The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-03 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess
Royal, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Bel-
gian', with the Due de Brabant, the Comte de Flanders,
and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, visited the Ellutti-
lion of the Works of Industry of All Nations at twenty-
five minutes past nine o'clock, yesterday morning. The
royal suite consisted of the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Comtesse
de Montanclos, Lord Chutes Fitzroy, Lieut.-Col. Francis
Hugh Seymour, Colonel de Moerkerke, and Count Albert
de Briey. The royal party and suite left the Exhibition at
a quarter-past ten o'clock.
The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the King of the Belgians yesterday. The Countess
de Neniß the Duke de Nemours, and the Prince and
Princess de Joinville, paid a visit to the King of the Bel-
=yeaterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The
de Ne moues afterwards visited the Duchess of Kent,
at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa took an airing yesterday fore-
noon in an open carriage and four.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Palace. The company included his Majesty the King of
the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Due de Brabant,
the Count de Flondres, the Prince and Princess Augustus
of Saxe Cobourg, the Prince of Lowenstein, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Normanby, the Earl of Liverpool, Lady
Bloomfield, the Right lion. Charles and Lady Mary
Wood, the Right lion. Sir James Graham, Lady Augusta
Bruce, Baronem de Speth, Sir Hamilton and Lady Sey-
mour, Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Colonel de
Moerkerke, Baron Wangenheim, Count Albert de Briey,
and Sir Robert Carswell.

Lord Charles Fitzroy has relieved General Weinrs in the
duties of Equerry. in-Waiting to her Majesty. Lieut.-
Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour has relieved Colonel Lluu-
verie in the duties of Equerry-in-Waiting to Prince
Albert. _ _

The Prince of Leiningen visited and took leave of the
members of the Royal Family yesterday, at their respective
residences, on his return to the continent.

A deputation of Irish members on the subject of the new
Land Clauses Bill had an interview with the Right lion.
Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The
deputation consisted of Sir L. O'Brien, Sir Robert Fergu-
son, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. F. Scully, Mr. M. E. Corlislly,
Mr. H. Herbert, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. T. Vesey, Mr. C.
Clements, Colonel Dunne, Sir Edmund ISPNaghten, Cap-
tain Jones, Sir T. O'Brien, Mr. Grogan, Mr. G. A. Hamil-
ton, Mr. Goold, Sir Edmund ILiyes, Sir John Young, Mr.
Napier, and Mr. T. M'Cullagh. The deputation was ac-
companied by Sir M. Barrington, Bart., Mr. Jeffers, and
Mr. Tyrrell.
The Rev. Mr. Murray had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial office.
ARRIVAL OF TOE ENGLISH AMBASSADOR FROM
PARIC—IIIs Excellency the Marquis of Normanby, accom-
panied by the Marchioness, has arrived in London from
l'aris, and is staying with the Earl and Countess of Bel-
grave, in Eaton-place. It is stated that the noble marquis
contemplates a sojourn of about a fortnight in town. It is
currently rumoured that the Governor-Generalship of
India has been offered his lordship, and iu the event of his
acceptance, he will return to Paris only to perform the cus-
tomary etiquette of taking leave ou delivering up his cre-
dentials.
His Excellency the Earl of Westmoreland (the
' late British minister at Berlin) has arrived in town from
Hanorer, after paying the King a visit en route front the
Prussian capital.

THE GHENT EXHIBITION.—The number of visitors
at the Crystal Palace yesterday was not so great as usual,
being 49,3,M. The gross receipts were 2,3754. 91., of which
111. I Is. was paid for season tickets. Iler Majesty, l'rince
Albert, the Princess Royal, the King of the Belgians, the
Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess
Charlotte of Belgium, were amongst the visitors.

The children of' the St. Olave's Girls' Charity
School, in Southwark, had yesterday the gratification,
through the liberality of Mr. Ex-Sheriff Pilcber, of enjoy-
ing a visit to the Exhibition. The children (fifty in number)
were conveyed to the Exhibition in two van., accompanied
by Mr. Pitcher, jun., and the members of the school com-
mittee, and the parish officers.
DEATH OF THE RIGHT 110. x. WIL SEBRIGHT LAS-
caLt.ea, M.P.—We have to announce the death of the
Hight Hon. W. S. Laseelke, M.P., Comptroller of the
Queen's Household, who died at six o'clock last evening,
at his residence at Campdcn Hill, Kensington. The right
hon. gentleman died from an affection of the brain, which,
from the first symptoms, defied all medical skill, and, conse-
goimmtoly, tohietor
fmoberiiimitohis foafmily beenlptrioeplieroedo toz
Wm. S. Lascerles was second son of the late, and brother of
the present Earl of Harewood, and was born 29th 0ct.1798.
lie married 14th May, 1823, Lady Caroline Howard, eldest
daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Car-
lisle, by whom he lean* a numerous issue. The right hon.
gentleman represented Wakefield in several parliaments,
and was at the last general election returned for Kneen-
borough, which seat becomes vacant by his demise. Lat-
terly the right hon. gentleman was a constant supporter of
the present government, and soon after Lord John Rus-
sell's advent to office was made Comptroller of her Ma-
jesty's Household. By the lamented death of this hon.
gentleman, the families of the Earl and Countess of Hare-
weed, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of
Carlisle, Lady Dover, the Duke of Devonshire, the lion.
Charles C. Cavendish. M.P., and Lady Catherine Cavendish,
Ste., are placed in mourning.

SDOOTING A GRADUATE AT OXFORD.—Yeaterdayv
Mr. Joseph Caudwell, of North Ilinksey House, Oxford,
was brought up before the Vice-Chancellor of the Univer
sity, charged with having fired a loaded carbine at Alexan-
der Hugh Hoes, 8.A., of Christchurch College, with intent
to injure him. It was stated on a former occasion that Into
an VI eilacsday night, or early on Thursday morning last,
the wounded collegian, with • party of undergraduates,
took a stroll down St. Alcides, soil when opposite the resi-
dence of Mr Caldwell the freak came into their heads of
dislodging some of the small pieces of ordnance which
adorned the exterior. The gate was speedily opened, and the
work of disarrangement was about being commenced, when
the nose of the ,proceedings alarmed Mr. Caudwell, who
opened the window and fired a y carbine, which is
said to have been charged with No. 4 ot, at the party of
intruders. Yesterday much evidence was gone into, and
Mr. Ross was described as considerably improving. It was
stated that about an hour after the event some of the colle-
gians went to the house with a view of speaking to Mr.
Caudwell as to his conduct, and, being enraged, broke one
of the windows, when Mr. Caadwell again fired the piece,
which fortunately did not take effect. At the close of a
two or three hours' inquiry the vice-chancellor ad turned
the case until Friday. The accused considers that the
harm and injury threatened him justified him in using
the gun.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

IPSWICH, WIDNESDAT, JCL", 2.
The twenty-first meeting of the members of this
association was commenced this morning at Ipswich. The
meeting is expected to be a large one, and bids fair to be
as successful as any held for years past. The arrivals up
to last night were rather more than a hundred, and the pay-
ments received up to that time amounted to 971. It, however,
appears that the majority of the members do not arrive at
the place of meeting until the day on which business is com-
menced, and up to the time our despatch was forwarded
the anneals had increased to about 300, and the receipts
to 2761.

The committee have engaged a thousand beds ; and we
understand that every means at the disposal of the com-
mittee have been taken to promote the comfort of the
members and vitae's, as well as to facilitate the conduct
and business of the meeting.
The sections are to meet at the Town-hall, Council-
chamber, the Old Assembly-rooms, the Temperance-ball,
the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute, the library of the
Mechanics' Institute; the Literary Institution, and the
lower room of the New Assembly-rooms, the upper room
of which, as well as others under its roof, have been placed
at the disposal of the association. The use of the New
Corn Exchange, which is capable of holding fourteen hun-
dred persons,
has also been given up to the association by
the limns (Mr. A. Sheppard and Mr. G. ltansome), to
which four temporary rooms have been added.

The general committee held its first meeting in the
council chamber of the Town Hall, this morning, at one
o'clock. Professor Amy, Astronomer Royal, in the chair.
Professor PHILLIPS read the minutes of the two for-
mer meetings, which were put to the present meeting and
confirmed, alter which the Rev. S. J. ltigaud, M.A., Head
Master of the Ipswich Grammar School, was elected as an
additional secretary.
Col. SABLE read the report of the council to the
general committee at Ipswich tor July, 18A. The report
stated that the committee appointed at Edinburgh last
year, for urging her Majesty's government to complete
the geometrical survey of Scotland, which was com-
menced in 1834,had presented a memorial to Lord John
Russell for that purpose, and in it pointed out to
his lordship that the outlay created by the ,y of
Scotland had been much less than that which had been
allotted to Ireland. That memorial had been most
graciously received by the Lords of the Treasury, but
nothing further had been dune relating to the survey,
only by a committee being appointed to consider
the matter. Unless the government consented to in-
creased means being used, upwards of fifty years must
elapse before the map of Scotland would be completed.
Since the meeting was held at Edinburgh • memoria
had been drawn up by Dr. Robinson, with the concurrence
of the Earl of Rose, to her Majesty's government, recom-
mending the establishment of a reflecting telescope of
large optical power at a suitable station for the sys-
tematic observation of the nebulm of the southern
hemisphere, to which • reply had been received
from the Treasury Chambers in the latter part of
1850. It stated that their lordships quite agreed in the
necessity there existed for having such an instrument, but
as there was so much difficulty respecting it their lordships
thought it proper that no steps should be taken with refer-
core thereto without further consideration. With reference to
maintaining the establishment at Kew, the report stated
that it had been agreed upon by the committee to grant the
some sum as agreed to last year, for carrying on that esta-
blishment for another year; and the report also spoke in
laudatory terms of Mr. Welch, for the manner in which he
had performed his duties at that observatory.
The adoption of the report was put to the meeting by
Prof. Airy, and carried.
Sir RODERICK MURCHISON could not allow the
present opportunity to pass without especially referring to
one portion of the report just read, and which related to
Scotland. In the year 1834, when the association was
assembled at Edinburgh, at which time he was an officer of
the association, he was very deeply impressed with the
condition of the geography of Scotland. He had had occa-
sion to examine a great part of that country, and ho found
that large headlands were out of their position by, many
miles, so much so that, in fact, the navigation of this reat
country was attended with considerable risks. He (Sir R.
Murchison) found, as a geologist, that it was impossible to
work out that science properly without a geographical map
- prepared. "• detailed •
of this

of that country was _. Having the steps
taken in furtherance , object, he proceeded to read a
memorial, signed by several of the principal landed pro-
prietors in Scotland, to her Maje4ty's government, praying
for an annual grant of money, to allow of the completion of
the map of Scotland by the next ten years.
The memorial which had been read by Sir Roderick Mur-
chison V/ 14.1 ordered to be entered on the minute book.

Mr. NINNIS, in the absence of Mr. John Taylor, the
general treasurer, caused by indisposition, read the trea-
surer's account fur the past year, which was of a satisfac-
tory character.
Mr. R. TAYLOR called the attention of the meeting to
the non-reception of journals and parcels from foreign coun-
tries. He said that many parcels, sent by foreign natural.
ists through the custom-house, had been rifled, and others
had never reached their destination. (Hear, hear.) He
knew of several instances of that kind himself, and he
very much regretted that a former application to govern-
ment had not been the means of producing a different re-
sult. In making these and other remarks, Mr. Taylor ad-
mitted that they were certainly indebted to her Majesty's
government for devising means whereby they had received
their journals, and concluded by hoping that the attention
of the general committee would be given to the subject.
Professor AIRY intimated that it would be better to
introduce the matter before the committee.
Mr. IL TAYLOR said he would do as recommended.

The officers of the various sections were then appointed,
and after the committee of recommendation was elected, the
general committee adjourned.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected to visit
Ipswich tomorrow morning (Thursday), and Lucien Bona-
parte will arrive in the evening.
The President elect, Professor Airy, astronomer royal,
delivered an address at the Corn Exchange in the evening,
" On the objects and proceedings of the association."

REPRESENTATION OF WORCESTER.—WORCESTER,
W EUNZSDAY.—The announcement of the failure of the bank

of Mom Mulford and Biggs, of which firm Mr. F. Raiford—,
K.T.lie *achy, is one of the partners, bas caused some
menolfellemialteoe, but at present no active steps have been
team to the vacancy which it is anticipated will be
created by the retirement of that gentleman. The local
Pacliamentat7 Financial Reform Association however have
amasuseed that in the event of a vacancy „they will be
Millurespectfully to submit to the consideration of
tagow-citizens in public meeting assembled a condi-
dub recommended by a variety of concurrent eirenM-

stances, and likely to 'command i majority of theenireges
of the liberal party." The gentleman here pointed at is
W. Lilac, Esq., who resides near the city, and has
latterly appeared rather prominently as a parliaatentas7
and financial reformer. Mr. Rufford is a conservative,
and whenever a vacancy occurs a contest will inevitably
take place.

ROYAL COLLEGE OP SURGEON9.—The Royal Col-
lege of Surgeons have this year announced a series of
wines, the object being to bring the members of the col-
lege in social contact with the foreign medical men now
visiting the English metropolis, and the second of the series
was held last evening. The spacious suite of rooms in the
college, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was filled soon after eight
o'clock by the intelligent company whom the invitations
embraced, including most of the London end many of the
continental surgeons of eminence. The lecture of the
evening was delivered by Professor Paget, the subject
chosen being, "The recent Progress of Anatomy, and
its Relations to Surgery." Various interesting objects
were scattered, for scientifl: inspection, through the
rooms. Great attention was excited by the model
of an artificial leg exhibited, and cleverly asplained,
by Mr. B. Frank Palmer, of Philadelphia, United
States. Mr. Palmer pointed out that, la this aces], there
was a perfect imitation of the asthsdsal wanders of
the natural limb—cranks and screws bele substituted for
disjoints and ligaments--ani be kfig inaseetrated by
asanigesbeing his work thee this rabies, Muriall to the
bums befog , who had ambergene inaguestissamruld be
fogad se siewisnalde and sure puestel the lost
leg. The thusly Wag lead dssra, lir. Peimer pet it in
; and to the surprise ant of all present,
he to walk and jump, and three mead the
room, then for the first time anansasing thee he
halal; having had his leg to of by ma ac-
cident in a bask-mill, now wore the ingenious
heseetwasne of whisk he was the Inventor. The " oldest
susgeen"ossed istudeesst which was the false and which was
the ens leg, si ritol fres were Mr. Palmer's motions ;
mad he was, , essallasstod in a manner likely
to who his hes Weis& to supply these legs, and
lde near wails brie MO et the Exhibitors, in the Ameri-
ceadspeeinsmkat the Palace. Some experiments of
a novel and reandable Arnow were made with the port-
able hydro.elefideaitinbeasrlis,, the invention of an mom-
fished 0 aura J. L. Puttio. These portable chain
bat Mies are 4111111011111 se prrestias within the compass of
16 snide lavabo, the Whew ske of a pocket-book, " the
whole nesadlis enekineeien et 111 galvanic elements reedy
for Insaannsens use without say previous fastening,
asease adpuensut whatever ; requiring only
the Ike a mast into vin or any other
Male Ie miss* powerful physii egar,
cal, chemical,
thurialsal, and swells awes, fur the term of from one to
two hours, soh whoa ezbessted, Wag iestantly re-excited
by a new measolesay immersion leis vinegar. They re-
gains no clewing previews to or caber me, the ate-oxide
Feinted bobs imbed is the miwor by the sett im•
amiss." These bowie% the* of some invention,
see ..deceased to be 11111.11 g into woad ass swag medi-
al iesa, end lave esseived the anaellen et may important
seientifie eseieties in esesmay and Frame. The neat of
these agreeable snake is annotintad for the 13th of
August-
A FAXILT Poisomm.—A taw et palming, I
which bed nearly sacrificed the lives of sinht or Was per-
laggemeal Os the hotly of Mr. Z. liesy, et West-
The mast lot gem sot sad
wheel we et her esghten to smehe seas breed. the
used hr the pewees whet she expested web breed pewter,
hut whisk rend to b arsenic. AE Or badly
nos sr he Eddie breed, whoa Nos Ott the
tem earienkti by ereowie oppeored. -11editel ATP;
aus sod the regalia nosedise egolith Ig• &Away
awl one of his daughters are yet seidagam tho ellbeb,
betel danger, it is thought, is over. The rest oral Amoy
NO ding Min.—Lim:ohs Mercury.

SECULAR EDUCATION. Last evening a
iertlifli:
meeting wu held at the Lecture. hall, Vauxhall- ' ,
road, Westminster, for the purpose of forming a e s
institute, in which the main features shall be aawlar edu-
cation and popular progress. The chair was oesepisil by
Lawrence )deyworth ER, M.P., who, in oilsodeff the
proceedings, expressed the sympathy he entertained to.
wards the operative classes, and the anxious desire he
felt for the promotion of all those institutes and tilissla
which had the welter. of those classes sincerely at beast.
Letters of apology for non-attendance, hut expressing ap..
provel of the objects of the association, were reed from C.
Lushington, Bog., M.P., W. J. Fox, Fog., M.P. T. IL
Dunounbe, Rm., M.P., R. Cobden, E5q.,11.P.,
Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Sir Joshua linsley, ILP.,
itc. Mr. Walford moved the lint resingsa. which was
to the following effect : .. That the seeding imply dsplesed
the want of secular oiseatisa anseipst dr mom resiesst
in Westminster and Pisalias awl regestied did so hap a
district should be widest at least ens people's beftns, in
which secular edelweiss &mild be a promiesat fee.
pigs
ture, and demons* progress an evoriprevsil
ing object, and itself to take ismedlate
steps to remedy as ' and grievous an seg."—
Mr. J. J. Lockhart, F Ji.., seconded the repletiee. which
was supplied by Mr. Lowry, and .....42. Puled.—
Tbe esessi resolution, which was also stroaded,
and curds& vas to tbe iffect that as rowed the pir. of
such &nineties.* mope available in the hnnus riciniuf
of Now Vbeedoeloset, the meeting piedipi ileeif to form a
comps, of sberebeidess :arise the nuts sal style of " The
Nagle% lastliste Asessialkm," for the ppela of raising
feeds and erecting wed asinsting se* Institsle, and that
shies be issued, the inembints ea width hi
pa le at
sot leas than threspesse of
vast Tlis ter'
sainted with the usual vote el drinks to the &airman.

ALLEGED Potootrneo NEAR - -
the Sunderland Police Court, on Thunday, Thos. Wood,
Cornelius Lyons, and Thomas Rawlings, were charged with
having administered a quantity of nitric acid to a boy
named William Taylor, eleven years of age. The prisoners
are employed at the Wear Pottery, Southwick, wfiere the
boy is also engaged. Taylor was frequently in the habit of
drinking the ale and porter belonging to the prisoners
while they were at work, and on Wednesday last they
agreed to give his some physic in the in the way of
" a lark" to prevent him driporternking the bear
in futon,. One proposed to give him Nap, butl
another meld he would give him some aqua-forta
or nitric add, un,:lirsote workmen in the process of
Lemming The Wood then mixed a por-
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of jai be this the mixture, and said it was
so ego beat his ;he accordiugly put in isms
soon ponce, seek peeendsd about a gill of the mixture to
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was mixed with wwwilft Be was takes she fis the
platesstmEy: sad was insensible for sew thaw Kr.
Toth having boss oiled In, be vas esmserhat
uhliesed. was still in eimto stab Themlay.
no Omit Lyons wept dories the esehleatiea.
Wieletashe said the Amp wee sae of • meet se-
rious Mem aid they reemeded the plawarap—jfargestis
Chrwisin.

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I Fr= IN Holz°Rs Ihnox.—Thei number of cues
of fever sent to the hospital hem the Holborn U ion,
daring the three menthe, hem Lady-day Se
was : from Pheasant-mart, 39, 16 of which were from one
Ames; Overgwelley, 7; Field-lane, 1; from other pieces, 11,

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1851.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

Yesterday the last of the fruit and flower shows of
the Royal Botanic Society was held in the Regent's-park,
and was the crowning Ate of the season. Year by year
this kind of (nada°, amusement has acquired greater ins
portance, and since the advantages of accessibility to the
society's gardens have been felt by the public, the success
of these shows has surpassed all previous experience. This
year the enormous number of 34,000 tickets has been sold,
of which about 17,000 were available for yesterday, besides
some 1,300 privileged omissions of fellows. The reunion
of beauty and fashion which the racecourse used to afford
has been transferred to these exhibitions, which have be-
come epochs in fashificiable annals. In these respects, no
lees than in numbers, yesterday's show surpassed all its
predecessors, and was a fitting exhibition to our foreign
visitors of what the wealth and taste of this great metro-
polis can effect; and it is the opinion of many, looking to
the peculiar circumstances of the year, that it will be long
before yesterday's display will be rivalled. The rain of the
day before proved highly advantageous; the grass was re-
freshed, and the gardens much cooler • while the weather
remained throughout the day very fine, and induced the
company to stay late in the gardens.
The show wu not remarkable for thoscstriking collections
of orchids and greenhouse plants which have so promi-
nently attracted notice on previous occasions ; but never
was there such a display of horticultural luxuriance. The
fruit and rose tent end Victoria Regis house were to the
' east ; then to the north were three tents and the winter
garden, covering about two acres ; but to the west was the
most remarkable seene—a succession of exhibitions under
cover reaching over five or six acres. These collections
were approached from the new lecture-room by a covered
porch and au avenue of rare conifers,, which gave access to
the American garden, in which Messrs. John Waterer,
Standish and :Noble, and Baker have their season exhibi-
tion. This was about the last day of the American exhibi-
tion, and, although most of the rhododendrons and azaleas
had drooped, enough remained to show the pictorial effect
of the scene. From this a covered gallery opened into the
tent appropriated to collections of greenhouse plants. This
is likewise artistically arranged, and here, on the accus-
tomed central mound, was the choice collection of Mrs.
Lawrence, on another that of Lady Antrobus, and near
them their rivals, Mr. Colyer, Mr. Custer, and Mr.
l'amplin. A further gallery opened to the rose exhibition,
and this was one of the earliest days on which it ap-
proached perfection. The design of Mr. Marnock now
begins to be seen, and the result fully justifies it. Many
were of opinion that the rose hail neither colour nor moss
enough to afford the materials for a scene, but there is no
ground for such fear. After making due allowances for
the roughness of a first year, it is evident the materials
have been got together for a most novel and remarkable
scene. The green of the foliage is abundant enough to
supply body, and the variety of colour in the Mowers gives
richness of tone. When the effect of the perfume confined
within the roofing is obtained, a new description of dotal
attraction will be crested, which will be a step beyond the
artist's former success.
. . _

In the general collections there was a greater number of
new and remarkable plants than have been exhibited for
some time, and the show of fruit was of a very high charac-
ter. The musical arrangements were under the direction
of Mr. Tutton, Mr. Waddell, and Mr. Schott, and at six
o'clock the three bands, united, played concerted pieces
from Antigone, Oberon, &c.
The principal prices were awarded as follows:—Extra
gold medal—Mr. May, gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing-park,
for 30 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Mylatn, gr. to S.
Rucker, Esq., for 25 orchids. Large gold medal—Mr.
Cole, gr. to H. Colyer, Esq., for 13 Cape heaths. Medium
gold medal—Mr. Smith, gr. to J. taunter, Esq., Norwood,
for 15 Cape heaths ; Mr. Fraser, nurseryman, 'Ambridge-
road, for 20 stove and greenhouse pinata ; Mr. Taylor, gr.
to J. Coster, Esq., Streatham, for 20 stove and greenhouse
plants; Mr. Franklin, gr. to Mr. Lawrence, for 2.5 orchids;
Messrs. Rollisson, nurserymen, for 20 exotic orchids; Mr.
Blake, gr. to J. Schodder, Esq., Stratford-green, for 13
exotic orchids. Gold medals—Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. An•
trobus, Cheam, for 20 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr.
Speed, Edmonton, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr.
Cole, gr. to 11. Colyer, Esq., Dartford, for 15 Cape heaths ;
Mr. Black, Clewer Manor, Windsor, for 12 pelargoniums;
Mr. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums.
Among the company present were the Dukes of Beaufort
and Norfolk, the Duchesses of Beaufort and St. Albans;
Ambassadors cf Prussia, Greece, Spain, Denmark, Sweden,
Belgium, Russia, France, Austria, Portugal, America;
Prince and Princess Demidoff; Earls Mansfield and Devon ;
Countess of Devon; Barons Eliott, A. Hervey, Grosvenor,
Foley, Sale, de Goldsmid ; Bishops of Durham and Lon-
don; Ladies Dalrymple, Massey, Foley, Antrobus, Somer-
set, Gage, and Barron ; Sirs Dalrymple, E. Johnson.