The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-09 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM.

The Select Committee appointed to inquire into
the petition presented by Sir Willoughby Jones,
M.P. for the borough of Cheltenham, met again yes-
terday, in Room No. 3, at two o'clock. Their deli-
berations were conducted with closed doors, and when
they rose it was understood that no definite conclu-
sions on th• questions referred to them had been
arrived at.

Mr. Booth, the examiner of election recognizances,
again gave eyidence before the Committee.
The validity of the recognizances attached to the
petition presented against the return of Sir Wil-
loughby Jones is the principal question which the
Committee is called upon to decide ; but the House
has also referred to it the decision of similar points
raised upon the petitions against the sitting Members
for the county of Monmouth, the borough of
Leicester, the city of Dublin, the borough of Bod-
min, the county of Longford, and the borough of
Walsall,
The Committee meets again to-morrow at two
o'clock.

THE NEW HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT.
The following is a copy of the architect's report of
,he present state of the works at the New Palace at
Irestminster

"The carcase works of the building, as far as the
site is available or free from temporary buildings, are
completed, with the following exceptions, viz.—the
upper portions of the Victoria-tower, the Clock-
tower, and the Central-tower, which are, upon an
average, 100 feet above the ground ; St. Stephen's
porch above the level of about 60 feet from the ground ;
two bays of the western portion of St. Stephen's-hall,
which are within 8 feet of their intended height; and
the central masses of the building abutting upon the
Central-tower, and the towers of the River front,
which, together with St. Stephen's-hall, are now
being roofed in. The scaffolding, stages, and hoisting
tackle for the three towers are nearly completed, and
contracts have been made for proceeding with the
upper The
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Central-tower,
is is turned, the centring is !struck, and the
bosses are now being carved. The stone
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the Central-ball, and other groins in various parts
of the building, including those over the public stair-
case, are for the most part completed. The fittings
and finishings of the Peers' and Commons' libraries,
the Peers' refreshment-rooms, and the offices attached
thereto, and the offices for the Clerk of the Crown,
are so far advanced as to allow of those portions of the
building being occupied prior to the Easter recess.
The fittings and finishings of the committee-rooms
and corridors in the one-pair story of the river front
are far advanced, and might have been completed by
next Easter if the rooms had not been required for
use at the commencement of the present session. The
finishings of the Lord Great Chamberlain's apart-
ments, her Majesty's robing-room, and the wood
ceilings, wainscot framings, doors, &c., for numerous
apartments, corridors, &c., in various portions of the
building, are in hand, and in part fixed. There are
at present 1,399 men engaged upon the works of the
New Palace, of which number 776 are employed at
the building, 120 at the quarries, 335 at the Govern-
ment works at Thames-bank, upon the joiners' works
and wood carvings, and 168 upon miscellaneous works
both at the building and elsewhere.
(Signed) " CHARLES BARRY-
" Feb. 1."

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DEATH CF MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM G. STRUM
—We have. to announce the decease of another general
officer, Marr- General William G. Strutt, who, with
the exception of Field. Marshal Sir George Nugent,
Bart.,
was the sknior field officer in the army, having
obtained the rank of Major-General in June, 1798.
He died on Sunday evening at his seat in Essex, at the
extreme age of 85 years. The gallant deceased had
been in the army seventy years, and had seen much
service. He r, as brother of the late Mr. John Holden
Strutt, and consequently uncle of Lord Rayleigh.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL EVANS.—This officer
for so many years connected with the Honourable East
India Company's service, died on the 7th instant, at his
residence in Hyde Park-square, aged sixty-fire years.
lie was Colonel of the 37th Regiment of Madras Native
Wintry.