The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-16 00:00:00

NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed
shortly after the opening of the Session, on the subject of
building new Houses of Parliament, made their Report on Fri-
day last, a copy of which will be found below.
The House of Lords, it is proposed, shall be capable of con-
taining 300 Peers on the floor, two feet being allowed for each
Peer, and the space occupied by each row of benches is not
to be less than three feet. The same space below the bar
and the Throne is to be allowed as was allowed in the old
House of Lords, now occupied by the Commons. The
breadth of the new House of Lords is to admit of one row of
benches on each side, in addition to those which existed in
the old House. A lobby is to be provided for the Members
of the House of Commons and other persons waitilg to be
called in, of not less than 40 feet by 30, opposite the centre
of the great door, and a hall outside of the lobby. There is
also to be a passage leading round the outside of the House,
and communicating with the lobbies and gangways in the
House.

The following is a copy of the report :
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that it is
expedient that the designs for the rebuilding of the Houses of
Parliament should be left open to general competition.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the
Style of the buildings should be either Gothic or Elizabethan.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that a litho-
graphic plan should be made of Westminster Hall and of the
Premises adjoining, showing the entire area 4c, be occupied by
the intended new buildings, and including the space to be
gained by the intended embankment of the river.

" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the
Vans should be delivered into the Office of the Works and
Buildings at Whitehall, on or before the Ist of November next.
" Resolved—That the Committee concur in the resolution
of the House of Commons, that a premium of 5001. should be
given to each of the parties whose plans should be recom-
mended by the Commissioners, and that the successful com-
petitor shall not be considered as having necessarily a claim to
be entrusted with the execution of the work, but if not so em-
ployed, that he shall receive an additional reward of 1,0001.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that all
designs should be executed on one and the same scale, viz., of
kind
feet to an inch ; and that no coloured drawing of any
should be received, nor any perspective ones, save such as
shall be taken from situations selected and specified in the li-
thographic plan to be delivered to the parties.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that all
tlrsons wishing to furnish plans for the rebuilding of the two
.rijs)uses of Parliament, should, on application, be furnished, on
I,...ueildpianyment of 11., with a copy of tho resolutions of the Re-
ofg Committee of both Houses of Parliament, with a copy
the evidence relative to the proposed accommodation of the
belonging, and
and of the offices and other buildings thereunto
and with a copy of the specified measurements, and
of the lithographic plan, in which is pointed out the ground
destined as the site for the above-mentioned buildings.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion, that in
order to save any unnecessary delay in procuring the plans, or
!innecessary trouble and expense to the parties furnishing them,
it should not be required that any estimate should accompany
k design ; and should the Commissioners, on consideration,
deem an estimate necessary to guide their decision, any party
called upon to furnish it should receive compensation should
Isis plan be ultimately rejected.
, R:-solved—That the Committee arc of opinion that with
9se lithographic plan there should be given a specification of
the general accommodation required, of the dimensions of the
Principal offices, of the number of persons which either House
Of Parliament should be calculated to hold on the floor, of the
space to be allowed for each Member, and a description of the
Thrill of each House, so far as may be determined by the re-
spective Committees.
Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the
klement annexed hereto, of the proposed dimensions of the
l'ooms and offices for conducting the necessary business of the
}louse, be adopted."
[The apartments required, as well as the offices, are de-
scribed and minutely particularised, with the size in feet given ;
of the public rooms so described are his Majesty's robing room
(which is to be 36 feet by 24), Committee rooms (ten in num-
ber), waiting rooms for witnesses, Peers' robing room, refresh-
ment apartments, kitchens, with cellars for wine, beer, &c.,
library, vote office, an apartment for the Masters in Chancery,
another for counsel attending the House, a third for agents and
solicitors, and a fourth for witnesses. There is also to be a
guard-house, detached, for officers, non-commissioned officers,
and men of his Majesty's guard of honour, capable of accommo-
dating 100 soldiers, that being the usual number constituting
the guard of honour when his Majesty opens or closes Parlia-
ment. There is also to be a conference apartment with the
douse of Commons, 48 feet by its, being the dimensions sug-
tested—the conferences before the destruction of the two
ouses by fire being always " managed," as the Parliamentary
Phrase goes, in the Painted Chamber. Besides which, there
are to be four galleries in the Lords' House, with separate ac-
cess to each, one capable of containing 100 Members of the
Commons, and distinguished individuals, one for strangers, to
contain 160 persons, another to contain 40 persons, and another
24- The last is to be for reporters. In addition to all this
There are to be separate apartments for the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl Marshall, the three Archbishops (nib, the 34 Bishops
one, the Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker, Clerk
Assistant, Reading Clerks, &c. The various rooms for the
Parliament offices are also specified, as well as those appro-
priated to the librarian, housekeeper, door-keepers, the Ser-
geant-at-Arms, and the Lord Great Chamberlain.]
The repent then goes on in these terms :
" Resolved—That in the specification of the several
Measurements which have been adopted, the Committee have
had it in view to afford a general csuidance to architects in pre-
Paring their plans, without intending to limit them to the pre-
cise dimensions proscribed for each room, with the under-
standing, however, that the several areas should not, in general,
be less than the sizes specified.
" Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod should have an official
residence within the walls of the proposed building, and that
it should contain a place of confinement for the persons com-
mitted to his custody.
" Resolved—that the Committee are of opinion that, in
order more effectually to secure a correct decision upon the
Merits of the several plans, it is expedient that a humble ad-
dress be presented to his Majesty, beseeching him to appoint
4te Commissioners, to examine and report generally to the
Committees of both Houses of Parliament upon the plans
offered by the competitors ' • and that such Commissioners
Shall select and classify such of the plans, being not less than
*three or more than five in number, as shall seem to them most
wortby the attention of the Committee, and shall state, if re-
,
otuired, to the respective Committees, the grounds upon which
the propriety of such selection and classification is founded ;
be
that the plans to be submitted to the Commissioners shall
15e delivered into the Office of Woods and Buildings on or be-
fore the first of November next.
" Resolved—That it appears to this Committee to be ex-
Pedient that the said Commissioners so to be appointed shall
toeke their report of the plans selected by them on or before
the 20th day of January next."

The New Poor Law Bill will be in full operation,
regacds the Lymington Union. At a vestry meeting on
Ihursday last, it was unanimously agreed that the salary now
Paid to the vestry clerk should be continued till further notice.
CHURCH RATES.—On Tuesday last the Archdea-
con of Coventry held his visitation in that city, when an im-
portant question was put to the Archdeacon ( Spooner) by a
churchwarden elect, which was, whether a parishioner, paying
church or vicar's rates, could demand to be furnished with a
apt in the church, without paying rent for it ? The Arch-
ueacon's answer was in the affirmative. The question was put
again and again, in various forms, and the answer was that
"erY parishioner was entitled to a seat, and that the church-
tjardens had no legal power to charge even the amount of one
farthing for it to them. It was urged that it was regularly
Cone, and the difficulty of keeping order without was pointed
; to which the Archdeacon topEed he was aware of all
that, but still there was no law to justify a money charge. It
was then asked how were certain expenses to be met ? The
answer was by church rates.—Birmingham Journal.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

NOUSE OF COMMONS.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.

1. Mr. Wallace, of Greenoci,---SelectCOinmi&eontl;eManage-
ment of the Post-office.
Mr. Fowell Buxton,—Bill for suspending the payment of the
20,000/. for one year, and for a Committee to inquire whether
the provisions of the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery have
been complied with.
3. Mr. Mullins,—Committee on the Irish Fishery Laws.
4. Mr. Hesketh Fleetwood,—Select Committee regarding his Ma-
jesty's Consuls resident in Foreign States.
5. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer,—Amendment on Mr. Fleetwood's

motion, that the Committee be on the Consular and Diploma-
tic Departments.
6. Mr. O'Dwyer,—Colonel Bradley's case.
7. Mr. Roebuck,—Bill to repeal Seditious Publications Act.
8. Captain Alsager,—Petition from East Surrey, praying that no
part of the revenue be appropriated to other than Protestant
purposes.
9. Mr. Winthrop Praed,—Copies *of Communications between the
India Board and the East India Company, relative to the re-
vocation of the appointment of Lord Heytesbury as Governor-
General of India.
10. Mr. Hawes,—Petition of John Thomas Loader, complaining
of undue interference at the last Lambeth Election.
11. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—That every Bill be referred to a Com-

mittee.
12. Mr. G. F. Young,—To move additional Members on the Select
Committee on the Timber Duties.
13. Mr. Wakley,—That the Ballot for entering Members having
Petitions to present take place 20 minutes before the time of
the Speaker taking the Chair.
14. Mr. Buckingham,—Amendment on Mr. Wakley's motion.
15. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Bill for more effectually preventing
Clandestine Mrrriages.
16. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Bill to amend the Act for facilitating
the Loan of Money upon Landed Securities in Ireland.
17. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Copies of Communications respecting
the proceedings of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland.
18. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—Account of the expenses already in-
curred, and probably to be incurred, by the Commissioners for
inquiry into the state of the Poor in Irland.
19. Lord John Russell,—Resolution touching Register of Voters
reported from Election Committees.
20. Mr. Bagshaw,—_Copy of Papers respecting the Caffre Tribes.
21. Mr. Roebuck,—Petition from the House of Assembly of Lower
Canada, complaining of additional grievances.
ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.

1. Worcestershire (East) Election Petition—Ballot for Committee
at three.
2. Tralee Election Petition—Ditto at a quarter after three.
3. Penryn Election—Petition of Mr. Baker to be considered.
4.- Western Australia Bill—Report-.