The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-14 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

Yesterday the first grand fete of the season took place in
the Royal Botanic Society's garden's, in Regent's Park,
and was specially honoured by the attendance of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The exhibition of flowers was exceedingly good; the
plants being large and well grown. The azaleas and roses
were specially good, dazzling the eye with their beauty,
and filling the air with their delightful fragrance. Among
the azaleas we noticed a fine white, Louise von Baden; and
among the latter some of extraordinary beauty and colour,
and astonishing size, many being fully six inches in dia-
meter—General Jacquelin and Lord Raglan among the
dark ones, and Charles Lawson, the Countess Mole, and
Coupe de Hebe, conspicuous alike for their size and their
delicate tints. Pelargoniums, calceolarias, cinerarias, pan-
sies, and tulips, were in profusion, and there were a few re-
markably fine fuchsias. There were also a fine collection of
those curiosities as well as beauties of nature, the orchi-
dacete, which appeared in numerous varieties; while a host
of rare and new plants contributed to make the range of
marquees one mass of sparkling beauty. Amongst the most
conspicuous of the novelties was the Napoleons Imperialis,
from the garden of the Duke of Northumberland.
On Tuesday evening the council of the Royal Botanic
Society received an intimation that their Royal Highnesses
would honour the gardens with an early visit. Preparations
had accordingly been made for the reception of the distin-
guished guests.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales, attended by Lord Alfred Hervey and Lady
Macclesfield, arrived at eleven o'clock at the grand en-
trance, where they were received by the Earl Delawarr
(the president), the Marquis of Bristol, the Bishop of
Oxford, the Bishop of Winchester, Sir Robert Peel,
M.P., and the Right Hon. Mr. Hutt, M.P. (vice presi-
dents), and the following members of the council :—Mr.
J. Anderson, Mr. R. Bentley, Mr. Eotfield, M,P , General
Buckley, M.P., Hon. Mr. Calthorpe, M.P., Mr. C. Deane,
Mr. W. Fox, Mr. Freshfield, Colonel Hanmer, Mr. Hey-
wood, the Venerable Archdeacon Jones, Mr. Majoribanks,
Sir R. Murchison, Sir W. Stirling, Lord Tredegar, Mr. C.
R. Turner, Mr. H. Wedgewood, together with the officers
of the society, Mr. Sowerby, the secretary, and Mr. Marnock,
the curator.

On entering the grounds the Countess of Delawarr had
the honour of presenting her Royal Highness with a
plendid bouquet, which was graciously received. The
Royal party then proceeded over the delightful grounds of
the society, and then inspected the plants and flowers in the
conservatory and marquees, with which all were pleased,
and her Royal Highness especially delighted. The Royal
visit extended over a period of an hour.
At two o'clock the grounds were opened to the members of
the society and their friends. The gardens, refreshed by
the recent genial showers, presented a most agreeable aspect;
but there was an occasional spattering of rain, and the
temperature was somewhat close, and the seats about the
grounds consequently lacked their usual summer occu•
pants, most of tae visitors, who were tolerably numerous,
preferring a continuance of their perambulations among
the floral beauties under cover. A goodly number, how-
ever, promenaded about the gardens, listening to the
delicious music of the bands of the let and 2d Life Guards
and the Royal Horse Guards Blue.

R. LUMLEY'S BENEFIT AT DRURY-LANE
THEATRE.—The three great performances an-
nounced for the benefit of Mr. Lumley, and in which lldme
Piccolomini and Signor Giuglini make their appearance,
will take place on the 25th inst„ the 3d and Bth of June.
The opera fixed for the representation of the 25th is " La
Traviata.” The operas selected for the other two represen-
tations are it is said "Don Giovanni," and "La Figlia de
Reggimento," with other entertainments.
LANDSEER'S LIONS FOR THE NELSON COLUMN.
—Landbeer once made a model in clay of a large
dog in the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey, the great sculptor
placing all the appliances of his art at his command. In the
Present day the Baron Marochetti has followed Chantrey's
exaniple. Learning that the task of modelling the lions
for
the Nelson Monument had been committed to Landseer,
he invited him to use his materials, to occupy his assis-
tants, and to work in his studio. And we believe that
Land seer' 8 well-kno d
facility in handling the modelling
tools, added to his perfect
knowledge of his own art, has
more than justified the decision of those who couzaitted to
l
him the important task,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

POLAND.
POSEN, MAY 10.

The responsible editor of the Dziennik Poznanski,
Dr. Szuman, brother-in-law of Deputy Dr. Libelt,
was arrested yesterday at his country-house. The
landed proprietor, Napoleon Kekowaki, of Kossuty,
in the district of Schrotia, has also been appre-
hended.

It is rumoured that all the Poles recently
arrested in this city and throughout the province,
and whose number—especially in the district of
Schroda—is so large that the prisons are filled to
overflowing, will be carried off to Berlin, and there
tried for high treason before the Supreme Criminal
Court. The removal, indeed, is said to impend
daily, but the method of secure escort to the metro
polis, under present circumstances, is reported to
excite serious apprehensions.

SOUTHAMP CON, MAY 14, 11.30 A.M.

The Royal yacht Fairy, Prince Leiningen, corn-
mander, has arrived from Osborne with their Royal
Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse
and suite on board, en route for London.

ITALY.

TURIN. MAY 13.

In the Chamber of Deputiea, to-day, Signor
Massari contradicted Lord Henry Lennox's asser-
tion that he had visited the Neapolitan prisons
in company of a member of the Italian Parlia-
ment. He also contradicted the alleged seizure of
the Perseveranza.

The Opinione of to-day, in reply to the accu-
sations against the Italian Government made by
the Opposition members of the British Parlia-
ment, mentions the efforts of the Administration
to arm the population of the Southern provinces.

It says :
" The Government has recently sent 70,000
muskets to a single province. This proves that it
relies upon the support of the people in resisting
any attacks proceeding from the exterior."
The same paper says the statement of Lord
Lennox that the Perseveranza had been seized was
unfounded, and adds—

" That liberty of the press exists in Italy is fully
proved by the number of clerical and republican
papers that are printed in the principal towns of