The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

The thirteenth anniversary meeting of the above
society was held yesterday, at the house of the society, in
the Botanic Gardens, Regent's-park, for the purpose of
electing tie council and officers for the ensuing year, and
to receive the reports of the council and auditor'. J. H.
Cancellor, Esq., having been elected to the chair, Mr. J.
Be Carle Soeerby, the secretary, read the minutes of the
last meeting, which, having been confirmed, the report of
the council wee read. The report stated that the number
of fellows elected since the last anniversary meeting was
122, and the amount received for subscriptions, com-
positions, and May tickets was 3,607!. 16e. The sale
of exhibition tickets had produced 5,4041. 4s. 6d., and
although this sum fell short of that collected last year, when
the Great Exhibition attracted an unusual number of
terangers, yet the number of tickets sold and the produce of
the sale had exceeded the results of 1850. In estimating
the progressive value of the exhibitions in a financial point
of view, it was to be borne in mind that the profit of the
present year had been materially diminished by the unpro-
ductivenew of thesecond general exhibition, in consequence
of bad weather. The large sums annually received by the
society would lead to the expectation that a greater amount
may be expended upon worksin the garden. Upon this sub-
ject the council refer to the large amount of debenture debt
still due, the annual interest on which exceeds 6001. at
present, 1,000!. is devoted annually to the diminution of
the debt. This sum, the report states, might be more ad.
vantageoasly laid out, and impresses upon the members the
necessity of a more general contribution to the Redemption
Loan Fund. If only one-third of the Fellows contributed
to the amount of 2051. loan, the interest bearing debt might
at ogee be extinguished, and all the contributors to the Re-
demption Fund itself might be repaid in a very few years.
The voluntary subscriptions to the fund for erecting the
Mir-cum and new offices, the final cost of which is
1,979!. 4s. Sd., hate now reached the sum of 1,236!. Is. 6d.,
the difference having been defrayed out of the general in-
come of the society. The building having been com-
pleted, containing a suitable lecture room, the
council have been enabled to provide for the delivery of
lectures. From the auditors' report it appears that the
receipts during the year, including a balance in hand in
July last of 5,0521. es. 10d., amounted to 14,8591. Oe. 4d.
The expenditure was 11,2711.75. 4d., leaving a balance July
15, 1852, of 3,5971. 13s. in the hands of the treasurer.
The report, upon the 'notion of Captain Shea, seconded
by Mr. Baylis, was unanimously adopted, and ordered to
be printed and circulated among the fellows. The report
of the secretary and curator was then read and adopted. The
following gentlemen were subsequently elected fellows of
the society : W. Slade, Esq. ; fihr J. Dean Paul, Bart ;
and W. Belt, Esq. A short conversation arose as to the
advisability of purchasing the crystal fountain foe the con-
eervatory ; the general opinion was that it would be too
Keay as well as too colossal for the purpose proposed.
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting se-
parated.

Tan BIETTOL ABDUCTION CABIL-Wit find the
islikenne Wee in the Bristol Mercury of Saturday, ad-
enoma te the editor by the tether et the young lady is
eneetion:—.llll4,—lt is not true that daughter Harriett
wee inertly remend from the pwtMLa other husband.
It is an Ono that her Maimed lea impala la the Bengal
Ondry, or Ron he has ma mile shoes of this world's
tmwm It is net tees that 11111 111111111111111 Set of the
Beaman aes led M Mr. Money's lootediste mall, because
be boo Manes noolled ; nor did be ges la lanniou to pro-
em r onamoloo of leave. It is net trim that nil daugh-
ter*. poreole mode objections to her aoionotering the perils
Means* sad climate. It is not tarn that on Tuesday her
mother sad myself drove up to Mr. —'s house in • car-
e,d, having entered it, heenght out a young lady =a-
lai up in shawls, whom we pissed la the carriage and drove
efwith. I have now corrected sons oaths principal untruths
contained in the paragraph is anestisa, sad haring done
so, as I have no desire that say iseitioge should furnish
food for thine who delight * Ihenselree in other
folk's affairs, I shall not enter upon babel/ than ten,
that they have during the past week bent tally Investigated
before Sir William Erle, the judge at oirmere, nod that
my daughter was, by bins, at her own up ntt nowt re-
stored to me, while Mr Motley, and his beadier, the barris-
ter, in London, were both bound over in the malty et
6001. each, with two sureties oath in the atm of 260 f. each,
to keep the peace towards the unfortunate wife of the
former. This result will safety every use when opinion is
of any vales that what has beat done by me was not be-
cause Fathom lave Slaty Itasaftl/2' bat is order to shield a
daughter teem systemetis prestatlea heat sae who, bet a
few weeks dam, veva at the Oar to hoe and to cherish
her.-1 am, sir, year inednot earenat, T. B. JOHNSTON;
Rector of Cleans."

THE Hum. Osier= Mercer—Over readmit are
aware that John Smith sad Jolla /aye remain r enwody
for trial at the next Yorkshire MB peinelpals in the
garotte warder of Ifs. Idapelthorp, alibis lowa, sad that
ear ha swabs, reseeded miallad he Mel of a third
ports, aimed Welter =area,&ergo' with having re-
maid, knowing it to be Marta, a al. net*, whiii was paid
to the deceased as the evening of the rearder. We bare
new to eel that a lbw* piety, Kw Rearm, Ihe keeper
albs ham is which Sew end Smith were *mad as the
meiwing ohm the warier Mil robbery, has lies bees sow
allied In trial at the York seise se aa weessory dm the
het. The magistrates have net MIN to this doesessinstioa
Mama awry fell sad podenaiarairy,ealiaiegmeestdm
and the ems foram eas wry impels. Yak We
sad slowly developing iamb of evikage, width haw week
of week ammo le boom sad_ soma wows sod wearer
M sample lespeeilas the deed of risking ad death,
whit yet Is awe Wag mains swireaded in eltommity.
Hy a "Maws whe we la Ns spat et the remaisk when
the shier Owen =Owed the blase of the wad new
siat the het, the elelswent innerly male by *IL
la their Amer his beat nersesed. Theit mato-
emint ef Mom Robineem Mc, that Hamm sad health same
late her hews es the sight of the murder at 10 o'clock,
sad was net to her knowledge oat of It afterwards during
the awe night, weld it have been tally sustained, and
teem sat by solleiseel seldom*, would haw proved an
eilbi Ow Hasp snd Smith. Her stateamat le, however, re-
built* and the parties mowed of the murder are mow
tread were doily then before I. their proseediap on the
sight of the murder. It menu they cease home to their
lodgings at half past 2 in the maralag.—Hail Amide.

DMITfirCTIOB IT PUS or • MILL AT XBIOH-
LIT.—On Monday everdmg a k. hubs met at theism trill
of Messrs. W. and J. Ifidesente, Mame es Minima MUM,
which elided, after a few lines, is the =tire iimeruitlon
of the building, in spite of every effort to stay the progress
of the Runes. The Whites was an extensive ewe, four
stories high, sad 11l feet km& gad situate mu the toll bar
on the Halifax-road. Oa the diesevery of the lir% the fire
bell of the town was nag, teat the flimmten, three
engines, and the inhabitants gemerelly kashined te the
spot. The flames, however, bad made esselereallie pro-
gress. Three quarters of an hour had eloped able the Ire
was discovered before the engines sad berm serteml, and
two of the engines were found to Meat of repair and
were put aside as useless. Only one =glee wee, therefore
of the slightest avail. It served to save emu pet of the
stock, but beyond this was of little use. There wan
abundance of water at hand, and there wee no leek of wil-
ling and noble endeavour on the part of the inhabitants to
arrest the progress of the flames, but all their attempts were
utterly fruitless. In an hour and a half the building was
wrapped in one land sheet of firs. The entire destruction I
of the building quickly followed, and the bare and cracked
walls alone remained standing. The law is heavy, amount-
ing to near 10,0001. The mill and out-buildings—come of
the latter not being injured—are insured in the Halifax,
Bradford, and Keighley Fire-office fur the sum of 3,7801. ;
but the office is of course only liable upon that portion of
the premises destroyed. The origin of the fire is attributed
to carelessness on the part of some of the workmen, in
baring during the previous day let a lamp fall, and not
having effectually extinguished a flame which arose at the
moment, although it was their impression that they had
done so.—Halijar Guardian.

OILEAT NORTTIERN ItAILWAY.—Tbia company bevel
made anew/emote for conveying on cheap terms the inha-
bitants of all the towns along their route to London, so as
to enable them to avail themselves of the opportunities
offered by the railways communicating with the Continent
to visit the grand fete at Paris es the 10th last.