The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

Public Works and Buildings.

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The estimates to be voted for public works and
buildings have been issued. As usual, the expen-
diture for furniture and repairs of furniture appears
high ; no less than £6,464 is charged as so expended
at the South Kensington Museum in the last year
for which the accounts are made up. The repairs
and furniture of the British Embassy house at Pere,
which cost £1,500 in each of the last two years, are
to cost £3,234 this year. Among the items for
works at home is one of £6,000 for lions to be exe-
cuted and placed on the pedestals of the Nelson
Column. A sum of 180 is to be applied in con-
structing an electric telegraph from the Speaker's
house to his stables. For works within the Houses
of Parliament four votes are to be taken. The first
1 is a further vote of £1,300 towards £9,000 to be
applied to wall-painting by Mr. J. R. Herbert in
the Peers' robing-room, the subjects to be Scrip-
tural illustrations of justice on earth, and its de-
velopment in law and judgment. The subject on
which the artist is now occupied is " Moses bring-
ing down the Tables of the Law to the Israelites."
Another vote is ~£1,600 to complete the payment
for the last two of 12 marble statues of British So-
vereigns for the Royal Gallery, and to make part
payment for two more, when the models of them,
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contest
are further votes, amounting to £6OO, ford
for wall-
to -
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is very nearly the same amount as
the subjects are 1
the meeting of
paintings for the Pe.ellruss'tarnadtivtheeoCf
which commenced with
Parliament and terminated in 1689. The vote for
Sir W. J. Hooker
last year. reports that the num-
ber of visitors in 1862 was 550,132, the largest
number in any year, and 70,062 more
Kew Gardens
--an increase mainly due to the influx than in 1861
for the International Exhibit'
atten-
dance on any one day ion. The largest
was on Sunday, the 24th of
August, when 18,120 persons were in the gardens,
but proper arrangements having been made there
was no crowding. 26" 935
Sundays, and 282, 197 4, persons attended on
on week days. The cases of
improper conduct were fewer than ever. In no
previous year have the donations to the scientific
department been so numerous and valuable. They
have been chiefly derived from the International
Exhibition ; almost the whole of the vegetable pro-
ducts of our more important dependencies have been
transferred to the Royal Gardens, and in many in-.
stances the collections were made and sent with s
special view to this destination. It is impossible to
exaggerate their general value. The past year WAS
also distinguished by the completion of the grand
centre of the winter garden, 212 ft. long by 137
broad. The introduction hate. India and our tropi-.
cal colonies of trees yielding quinine is proceeding
most successfully ; in the Neilghcrrics alone tlere
are now above 117,000 cinchona plants in cultit • ,
tion.

petition
The receipts of the theatres, concert-rovEn2rosyper:
other places of public amusement in Paris during
of March was 1,941,320 fr , being a decrease of 2,031 fr. on
the previous month.
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THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, April 11, for the:3s2d time in London, I
PEEP O'DAY. Mes•rs. Henry Lorraine, Wslter Lacy, C.
Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, ac. ;
Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, ezc.
To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia
Thompson.