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allotted to French exhibitors very much more space
than at the first glance might have appeared pos-
sible to get even out of the large Court placed at
their disposal. They have not only walled them-
selves in as we have said to get hanging spec, hut.
they have divided and subdivided the 25ft. lylys
with partitions, in order still further to eke nut
eer,.y inch of vertical space their ingenuity can sug-
gest. 1.0 a►t these great lines of partitions are pro-
perly hung with goods, as it is said they will he,
then decidedly the contents of the French Court
alone will be almost equal to the contents of half
the building. As it turns out, they can find no
room in their Court for the two fine fountains they
have brought over, one of marble and one of bronze,
nor can space be found for them in the building
elsewhere. They are, therefore, to be erected in the
Horticultural Gardens, and some pumping machines
in the western annexe will supply them with water
through two 10-inch pipes, two 12-inch pipes being
laid to take the water back again, so that it can be
used over and over again. We hope that these
handsome ornaments will not be erected for this
occasion only, but that the Council of the society
will make an effort to purchase them entirely. The ,
task of erecting and laying the pipes for these
beautiful fountains should be commenced without
delay, otherwise there will be excavations and
foundation work going on when the turf of the
lawns is greenest, and these beautiful gardens are
looking their best, in the early Spring.
The western annexe is progressing rapidly ; that
on the eastern side is much behindhand, and it
seems impossible that it can be finished in time for
the opening. Classes 1,2, 3, and 4, for mining
and mining materials, for chemistry, food, and raw
materials, are placed in this eastern annexe, which
some of the exhibitors imagine to be a bad posi-
tion. Nothing can be more erroneous than this
idea. If it were to be always what it seems
now—a mere adjunct to the main building—
exhibitors might complain ; but there is to be
an entrance made at the northern end, which
will be in almost direct communication with the
new road across Hyde Park, so that this annexe
will become a main thoroughfare into the building
for all the western and north-western visitors. It
is, in truth, as favourable a position for exhibi-
tion as any afforded by the north-eastern transept,
with which it is immediately connected. Two
beautiful trophies, one of food and one of raw mate-
rials, are to be erected in this annexe, the contents
of which will form one of the most interesting por-
tions of the Exhibition.

The dates from Melbourne aro to the 25th Jan.
The measures of the new Ministry and the re-as-
sembling of the Parliament are the only matters of
interest. We quote the following from the Aye
Our last European summary left the new Minis-
try re-elected by their constituents, and awaiting
the re-assembling of Parliament after their holidays.
" On the first day of the sittings the Treasurer,
Mr. Haines, gave the usual notice preparatory to
the financial statement, and by consent the second
reading of the Land Bill was postponed until after
the discussion on the budget. Accordingly, on the
evening of Friday, Jan. 17, Mr. Haines submitted
the financial policy of the new Government to the
house. He began by the announcement that there
was a deficit in the revenue of the previous year of
£120,000. He proved by statistics that since the
beginning of 1857 the revenue had fallen short of
the estimated amount, and of the expenditure, and
that the deficiency had been yearly made up from a
surplus of £600,000 which had accrued in previous
years. The total expenditure for 1861 had been
£3,193,448, and the income £3,073,447. The esti-
mated expenditure for the ensuing year was
£3,106,496. The Treasurer' then proceeded to de-
tail the items and contrast the estimates of the Go-
vernment with those of their predecessors. The late
Government had been content with an expenditure
of £3,027,455, and the Treasurer proceeded to show
'why it was necessary to exceed their estimates. In
the first place, it was proposed to increase the cost
of the civil service by an addition to the rate of
salary paid to the higher classes of employes, espe-
cially the heads of departments, whom the late Go-
vernment considered sufficiently remunerated with
incomes averaging £9OO per annum. In the face of
the deficit it was proposed to increase what is re-
garded as an intolerable burden on the country.
The next proposition was the reduction of the ap-
propriation for roads and bridges by £50,000, and
the increase of the vote for immigration by £70,000,
making in all £120,000, The house had already,
on one occasion, pronounced in favour of the reduc-
tion of the gold export duty by one shilling per
ounce, but the Government declared their inability
to adopt the resolutions, which had, however, been
arrived at before their assumption of office. They
did not regard the export duty as impolitic or
oppressive, but, as a concession, would agree to a
reduction of 6d. per ounce after the Ist of July. The
proposal of the late Government was to reduce the
tax to Is, 6d. per ounce from the commencement of
the current year. The house was somewhat taken
by surprise by the statement that as the estimated
revenue only exceeded the expenditure by £B,OOO,
it would be impossible to provide for the liquidation
of the deficit otherwise than from savings which
might accrue in the disbursement of the revenue.
Taken in connection with a proposition to increase
the cost of the Civil Service by £36,000, this mode
of dealing with the deficiency excited considerable
disapprobation. Turning to the revenue, the Trea-
surer announced that the Government proposed to
levy new customs duties to the extent of £BO,OOO,
and a wharfage rate, under the name of a registra-
tion tax, to produce £50,000. It was likewise pro-
posed to sell public lands sufficient to realise
£490,000, or £90,000 more than was contemplated
by their predecessors. The articles selected for the
imposition of customs duties were those which had
attracted the attention of the late Government. A
tax of 3d. per pound was ta be placed on sheep wash
tobacco, 2s. per cwt. on rice. 6d. per bushel on malt,
2d. per lb. on hops, 10s. per cwt. on dried fruits and
preserves, and an extra duty of ls. per gallon on
wine, and ls. per lb. on cigars. All these articles
had been chosen by the late Government, and the
difference between the two tariffs consisted only in
the amount proposed to be raised. The former
Ministry asked for £150,000 from customs, and ac-
cordingly included a variety of other goods in their
schedule, on the most of which ad valorem duties
were to be levied. As far as the scheme of Mr.
Haines went it was the same as that of his predeces-
sor ; but the wharfage rate, or registration tax,
was intended to apply to exports as well as to im-
ports, and was to be at the rate of 2d- per package
or unit of entry. The budget was received through-
out the country with general dissatisfaction. The
best friends of the Government could say nothing
in its favour, and maintained. silence. In point of
fact, it was so nearly identical as regards taxation
with the much condemned scheme of the late
ministry that it could not be supported with any
show of consistency, while the manner in which
it was proposed to deal with the deficit and the in-
crease of the civil service expenditure excited wide-
spread disapprobation.

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The work of hanging the pictures in the English
o
gallery is going on very fast under the judicious
management and care of i'Jr. Redgrave and Mr.
Creswick. While this work is in progress all
visitors, no matter what their rank, or even their
position in connection with the Exhibition itself,
are excluded as rigidly as at the Royal Academy
when the pictures are being hung there. Not many
of the pictures have yet been placed, and they are
chiefly the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. All his
great masterpieces are here,including the celebrated
" Mother and Child," and the portrait of the famous
and lovely Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, of
whose wit and beauty we have heard so much, and
who, if as witty as she is here drawn beautiful,
must indeed have justified the praise bestowed on
o
sue,
.uetgsboeope2doieOndnifnfo etsutmphnt sttlea from the
this great toast of the Whigs. Now that the
pictures are being hung, the light from the gallery
roof is found to be perfect. As a rule, very few of
floor, though the light is so good that by giving
them a little outward inclination they could be well
seen even at the top of the wall. Such judgment
worksawtnhedetph iacnrtkeu that pictures
however,
eei vn: e
Redgrave
hbd,
given satisfaction even to that most difficult body
to please—the artists themselves. The foreign
Commissioners have not yet commenced hanging
their works, though they are expected to do so in
the course of this week, and before this day month
all will be in readiness here for opening. .As this
work progresses along the walls the effect of the
subdued decorative designs and colours adopted
by Mr. Crace come out admirably. The domes
are finished so far as regards their construc-
tionof
glass and h
have
v e
stdecoration,ingenious
ill
from
o.buttubhsee
arrangement,
outside,
however,
is coming down in great masses day by day.
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daonne
The monstrous travelling scaffold used in painting
the nave roof, &c., is also being sawn up, and tum-
bled down headlong. Still, in spite of all the hurry
and all the progress made, an immense amount of
work remains to be done, and one almost desponds
on looking round the immense empty interior, and
reflecting it hasall tobe completed,filled, arranged,
and opened in little more than six weeks from the
present date. Some progress in works which it will
be difficult hereafter to hasten might be made if the
entrance from the Cromwell-road were closed as
soon as possible against carts entering with goods.
Until this is done the wide thoroughfare now across
the nave cannot be floored, nor the lath and plaster
screen under the entrance begun, nor the brick
arches completed over where the turnstiles are to be
erected. If this entrance were soon closed all these
works might be proceeded with, and the goods left
to come in through the apertures which have already
been broken in the walls under the windows of the
picture galleries for that purpose. Any cases too
bulky to pass through these openings (and there are
sure to be some) could easily be taken round to the
western annexe and brought up along the tramway
for the machinery in motion t 3 the very centre of
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have been received from England or the Colonies
would scarcely fill a very ordinary sized room. There
are some classes and sub-classes which it is known
will not be sent till the last moment, such as plate
and valuable jewels, decorative furniture, or rare
chymical crystals, all of which, especially the two
latter, are liable to injury from the dampness in
the building, or, as in the case of crystals, from the
vibration going on around. These, however, are
rare exceptions, and in no way refer to the great
bulk of raw and manufactured materials which
ought long since to have been delivered and fairly
arranged, or at least deposited on their counters by
this time. We may warn English exhibitors that
their delay is attracting the serious attention of the
Commissioners, and that it will almost certainly
result in their strictly adhering to their rule, that
nothing will be received into the building after the
31st of this month. Such a restriction, for the rea-
sons we have already given, would most probably
is
only punish the most innocent for the sfault that
now common to all.
On Friday some very handsome cases came in
is
from Messrs. Elkington, who, it said, will make
a most superb display
on this occasion, and who, in
addition to their fine court, will also have a trophy
in the nave. The eases of the great jewellers,
Messrs. Hunt and Roskell and Messrs.
Garrard,
14
were also delivered, but we are sorry to say that
beyond this the consignments of English goods were
few and unimportant. Both the French and English
refreshment contractors are very bus_
y and their
arrangements are advancing well
towards comple-
tion.

is dated the 110 :

he
detailed c
h ways mocfnsbiftwetar t
. „ .
" When we entered the Chat/Ake of aiputias we
roaolved to avoid with groat care noy proceedings
which; Might lead to divisions- in, the ranke, of the
liberal majority, or between the'representativcs of
people and the Government - of the - King ; but,
faithful to the charge committed to us by the
Prussian people, we also determined to maintain
the constitutional rights of their -representatives,
and to shrink front no conflict, in which we "night
he involved on this heed. We believe that we have
fulfilled this mission. The viode in -which the
budget has heen framed hitherto rendered neii-ly
worthless the most eoiential right of the repreAl;-
tative holy—the right of nareeing to and witehiog
over the receipts; and expeoseA of the State ; for by
the custom of late years and the--view whiciii the
Government took, as indicated in the project of law
on the Court of Accounts, the executive was only
ehi °re outnP '
form
which
would give'
responsible to the chamber in the employment of
the public money under general heads. But these
heads are so vast, and embrace so many objects in
the most costly departments of the administration,
especially in the war budget, that the chamber has
scerccly any control over the expenditure. In order
to give a real precision to the budget we proposed a
resolution which would not only establish in future
the necessity of greater particularity in the budget,
but which aimed at fixing-in the budget of the cur-
rent years definite sums, because this was indispen-
sable
the
edefru
ttuhraet
at
control which was expected from it. All admitted
gene-
ral budget was indispensable, and the Government
themselves promised an amendment of the budget
in this respect in future, but not in the present year.
But we, who had not to regulate the forms of
future budgets, who had come ttiotshth:teerpsedetwocopht,cliearcinnh6diin(it.neioronet
according to our duty and our conscience respecting
the contents of the present one could not confine
might
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01. yet
hgelecnrxaaprlG:r
teaioesvids
us that control which was our right. We could
not allow the constitutional right of the people to
become a sham. In order to fulfil the duty im-
posed on us by the constitution, we were obliged
to use the means we had in order to insure a
complete survey of the budget to be voted.
It is easy to understand, moreover, how essen-
tial it was that at the present time the items of
the war budget should be particularised. The Go-.
vernment of the King has replied to this resolutior,
without waiting till it was put into practical opera_
tion in the elaboration of the different parts of the
budget, by the dissolution of the chamber. We have
exercised our clear arid incontestable right, while
assenting to the indispensable expenditure of the
year, and have in no manner encroached on the
rights of the executive. We have not raised a fruit.;
less opposition, or sought for a miserable quarrel.
In a great and important question we desirei..l to
give reality to the constitutional right of the repre-
sentatives of the people, and await with a quiet
conscience the judgment of the country.

THE COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN

.ROBE_RLSON.

On Friday, during the proceedings connected v;ith
this protracted inquiry, an incident occurred v; hick
nearly brought about another " affair of honour."
As will be seen by an extract from the :report of
the we
give below, the prosecutor, Col.
Brownrigg,-adjutant-general, expressed very
forcibly
of Major Jones,one of the witnesses for the prisoner,
rc
hisedee idinnegtPesun tytion o f impugning the credibility
in reference to a particular circumstance. The court
having been cleared, preliminary to a discussion by
the members as to the propriety of admitting fury_ther evidence for such a purpose, the nature of (-Jo'.
Brownrigg's expressions was at once communicated
to Major Jones by Captain Roger Palmer, wl'.o has
been present in court as a spectator during
the
greater part of the proceedings. The rr_ault was
(according to the Freeman's Journal) an ;Immediate
demand by Major Jones, through Capt. Palmer, for
a withdrawal of the offensive words wad the impu-
tation which they conveyed. Major Jones is, in
fact, understood to have intimated his readiness to,
throw up his commission, so as to be freed from the
restrictions which one of the recent articles of war
impose on military men as to the mode of obtaining
redress for personal affronts, in case his demand
was not at once complied with. A conference took
place in the Barrack-square, between the principals
and their friends (Col. Stewart, of the 86th Regi-
ment, acting for Col. Brownrigg), and after a few.
moments Col. Brownrigg retired, and presently
returned with the written apology which appears
in our report, and which after some alterations.
demanded by Capt. Palmer had been made in it,
was approved of and accepted by Major Jones
and his " friend."

The following is the extract referred to:—
The examination of the witnesses for the pri-
soner on the rebutting caso having closed,
Capt. Robertson applied for an adjournment of
the proceedings until Monday, in order to enable
him to prepare his observations.

Col. Ilrow- nrigg thought it right to state that
he intended, with the permission of the courts to
produce evidence to prove the incorrectness of 'that
portion of Major Jones's testimony which had.
reference to his return from the archery meeting
on July 6, 1861.
President—Do you mean to impugn the credi-
bility of Major Jones?

Colonel Brownrigg—Most distinctly.
The President suggested that ample opportu-
nity had been afforded in the original cane of
giving evidence on the point in question, and that
it had not been availed of. Col. Brownrigg had
also undertaken to impeach the testimony of Lieut.
Rintoul, and he had brought forward no evidence
to that purport.
Col. Brownrigg submitted that he had done so
in respect, at least, of one circumstance.
President—Well, the evidence which you now'
propose to give is to be confined to one single cir-
cumstance—the impugning of Major Jones's credc..

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Col. Brownrigg—Most undoubtedly.
President—You undertake to produce evidence
to the court to show that he has been incorrect
in his statement P

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question,nl y; I undertake etrhtaa
that,
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prove that, in what he has stated in regard to hig
return from the archery meeting on the 6th rub,lB6l, he told an untruth.
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The court, was here cleared, and on resuming,
cided to hear evidence from both the had
The President announced that the courtde.
prosecutor and
the prn Bowni
should be confined to that point alone.
Colonel Brownrigg then said—General Giardon,
since the court
has been closed it has berjn sug-
gested to me that, in an answer which I just made to
a question from the President as to whether I
intended to impugn the testimonyof Major Jones,
I stated that I did so in the broad and general ac-
ceptation of the term. I have no hesitation in
saying that this was not in the least my intention,
and that I meant nothing more than that Major
Jones had given, unintentionally doubtless, an Inac-
curate statement, and that I had witnesses to show
he was in error ; and I withdraw the word "untrue
in reference to Major Jones's evidence in any man-
ner, having been informed that I made use of such
a word.
President—Let that explanation be put after the
decision of the court.
The evidence was then proceeded with.

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military
iilintatrhyehodsert aitcaihe dot barracks DUEL.—A duel with swords took place e. few
ago between two sergeant-majors of the 60th. Regi-
days
I men
Bercy. One of them was seriously wounded in. the abdo-
men,
Galignani.
CAUTION TO ARTISTES.---ABSS Louisa Van
Noorden, the accomplished vocal artiste, has lately expe-
rienced a very narrow eecape from a painful death. Her
account is so very graphic tb.at we cannot do better than
er8:1 do
Grace.— me n ,t aonfd the
conveyedline
give it in her own words, as contained in a letter sent to
her brother--" Florence, Pagliano Teatro, sth March,—
I have to inform you I sang last night again in the opera,
" Campanello," and. just as I had gone. half through my
aria, I heard a murmuring sound in the theatre, as though
my performance was not admired, but I took no notice of it
for a zn;,ment, until, all at once, I felt my chin a little hot,
n'a on looking at myself, I found my dress had caught fire.
,
I immediately gathered my dress from the back, ane
I not hay 0
smothered the flame with my own hands. Had
um, 4
tilt)
been cool, and had I attempted to have left the 1,,
flamess boy ond
draught would have immediately fanned therh. j
my power
of subduing. The audience gave me such
_, round
, all passed a ,I. well,
of applause as I finished my song, and
although it will bo a caution for me never t 4 apr iroach too
near the footlights."—Era,

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