On the lid of the zinc coffin there is the following inscription: CORPUS. PII. IX. P.M. VIXIT. AN. LXXXV. M. VIII. D. XXVI. ECCLES. UNIVER. PRÆFUIT. AN. XXXI. M. VII. D. XXIII. OBIIT. DIE. VII. FEBR. AN. MDCCCLXXVIII. When the workmen had closed the last coffin they carried it out of the chapel to a place on the left, where there was an opening in the wall high up. It was the temporary resting-place of Gregory XVI., and is of every deceased pope until he obtain permanent sepulture. It is surmounted by a marble sarcophagus adorned with a tiara. By means of ropes and pulleys they hoisted the coffin into the niche, and, after having walled up the aperture with bricks and cement, they laid on the outside a small slab of marble, with this inscription: PIUS IX. P.M. A cardinal was heard to say in a voice of emotion, as all quietly moved away: _Tanto nomini nullum par elogium_! Two days after, the will of Pius IX. was opened by the cardinal-chamberlain in the presence of the relatives. It was written with his own hand, and dated in the year 1875. A few codicils were added since that date. He bequeathed 100,000 francs to the poor of Rome. He always loved them, and it was to perpetuate the memory of that love that a subscription was immediately opened after his death by the Italian Catholic journals, under the title of “Pius IX. Eternal in charity.” To this end, by the advice of the cardinal-vicar of Rome, a sumptuous church will be erected on the Esquiline, and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Conception. Side by side with the church will rise up two extensive asylums for the poor, old and young, of both sexes. THE CONCLAVE.