The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-10 00:00:00

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-, . _. .., WESTMINSTER NE `P PALACE.
COPY OF THE ARCHITECT'S REPORT AS TO THE
PRESENT STATE OF THE WORKS, WITH ES-
, TIMATES.
The centre and curtain portions of the river front are roofed
in. The north wing is up in readiness for the roofs, part of
which are already fixed, and the remainder are being put on.
The south wing is nearly up to the level of the roofs, which
are prepared, and in readiness fur being fixed.
A considerable portion of the north flank of the building is
now being roofed in, and the south flank is up to, the level of
the root; which is being prepared, and will soon be ready for
fixing. The remainder of the north and south flanks, toge-
ther with the turrets and pinnacles surmounting them, will
be completed in the course of the present year.
The Victoria Tower is carried up to a height of thirty-
eight feet, and the Clock Tower is at a height of thirty-six
feet above the ground.
The House of Lords is roofed in, and;the ceiling and other
fittings of that chamber are in hand. The central tower is
carried up to a height of twenty-eight feet above the ground.
The House of Commons is about thirty-feet above the ground,
and will be roofed in during the present year.
The other portions of the building are upon an average
thirty feet above the level of the ground, some of Iv birth are
in readiness for the roofs (now nearly ready for fixing),
while others are being roofed in.
'the alterations directed to be made at the Victoria 'rower
and Gallery and the Queen's Robing-room have been carried
into effect.

A contract has been entered into for the finishings of the
entire building, and those of the House of Lords, and the
rooms provided fur the business of that House are in hand.
Some delay has taken place in the fixing of the iron work
of the roofs, owing to the unsettled state of the iron trade,
and difficulties with workmen.
The stone for the exterior of the building is still continuing
to be supplied in great abundance, and of most excellent
quality. (Signed) CHARLES BARRY.
January 3. LINCOLN.
Sum stated by Mr. Barry in evidence before
the Select committee of the House of
Commons of last session...,.. . £1,016,924 12 9
Deduct for purchase of premises and mis-
cellaneous expenses

90,605 6 6

Add for alterations at Victoria Tower, &c. 926,
800319 6
0 00
And for residence of the Clerk of the Crown 1,794 0 0

£928,913 6 3

Estimate of the total cost of the building
according to the latest plan approved £928,913 6 3
LINCOLN.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
Rumours have gained ground within the lait few days,
which it is impossible altogether to discredit, of the probable
early retirement of another member of the Cabinet, in the
person of -Mr. Goulburn. As lately in Mr. Gladstone's case,
this intended step is not attributed to any differences with
his colleagues on matters connected with his own depart
anent of public business, but to the influence of religious
convictions, which from Mr. Goulburn's first entrance into
public life to the present moment he is known to have always
strongly and consistently cherished. An unexpected an-
nouncement by Sir Robert Peel, in the course of last week,
of the intention of the Government to propose a Bill for the
removal of the municipal disabilities of the Jews, has been
rapidly followed by the introduction of such a Bill into the
House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor. In the year 1841,
the last year of Lord Melbourne's administration, a Bill of
exactly similar object was introduced into the House of
Commons by Mr. Divett, the Member for Exeter ; and
having been carried through that House by very large
majorities, was afterwards rejected in the House of
Lords. On the third reading of Mr. Divett's measure in the
Nouse of Commons (21st March, 1$41), Mr. Gladstone moved
that it be read a third time that day six months, and was
zealously supported by Mr. Goulburn. Mr. Goulburn hav-
ing scouted the notion that the admission of Jews to mum-
cipal offices would not lead the way to their admission to
Parliament, proceeded in the following (his usual) forcible
manner to object to their admission even to municipal
offices :—" Confining himself to the present Bill, he would
not admit that a Jew could properly take part in the ad-
ministration of a Christian community. Could they admit
Jews to offices which might require them to determine ques-
tions affecting Christianity ? How could a Jew enforce the
law against blasphemy, or against Sabbath breaking, or
determine questions arising from labour performed on
a day on which the Jews thought no labour could
be conscientiously performed ?" Mr. Goulburn is
said now to feel that, though he has never explained at large
the grounds of his opinions in a book, it would still not be
decent for him to be a party to the proposal of a measure
against which he spoke so strongly on the very eve of his
coming into office ; and it is much to Sir Robe! t Peel's
honour that, greatly as he must regret the loss of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer at this particular moment, when
such large and important financial measures are being
carried through Parliament—feeling, as he does, a great re-
spect for Mr. Goulburn's private character, which is, indeed,
exceeded only by his admiration for his financial abilities—
lie has yet net allowed himself to offer any obstruction
or discouragement to the conscientious resolution of his valu-
able colleague and long-attached friend. We understand that
the same cause will lead to the retirement of Mr. Pringle, one
of the lords of the Treasury, who, on the occasion to which we
have referred, seconded Mr. Gladstone's motion for the
rejection of Mr. Divett's Bill. It is rumoured that Mr.
Pringle's place will be filled by the Earl of March, the Duke
of Richmond having kindly consented to give this additional
proof of his real confidence in the Government, and of his
regret that the very peculiar circumstances of his position
compel him so often to speak disparagingly in public of their
conduct towards the agricultural interest. Our readers are,
probably, aware that his Grace's brother, Lord Arthur
Lennox, is at present one of the Lords of the Treasury; that
another brother, Lord George Lennox, is a Groom of the
Bedchamber to Prince Albert; and that one of his Grace's
sons, Lord Gordon Lennox, has lately been appointed Precis
writer in the Foreign-office. But the notice-book of the house
of C, Lumens being at present somewhat inconveniently crowded
with notices of motions and amendments of agricultural Mem-
bers, Sir Robert Peel has become exceedingly anxious for anew
practical proof of the Duke of Richmond's confidence. We
have not heard any rumours as to Mr. Goulburn's successor.
But the late decided tendency to dissatisfaction in the agri-
cultural interest, and the circumstance of Sir Edward Knatch-
bull's not having yet been called up to the House of Lords,
as was expected, render it not improbable that that old and
tried friend of British agriculture may be the new Chancellor
of the Exchequer. In that case the public, judging by Sir
Edward Knatchbull's past mode of fulfilling his professions,
may confidently expect the repeal of the Customs' duties on
butter, cheese, and upon clover and other agricultural seeds,
which are carefully excepted at present from the general re-
peal of the duties on foreign seeds.

ETON COLLEGE, MARCH B.—THE NEWCASTLE
SlMLAitsiiir AND MEDAL. —The annual examinations for
the Newcastle scholarship (of the value of 501. per annum, to
be held for three years, founded by the Duke of Newcastle,
in 1829), which commenced on Monday lust, were concluded
Yesterday. The scholarship was this afternoon adjudged to
bay, K.S., the son of the Rev. 11. T. Day, Vicar of Mendle-
sham, Suffolk ; and the gold medal to Back, the boy who
stood second in the examination for the scholarship. The
number of candidates was thirty-six, the following were
selected by the examiners (G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq., student
of Christ Church, Oxford, and the Rev. W. L. Sampson, of
King's College, Cambridge), as having particularly distin•
guished themselves :—Mr. Herbert (son of Earl Powis);
INPNeven, Hornbv, Welby, M.A., Simmons, K.S., Wayte,
K.S., Ranken, and Beaumont (first Prince Albert's prizeman
of 1844).
We regret to learn that a heavy failure took place
in Glasgow on Tuesday, in a house largely connected with
the American trade. The liabilities are stated to run from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand pounds, the
full half of which is said to be owing in Glasgow.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

DEATH OF MISS LINwOOD.—It is our painful
duty this week to record the demise of one of the most gifted
and remarkable women of the age in which she lived, and to
whom Leicester has had the honour of giving birth—we
allude to the death of Miss Mary Linwood, which took place
on Sunday, at her residence, Belgrave-gate, in this town.
The deceased was born in the year 1756, and was in the 90th
year ofherage. She was taken ill last year while on her annual
visit to her inimitable exhibition of needlework in London,
and was brought to Leicester in an invalid carriage, on the
27tk of September last. Although she did not rally again to
any considerable extent, hopes were entertained until about
New Year's day that she would recover strength, but an
attack of influenza seizing her at that time, it became evident
that debility would gain the mastery, and since that period
she gradually sunk until the hour of death. Her affliction
was borne with the utmost fortitude, and her end was ap-
proached with exemplary resignation and patience. By her
death many poor families will miss the hand of succour, her
benevolence of disposition having led her to minister of her
substance to the necessities of the poor and destitute in
her neighbourhood.—Leicester Mercury.
DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC FEMALE.—On Saturday
Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the British Lion, New Ca-
vendish-street, North-road, Hoxton, on the body of Mrs.
Frances Hall, aged 74. It appeared in evidence that the
deceased was possessed of property amounting to 2004 a year,
although residing, in a very filthy state, in a small back room
in New Cavendish-street ; and, strange to say, she lived fully
up to her income. For some months past she was observed
to walk lame, which she accounted for by saying that she
had a touch of the gout, but, from pecuniary motives refused
having any medical advice. On Wednesday last she was
about the neighbourhood as usual, making her domestic pur-
chases, and about seven o'clock she went to bed. Next
morning, about ten o'clock, she was discovered dead in bed,
with her face frightfully distorted, by a female who was in
the habit of attending upon her, Mr. Baker, a surgeon, was
called in, who informed the coroner and the jury that he
found the body in a horrible state, and the stench arising
from it was quite unbearable. The limbs were quite stiff;
and the violently distorted features arose from the agony
she must have been in at the time of her death. On
examining the body, the mass of disease, externally and
internally, was of so frightful a character that it was sur-
prising Low a human being could live under such circum-
stances. The Coroner said that it beggared description of
anything he bad ever been obliged to witness, and the jury,
after a short consultation, returned a verdict of—" Died from
natural causes."

THE OPERA AT MALTA.—The Malta papers de-
scribe several appearances of Miss Bingley, a young English
singer (of whose rising reputation we had previously heard),
at the Italian Opera-house of that place, and they all agree
in speaking of her talents in terms of the highest eulogy.
The Malta Mail of the 7th of February, in particular, men-
tions her performance in La Cenerentola, as a complete
triumph. Of her execution of the famous finale, “Nacqui
all atlanno," the writer says—" Every one looked forward
with anxiety to the variations which terminate this piece;
variations that, from their difficulty, require the greatest
study. Miss Bingley, on this occasion, introduced roulades
and new passages with excellent taste, indicating her exten-
sive knowledge of her profession and her resolution to master
every difficulty. The whole was given with a perfection of
execution we could scarcely have anticipated. The public
could not refrain from expressing their high admiration of
Miss Bingley's talent, taste, and execution, and in so doing
rendered inaudible her last variations by such a burst of ap-
plause as really deafened, and which continued until the fall
of the curtain. Miss Bingley was recalled to the stage after
the drop
had fallen, and made her bow to a numerous au-
dience amidst deafening cheers." This young lady will, of
course, look forward to her own country as the ultimate scene
of her ellbrts. And we trust she will, in her studies and
practice, bear in mind that in England her proper sphere
will be the English, not the Italian stage.
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previous to which persons will be allowed to pass from the
Strand to the south side of the Thames gratuitously ; but of
course under the disadvantages of the non-completion of the
footways till the time above specified. It is gratifying to
state, that during the whole progress of this suspension
bridge not a single accident has occurred to the men engaged
at work.