The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRFSS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1849.

ine Court.

OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and the Prince
walked as usual this morning, in Osborne Park. at an early
boor. Ilia Royal Ifighress the Prince of Wales and the
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode in
the groandi.
Taere was as addition, yesterday, to the royal dinner
Party.

lier Majesty the Queen of the Btlginns, and the
Countess de Kearny, arrived in town yesterday morning
from Bt. Lee .ern's, paid a vied to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and partook of a &tomer with her
Royal Highness, at her residence, Citrons,' Rouse, Bt.
James'..

His Royal Highness Prince George visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday.
Mr. Capriole, from Canada, had an interview with
Eul Grey, yesterday, at the Colonel Office. Fir Hedworth
Williamson had Mao an interview with his Lordship yes-
terCay.
A depot Won on the subject of the Royal Pavilion
at Brighton, consisting of Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., Capt.
P, chola, M.l', Mr. Slight, clerk to the c^rnriiseioners cf

the Klein of brighten, Mesas. Faithful!, Freseseas, sad
C..bb, had an interview wi h the COlllOlll6iOl2OTl of her
Majesty's Woods and Forests, on Tueaday, at their office in
Wnitehall•Qlace.
Mr. Laing transacted business yest(rlay at the
office ot. the Commissioners of Railways, in the Boerd of
Trade.

The Bishop cf Guiana had en interview yesterday
with Earl Grey. Mr. Ilodg•', M.P., had semi an in•ereiew
yesterday with the noble earl at the Colonial-uffice.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
ego., from the erovernors of the N.wth Amerimn colonies.
Lady John Russell was Raley deliveted of a eon on
Tuesday night. Ti. Countess of M.nto arrived in town on
Tuesda► night, and yesterday amnion went to Lerl John
meidence, Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park.

LEDRU ROLLIN, MARTIN BERNARD, ETIENNE
ARA,OO, AND 81110. BOICRUT arrived at the St. Katherine's
Whar[ early yesterday afternoon, by the General Steam
♦igation Company,' ream•ehip Sir Edward Bailin, which
left Ostend in the morning.

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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

THE NEW ACT.

The Reform and Registration Acts required, in
order that a person should he enti•hd to he placed upon the
list of voters for member of parliament for the household or
101. franchise, that all pones rstss and assessed taxes due irons
him in respect of the quullivieg premises prior to April 6
should be paid on or before July 20, and that notice thereof
should be given by the overseen; the latter act also required
the oollecsors of asseessd taxes to deliver to the overseas of
each parish' list of such defaulters of 'PRIMP!' taxes.
A new act of parliament (11 is 12 Viet., c. 90), which
comes into operation this year, declares that the poar's rates
and asseued taxes required to be paid are such only as were
dn., prior to Jan. sth.
Very great inattention to this act has been obserr.ble in
many towns; the overseers, in their notices posted at the
church doors, having tr.,med th.ta in &maniere* with the
old and repealed act. We repeat th►t tax and rcepayers who
have paid their rites and taxes up to the sth of Jimmy
are eligible to be pined on the register.

HORTICULTURAL GARDENS, CHISWICK.
The third and last fete of the season took place at
thew gardens yesterday, and was in every ravect the most
successful we have waniamel during the preunt year. The
weather wee most favourable to the enjoymmt of awl
rbiiiitiort, and the ordinary attractions derived an
additiesal charm from the fact that the Duke of
Devor.shire bad kiniry thrown open hie magnificent
gardens for the increased delight of the visitors. Having on
former occasions described the peculiarities of the horticul-
tural Ales at these garden, and of theme in the Regent's-
p irk and elsewhere, little remains to be said ; but we can-
, not avoid the opportunity of stating that the display of
yesterday was well calculated to I rove that Eriglimd ia not
so entirely a nation of commerce and "shopkeepers" as
!foreigners have represented us to be. The beauty
of the ladies, the elegance of their costumes, end
the general appearance of gaiety that pervaded
the scene, all combined to produce an effect which for a mo-
ment rendered it glared incredible that " the busy haunts
of Lor.den " were at so short a distance from the spot. The
visitors thronged in mmsiderable numbers, and if the whole
company had been eencentrated within the limits of the hor-
ticultural gardens, the crowd would have been each as to
detract from the pleasures of the day ; but the promenade
being so much enlarged, the people were most conveniently
dispersed, and pretty faces beamed from the remotest corners
of the spacious grounds.
The show of flowers was the ficest we have wren, and the
tents were of unusual dimensions. The exotic orchids, the
pelargoniums, the fuchsias, the calceolarias, and all the sweet
varieties of greenhouse plants appeared in the highest per-
fection; and the exhibition of fruit afforded a temptation
which the Ital.. daughters of Eve found it difficult to resist.
The prevailing fruits were strawberries, grapes, peaches, and
pineapples, and there were one or two raspberry trees of such
luxurious mamifleence that they would wall become a
southern landscape.
The grounds were most elegantly laid out, and there were
three bands of music in astendsuice, whose performances
were so attractive as to diai le the honours with the contri-
butors to the floricultural display. The music ceased shortly
before seven o'clock, but long after that time the company
continued to promenade the grounds.
The following is the
AWARD OF THE JUDGES.
FLOWERS.
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CLatis 1.-In which nurserymen and private growers
exhibit independently of etch other. New pelargoniums in
8-inch pout, private growers-lit, Mr. Staines; 2nd, Mr. Ro-
binson : nurserymen-Ist, Mr. Beek; 2nd, Mr. Brags;
3rd, Mr. Glitter. 04 pelargoniums in 11 inch poi., private
growers- I se, Mr. Parker; 2nd, Mr. Riddell: nurserymen-
, Mr. Galata. Yellow roue, private grower.- let, Mr. Terry
nurserymen-lu, Mr Lire; 2nd, Mr. Francis; 3rd, Mr.
Peal. Cape heaths, in col!ections of 15 ; private growen-
-Ist, Mr. Mylam ; 2nd. Mr. Smith; 3rd, Mr. Coles: nursery-
men-lit, Mr. Epps; 2nd. Mr. Fairbairn; 3rd, Mr. Veitch.
Cures 11.-In which all persons ore admitted to equal
competition. Cape hank*, in colh.ctions of 9-Ist, Mr. Green;
2nd, Mr. Taylor; 3rd, Mr. May. Cape heaths, single spe-
cimens-Mr. Brun, erica depressa. Carnations-Ist, Mr.
Ward ; 2nd, Mr. Norman ; 3rd, Mr. Bragg. Picoteus-Ist,
Mr. Norman; 2ad, Mr. Ward; 3rd, Mr. Bragg. Pinks-
Mr Norman. Single specimens of very superior cultivation
-Ist, Mr. Ivison, leschennultia splendens ; 2nd, Mr. May,
ro.lla ciiiata ; 3rd, Mr. Green, leseheneultia formosa ; 4th,
Messrs. H.nderson, kalnanthes nitida; stb, Mr. Ivison,
balsamic repens; 6th, Mr. Glendinning, gloxiaie wort-
leans. Stove or greenhouse plants, in collections
of 30 - Ist, Mr. May ; 2nd, Mr. Cole. Stove
or greenhouse planet, in collection' of 15-Ist, Mr.
Green ; 2nd, Mr. Taylor ; 3rd, Mr. Pawky. Stove or
greenhouse plants, in collections of 6-Ist, Mr. Jack ; 2nd,
Mr. Bruce ; 3rd, Mr. Glendinnine ; 4th. Mr. Pamplin ;
sth, Mr. Stanley ; 6th, Mr. Williams ; 7th, Mr. ;lamp.
Conifers, of new or very rare 'pi rig e-Mr. Veitch. Exotic
orchids, in collections of 20 spent p-lst, Mr. M) lam ; 2id,
Mr. Williams. Exotic orchids, in collections of 10 specks-
lit, Mr. Plant ; 2nd, Mr. Dobson ; 3rd Mr. ltoon ;
4th, Mr. Henderson; sth, Mr. Smith. Exotic orchids, in
collections of 6 species-ls', Mr. Jack ; 2nd, Mr. Bruce.
Exoeic orchid., single specimens displaying very superior
cultivation-Ist, Mr. Veitch, saccolvbium Biumei ; 2nd, Mr.
Ivison, oncidium euridum ; 3rd, Mr. Woolley, onridium
lencocl Sum ; 4th, Mr. Green, 'Prides odontutn. Fuchsias
-Ist, Mr. May; 2nd, Mr. Gregory; 3rd, Mr. Robinson.
Species of pelargonium from the Cape of Good Hope or New
Holland-let, Mr. Stanley; 2nd. Mr. Staines; 3rd, Mr.
Parker; 4th, Mr. Henderson Fancy pelargoniums-lu, Mr.
Gaines; 2nd, Mr. Staines; 3rd, Mr. Robinson. New byorid
pelargoniums, any varieties that do not belong to the fancy
or florist's varieties-Mr. Ambrose. Achimcnes-Ist, Mr.
B. rh ; 2nd, Mr Knott; 3rd, Mr. Riddell; 4th, Meters. Lano.
Tall Cacti in blower-Ist, Mr. Stanley; 2nd, Mr. Green.
Roves in 50 varieties-Ist, Mr. Lane; 2nd, Mr. Paul ; 3rd,
Mr. Francis; 4th, Mr. Fester; 6th, Mr. Herman. Ropes,
in 25 varieties-lit, Mr. Perron' ; 2nd, Mr. Terry ; 3rd, Mr.
Wood; 4:h, Mr. Tivey; sth, Mr. Stowe. Statires-Mr.
Glendinning. Ferns-lot, Mr. Williams; 2nd, Mr. Taylor ;
3rd, Mr. 31anteta Newly introduced or extremely rare
plant, in fl nver-lst, Mr. Veitch, cycnoches bubatum ; 2a4,
Mr. Rolliesoa, meteroaideros polymorphs ; 3rd, Mr. Venal,
cypripedium bubatum ; 4th, ditto, ruellia sp., from Peru ;
sth, Mr Irian', capeletia antenna ; Gth, Mr. Henderson,
alumna umbellate; 7th, Mr. Veitch, cephalotus follicularis ;
Bth, Mr. Henderson, &Pittman's glainbreghtiana. Miscel-
laneous subjects-Ist, Mr. Veitch, nepenthes sanguinea ;
2ad, Mr. Thomson, three kilo:tenths" canines ; Mr. Witch,
a new cryptomeria ; Mr. Henderson, six petunias ; Mr. Sal-
ter. fuchaia corymbillon elba.
Burr Nanse.-Mr. Col,, best-named collection (no error
in 15) ; Mr. Smith, second best (no error in 15); Mr. Epps,
third but (no error in 15).