The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Surf. 6.
The Gazette publishes the following amount of the
Cadiz Bank:
Note of the operations of the bank daring the month of
August :

Ruh. M.

The bank has discounted letters of aedit, pro-
"theory notes, &c.
Has lent upon levers negotiable in various int-
portent markets, and which am mut to
1,527,564 n. 6m 1,524,263 13

Rails 8,270,803 1
Profits obtained by discounts and pignormiones 74,114 27
Expenses in oontnbutions of subsidy, salaries,
and miscellanies
Notes in circulation

Ascii
8,806,590
PEDRO MEETIKEZ, Dirrotor.
JOSE MAMIE. COLOR. Sub-Director.

ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

Yesterday this Society had an exhibition at the
Surrey Zxdogiul Gardens. The display was varied nig
beautiful. There were roses worthy of Pauttun Jst,, loughs
the dahlias, in =tabulation with fuchsia., literally gui«
tent with • bless of colour. The finagles were good and
so likewise were many of the choice exotica. The crabbed-
looking names of these specimens seemed to startle some 01
the visitors. One rare and curious plant—the Odootoskima
grands—made many visitors suet, and ask " What's that?" -
They then spelt the letters of the crabbed Omsk compoung
we have given above, shook their heads with vacant Rug.
retina, gut sae last parsing glance, and—pseud on to the
next flowering foreigner, there to repeat the I room, why -
more admiraan, if with less wonder. The gornsons ma. -
mends. obtained, perhaps, nova attention than their equegy
blooming compeers;
_but if we were to enumerate their Hp&
rate menu we should require the *oral pea of Beckford him-
self, who knew when to bring in the hard unchain name.*
some beloved plant into his semis depictions bettor then any 4
man now living. The weather was unfavourable, bat than *
was • toli rah!, number of visitors. The prizes woo .1
awsrded as follows :
First elms, Miscellaneous Plants.—Messrs. Cole, limo
Hemp and Young. '
Fur Fuchsias (eight varieties )—Mr. Vickery.
Best twenty-four Dahlias (dissimilar blooms),—M****.
Proctor, Howard, Hopkine, and Cook.
Best twelve Dahliu (dissimilar blooms.)—Meath. Robot.
son, Bowdon Black, Batty, and Pope.
Best tin 'Fancy Dahlias (dissimilar blooms.)—Mutes
Roods., Pope, and Proctor.
Best twelve Hollyhocks (single Wools', diuinular).-.
Messrs. Persona, N. Holder, Betteridge, and J. Hint:tett.
Let collection of Cut Flowus.—hlesers, N. Cale, A. pal.
sone, and J. Bruce.
Best twelve Verbenas (distinct varieties, of three truss
sue), Mesons. C. Lochner and Wines.
Best Cul:orlon of Rips Fruit, six ports (Pines and Grape
excluded.)—Messrs. J. Parker and P. Young.
Best basket of Grains (not exceeding 6lbs.)—Mugs.
Collier and Argent.

Clam moone—For imellaneona Plants.—Mr. W. Fawley,
of Bromley.
For Fueludas.—Meura. Shickford,Robiason, and Rook.
For Roses, in buneboe.--fdeura. Paul and Bon, arid Yr.
E. Francis.

Dahlia+ (diasimilorblaeme.)—Mesin. C. Tarim', Dna. •
mono,

Fesiey Dalitris (dissimilar blooms.)—Measre. Turner, Rob
rims, and Rant
Hodyhoeks (its spikes not exceeding from 12 to 15 huhu
heisht.)—Mssers. W. Chain and It. Buchan.
Verbenas (distinct varieties, of three triune eaeb.)—.
Messrs. P. Smith and C. N. Harrison.

Cut Flowers.—Messrs. E. Francis and Prink.
Buket of Grapes (rot exceeding 6lbs )—Mr. H. Chapati/
Single Specimen Plant (deny s. nue). —Messrs. Fitirbeirg,
W. Cole, and W. Cole.
Nit Pine Apple.—Mean. Payne end Jackson.
Sp cimen of Honey (ia the comb, in glase).—Mwa.
Wells and B. W. Dutton.

EXTRA PRIZES OFFERED BY 111KBEES.
Biz DAB& Blooms.—Messrs. Black, How, Pope, oak, .
and Edwards.

Tem White Dahlia Blooms.—lieure.:Robinatot, Haat, •
and Noku.

Six D .bliu (dissimilar blooms).—Meurs. Robinson sad
Howard.

Best Bloom of C. Turner's Dahlia.—Mere. Robinson sad
Burger,

Three Blooms of " Gener►l Cavaignac.—Mr. listehmsa.
Single Dahlia Bloom of " Duchess."—Mr. Nvkas.
Two Dahlia Blooms of Miss Jane."—Mr. Pope,
Two Blom, s of any one White Dahlic—Mr. Keynes.
Fancy Dahlia.—Mr. Turner.
Single Truss of any Seedling Verbena.—Mr. Getup
Smith.
:hrec Seedling Petunia.—Mr. Young.

SEEDLINGS.-FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATES. 1848.
Dablils.—Mein. Keynes, Keynes, Veney, L9gg Eng,
Liddierd.

Petunia.—Mr. W. Young.
Fuchriae.--14aeare. Kendal and Vickery.
Verbenas.-11r. Smith.

Antirrhlnums.-111r. Palmy.
Gloxinia —Mr. Druinenxrul.

Geranium.—Mr. Lee.

MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNIODAT.
The annual meeting of this aseociaticn commenced
Pere to day : it promisee to be very numerously attended.
The business, waich commenced at 1 o'clock to-day, in
been, for the most part, of an ordinary character. At tie
hour above named the general committee held its Sett mot-
ing, in the library of the Free Grammar School, for the .
eleotion of sectional officers, &c.

The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, the president, cm&
piei the chair. The minutes of the mteting at Swims%
last year, were read and confirmed.
On the motion of Col. Sabin, seconded by Sir R. M.
Murchisor, the Bishop of Manchester was added to the list
of vice-presidents.

The report was next read by Col. Sabin. The pump •
in this document possessing most general interest are Ws
following:
. . . .

With reference to the subjects referred to the council by
the general committee assembled at Swansea, the meal
have to rcpt.', firs', that they communicated the recut.
menda.ion of the general committee for the continuance of
the munition and meteorological observatory at Toronto
to the 30th December, 1860, to Lord John Russell through
the president, the Marquis of Northampton ; they hue
the pleasure of stating that the observatory has been
continued.
A subsequent paragraph was to the effect that gentlemee
who dad filled the office of president, should be es officio
wombs.' of the council; further, that the 1001. placed at
the dispoul of the council has been sufficient fur the main.
tenancc of the cbservatory at Kew during the put year, la a
depository for the honks and instruments belonging to the
association ; and also for the preparing of the elf-registering
magnetical instruments, on Mr. Nomads,' plan, for the
Toronto Colonial Depository. It was further announced
that Mr. Bort has completed the reduction of the
series of electrical observations made at Kew; and Mr.
Ronalrs hes drawn up a report describing the modiScstiam
and improvements which he has introduced in the self-rsgis-
te ring apparatus during the last year. Both these reporto
are to be read in Section A.

In connection with this subject, the council have great
pleasure in announcing to the general committee that her
Majesty's government, on the feint applicati no of the Mar-
quis of Northampton and Sir John Herschel, have granted
to Mr. Ronald. a pecuniary recompense of 2501. for the ia-
vention of his method of constructing self-registering 111.11.
netical and meteorological apparatus. It will be recollected
by many members of the general committee that the subjwf
of self-regietering instruments was discussed at the meeting
of the British Association in 1846, upon the application for
a grant of money from the funds of the association, to
enable Mr. Ronald. to complete an apparatus for that per-
pose at Kew; and that a recommendation was made oa
that occasion by the saicciation to government, which re-
commendation was concurred in by the president and conned
of the Raja! Society, of the expediency of encouraging, by
specific pecuniary rewards, the improvement of sell-remedial
and meteorological apparatus.
As the grant to Mr. Ronald. his been made in cones
quince of that original recommendation, and the favourable
reply that was returned to it, and es the apparatus itself hen
been constructed, and its successful operation shown at the
, observatory of the association, of which Mr. Ronald, is the
honorary superintendent, the council have deemed it proper
to make this formal announcement of the favourableyeception
which has been given to the application on Mr. Roulade
behalf ; but they are glad at the same time to take the oppor-
tunity of expressing the satisfaction with which they have
learned that the ingenious invention of Mr. Brookes for
similar purposes has also received pecuniary recompense from
the government.
In a subsequent paragraph, the council exweseed regret
that they were unable to announce the publication either of
Professor Forbes's " Researches in the Mean 8e,," or of
the " Mona*? Observations," for which purpmes grants of
money have been sanctioned by her Majesty's government,
at e recommendation of the British Assouation. The
council have added the following names to their list of cor-
responding mi mbers :—Profeesor Plucker, of Bonn, Dr.
Sileestrom, of Stockholm, and Professor H. D. Ricers, of
Philadelphia.
Finally it was announced that applications to hold the
meeting of the association in 1850 had been received from
Bath. Derby, Edinburgh, and Belfast, either in that year Or
1861; from Manchester, 'ln 1862; and Hull at an early
period.
A letter was read from Col. Sabin announcing his resigna-
tion of the office of secretary, which he his held for ten
years.
The treasurer's account showed that the receipts for the
past year were 1,9811. 21. 9d., and that after the payment of
expenses there is a boluses in the treasurer's bane amount-
ing to 3601. 7s.
The report was adopted, and the amount of the Waiver
passed.
The presidents and secretaries of the various sections were
appointed, and *J. put of the business of the association
will commence ro•morro*. The first tenors' meeting Sakai
place at eight o'clock this evening at the Town-hall.
The ordinary at Deis's ootel this evening was very noose-
ously attended; the mayor of Northampton occupied Ms
chair.

THE FIR! IN TRH COMMERCIAL-ROAD EAST.— 11
Lose or Lars.—hire. Storey, the wits of Captain Storer,
who was a 3 severely burned in the fire which occurred in her
premises, No. 26, Bromley-street, Commercial-road
Monde., morning last, expired yesterday from the effects of
the injuries received. Itj appears that she was sleeping is
the tint floor front with fear ot hn ebildren—one an infant
at the brew that when she was lira- she found the room
and all the furniture therein in ai genera', Line. She ant-
eceded in pitting her children our; when ir.im some norm'
innate accident the door flew too, and in erc!eavouriog to
open it ego& the handle of the lock came cff in her hand,
and whilst trying to repine* it the Henn set fire to her night I
clothes. There being tie other way of getting ant of the
he.rnirg apartment, the unfortunate lady nrielc for the front
window, foreseeing moetoriolently. The policeman on duty,
who was standing under ehe window, cell. d ti her to drop
down, instead of which she leaped our, wit'i the whole of
her body encircled with flame, and fall• g up,.o the officer,
knocked him down, and so seriously injured Lim that he
remains at the present time In a very precarious state.