The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

SIR W.. 7. HOOGARDENS.KER'S REPOS? 011 Ur

Sir W. Hooker's report for last year on Kew
°ardor appears in • parliamentary Mon beard this asm.
big. The number of visitors to the royal woo hi*
the put year prorate ea imam of 72,246 over Vet g
1863 ; sad was distributed as follows :—Tritsl smite •
Sundays, 2111,306 ; total number on week days, 25055_
total, 473,307. Greatest monthly attendiums (July), 115,575;
smallest ditto (February). 1,760; great* wssii.dss it.
tosama (Kay 18), 10.307 ; smallest ditto (Lard t;
greatest &today etteedemos (July 10), 13" ; sumo
ditto (7sauery 17). 28; Good Friday (mob 251, 8,g4.
A asap of curators has taken plea* is ths Dew&
miedsse, Yr. John Smith having retired stir Xi yen
sisporintsmisses of all depart:Beets of the pude'. Ri
vaaaamar, also Ir. John Smith. was We hied paha* is
the Deka of Northumberland, at Byorlicess. Nagy

proemial' are being introduced in the Mealier, laiq
sad walks ; the original arboretum near the Masts poi
his been replenished with a oollectios of seises sad our.
natal flowering trees, maifers, kr. ; many nhabli es.
lectioas of Using plaits sad seeds have bees issinitia
the colonies sad foreign coentries, sad shoat 4,000 in
Paste sad 41,600 packets of seeds ham bees didaliad.
Is the Amore grenade the most impertiat work ms
mooed dans' the past year bee boss the milk% k., d
the Montan, the pleasure grounds being devoted a its
erdtivaticto of • complete named collecting of all the ksr
and Mats that will stand our climate. TM mosey la
**supply of the per* is stocked with mar trim d
which 1665 have been 'applied to the dear-park sad E.
mond-park, red a large stack is about to be Best a as
metropolitan parks. The scientific duties of tits tad
prdens continues, f4lr W. Hooker says to be the eat
warm cansested with the eitablislimest, Mug tees
Mims* demands for the same of pleats in our see ad
other gardens, sad of those collected by imams ad es
placers on government and other expeditions, and isa is
formai* as to easamnic plants and vegetable pads* Is
addition to the Massive sad evasiscressing aolssil set
foreign oorrespondenos sad publicatioss.

THE LONDON INSTITUTION.

Yesterday the annual meeting of proprietors v
held in the timer* of the inetitation, in Tiaakerynireer
Mr. T. Sainte, ILP., io the chair.
The nigmet el the committee of management am me
seated.

The CHAMYAN having moan oh. adoptioa ci the report
Fnarrnur made ease obeervations •• Gat greitsr
fesilitim to this use of the library, • y _ nod
the °healable:a of books. amid be affrededoompiessi
that ths iodates WWII sat properly selected, sad Nem
mended the appointment of a superinteedad who she'll
be reopeenible- for the whole misogamist wad eroded d
the institution. Hs took axeoptioa to that pmt
report which replied to the suggsetioas of the amines at
aad istimated that ameadresst would is
Pramio=l at .
report this reaped. The chid gonad d
alarm an the part of himself and his him& Ina i. ro
fawn to the Oity of London College, and spa fiat point
they bad thought it regulate on a late mein to yaks
dinmenstration against the project, which he lame we
opposed by the majority of prop:Mae and the
press, and, if he was not mnieformed, that
was mods:able diffsainoti of vision swag dr
members of the committee ci managemeat. Ha lei
• ~intim in the form ol emeaduei
rrtirdro forms, either of which be would submit Wt.&
be preferred ; the ooe was that the resolution morel bus
the chair be altered, by striking out the word " adsplif:
and ribititnting these words, " that the traumatise toll
timber natil the proprietors have pronounced en yam a
the proposal to associate the City of Loucks 00l
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this institution, and to stay sll proceedier for promelii
that proposal, either by the creation of votes ce adroit
or still striking oat tho word " adopted," sobstitiliti
word., ' but that the principle of issoriPmft
a
amociatiog this institutioo with the Cityof Lasko Weft
is isappved, aad that the manager* be requested te use
peedd anroy appropdatios of forfmted shares sail chi
the p▪
a genii
I. general meeting have maelisned
4Knernies r—The qnsetkni of minutia of the CIS
of London College is to be submitted co the 9th.
bon. proprietor may of course move the amendruest, tel
it
will be my date to put it, but u a matter of
cal
not allow say disenasion apes the • of he UMW
Hop until the question coma ly before U.
Several proprietors took exception to this rase, orstred-
ing that ovary subject referred to in the report rriikl
discuised when they ware asked to adopt it, and discuss
oomvenation upon the point of order.
Kr. neernima moved, the wood ameadmmt b bed

lar.litionece seroaded this, in mowed dm wad
topics referred to by the moon
A kid, end orawkonelly a perecnel, dimmers folioed,
hi the Gomm of which
Dr. GIBBOY and ether proprigon recommended OA lie
amendment should be wiaidrawn, while some avocets
postponement of the entire dinomerion metal the 9tb
when the proposal for emalpmating the college to is
'Omitted ; and two or three proprietors aarewalf genii
upon Die board of management for • pledge thit 107
would not in the meantime dispole of the shares rstamod
their kends ms to sirs • preponderence of votes is boo

the annezalion.
Mr. GAISIOT (one of the managiag cominittes) rid thd
by the Merles the appropristios of the shires was lath*
in the hands et the managers without referee's to the Pr'
pistols He declined to give any pledge, bat Wiese&
that the shares would be disposed of for the bete& d ths
institution.
The smiadmest was thin put. and lost by • T 1,7 WW2
=Z. A poll was demanded, but after emsms dike io
was withdrawn ; sad
Dr. EDNUNDS moved another amendment. "NON O.
aret page of the report, and receiving the remesift polio
without adoption, but adding a clause dime* it to Is
enticed an the minntea, and declaring the noscenned
the preesat roosting to the propoied amalgamatioe
City el Imam College, and the desire of the irePn!"6
that the slimes in the beads of the managing noinnutte
should not be disposed of until after the demote!) a de
9th minims.
This wee semowled, and after a long, irregular, and "I
song dbasseion, was put and carried, whsreoCee t;„;
demanded on the past of the and the
appointed it to be taken ea Monday next. kedwel°
hours of tee sad tom.
A vote of thanks to the chairman then coecloded the Po
needier, which had extended over thine bolus.

The Balk Chrootick in giving an amount of the
ermakatkia of kW Hat at Trowbridge yesterday. sir
" All was are tamed is pity towards her. She rig-
with a slip whisk brayed to emotion, but will
411sorsh oyes. sad took a seat in the der
as Wake of Miry, who had a most shiest at'
bramisa of oastaaass, rain sideways towards be.
Oho ran alma Wog rammed, bat stood with dowsers
oak the Mks of Macy ear and anon metier ass ors
korawsada, r if Jerkin diva" aid. TM pres"
tat arks bars award may is that Cesar
Is cwt as unsissas. Her want is wart ts'
alma arsortikary &mass of stir. air res'
Rea mart mot be takes as say widows elf h.
gat Thal her safssios is supported by altar Pro
pis mast soomiad Mak Warr. fihe k • gbl al
isd
Ward
osmotic areloprowt, sad scams to har grows rams
or two is Might sad so bar bona abater tbas who hest
acv kr fa this oast. Sr yam ago. His whole astastrtit
balisabes • awn doasemisist will, and a know ar Yr
what ar who has adapd bar to maks this raordies7
ratomsat. Mr tart tho mart via a dna stop."
The Weymouth and Portland BaDray Wills it b
soda& bo opened a the Bth proasto.
The foundation stone of an additional
wind to
as Royal Swath Brats lairmary was kid a limodef.
It is Its bri aroolod la mammy or tho Croat Sir
Crab, a groat benefactor to that larkatioa.

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