HAND-BOOK OP WASHINGTON. 33 SUPREME COURT ROOM. The apartment for the accommodation of the Court is in the old Senate Chamber, which was fitted up in 1860. 'It is in the second story, north of the Rotunda, of a semicircular form seventy-five feet long and forty-five high. The walls between small pilasters of marble placed in the circular wall are painted, and the whole sur mounted by a dome ceiling enriched with square caissons. A screen of Ionic columns with capi tals support a gallery to the east, forming a loggia below. The justices occupy a row of elevated seats along the front of the loggia in their official capacity, clothed in black silk gowns or robes; and the members of the bar are accommodated with seats and desks in the body of the room. The bench of the. Supreme Court, as it now stands, is composed of ten Judges, who assemble annually in Washington on the second Monday in January. »o» — ROOMS OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS. These rooms are on the first floor of the Capitol, immediately under the Congressional Library, and were fitted up in the spring of 1858 for the occupation of the Court. It is composed of five Judges.