The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, 'JULY 30. 1860.

LITERATURE.

The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds : A History,
accompanied by Figures and Directions, of the
Alps of the British Isles. By W. O. JOHN-
nose, F.8.8.N., and A. Carrara., A.B.S.E.
Nature-Printed by Henry Bradbury. Bradbury
and Evans.

This charming work, as valuable a contribution
to science as it is au elegant addition to the drawing-
, room table, is just brought to a conclusion by the
publication of the fourth volume. The once
neglected and contemned Ogle of our °oasts are now
shown to be as full of variety and as wonderful a
display of the wisdom and power of the Creator, and,
therefore, as worthy the study of his noblest creature,
las any of the works of His Almighty hands. The
despised sea-weed is discovered to be full of delicate
loveliness, which only nature herself can reproduce.
Fresh beauty is here evoked, as it were, like Aphro-
dite from out the living, flashing, silvery sea-foam and
sea-shell. All round the skirts of our " sea-girt isle"
are hung lace-like fringes and velvet festoons, and
floating plumes and mossy tufts, and silken and
feathery filaments of green and red, and brown, and
olive, and purple.
For the student, fair or severe, these volumes
are indeed a very interesting series. The labonr
awl expire of producing such a work must
very vest indeed. To ensure completeness many o
the subjects must have been printed several times
over. It is the exquisite process of nature printing,
brought to so high a degree of perfection by Mr.
Henry Bradbury, which gives its great authority
and value and beauty to the work. The sea-weedsl
of Britain are herein not merely photographed, but
actually reproduced with all fidelity to structure,
character, and tint of the originals. In the words of the
preface—" The must crystalline water could scarcely
float these specimens more delicately than do these
page.." There are no lees than 217 nature prints
in these volumes, and besides these, 162 engraved
dissections The nomenclature adopted is scien-
tific, and will serve to guard against the con-
fusion and ambiguity likely to arise from trust-
ing mere local designations. This is the more
important in treating of a herbarium whose three
grand sub-orders number already 23 families, 122
genera, and nearly 376 species. The importance
and interest of the subject may be seen at a
glance in the vast number of works enumerated
in the list of its bibliography appended to the
volume just published.

The Fatten and their deaneiates. By the Rev.
Baptist Nois.. Nisbet and Co.
This little book, prepared to help on the bene-
volent work contemplated by the projectors of the
" midnight meetings" of fallen women, contains
some plain and wholesome truths for the considera-
tion of men, by whom what is called the social
evil is nourished. This is not the place to analyse
and discuss its contents, but we may commend it as
full of sound sense and right feeling.

INAUGURAL BANQUET OP THE na SURREY

Yelithi.

On Saturday evening the member; of the above
corps, to the number of 401.) or 500, assembled at a hampret
gives under the auspices of the Major Commandant Dlr.
Roupell, M.P., in the Music-hall, Surrey-gardens. The
interior was appropriately decorated with dogs and other
military emblems, and an ample supply of music was pro-
vidol by two military brink Tables for the volunteers
were ringeil aloe.; the mitre of the hall, and at a circular
one ups the stage were assembled the Major-Cutninanthint,
the ottieers, and more select friends. There were several
members of parliament amongst the company .in the dais.
The gallant 19th who, fur what purpose we could not learn,
had been marched about all the afternoon in the
rain until they were wet to the skin, took
their seats with great good humour and military.regularity,
but there was subsequently a good deal of grumbling re-
specting the isolation of the officers— the feeling bring that
each lieutenant should have presided at the table of hie
company, and seen that his men were all properly provided
with the creature comforts, as in so large an aseemblage a
careful supervision was absolutely neix-suu-y. Thing., how-
ever, on the whole, went tolerably smoothly, and the vigor-
ow cheering that followed the afterdinner speeches indi-
cated the complete restoration of harmony. The speeches
were of the character usual on such loyal and martial ores-
lions. Mr. Roupell proposed the health of " The 19th
Surrey," and claimed credit for always having had in
view the fusion of the middle and working classes in the
great cause of national defense. Tho toast was suit-
ably acknowlolgel by Mr. Doulton, who, in turn,
pledged "The House of Commons," to which Colonel French
respuaded, and introduced the moat interesting episode of
the evening's proceedinp in giving "The Ladies." This
was was the presentation of a silver bugle by Miss Roswell,
as representing the ladies of Lambeth, who had subscribed
for its purchase. In making the presentation, Miss Roupell
read the following address I am desired by the ladies of
East Surrey to express their thanks fur the compliment you
have lucid them, and to request your acceptance of this bugle
in token of their)sibniration of the militio7 skill, patriotic
spirit, awl discipline displayed by the olunteers of the
&rinigh of Lambeth or 19th Surrey," The bugle was then
presented in due form, and a very satisfactory proof of its
excellence was given in the shape of a loud fanfare, blown
with immense vigour by Captain Trueman, the acting adju.
tent of the corps. This gentleman's health followed, and
was received with iminewie enthusiasm by the
company, and responded to with military brevity by the
gallant captain. The toast of "The Press' was responded
to by Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.l'., who expressed his decided
opinion that the toast which was uniformly left to the last,
should be one of the earliest given ou all great public
OCCASiOIIS. The sentiment was received with moat yuctierous
cheering by the company. The duties of test-master were
performed with great ellkiencr by Mr. Tonle, whose voice
thoroughly filled the great hall, and reminded Isome of the
elder visitors of the sonorous delivery of his late father, the
originator of the office of toastmaster as a prandial iustitu.
tkm.

TEIN Ncw RID= IN KINNINGToN-GARDENS.—At
souse of the meetings which have been held during the put
week in opposition to the New Ride in Kensington-gardens,

it was contemplated in the first instance to solicit an inter-
view and appoint • deputation to wait upon Lord Palmer-
ston upon the subject, but on further consideistion it was
resolved by the various districts to appoint joint committees
of eo-operation to decide upon the course to be adopted.
These committees met by arrangement at the klarylebone
Cowl-house on Friday morning, which was completely
filled. Mr. Mitchell, of Marylabile', !levieg been called to
the chair, it was unanimously resolved to memorialise her
Majesty the Queen upon the subject, and the following was
adopted as the form of such memorial :—" To the Queen's
most excellent Majesty.• - The memorial of her Majesty's
loyal and dutiful subjects residing in the metropolis sod its
netgabeurhood. e, the undersigned. believing that the
admission of the riding public into Kensington.gardens,
however it may conduce to the recreation of eques-
trians, is inconsistent with the comfort and the safety
of the public in general who visit the gardens, and
' that the riding publk have already great and numerous
facilities for horse exercise, pray that your Majesty will be
graciously pleased to direct that the royal gardens may he
restored to their former state, and that pedestrians may be
admitted thereto as heretofore." It was further resolved
"That copies of the petition to her Majesty should lie at
the Slaryleboue Court-house and at the vestry halls of
Paddington, Kensington, and Chelsea for the signatures of
the inhabitesite." In the course of the proceedings some
severe comments were made upon the speeches of the Hon.
Chief Commissioner both in the House of Commons and to
the deputation who waited upon him; also with respect to
his avoiding the reception of a second deputatiou. It is
understood that so soon as the petitions have received a
number of signature" sufficient to show the feeling enter-
tained by the public resident in the vicinity upon the sub-
ject, en upplicatina will be matte for an interview with the
rstary of Sage for the Home Derertinent, to call his at.
tentice to the sehoset, and request him to present the
memorial to her Majesty. ♦ committee has been formed,
and a memorial Is is course of signature to the Chief Coon-
window, in favour of the new rids
THE PROPOS= EXHIBITION or 1962.—The Com-
missioner, of the (treat Exhibition of IKSI have, after Ma-
turely considering the proposals for hokling an exhibition
in lisi'.2...fferel to let to the promoters )64 acres of the
land at Kewiegton-gore, for the pus. of erretief upon
it the required buildings. They stipulate that certain por-
tions of the exhibition buildings shall he of a permanent
character, and that • sum of 10,010. shall be paid to them
out of the profits of the undertaking, to be appropriated for
future exhibitions. The guarantee feud now exceeds
310,111. W., and it is made up of guarantors who have put
dews their nature few sums varying from lOW. to 10,0=.
The Prince Consort and Messrs. Ilisielli are the two gun
raptors of the larger amount.. A royal commission will, it
is understood, be shortly issued for currying out the affair,
as in the ewe of the Exhibition of 1861.