The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-26 00:00:00

• The autumn exhibitien of fruit ard ftowors at
Crystal Palace coeireeuted 'yesterday, will contince
do-day, and will close to.meerew. Its great feature is
..the fruit. The gale of Saturday, the disastrous effect., of
which extended over the entire country, made sad havoc in
the gardens around the metropolis, destroying many choice
airtime blossoms that were to have graced the etande at
'lke palace. The plants whids tamed most were precieely
-ewe which are usually the reserve army, so to speak, of
all late shows. Forepart meet be mentioned the dahlias
;and hollyhocks, to whose tall heads strong winds are ever
fatal. Taking these away there remain few flowers to
exhibit--almost none when asters, verbenas, and gladioli
Lave been mentioned. The gladioli were yesterday
ipsautremely fine show, and verbenas were fine, but not
iiiineroup. The cut utilise Were of die choicest kind.
kr. May, of Ifedal4 Yorkshire, took the rind prize for 48
direimilar blooms ; Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, the fleet for
'44 ditto; Mr. May, the trot for a dozen fancy flowers;
fled the se asesefi.l prieehdrers amongst amateurs were
Vetere. J. C. Pc. y, Castle Bromwich; J. Draycott,
Leicester; J. Hobbs, Lower Euittort; J. Burfett, Wands-
worth•coussnert; R. Hopkins Beentford; and J. Beck,
iniboine. The chief prizes for both German and
French asters were secured by Mr. Sandford, gardener to
Mr. Thozaaasett, of Walthamstow. There were three
dames of roses, and London florists need hardly ha told
that Messrs. Paul, of Chesbunt, had it pretty much their
*own way in the competition. Mr. Ezell, of Maid..-tone,
took the Ant prise for amateur. The Rev. E. Hawke, of
ainsborough, took the only prizes offered for hollyhocks.
,Relway and Son, Langport, took the chief wizen for
gladioli ; and the Rev. H. H. Donibrain, of Word, the
amateur's prize. A collection of sub-tropical plant%
exhibited by Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Lang, of Foreet-
hill, was one of the novelties of the day. The fruits
were arranged at the other (the southern) end of the nuve,
and probably a richer show was never seen at the
palace. That which during the 'rummer tan been death
to the flowers has bees life to the fruits. They have
ripened rapidly, developed fully, said samples are now to
be seen at the Crystal Palace of marvellous bloom,
shape, and fragrance. Large grapes suspended in
clusters of almost fabulous weight are not uncommon
features of a fruit show, but plums of every hue, peaches
end nectarines of the richest tints, and such apples and
melons as are here spread out to tempt visitors, are rarely
seen. The greenhouse+ and kitchen gardens of Lord
Carrington, the Duke of Northumberland, Earl Ccwpor,
Earl of Craven, Earl of Yarborough, Admiral Wards, Sir
W. Farquhar, and Lord St. John, amongst others, seat cp
their beet produce for competition. We hove only
space for first prizes. Lord Carrington's gardener, Mr.
Miles, took the first prize for a collection ; Mr. R. Laing
(gardener to Mr. Flower, of Tooting Common), and Mr.
0. Ward (gardener to Mr. Miller (of Bishop's Stortfcrd),
for pine-apples; Mr. Meredith, of Gersten, took two first
prizes for grapes; and other prizes wore taken by Mr.
Osborn, of Finchley, and Mr. R. Keen (gardener to Mr.
Sheppard, of Wickham Market) ; Mr. J. Douglas (gar-
dener to Mr. Whitburne, Ilford) took the chief prize
for peaches; Mr. King (gardener to Mr. Leder, of
Hingham) for nectarines; Mr. R. Richbell, of Tad-
worth, and Mr. Bailey,.of Amens/Am, for Felons • Mr.
E. Wilmore (gardener to the Minim Jones, Maidstone)
fee lei Jackson- .(gardener to Mr. Gower,
of 'Merry Park), for plums ; Earl Cowper's gardener
(Mr. H. Clark), for cherries; Mr. Holder, of Maidstone, for
dessert apples; Mr. Chaff, of Wallington, for kit hen
ditto ; Mr. Holder of Maidstone, Mr. Samuels (gardener
to Mr. Lucas,of Betchworth), and Mr. Douglas (gardener
to Mr. Whitbourne, Ilford), for pears. Lane and Son
took the beet prize for vines in pots, and Mr. Fraser, of
Layton, for peaches in pots. These were planted upon
a stand in front of the Handel orchestra. The judges were
extremely pleased with the fruit department, and Mr.
ilkinson, the general superintendent of this and all
other shows of the kind, states that but for the gale the
dower show would have been fully up to the mark. As it
was, the real flower show was outside. The grounds have
quite recovered from the effecta of the drought, although
they were never allowed to suffer much. The flower
beds have put on a gayer dress than they have been able
to afford before during the year, and the folirge (which
was beyond tho reach of the garienere' watering pot.-;,
recovered entirely from the scorching simmer, pron:i.!B
to make full amends in the cooler autumn.

GREAT RAILIEdY D 16482117.

ABERGELE, rkrJA .

This wonting, the burial of thff dead took place
in the village churchyard. It had been ammo:4, with
the:careful avoidance of distinction which has marked
all the dealings with the bodies of those who perished
together in the Llandulas cutting, that the dead should
all lie on the same level, and not rest one on the top of
the ether. Accordingly, from an early hour this morning
a gang of men have been engaged in digging a vast
trench, 67 feet long and 6 feet deep, along the western
wall of the churchyard. By 10 o'clock the teak was
finished, and with the first stroke of the t iling bell there
entered a sad and long precision of mourners,
each of whom had 11011b0 near relative repre-
sented in the collections of charred bones which they had
COMO reverently to bury. Amongst the mourners were
Lord Farnham and his brothers, the Hon. Richard Max-
well and the Hon. Wm. Maxwell; Mrs. Rothe, niece of
Lady Farnham, and her husband ; Sir Henry Edwards,
Bart., M.P. ; Major Waterhouse, M.P. ; Mr. Thos. Lund,
Blackburn, and Mr. Parkinson, Blackburn ; Mr. Berwick,
president of Queen's College, Osiway. his brother, and two
ladies, friends of the family Sir Josoelyn Coghill, and the
Rev. Thomas Simeon Lea, London. The introductory
sentences of the Burial Service were read outside the
porch by the Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Blackburn, after which
the procession entered the church, and the second portion
of the servile was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Meredith,
vicar of Abergele. In the meanwhile the dead were being
lowered into the grave. The coffins in which the remains
were placed were of metal, each bearing a bright name-
plate, on which no name was written, and differing from
each other only iu length. At the foot of each coffin was
tacked on a card with a number written upon it, eorre-
-pending to the numbers in the surgeons' report Of
the post-mortem examination. Oa counting them

.as they lay in the trench, it was discovered
that there were only 32 coffins, the explanation
afforded being that the men, in taking the remains out of
the sheets, had somehow or otherput two parcels together,
and so the 33 bodies rest in 32 coffins. The scene at the
grave as the procession of mourners left the church, and
stood around it, whilst Mr. Meredith read the last solemn
sentences of the Burial Service, was deeply affecting,
and whilst many in the inner circle were prostrated by
grief, there were few dry eyes even amongst the Outer
circle of strangers, whose summer holiday had been so
sadly marred. On the conclusion of the service a meeting
of the relatives was held, when it was decided to erect a
monument over the grave, recording the circumstances of
the accident, and the names of those who suffered by it.

• THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE.---11te great
yacht race, looked forward to with so much anxiety, has
come to a disappointing termination. Our yachting cor-
respondent telegraphs that the yadhta, the Sappho
( lican), Aline.. Oiraltria, Omaira, and Condor (Dag.
MA), started from Omni with a smart broom, bat that
the Sappho carried away her jibboom off Vintner, and
had no whence bow the lerginning. Fora long duo tbet.
• Aline led, but elm was orathankd by the °maim, who
was first round the Noodles. While corning np the
Solent, however, the Oandina shot ahead and name in
flirt, the American mhvoner being miles min= of the last
boat. The following time was taken :--Cairdnia. 6h.
17w. 60s. ; Aline, 6h. 19m. 660. ; Omits, 6h. 23in. 10s.;
Condor, Sk. 24ni. 90e. •

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