abode? 14. If no medical practitioner was pre-
sent at the death, was one called in afterwards? and, if so,
state his name and place of abode. 15. Was the deceased
person attended medically as a pauper or a lunatic, and, if so,
by whom? 16. Can the inquest be held in the house where
the body lies, or, if not, at what other house, and how far is
to anything
have
caused the death
of a person, the poison (or supposed poison) should be put
that house from the body? (When the house where the in-
quest is to be held is situated in a street, whether it be a
supposed to be
public-house or not, the number of the house should be
poisonous, stated.)
known,lVhen oa
rn y
is poison,
suspectedor
under seal in the presence of a witness, and forthwith be put
into the hands of the constable, who is to dispose of it as the
Coroner shall direct. 18. At what hours are letters delivered
to you (the constable) by post? 19. The constable must
here write his name and address, which should be written on
the Coroner's warrant, so as to insure its quick delivery to him
(the constable) by post. 20. The constable should here
write any further particulars which he may deem to be ne-
cessary forlthe information of the Coroner." The form, which
is in the shape of a letter, bears the following superscription :
—" Letter for Coroner's Warrant. Thomas Wakley, Esq.,
M.P., 1, Bedford-street, Strand. From •constable of
the parish of —."
PIGEON. SHOOTING.--A match for 251. a side,
25 birds, 21 yards rise, 55 yards boundary, came off yester-
day, between Messrs. Caunt and Pritchard, at the Rosemary
Branch, Peckham. It was won by Mr. Caunt, with two
birds to spare. Another match between the same parties,
for the like amount, 30 birds, 50 yards boundary, is also
staked for; it will come off at the Swiss Cottage, St. John's
wood, but the day is to be named so as to suit the con-
venience of both parties. Tom Spring holds the deposits.
THE ETON MONTEM.—Lord John Manners, who
took the chair at the adjourned meeting of noblemen and
gentlemen educated at Eton, held at the British Hotel, Cock-
spur-street, on the 9th inst., arrived at the College on Mon-
day last, and, after having had a long interview with the
Rev. Mr. Hodgson, the Provost, at the Lodge, proceeded to
the residence of Dr.Hawtrey, the Head-Master, in Weston's-
yard, where his Lordship remained for a considerable time.
Dr. Hawtrey left Eton this morning for Paris, to spend the
Easter holidays in the French capital.
GREENWICH FAlR.—Yesterday great bustle and
active preparations were being made at the usual place of
festivity, near the canal, which is situated at the rear of the
old church at Greenwich, for the annual fair On Easter
Monday neat.

ATTACK ON SAN JUAN D'ULLOA.
(From the New York Herald.)
We have the pleasure of presenting to our readers
this morning some important information connected
with the contemplated attack on the city of Vera Cruz
and the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa by the United States
army and navy. This information has been in our pos•
session for several days past; but, inasmuch as its pub-
lication before to-day would have had a tendency to
embarrass the Government, or perhaps frustrate to a
certain extent their plan of operations, we withheld it
from the public until a certain contingency should have
occurred that would enable us to divulge it without pre-
judice to the public interests.
That contingency has occurred, and the sailing of the
United States line•of-battle ship Ohio, and the sloop of
war Decatur, from Norfolk, on the Ist inst., will make
the intelligence clear to our readers.
It will be recollected by our readers that the plan of
operations of the army and navy were first published in
this journal. It may be necessary to recapitulate them here,
so that the history of the matter will becomplete. General
Scott takes command of the army, and will rendezvous
at the Island of Lobos. Thither the whole of the army,
with the exception of that portion lelt under the com-
mand of General Taylor, for the purpose of garrisoning
Saltillo, Monterey, Camargo, &c, which will be held by
him, will be transported from Tatripico by the several
vessels, nearly 100 in number, which the Government
has chartered here and in other cities for the purpose.
That island affords an excellent harbour, and is only
eight miles distant from the main shore, and from its
abundance of water, &c., is admirably adapted for a
rendezvous. From this island the troops will be con-
veyed to the shore, and it is for this duty that the great
number of launches were ordered by the Government.
From the point of landing, General Scott will march
immediately to the city of Vera Cruz, and by a pre-
concerted arrangement between him and Commodore
Perry, the city of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan
d'Ulloa will be simultaneously attacked by the army and
navy.
Thus much we published on a former occasion.
The details of the great programme have been studi-
ously concealed by General Scott and the Administra-
tion, as well as by all who were acquainted with them.
Our army officers received orders from day to day, but
their purport was never divulged. The line-of-battle
ship Ohio underwent repairs recently, with the view,
ostensibly, of proceeding to the Pacific, and joining the
blockading squadron on that side of Mexico, and sailed
with sealed orders from Hampton-roads on the Ist
instant. These orders are not to be opened until she
gets into a certain latitude ; but we will take the liberty
of making our readers acquainted with their contents
—probably, before Captain Stringham himself will know
them.

This ♦essel has sailed ostensibly for the Pacific, but
before she will have reached there she will have taken
part in the grand demonstration about to be made on
the enemy's strongholds. She sailed in company with
the sloop-of-war Decatur, but she will not go in sight of
Vera Crus until the morning of the day when General
Scott will attack that city. The appearance of a
vessel of her size and armament would reasonably in-
duce the Mexicans to suppose that an attack was contem-
plated immediately, and it is to prevent this suspicion
that she will remain out of sight until the eventful time
shall have arrived. The Decatur will act as an agent to
convey from the squadron there to her, and inform her
of the proper time to take her place. Between General
Scott and Commodore Perry, who will relieve Commo-
dore Conner, signals have been arranged that will
enable Commodore Perry to know the precise day or
hour that he will commence the attack on the city.
Commodore Perry will immediately communicate, by
means of the Decatur, or one of the small steamers, to
the Ohio, the commander of which will govern himself
accordingly. The moment that General Scott com•
mences to attack the city the whole fleet will play on the
castle, for the purpose of preventing the garrison from
acting in concert with the Mexicans in Vera Cruz. In
this manner it is supposed that both the city and the
castle will be taken in a short time.

The time appointed for this demonstration is the 20th
of this month, if General Scott be ready by that time ;
if not, as soon after as possible. At all events the Ohio
and Decatur, which sailed on the Ist, and the Missis-
sippi, which will sail in a day or two with Commodore
Perry, are directed to be in that neighbourhood by that
time. The object of secrecy has been to put Santa Anna
off his guard, and prevent him from co-operating with
the troops in Vera Cruz. He must remain where ho is,
for fear that General Taylor might advance towards
.San Luis.

The Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa will be for a time oc-
cupied by our troops after its capture, for the purpose
of testing the effect of climate on them. If it prove
unhealthy, it will probably be razed to the water, so
that the enemy will not be able to avail himself of it
hereafter. This ought to be done, if the Mexicans re-
fuse to treat for peace after its capture.
If the attack be made on the 20th, an express will,
we understand, be immediately sent to Washington, or
to the nearest point to that city, and the news will reach
tls about the Ist of April. In the meantime, however,
it is not improbable that a grand battle will be fought
between the troops under Santa Anna and those under
General Taylor. Two great battles at the same time
would be a serious blow to Mexico.

The above particulars may be relied upon for accu-
racy. It will be seen, therefore, that we may very soon
expect to hear important news from the seat of war.

WARNING TO THE UNWARY.

Under the title " Surveying taught in six weeks," the
IVorrestershire Chronicle publishes the following :
it will be remembered that three weeks ago an adver-

tisement appeared in this paper for " three or four young
men well versed in arithmetic," who were wanted by an
engineer "to be instructed in railway surveying, levelling,
computing quantities, &c.," with the view of placing
them, (at the expiration of the instruction), upon his
staff, to assist in certain large surveys for which he
had contracted. The instruction was to be given by the
advertiser's present staff. It was to occupy about
six weeks, and a small fee was to be paid for the
knowledge thus to be imparted. The temptation was
considerable, when the high salaries are borne in mind
which have recently been paid to surveyors in conse-
quence of the great demand for their services, and the
bait appears to have been swallowed by no less than
eight individuals, all anxious to learn "railway survey-
ing, levelling, and computing quantities," and perhaps
a little wisdom into the bargain by the new " royal
road" thus unexpectedly opened. We have had handed
to us a copy of the agreement entered into by the en-
gineer of the extensive contracts with one of his pupils.
It was as follows ; we omit the names :
MEM. OF AGREEMENT.—" I, , do agree to in-
struct or cause to be instructed in railway and
estate surveying, levelling, computing, &c., for which
instruction I charge the sum of six guineas. After the
said instruction, I agree to place you, the said
upon my, staff, at a weekly salary of two guineas and a
half, 6s. per day for personal expenses, and all travelling
expenses to be paid by the said —. The survey and
salary to commence on or about the 15th of April, and to
continue till or about the 24th of August. After the
said survey, I agree to give you, the said —, a certifi-
cate as to competency, and also to employ you upon any
further contract I may have contracted for. It is further
agreed that you, the said —, shall give me, the said
—, an agreement, binding himself to act upon my staff
at the line and salary as named in this agreement.
' Signed, this day of March, 1847. —"
Eight of these documents having, we are told, been duly
signed, sealed, and delivered, and eight, times six guineas
transferred from the pockets of pupils to their considerate
instructor, part of the staff was marshalled, and the neigh-
bourhood of Powick was selected as the scene of those la-
bours which were to be mutually advantageous to the
teacher and the taught. A gunter chain and a few poles
constituted the surveying implements—quite sufficient to
begin with, no doubt; the tree must be climed by degrees;
—and the work was followed up for several days with
much energy, but we have not heard with any great prac-
tical result. On Sunday week, however, the master
was missing, and ho has not since returned to complete
the course of instruction his pupils had calculated on
receiving. One of them, however, has received a letter
from the " engineer," stating that " they "—there were
two of them—had been summoned to London by urgent
business, but that they should return in a few days and
recommence their surveys in this neighbourhood. Their
return is eagerly expected, we hear, by some creditors,
beside the gentlemen to whom they were about to im-
part a knowledge of surveying, levelling, and computa-
tion; as they have, in the hurry of their departure,
omitted to pay sundry little bills, the receipt of which
will confer a great obligation on the parties to whom
they are owing. The students, too, are anxiously look-
ing out for their tutors, who will no doubt return as
soon as they have comfortably disposed of the very
urgent business which summoned them to the metro-
polis, and resume those lessons which have been so un-
ceremoniously interrupted, or return the money which
has been paid on consideration of receiving them.

THE FLORES EXPEDITION.—The following is a
translation of an extract of a letter dated Chili, Dec. 27:
" Since October last we have had the news here of the dis-
concerted and mad expedition preparing in Spain under Ge-
neral Flores against these states, and by the present steam-
packet, which brings us news from Europe up to the 18th of
October last, we have received the confirmation of that un-
dertaking; consequently, the Governments of these republics
are very seriously occupied in preparing the most strenuous
means of repulsing that invasion. Peru seems more parti-
cularly alarmed, to such an extreme that every man will
shortly be under arms, if one may judge from the decrees of
that Government, and the periodical gazettes of that country.
Although the expedition should
never be realised, arising
from embarrassments met with in its origin, it will always
cause excessive prejudices to these countries, on account
of the enormous expenses they labour under in making
the necessary preparations of defence. Spain her-
self. from her imprudent protection of the ex-Generals Flores
and Santa Cruz, will have to suffer very severely in her com-
mercial intercourse with these new states, as she ought to
reflect, that by her perfidious proceedings she is only pre-
paring a rod for herself by renewing ancient animosities
which the lapse of time had nearly obliterated from our
memories ; but now God only knows to what extremes that
impolitic nation may drive these Governments, as we fear
there would be no bounds to their desperation. It well
known that British commerce has nearly 50,000,000 of dol-
lars disseminated on these extended coasts, and the whole
body of our merchants established in those countries fully
rely that the British Government will never consent to that
expedition going round the Horn after twenty-five years'
acknowledgment of the independence of these states, as if,
such a measure is once tolerated, our commerce on this coast
will indirectly feel the keen effects of the invasion, even more
than the natives themselves."
SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, the Governor-in-Chief of
the Hudson's Bay Company's territories in Nortb
America, has just returned to England after a long
absence. We understand that he is about to publish the
narrative of his journey round the world, which was per-
formed chiefly overland in the years 1841 and 1842;
the various important occupations in which lie has since
been constantly engaged having precluded him from
bestowing his earlier attention to the subject.

THE NEW HOUSES OF PAR-
LIAMENT.

The announcement made by Lord Morpeth in the
Heuse of Commons last week, to the effect that the new
House of Lords would be ready for the reception of the
Peers immediately after the Easter recess, has naturally
excited considerable interest as to the present state of
that portion of this great national edifice; and the works
have accordingly been visited during the last few days
by a great number of the nobility and gentry. The ad-
mission of visitors, as announced by Lord Morpeth,
closed on Saturday, in order to afford the artists and
mechanics employed an opportunity of pursuing their
labours without interruption, the constant influx of
strangers having been found exceedingly detrimental to
the progress of the work. Without attempting any de-
tailed notice of the gorgeous and magnificent interior now
presented by the House of Lords, a few words descrip-
tive of its general effect may be interesting to those of
our readers who have not been fortunate enough to have
an opportunity of inspecting the same. The general
impression on the spectator entering the House is grand
in the extreme. The noble proportions of the apart-
ments, the elaborate carved panels, and the brilliant
colouring which meets the eye on every side, contribute
to produce a coup dccil at once striking and beautiful.
The ceiling is divided into a series of :quare compart-
ments, the groundwork being elaborately coloured in
blue and red, and the crossbeams forming the equares
richly gilt. The western end of the House is occupied
by the throne, which is already nearly complete. It is
a most elaborate and tasteful design, of the Gothic order,
consisting of a grand centre and two wings, the latter
to be respectively appropriated to the Prince Consort
and the Prince of Wales. At the first glance it presents
a perfect blaze of gold, but on a more minute inspection
the exquisite colouring here and there thrown into the
design softens its tone and produces an admirable re-
sult. In the canopy over the.Ventre of the throne are
niches intended for the reception of statuettes of the
patron saints of the three kingdoms, and on the wall
immediately above appears Mr. Dyce's fresco painting
of the Baptism of King Ethelbert. It is well known
that Mr. Barry's original design for the House of Peers
included six arched compartments, three at either end
to be filled up by frescos. This arrangement will
ultimately be carried out, but at present Mr. Dyce is
the only artist who has completed his subject. Ano-
ther important and interesting historical feature in the
decoration of the House is the introduction of statues,
about half the size of life, of all those Barons who
were instrumental in exacting Magna Charta from
John. Pedestals, each surmounted by an elegant
canopy, are placed at stated intervals on either side
the House, immediately above the Peeresses' gallery, the
name of each Baron being beautifully emblazoned in
colours. The strangers' gallery faces the throne, and
is immediately above the Peers' entrance. The reporters'
gallery is immediately beneath the strangers' gal-
lery. Both these galleries are exceedingly capacious,
and admirably adapted for their respective purposes.
There are three rows of seats up each side of the
House, one raised above another. On the panellings
round the House are painted the armorial bearings of
all the noblemen who have held the office of Lord
Chancellor from the earliest date of that office, in the
reign of Edward 111., up to the present time—the list
closing with the arms of the present Lord Chancellor,
Lord Cottenham. The floor of the House will be
covered with a carpet of very chaste design, the colour
being dark blue, with gold spots. The House is entered
by a pair of solid brass gates of the most exquisite
design and manufactuie. The House is nearly twice
as large as the present House of Peers, and considerably
larger than the new House of Commons will be when
completed.
The Conde de Montemolin, attended by a numerous
suite, visited the House on Saturday. The Conde was
received and conducted over the works by the architect,
Mr. Barry, to whom he expressed his unqualified admi-
ration of the whole building. Among the nobility who
have honoured Mr. Barry with visits during the last few
days are the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle-
mentine Villiers, Viscount Maidstone, Lord and Lady
Colchester, &c. _ _ _

Although the general outline of the new Palace has
long been familiar to the great bulk of the population,
probably but few are acquainted with the precise ar-
rangements of the building—the locale occupied by the
House of Lords, House of Commons, &c. In a word,
then, the House of Lords may be described as situated
on the northern side of the building, about 200 yards
east of the Victoria Tower. On state occasions her
Majesty will alight under this arch, and pass up the
grand staircase into the gallery, hereafter to be devoted
to the reception of sculpture and other works of art.
From this gallery the Victoria Hall is entered, the
latter opening immediately into the House of Lords, by,
doorways on either side of the throne. The long gal-
lery is in an unfinished state, and it will probably be
many months before it is completed. The only por-
tions of the edifice approaching completion are the
House of Lords itself, the Victoria Hall and the Peers'
entrance hall, at the eastern extremity of the House, the
latter a most gorgeous and elaborately decorated apart-
ment.—Post.

THE SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. WILKES.--
The tenth sale of this most extraordinary assemblage of books
took place on Tuesday, at Messrs. Sotheby's rooms, in 'Wel-
lington-street. Among the books sold on the last two days
(th© best days, as they were styled), the following arc de-
serving of notice :—" Shakspeare's Tragedies, Comedies, and
Histories, published according to the true original copies, by
Heminge and Condell," first edition, printed by Js. Jaggard
and E. Blunt, 1623. This copy, stated by judges to be the
most pure ever offered for sale, contains the original portrait
and the leaf of Ben Jonson's verses, and sold for the large
sum of 155/. The second edition, date 1632, fetched but 11
guineas; whilst the third edition, printed in 1664, sold for
251. 10s. The disparity is accounted for by the greater por-
tion of the third edition being destroyed in the great tire of
London. The fourth edition, printed in 1685, sold for St ss.
" Rommant de la Rose," printed upon vellum, by Verrard, at
Paris, in 14P6, sold for 101/. ; " Recuyell of the listories of
Troye," by Raval Le Fevre, first edition, and believed to be
the earliest production of Caxton's press, printed by Caxton
in 1471; only two copies of this ancient romance in a perfect
state are known, one in the British Museum, the other in
the library of the Marquis of Bute ; this copy, although
defective in ten leaves, fetched the large sum of
165/. "Rob Roy," the original manuscript of this
well-known novel, in the autograph of Sir Walter Scott,
the author, sold for 821. Edmund Spenser's " Faerie
Queene," &c., first edition, Wm. Ponsonbye, 1590-6, sold
for 181. " Vitus Patrutn ; that is, the Lyfe of the Old
Auncyent Fadres, translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe,
by Wm. Caxton, of Westmynstre, late dead, and fynysslu d
it at the last day of his Lyff; emprynted in the said Towne
of Westmynstre by One Wynkyn de Worde, 1495 ;" this
book, supposed to be the finest production of Wynkyn de
Worde's press, sold for 811. A collection of State Papers,
consisting principally of drafts and precis of Dispatches from
the British Government to the English Ministers at Berlin,
Denmark, Dresden, &c., during the year 1796, formerly in
the library of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, sold for
30/. Vigerii (Marci) Decatrordon Christianum, printed upon
vellum, a presentation copy from the author to Henry VII.,
sold for 68/. Strutt's Antiquities sold for 601. " Rycharde
Cuer du Lyon," an English metrical romance, printed by
Wynkyn de Worde in 1528, sold for 47/. Sarum ; " Mis-
sale ad Usum lnsignis Ecclesite Sarum," printed in 1508, sold
for 301. 10s. ; " Roxburghe Revels," a curious compilation
of manuscript and print relating to the Roxburghe Club. by
the late Mr. Haslewood, and containing a letter of Sir Wal-
ter Scott, dated Feb., 1823, sold for 221. 10s. ; " The Prymer
in Englvshe and in Latin, sette out along, after the use of
Sarum," printed in 1504, sold for 23/. The other lots sold
fetched good prices. Yesterday the sale of the library
of Mr. Wilkes was concluded, after lasting eleven
days, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson. The principal lots
sold yesterday consisted of Oriental and Sanscrit manuscripts,
nearly the whole of which were bought by Sir Frederick
Madden for the British Museum. With regard to the "His-
tory of the Hoole Life of Jason," sold for 121/., on being col •
lated it was found to have one leaf in fac simile. It was
returned, and being put up again sold for 105/. The amount
realised by this sale is between 6,000/. and 7,000/.
JOSEPH Any AGAIN.—The unenviable notoriety
attained by Mr. Joseph Ady, of London, by his attempts to
practise upon the credulity of parties residentin the country,
renders it almost a matter of supererogation to caution our
readers against his manceuvres. We may state, however,
that several parties in the Potteries have recently been
honoured with circulars (not pre-paid) from Mr. Ady. With
the new year Joseph seems to have adopted a slightly im-
proved plan. His missives no longer bear the appearance of
a schoolboy's scrawl—they are lithographed, and look more
business-like. This week a neighbour received a " circular"
in the usual style. " Something to your advantage (about
1001. and upwards)" will be disclosed "on receipt of 20
shillings by post-office order." The subscriber," Joseph Ady,
accountant," states truly that he is personally known to
each of the Aldermen of London ;" and then unblushingly
adds:—" Should you find any difficulty in getting the
money, the Right Hon. Sir Peter Laurie, Deputy Lord
Mayor, will frank you from all expenses except postages,
which you must pay both ways." Joseph's intended
victim in " the Potteries happened to be an artist
by profession and a humorist in disposition. His
ready pencil soon depicted on paper the figure
of a well-fed hound, leisurely holding between its paw a
piece of coin, at such a distance that a chained cur finds it
impossible to reach. From the mouth of the "jolly dog"
issued the words, " Don't you wish you may get it, Joe?"
Above the " sorry dog" was legibly written 'Joe Ady."
In this speaking carricature Mr. Ady's correspondent care-
fully folded a farthing, and then sealed the enclosure in the
following letter:—" Dear sir,— Enclosed I band you a so-
vereign. Please lick your lips over an extra bottle of claret,
and send the name of your father and mother in your next.
Below was sketched the
I am, dear sir, yours, Hamr."
figure of a wretched criminal swinging from a lofty gallows,
and by the side appeared this ominous warning, "Joseph
Ady, take heed lest this prove your sad end."—Staffordshiye
Mercury.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOWICII, MARCH 25.
Four companies of the Royal Artillery assembled at eleven
o'clock to-day, on the guard-mounting parade in heavy
marching order, for the inspection of Lieutenant-General
Sir Thomas Downman, C.D. and K.C.H., Commandant of the
garrison, being under orders to leave head-quarters at Wool-
wich to-morrow, Captain Ward's No. 8 company of the 10th
battalion to add to the strength of the Royal Artillery at
Portsmouth, and Captain Crawford's No. 4 company, Cap-
tain St. George's No. 5 company, and Captain Needham's
No. 6 company, all of the 10th battalion, for Chatham, to
make room for the reception of recruits in the garrison of
Woolwich, upwards of 600 fine young men having recently
enlisted, but were ordered to be detained at their respective
places of enlistment until the barracks were made ready for
their reception_ About 300 of the recruits have been en-
listed by the veteran officer Lieutenant Clark, stationed at
Lisburn, in Ireland. The companies Nos. 1,2, and 3 of
the 10th battalion are to remain at Woolwich to go
through a course of field battery instruction, and No. 7 com-
pany recently proceeded to Devouport and Plymouth to add
to the strength of the Royal Artillery in that quarter. The
remains of the late Major-General Cockburn were interred
privately in the churchyard at Plumstead, at eleven o'clock,
A.M., to-day.
THE 'NAVAL CLUB.—The members of the Naval
Club dined together last evening, at the Thatched House
Tavern, St. James's-street. Lord Adolphus Fitzcl a
presided, and was supported by Lord Edward Russell, SreirnHce.
Dillon, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir Thomas Hastings, Captain
H. Eden, Captain E. Eden, Captain George Pechell, Captain
Sotheby, Captain Blackwood, Captain G.
Ring, Captain
Ponter, Captain Frankland, Captain illeredub, Captain
Hevingharo, &c.