The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-09 00:00:00

ME. GLADSTONE AT SHIELEO.

SHIELDS, IVIDIZIDAY ANTIISOON.

This morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
company with the River Tyne Commissioners, the Mayor
and corporation of Newcastle, the Mayor and corporation of
Gateshead, the Mayor and corporation of Tyroamouth, and
the Mayor and corporation of South Shields, the Master and
Brethren of the Trinity House, and numerous other public
bodies, paid a visit to the mouth of the Tyne.
Before embarking at the Gateshead Quay, midranges were
pigmented to the right boo. gentleman by the corporations of
Newcastle and Gateshead, and by the Newcastle and Gates-
head Chamber of Commerce. There was an immense
aquatic procession, and crowds of people hued the shores of
the riser to its mouth. in the course of the mil down the
party had a fine view of the immense • iron ship-
building yards and factories which line the shores
between Newcastle and Shields and the Tyse sad
Northumberland Docks, from whence immense quantities
of coal and merchandise are shipped annually to all parte of
the world, and proceeded down the river amidst continua=
cheering from the thousands of spectators assembled on the
beaks. The party inspected the pier works in the actuary,
sad the immense dredging operations that are pang for-
ward in Shields Harbour. At the piers addresser
were presented to Mr. Gladstone by the corpora-
tion of South Shields, the Chamber of Commies
of the same town, by the Smith Shields Working Men's
Association, by the corporatioe of Tyoernouth, and by the
Tynernouth Chamber of Commerce. The day hie been de-
lightfully toe, and the demonstration has been the meet
august and imposing ever witnessed on our river.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

There was a good attendance yesterday at the
Exhibition, but nothing important to record be-
yond the following intimation, which it will be per-
ceived makes a considerable alteration in the
closing arrangements :
" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, being
anxious to mark his deep interest in the success of
the International Exhibition, an enterprise which
owed its origin to his beloved father, has, with
the approbation of her Majesty, graciously under-
taken to distribute the medals and certificates of
honourable mention, at a state ceremonial early in
the year 1863, after the building has been cleared."
The schools and parties attending were :—God-
stone Sunday and National, 71, expenses paid
by subscription • All Souls, Brighton, 15, sub-
scription • Peckham Collegiate, 21, Rev. T. Bay;
Brook-street Refuge, 18, committee ; Brixton-hill
British, 26, committee ; Carshalton, Surrey Bri-
tish, 64, S. Gurley, Seq. ; Stratton Park, Hants,
estate labourers, 36, Sir G. Baring ; Woolhampton,
Berke, mechanics and labourers, 00, J. Blyth,
Req. ; seamen from her Majesty's ship Cornwallis,
Hull, 11, Captain Grenfell.
The highest temperature yesterday, as shown
by Negretta and Umbra's patent thermometers,
was :-111. LAMM 82 deg. ; in the galleries, 62.8
deg. ; wee in annex, 69 deg. The dew
point to-day at 3 o'clock, 53.1. The readings were
taken at 3 o'clock p.m.
The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1851 :

1861
i Season tiekele 5,010
One Shilling day.
Wednesday. Oct. d - Ten !Shilling ditto ma
(Payment

Total

40.1 d&

1851.
OM &Mtn day. I seaman ticket.
Wednesday, Oct. a
Total 1a0,70(1

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Yesterday the) above society opened their first
intonational exhibitiou of fruits, vegetables, roots, gourds,
sad esreels, in their gardens, South Kensington. The
various specimens were ranged in the conservatory, or in
tube in the arcades, and were inspected with much interest
by a numerous and fashionable company. Besides the domes-
tic contributions, which were of magnificest sise sad quality,
there were also fruit, or vegetables from Frani" Italy, Bel-
gium, Denmark, Norway, Hamburg, Altana, Swedes, and
even from Lapland. The most important foreign specimen
bad previously been exhibited at the Belgian " tomologicd
Conger" of Namur, at which was 00/lected the fruits of
twenty-five continental societies. These, with specimens ot
the gigantie vegetation of oureolonies and those seat in by
the Agricultural Society, =aeon the wholes very fall and
attractive exhibition.

The plies of honour in quantity, quality, aid variety.
must be gives to the fruit., amongst which the gapes exhi-
bited by the society took a foremost place. Takeo altlgother
the English show was magnificent, but it found formidable
rivals in the continental specimens, which, it must
be remembered, were all grown in the open air.
Amongst others we noticed magnificent pears from
France, exhibited by the Duo de Veotsdour kris; and
Another basket by Mr. Vaa der Putt. 4 from Belgium. This
Belgians were particularly strong in pears and apples, and
the sue, °plow, and weight of their fruit might be instruc-
tively compared with the specimens of the same natant
varieties from the wider climate of Sweden. Where all was
so good, it were almost iuvidiouo to particularise, but we
moot omit some special mention of the splendid fruit
trophy =baited by Mr. Solomon, of Covent-garden-
market, some of the pears in which were said to be worth
300 francs each.

Not lass interesting than the fruits were the vegetables,
which formed probably the finest collection that had ever
been got together. The extensive family of the gourds was
most fully represented, from the gigantic sort, out of which
we are told Cinderella's coach was made, down to the minute,
" gooseberry," said to be the smallest of the whole gourd
family. An immense variety of potatoes, mangolds, carrots,
cucumbers, ke., completed this part of the show, which, if
not so agreeable to the eye or tempting to the palate as
the fruit, might perhaps be, on the whole, found as useful
and interesting.
We understand that in consequence of the perishable
nature of the specimens, the fruit portion of the show will
only remain open to-day and to-morrow, but the show of
vegetables will continue for ten days.

The Dadiea• of Cambridge and the Princes, Mary were
amongst the visitors.