The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY.

The splendid weather yesterda attracted an
unusually large concourse of f • visitors to the
second Flower Show of the season at these delightful
garden,. Every part of the grenade was literally crowded
with visitors, and the large number of chain and forms
usually supplied by the society being wholly insufficient to
meet the emergency, the lawn afforded a welcome resting-
place to a large number who could find no other
seat, the erase being dotted with picturesque
groups io every shade of silk and muslin during
the whole afternoon. The exhibition Bowers were, as
usual at these gardens, not only uiagnitioent in themselves,
but exquisitely arranged, the show of pelargoniums, roses,
and orchids being particularly splendid. while the fioe col-
lections of rhododendroes and unless were in fall
and brilliant flower. Amongst the visitors, the Maori
chiefs from New Zealand and the native Maori
ladies who accompanied them were objects of special
attraction, and seemed to excite amongst all claws
of visitors no small amount of interest end curiosity.
The appearance of the elder members of the party cer-
tainly justified this, as their faces were tattooed in the most
elaborate and outlandish manner. and it is not often, except
in books, that the English public have an opportunity of
seeing a magnificently tattooed native chief. The younger
members of the petty, one or two of whom were very gee
looking. bad no trace of this singular species of barbaric
ornament, and were dressed, as indeed were all
the chiefs, in European costume. The dross of
the New Zealand ladies was partly Europe se and
partly native, their shawls and head-dresses of feathers
being plainly of home production, and supplying amidst
the rehoed and fashionable crowd a striking and picturesque
suggestion of savage life. The military bends afforded so
usual abundant out-door entertainment for the multitudes
who, after visiting the show fruits and dowers, remained
to enjoy the lovely promenades of the gardens. The num-
ber of tickets sold exceeded 15,000.

THE CASE OP SERGEANT LILLY.

The following is the memorandum issued from
the Hone Guards in this affair :

"His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has read,
with deep regret, the proceedings of the court-martial as
Mr. Semis', bite paymaster of the 6th Dragoons ; sad is
reriewieg the proceedings of the court, and the subsequent
remark., his royal highness regrets that on some poises
he has been under the necessity of differing from officers
high in command, on whose judgment on all other occasions
heretofore his royal highness has had the greatest confi-
dence. Nevertheless, fur the interest of the service, his
royal highness has but one course to pursue.
His royal highness is of opunou that a great deal of
irrelevant matter has been introduced into the proceedioes
of the court ; if charges had been simply framed fur insub-
ordination in writing such a letter to his enmmaroliog officer
the ends of justioe would have bees amply mend.
" K ithout going into details, his royal nighties Mks' the
following view of the circumstances of the case :
"The loniskilling Dragoons, when in England, under
Colonels White and Shute (two officers of whom his royal
highness entertained the highest opinion), was am of the
best—if not the best—cavalry regiments in the British ear.
vice, whether as regards its esprit de corps and unanimity of
its officers, or the drill and discipline of the men. When
the regiment arrived in India, from the change occurring
among some of the officers, it appears there was, on one
or two occuiries, seine irregularity among a few of the
officer, when off duty, or at the mess, which his royal
highness had occasion to visit with his displeasure ; bit
yet, on the whole, the regiment maintained its good name
for discipline and unanimity as before, as was shown by the
confideotial reports and other sources brought to the notice
of the Field Marshal ; and it was in this state the regiment
was when Colonel Crawley assumed the command. Hie
royal highness placed Colonel Crawley in commend. know-
ing that he possessed a high character io the lower ranks of
the service ; but, however highly he may hare been qualified
as to drill and regimental duty. he certainly appears not to
have possessed tact sufficient to command the zealous co-
operation of his officers. He appear, to have taken eaten-
tion to certain practices in the regiment detrimental to its
esprit de corps; and the language he made um of on se-
veral occasions his royal highness considers as exceediogly
iujudisious. Colonel Crawley's rejoinder to Mr. Senale's
defence his royal highness considers as exceedingly vin-
dictive, and likely to raise a spirit of seistanc• =tong his
officers. It is only from the high opinion ex pen of
Colonel Crawley by the MajorCeneral under whose imme-
diate cemniand he is serving, that his royal Lighuess allows
Colonel Crawley to remain in the regiment, but it will be
at trial may.
" Hie royal highness hopes that the report of the state-
ments made by Colossi Creaky, on the OCCIISiO4I of his
reading oat the remarks of Ms Excellency Sir Hugh Rose,
may prove to be incorrect, or it would add very much to his
already very reprehensible conduct, and would necessitate
his royal highoese taking serious notice of the circum-
stances.
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" Al regards the coofinement of the three non-commis-
sioned officers, his royal highness views it with extreme
displeasure. They were placed under arrest for conspiracy,
when it appears there was no charge preferred against them
or the shadow of evidence produced to that effect ; spa
it would also appear that his Excellency Sir Hugh Rose
has been misinformed of the circumstances of the case, ec
he would not have dealt with the subject as be did, sad
would not have attributed the death of Hog' mental Sergeept.
I major Lilly to excess."

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