The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

THE HEREFORD lIIMICAL FICSITIAL.

The arrangements for this festival (which takes
place oa Tuesday. August 30, and three following days) are
now complete, and it is gratifying to observe that the psr-
fon:maces will be under Um especial patronage of the
Queen, the Prince and Prisosm of Wales, and the Doke of
Cambridge. The alteratioas is the interior of the cathedral
will give a considerable amooot of space over that available
at any previous festival, sad the choruses and band will be
much increased. The priseipal vocalists will be *ills.

Thiess, Madame lanimassaierrisitos, Madam Balaton-
Dolby, Madams Weiss, Mr. Sims Itseres, Mr. Montan
Smith, Mr. Sander, aid Mr. Weiss. The solo instrumen-
talists include the Bbigroves, T. Harper, G. Collins, Willy,
Howell, Trust, Prattra, Card, Moholnce, kn.

CRYSTAL PALACE PLOWER SHOW.

The great flower show of the season took place
on Saturday thereon, and notenthstaning the counter
attractions of the volunteer review, and the rival show at
South Kensington, there was es large an attendance ea
on any previous fete of a similar kind. The roses,
geraniums, paean pelargoniums, calosolarea, sod fl 3wen
of that description, were displeyed in the mailmen portico
of the nave, the anthem being filled with azaleas,
orchids, arias, and other stove sad greenhouse plants in
the fullest bloom, the colours being dazzling, and the per-
fume most delicate. The show was larger and choicer than
in previous years, but, in esiesqueoce, no doubt, of the
extraordinary fin spring, the blossoms of some of the
specimens exhibited meson to be going off • little,
mad as the plants were being removed into the
carts at the clam of the show, the blossoms fell
off in perfect showers. The principal feature of the
display in the anthers portion of the nave wee the fine ex-
hibition of roses and geraniums, the latter plants being
especially large and fa of blossom; while in the department
of Move and greenhouse plants, the wonderful exhibition of
azaleas elicited from a brilliant and aristocratic assemblage
the wannest aniremions of admiration. The flower show
ocanzeneed early in the afternoon, sad from one to four
o'clock there was • continuale stream of carriages arriving
at the principal entrance, while the railways poured their
thousands into the building, both from Victoria and London-
bridge. Altogether there were some 14,000 visitors, which,
taking into amount the increased price of admission, was
considered a very fair gathering. The flowers and fruit were
arranged on stands at each side of the nave, and at no
period of the day was there any in3onvenient crowding,
peat assistance being afforded so promenader by placards
directing them which way to pass. Much interest was
manifested in the examination of the tine specimens of
roam, the rarest and mast curious of the orchids, and the
many varieties of the greenhouse plants, but all could see
them without crowding or mexivenienee.
The attractions of the day were greatly increased by the
inageilioent display of the whole series of fountains and
cascades, and also by the opining for the first time of the
new exhibition of fangs and English pictures, which,
among many well-known paintings, amens upwards of •
thousand works by English, Pinch, German, and Belgian
mins, with as interest* collection of the old masters.
These pictures, which are sent to the palace for male, form a
very interning gallery. They are changed every May, all
the old owes being retuned to the artiste, who forward
theta la that month. The present collection is far superior
to aaythiog of the kind which has yet been exhibited in the
onceala ; but in addition to them, sad carrying out
nal idea of the directors to provide some addi-
tional fine art attraction each year, the company ha ob-
tained the loan for three moons of Mr. Price's tine collec-
tion of pictures by modern artiste, end which was displayed
to the public for the first time on Saturday, and proved so
attractive as to seduce many venom for hones from the
fine display of natural beauty below.

OZYSTAL PaL•Cit.—The new operetta, The Bice
Beinitea, by Messrs. Wooler and itandegger, will be played
every day till Friday next, with fall seseery, dreams, and
downtime, at 3 o'clook. The charsetees by *mars. Cum-
mimes, Patsy, and Mark:; Yin Elton and Mies Spiller.
LentneotoNixi. RaLLWAY.—On Saturday a dart-
tattoos of the members of the British American Association,
consisting of the Hoe. A. Kinaaird, M.P., Sir Mints
Farquhar, M.P.. Mr. W. Cracked, ALP., Mr. T. Bering,
M.P. ; Mr. Welkin, M.P., Mr. Glyn, IL P.. Mr. J.
N. Great, Mr. Wollaston Blake, Mr. Archibald, Mr. Moly-
sea:, Mr. Bischoff, Mr. Irving Hoare, ie., waited on the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for the Colonies, at the Colonial-office, in order to
obtain from the right boo. gentleman some declanteloe of
the views of her Majesty's government in reference to •
guarantee upon the capital to be expended in the
construction of the line. Mr. R. W. Crawford,
M.P., in introducing the deputation, having called the
attention of the right hon. gentleman to certain documents,
Mr. Cardwell repeated the isomer which he gave iu the
house • few evenings since, that her Majesty's government
had no intention to make any proposal in reference to it is
the course of the present sermon. It was not, however,
at an mid, but only suspendeduntil such time as the
three oolosiee could make up their minds to come to
some agreement on the terms of the guarantee. It was
the gaud warm in mitten of business that those who
were pereseally interested is them should take the initia-
tire. Mr. Within, M.P., mid that from advice which he
had recently received from Caned., he wee in • position to
be able to state that the present government of Canada
regarded the construction of the Intercolocial Railway as
en all-important measure, and one of absolute necessity in
view of the existing state of thiup on the American conti-
nent, commercial es well u political. The new govern-
ment, in fact, on taking office, made the construction of
the liar one of the planks of the platform on which they
stood. Last year, when the members of the association
brought thin matter before the Duke of Newcastle, he was
understood to my that if Canada showed a bosh fide
desire to join the other two colonies in the guarantee as
proposed, and provided he received an amurance of the
result of the survey, that the sum estimated, namely,
3,000,0001., would be sufficient to coestruet the line, he
would not then wait for the action of the Canadian lane-
kilns, but at omega her Ilajeety'sgovernmeet to introdece
1 a measure onofirminii the guarantee, which would have the
effect of Raving • season or two in the commencement of the
works. After some farther conversation in reference to the
object of the deputation, in which the Hoe. A. Kinnaird,
Mr. T. Berlin, and the other gentlemen took part, Mr.
Cardwell mid that the importance of the proposed under-
tains( had been fully admitted in the Treasury minute
already adopted, and by which be was booed ; but be might
add that, should be hear from the GovernorGeoeral of
Canada that practical damage was likely to arise to celestel
intereste from cry delay that might be obviated here, that
certainly would be a ground for him taking into amaideratioe
the policy of anticipating the action of the G614(11168 haps.
lature.

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