The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

Arrival of 31. Berryer.

The distinguished French advocate and lawyer r
in London on Saturday evening from Paris. 1/1
Lord Brougham, who since his departure from,-oo•
flail had been staying a few days at Brighton, tir4r-orii
his residence in Grafton-street on Friday ;ening, 10*
to receive his illustrious friend on his reaching 11°1/,
On Saturday evening Lord Brougham had allekte olit;
at dinner to meet M. Berryer, the Duke of W%f br
Marquis of Clanricatde, and Sir Fitzroy 5.43'"

among the guests.
Yesterday evening Sir Fitzroy Kelly had thcse otatiott
receiving M. Berryer at dinner at his house ill `1,01,0,
place. Covers were laid for '24 persona. gy,
guests were Lord Brougham, the Duke of \V ill%
Sc Leonards„Gen. Sir Henry Storks, Sir Jame' bid
Bruce, Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, the V,rhettif
Baron Pollock, Hon. Edward Cutz)n, Hon .
Hon. George Norton, &o. et Y
This evening the eminent lawyer will dig- thew
Brougham's; and to-morrow he will be present at
t;ØP
quet arranged to be given him by the members am
lish bar in the hall of the Mi,ldle Temple.
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On Wednesday M, Berryer will nine wit— he 0
Mayor, at the annual inaugurative baLcinet At
hall.
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The Chrysanthemums in the .-13
Gardens,

" When the beauty of the flower garde° pl
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the
but passed away, and Flora, alarmed by tP-
frosts which winter sends before him to Pr°°
coming, is preparing to take her departure' oft
paring to take her departure to take her (1(3111,d
she bestows upon us era she goes one of the col
of her gifts, the Chrysanthemum." S° 8,,°10fl
Broome, the gardener to the Hon.
Inner Temple, and assuredly it is the trute'to'
more splendid scene than that now oPelles4
public in the Temple Gar dens is not to be 113/,
There, in all its hundreds of varieties, in elnPI,
and colour, is the chrysanthemum 11°Wiek
bloom, and often as we have to speak i° 91
praise of this attractive Exhibition, we 13i11,,- f)
on any former occasion had to use wanner
commendation than the present.
side of the garden, where the ate,,
and most beautiful specimens of this 11P-g,.
flower are placed is positively enchautilielgt
entering the temporary construction, ere
the protection of the flowers from frost set/.
a scene is presented calculated to impress tool
tator with the idea that he is viewing e
lection of briliant summer flowers ra ))t
osol'l
that of the hitherto much neglected
mum. The flashing brightness of the Yejter,
brilliancy of the crimsons, and the deliee"osP
of the whites harmonised with the utul°oo,
bear high testimony to the great care ft#:
been expended in bringing the noble floltl; tia
perfection, and presents a coup d' Gail to-ae.,
be seen without exciting wonder and
The old but celebrated flower denominete.fit!
Salter still maintains its supremacy deV,
attempts that have been made to remove of
pride of place. Then we have tbe, 111/11
"Queen of England," together with "te
both white and yellow. Next i°oooll
is the deliciously white and rose-tipped , raf
stately Jarden des Plantes, and Imperiti;t r,
With respect to form, perhaps the ra°,-ree
specimens will be found towards the ee°e4 •
line—Lady Hardinge ; but here again ea°
has entered the list—a new white, Airs 'oe(i)
—seems destined to divide the palm Wit
i3cole
beauty. There are also some fine sPeAeollc;
Hermitic, Itacine,Beverley, Plautus, Gelvt,o
Mr Jay, Alarm, Arigena, Beaute du 'OO4/ii
tine, Nonpareil, and Cyclops; whilst et,
new varieties the most remarkable ja
red—Cardinal Wiseman. Psyche jef i 9
pretty flowers but petite ; Edwin Landeel3etil
and finely coloured, so is Sir George 3040/1
Rookh, Sam Slick, Sanguinea, Prometol/°,4,1Y)
perandium, Princess Alexandra, and Sereo crj
collection is as a whole splendid, and c1.14° t
the Hon. Society and their gardener,
There is also a very fine display of e
gardens of the Middle Temple, but the! 901
alloted to Mr Dale is very circumscribel'oelli
standing, he has reared some beautifulo.
which deserve the highest nommendstiooo4l
The chrysanthemums will for the °ad d
night will be in the height of beauti'll ye
that period, we hare no doubt, they
he sights of London.
;of fll,l
ALEXANDER DUMAS, on a late ocetls; 000 31"
remarks the London Review (we remember atareol)o,l
ever, fully a dozen years ago I ), " Was a , odli°4o
innocent provincial who had just been iwirie
in the following language, staring him
Why, sir, surely you must be a mulattor
am.' Then,' continued his loquacious late; co
filley
father, dou was a negro?' gost g°
the answerbtless, . Then pray, sir, what was Y°tia, 41'01
Dumas unhesitatingly replied ' of the gerijog
my family began where, I observe
yours end,' "