The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.

Decidedly the most successful fete this society
has given since its removal to the gardens at South Ken-
sington was the grand summer show of fruit and flowers
held yesterday. The weather was "bright and glorious sum-
mer" in every sense of the term. There was a clear sky
and a bright sun, with the heat tempered by a 000 ling western
breeze. The entries were unpreoedentedly numerous ; the
specimens presented at the altars of Pomona and Flora were
of unusual excellence, and the company was highly distin-
guished. In the floral part of the exhibition the roses,
which as usual at this sawn form the great attraction,
were for the moat part of wondrous perfection, and
in almost endless variety. Ferns and foreign plants
of the variegated-leaved species were also numerous,
the caladim, bigoaias, and other kindred species being
largely in the ascendant, and all drat clam In the fruit
department the grapes were conspicuous, both for
size and form, and the peaches, nectarines, straw-
berries, and cherries were marvels of gardening skill.
Amongst the company present we observed the Queen
of Prussia, attended by the Countess Schnlenbourg, the
Countess Schwerin, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and
Count Boos ; their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena
and the Princess Louisa, ►ttended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington and the Honourable Mr. West ; the Duchess of St.
Albans, Duchess of Sutherland, his Excellency the Russian
Ambassador, Baroness de Rothschild, Lord H. Lennox,
Duchess of Idontrome, Lord and Lady Poigett, Marquis of
Bristol, Lady Granville, Earl of Orkney, Lady Farnham. Lord
and LadyClande Hamilton, Lady Liana*, the Fad and Coun-
tess Maurer., Sir Charles Knightley, Sir William Clay, Bart.,
Lord Chides, the Dowager Countess Ashbrook, Lady
Doughty, Earl Howe, Lord Dynevor, Lady Foley, Lady
Bridport, the Countess Albemarle, Lord Otho Fitzgerald,
Lady Keating, Lord Robert Clinton, Lord Charles Fitzroy,
Lord Harris, Lady Bylea, Sir Wattle and Lady Wynn,
lAdy Bally, and Lady Ducie. The bands of the Grenadier
and Fusilier Guards were in attendance, and performed
various popular pieces during the morning. A display of
white china, Celadon and Majolica, from Minton's china
end glass depot, South Audley-street, attracted considerable
and deserved attention.

The Countess of Derby will have an evening
party on Monday, the 13th Mat.
The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke entertained
at dinner lot evening, in Be!grave-square, the Duke of
Grafton, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Coon.
tern of Glengall, the Marquis of Bristol and Lady Adelina
Hervey, Lord and Lady Rivers and the Hon. Miss Pitt,
Mr. Henry Milbank, Lord Stanhope, Lord and Lady William
Powlett, and the Earl of Annesley.
The Marquis and Marchioness Townahend enter-
tained at dinner last evening, at their residesoe in Park.
lane, the Earl and Countess of Galloway and Lady Helen
Stewart. Lady Wharucliffe and the Hon. Min Stuart
Wortley, Lady Mary Stephenson and Miss Stephenson,
Count Zamosky, Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane, Sir
I Augustus Clifford, Sir Roland Monday, Captain the Hon.
P. Bourke, Admiral King, Colonel Stuart Wortley, Mr.
Stephenson, ire.

Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, gave an amateur musical party last evening, at
the family residence on Carlton Home-terrace. Madame
Lind Coldacbmidt was present, and took pert with other
distinguished amateurs during the evening. Previously to
the assembly the Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained
at dinner Lord George Cavendish, the Right Hon. Sir
William Hoyter, M.P., the Right Hoe. Thos. E. HeadLim,
M.P., Sir John Reamer, M.P.. Sir Joseph Paxton, Sir
Henry Holland, Mr. Wykeham Martin, Mr. Begot, Mr.
Ryan, Mr. Mainwarieg, M.P., Mr. Thring, Mr. Palgrave,&c.
Sir Elward Bulwer Lytton's "Castoniana : a
aeries of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners," will be
reprinted from Bfackwood's Magazine, and published in
two volumes in October.

Min Evans'e novel of " Romols," reprinted from
the Cornhill Magazine, to three volumes, will be ready ie
a few days.

Mr. Fronde has two volumes of his " History of
Bagbad under Elizabeth" in the prom

The Emperor Napoleon (says Ga/ignani) bas pur-
chased the Lodseans scene near Kenilworth, by the Eoglish
landscape painter Mr. Savory, now at the Exhibition of
Livia' Artists.

English habits are just now quite the rago in
Paris. The last idea is to start a sort of bunting metropolis
at L Christiniere, near Rambooillet, where M. Paul Ca&
lard, one of the leaders of the French turf, has a large
establishment. On Sunday last that gentleman gave a cup
worth 140/., and other prizes, to be run for in steeple-
chasm, ridden by gentlemen riders. Captain Runt natur-
ally won the cup, and another race. During the season
there are to be other meetings, and betides that the country
is to be regularly hunted ; there are forty or fifty horses
standing already at this French Melton. The taste for the
obese lately developed at Paris is evidenced by the num-
ber of sportiag pictures abounding in all the shops, in which
men In red meta are riding improbable horses over hopes-
Bible tepees.

Janowski and Rohde, the two cashiers who car-
ried off the 26,000,0001 r. from the Warsaw Bank by order
of the national government,_ are at the present moment in
Swedes.