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116. The arrangement of the Works of Art
     within the space allotted to each Foreign Coun-
     try will be entirely under the control of the
     accredited representatives of that country, sub-
     ject only to the necessary general regulations.

117. For the purposes of the Catalogue, it
     will be necessary that the Central Authority of
     each Foreign Country should furnish Her
     Majesty's Commissioners, on or before the 1st
     of January, 1862, with a description of the
     several Works of Art which will be sent for
     exhibition, specifying in each case, the name of
     the artist, the title of the work, and (when pos-
     sible) the date of its production.

118. The space at the disposal of Her
     Majesty's Commissioners for the display of
     British Art being limited, and it being at the
     same time desirable to bring together as care-
     ful and perfect an illustration as possible, a
     selection of the works to be exhibited will be
     indispensable.

119. The selection of Exhibitors, the space
     and number of works to be allowed to each,
     and the arrangement of them, will be entrusted
     to Committees to be nominated by Her Ma-
     jesty's Commissioners.

120. In the case of living artists, Her
     Majesty's Commissioners would desire to con-
     sult the wishes of the artists themselves as to
     the particular works by which they would pre-
     fer to be represented. The selection of works
     so made by the artists will not necessarily be
     binding upon Her Majesty's Commissioners,
     but in no case will any work by a living artist
     be exhibited against his wish, if expressed in
     writing, and delivered to the Commissioners
     on or before the 31st of March, 1862.

121. Her Majesty's Commissioners will avail
     themselves of the following eight Art Institu-
     tions of this country in communicating with
     artists who are members of those Institutions,
     viz.:

The Royal Academy,
The Royal Scottish Academy,
The Royal Hibernian Academy,
The Society of Painters in Water Colours,
The Society of British Artists,
The New Society of Painters in Water
Colours
The Institute of British Artists,
The Institute of British Architects.

122. Intending Exhibitors in the British
     Division of Section IV., who are not members
     of any of the preceding Institutions, may at
     once receive Forms of Demand for Space, by
     applying to the Secretary to Her Majesty's
     Commissioners. These Forms must be filled
     up and returned before the 1st of June, 1861.

By order.

F. R. SANDFORD,
Secretary.

Offices of Her Majesty's Commissioners,
454, West Strand, London, W.C.

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  incorporating future decisions.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing-street,
16th May, 1861.

SIR,-I transmit to you enclosed the Queen's
Proclamation for the maintenance of Neu-
trality pending the Hostilities which have
broken out between the Government of the
United States of America and certain States
which have seceded from that Confederation;
and I have to desire that you will give the
utmost publicity to the said Proclamation.

I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Gore Browne, C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

BY THE QUEEN.
A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA R.

WHEREAS We are happily at Peace with all
Sovereigns, Powers, and States:

And whereas Hostilities have unhappily
commenced between the Government of the
United States of America and certain States
styling themselves the Confederate States of
America:

And whereas We, being at Peace with the
Government of the United States, have de-
clared Our Royal Determination to maintain
a strict and impartial Neutrality in the Con-
test between the said contending Parties:

We therefore have thought fit, by and with
the Advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this
Our Royal Proclamation:

And We do hereby strictly charge and
command all Our loving Subjects to observe a
strict Neutrality in and during the aforesaid
Hostilities, and to abstain from violating or
contravening either the Laws and Statutes of
the Realm in this Behalf, or the Law of
Nations in relation thereto, as they will answer
to the contrary at their Peril:

And whereas in and by a certain Statute
made and passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of
His Majesty King George the Third, intituled
"An Act to prevent the enlisting or En-
gagement of His Majesty's Subjects to serve
in a Foreign Service, and the fitting out or
equipping, in His Majesty's Dominions,
Vessels for Warlike Purposes, without His
Majesty's Licence," it is amongst other
things declared and enacted as follows:-

"That if any natural-born Subject of His
Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, without
the Leave or License of His Majesty, His
Heirs or Successors, for that purpose first had
and obtained, under the Sign Manual of His
Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or signified
by Order in Council, or by Proclamation of
His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, shall
take or accept, or shall agree to take or accept,
any Military Commission, or shall otherwise
enter into the Military Service as a Commis-
sioned or Non-commissioned Officer, or shall
enlist or enter himself to enlist, or shall agree
to enlist or to enter himself to serve as a
Soldier, or to be employed or shall serve in