The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-24 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 4858.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE FLOTVER-SROW.

The summer campaign at the Crystal Palette pro-
amide vigorously, and we are happy to add, with • most en-
enaregleg amend of sates, On Saturday the first of the
2.111119•11 ell lewer-ebowe kr the year took place, and the
lassalifel appeeremee of the Interior and the crowd therein
024(112112441 proved how judicious bad been the arrangement
mid& made this most charming of entertainments one of the
awarded specialities of the establialunent. In truth,
whatever draertnoks the Crystal Palace may have as a coo-
cart-reem, it b psrholion as the scene of a dower-show. It
is in hem sod inceerial a rut conaervatory or greenhouse,
and the rare plants with which it is filled on °madam Woe
that of bet Saturday seem quite at hams when ranged thug
its spationa naves, or glowing in the full light of thegnat
treneept, through whose transparent roof a constant good
of that bright sunlight pours which is the very life sod food
of its gay and graceful denizens. Besides, there Is
the pare, elide air of the Surrey hills constantly nwhing
is et every aperture ; and although, according to Used
the imputenoe of oxygen is a new ,discovery.
as regard. Mama vitality, the gardeners have long since
bees aware of its vale, with reference to their dowses, aid
calealies mom that emking a mach better oppseranoe in a
Ilse elevated open ellastion lib that of the Crystal Palace,
tibia when crowded In low confined tents 24 In exhibit:oas
me lova. An to the details of the show, there Is little of
novelty to vexed. Nem" ever you parse Ois the roma as
dmireredadi as they may have Webbed to So SIM. el
Eden soma five thousand years ago, and the speeknens ex-
hibited by the Immortal Paul, of Chestiest, only required ea
Beim Had. worthily to paint their glow, and preserve their
delicious odour to immortality. The Memorable judges, it is
true, on this occasion &pored the illustrious Peal from his
piece of pride, sad gam the first prise to Lane, of Berkhemp-
stead ; but Paul made • good second, and none but the most
critical of judges could see the @tightest inSeriority In his
specimens. We give the rose the first place advisedly in ell
our acootuits of flower-shows, because we believe with the
old costa and romace writers that it is the queen of the
flowers; end if a new " Flameout of the Rose" were to be
written to-morrow by a competent pen, we should read
it in preference to any modern light literature, not
excepting the parliamentary debates. It is also an
English dower par excellsoce, it blooms boldly in de-
fiance of our changing sky and eaderly winds, and when our
nipping frosts come on it cares not a pin, but wraps itself up
in its comfortable greatcoat of warm green leaves, until the
summer sunbeams come round, when It expands it. glories
" like a nymph to the bath addrest," diffusing grew, and
colour, and frogman at every ids. It is the pride of the
cottager's garden, sad the linnet to his hedge sings to it as
sweet a song as ever came from the mach bemaind
" bulbul," who may, for aught we know, have been only an
ornithokirkal Mai. Harris alter all. When it is white, it
symbolises the purity of our island girls; when it is red, it
emulates their beauty in one of Its most lovely forms it
cheers our dreary, mossy heaths and fells without care and
without culture and for all these cogent reasons, " great in
their separate excellence and wonderful in their combination,"
we place the rose before all the flaunting exotics of the hot-
house, the Smithianli and Oubbinsagonia, and the other phi-
lologkal monstrosities of the nurseryman's nomenclature all
Inslethve. Ferns annually attract more and more of the &rises
sodas, and this year's show exhibited many specimens se aced
es
they were bmniful. Let as hops that northern culture
will sot In the end spoil the natural vigour of than hardy
I children of the heath.‘The orchids, the potamuse of the
tropic., exhibited their wildest varieties; and the maims end
pelargoniums were se gay and as joyous, and es tedua-
dant of form and colour, • their warmest admirers could MA
them to be. The fuchda has long since enlarged its ward-
robe. It no longer droops in monotonous, albeit rich sod
voluptuous looking crimson petals, but has obtained variety
of form and new data of colour, in both of which pen-
limiter the show of Saturday exhibited wadded draws
oe previous displays. There ware also fa ' abaadeaco the
tell, rigid cacti, like stately blamer of seseeln age, ambit
for the bell in astounding turbeas, and an MAIM* variety
of greenhouse plants la pots, which were ccatiasally sur-
rounded by admiring groups of 'pedal:ea. The show of
trait was creditable although not abundant. Scene fie pins.
I attracted • good deal of notice, and the grapes were
large in the bunch sad of excellent quality. A
very great Improvement en Ferias' flower-shows
was remarked in the novel sad Active arrangement of the
specimens. In the transept they were teitsfully disposed In
groups interspersed with statuary, end in the an,. they were
arranged on banks at each side, the promenade running
down the centre and being divided throughout its length by
a rope, so that each stream of spectators as it pared along
was reviewed by its neighbour, an arrangement which
proved very satisfactory to the beaux end belles of the
.spay.

lii addition to the flower-show there was some excellent
meek played at stated Intervals daring the doy. Of this
paths oldie programme the moot inter sting and attractive
was tkit plawsliwts recital which took place at half-past two
elite. Tbetperformer, Elsa Annie Elliott, is, we under-
stood, • pupil of :Thalbsres, sad her performance le each
sa to mime credit on even so distinguished a preceptor. her
sane gin Is certain sad brilliant, making light of the most
dna* pressers, and her sips tall of amp and remark-
Me kit asneeksaa. Idamsillsg, who wen Madly applauded
throughout, bee evidelly arelteed all she meeshanical dldf•
cultist of kg kekommg, sad way requires • little more ma-
to/Eyes pm that llgkeemil dm& and expression to her playing
which set the dbilesille sigma of the IbM-rate performer.
The recital wealsiivend at ma of Collard's grand plasoistim,
and it was the send of /awl semok that ads rowed
and brilliant lesirerent lied the wee Idle es well as the fall
bead, while the quality of Its knee eatiblied all the delicacy
and sweet/ ma for which the lestrurarres of this eminent firm
are remaritlke.

The rakalessat department, which is now in fall awing
seder Ha new manewasest, exhibited a novelty on Saturday
is dr sweardsi henguratlaa of the popular " Lomdcat"
Itesas, widek a amentoasly patronised. A dinner car
sides ft saw Ise, Nees, piece ds renaming, and pastry,
all lea, fee Om sidlliss, is one of the gastronomic won-
ders of the aga, ask glees as It is at the Crystal Peace in the
Rest dings al sags d suragsr in the world can hardly fail of
a tatisiketeg mem On Saturday it was partakes et by
asset basdrad games, and appeared to give attire satis-
fied's.

Ammon the company at the dower-ahoy vin:—The
Dooheis el &illusional, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Lady
Cooper, Lady Webster, Lady Eleathcota, Lord and Lady
Bohai, Lady Pal, the Peruvian Ambassador, Earl
sod Comb= Bask Lady Fielding, Lady Arundel,
Lady C.., Lord Foley, Biz H. Austin, 81r G. end
Lady Brooke, NI J. Auditors, Sir J Baylis, Capt. Abbott,
Mr. end lbs. Gordis, Mr C. Phillips, air H. Putter, Hon.
COlOlll4l Clint, Colossi Bibisset, Bir J. sod Lady Tyiell,
00.111soll Mn. Dons, Chissii Clew, Colonel Bernet mid
family, Wesel Murky, Csmosirrroser sad Mn. Phillips,
Majored Mie. Groves, Cartels Lon, H,.Maipmute,
Cessna Baps', Copula Wilma, Mr. Amcor, Capita Mot-
tos, the Hes. J. Jervis, Captain Berber, Ur. and Mn. Ox-
ley, sad same.

Rl7lOllllO DOIFII OF • BRIG IT • BTUS-
Vsser..—Loes or Two Livse. Yeelemley (lhoiday)
. about 7 think, • germ solder seised la the
river the ammelegherd stake
at Charhes. IlitmeNrwt
with tetell brig,
e full miry el wok, wee ly e•reb,
• alibi lei'l, lat et kr iseselay la the
aware Et the stress, whoa, at the the sheeed, the Ness
saw 111111•11•UllniJaffa Bowe, ead the esera-risel Meek
peeled up wit et MI reed, the two seri
rzerprilliey aIMPA =rel awe his
It ie itet ea tie bit the mem
ef the slim= wee &soft te soh le the milomeot
d *ewes. 'not doe is the belp the Metes 11111111 d tb•
Birk Dlearsi gerestred rrang drier, esi
to the Ms Mew le pot beet. It Efts bawover tritikg
the lease vasesi firlid bee the bud el the brig with Sr
seals= tone, Ilkseag uplift her la two. The brig west
does hued driest ad the boa eseasmirel
led sore illbwity la grin their air the wreck. The err-
gird ma ea thlr slides pot elf Is eh* beet to molar
mersteser, brash awl/ wise lINIMBOiIIe. The whale et
the sew of the brig, coriollag id the osiggatz.
serese, earl two boys, wen Weep is that
whew the weed weer ram ma the live ass
stags' has re AIM el the weed where woe uppermost ea
she ask, tad ewes to • meal boat WNW be • oaths lyteg
arr. Two boys sae at the roe berthed la the brow( of
theth sad, hos the het that the bow et the serer eel Ow *gm et the /WOW meet et lest tree
yards, it Is preseral that they woe embed la seem. Ia
Gram to prevent dregs le the saviors of the Mir, s
signal leg hes beta eased to do min nod of the moan
mod, the Sep se the Neel belleart 'West high Teem

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laic"— ' A Menem

AZINGEUR.

The following letter throws light on the u yet
iztecciplots story of the surprise sad relief of Ash:nitro

" Azlmghar, April 10.

"My dear Mother, Whet I have so kog wished for I
have at last experieoced, namely, an engagement with the
gamy, and thank God I got through it untouched, but we
suffered very severely altogether. Poor young Jones was
killed, and Hall very severely wounded, and several other
officers got slightly touched. We had eight man killed, four
of which wee in my company, and nineteen wounded, two of
which have since died of their wounds. We were under fire
for nearly five hours, and for about three hours we did not
arum thirty yards, the fire was so heavy. We left Biome
on the 2nd, and marched quietly on without hearing any-
thing of the enemy until the stb, when at a small village,
ourjast halting-place before coming in here we were told the
enemy had come out in force, for about a mile along the
road from iteireghor to oppose our entering In next morning.
Darla' tbesight several despatches reached us confirming
what we had beard. We started st 4 o'clock on the morning
of the Ilth, and at 8 o'clock we reached the spot where we
eappend they were. Lord Mark sent out one company to
akbmish, and in a few minutia afterwards a tremeadous fire

yes opined ape us from all sides, ea the away had taken
np a very strong position, with a gnat deal of aver. A
Baader "native officer" of the 40th Native Inhatry is said
to have commanded. I was mat with my company to take a
heves, bat bond it so stroag that after having three men shot
down bride me we were ordered to retire, and the guns
were brought into play. We had nearly 300 hatharies,
"cans," and oar difficulty was to anthem fa, having so few
Era le roast snob a length of nod. Poor Joao, who was
ea lamigap grid, with his cmayony, rade up le Loud Mark
shortly Ware he was shot, to say that he maid ace hold the
baggage if be did not get more men. Lord Mark told him
that he could not span him any ; that he moat gobs& sad do
kis beet. Poor fellow he did it. They had the 7th, oth, and
40th, whe tall themselves the " fighting reghatale," sad a
lei of Miser &pop and ftudramhes, in all sheet 4,000 ma
• vffill1111P•••• a geed deal of bother. We had as* poor
arm, who was on baggage guard, regularly eat to plasm
The 13th fought splendidly, but the ground was vary had
ibr cavalry. 1 wee on the point of writing to you them days
ego when we were spin sent oat to bring in the Obsampore
convoy. This dos Eery gave as little opposition ; whether
it was that we came In rather sooner than they expiated,
II they cantata themselves with giving as a pretty considera-
blepeppering as we crossed the bridge. We are now in two
bungalows inner of the fort. Popping goad on all day with
no efeet. A round shot pitched into our veranhah, and two
or three babas have come Into the house. I forgot to tell
you is my lea letter that I have charge of a company now, as
my captain hen gone home. We have now only two cap-
tains with hsadinaters ; so Everitt and myself are nude
acting captains. lam captain of the day. Lugares column
is expected in a day or two, when I think the rebels will all
bolt. I must now conclude with best loves all from your
ever affectionate son, "VICTOR GILBERT."