19 DECEMBER 1835, Page 12

The building of the new Division-room for the House of

Commons, ordered to be constructed on the motion of Mr. Ward, proceeds rapidly. The Speaker's rooms are also in a state of forwardness, and will be finished by the 4th of February. A letter from Philadelphia states, that a gentleman was on the eve of leaving that city, charged with a present for Lord John Russell, from " an American citizen, who admires his Lordship's political course." It consists of a lock of General Washington's hair, which which is to be set in a ring in this country at a cost of fifty dollars to the donor. The hair is stated to be remarkably fine and almost as soft as silk.. But it is added, that some doubt exists as to its genuineness. The doubt is unfortunate.]