The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, June 2.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday morning,
and in the afternoon Walked and drove, accompa-
nied by Princess Helena.

Princess Helena went out riding in the morning.
Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince
Arthur went to Invercauld.

Dr. Caird left the Castl3 yesterday morning.

The Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Princess Mary leave town this morning for
Ascot, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princcss of Wales at the Royal Stand.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Staf-
ford House, St. James's, on Tuesday, to pass the Ascot
race week with the Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland, at
Cliefden House, near Maidenhead.
The Prince and Princess Bandini have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel, from Rome. _ _ _

The Earl and Countess Warwick and family
come to town on Friday, from Warwick Castle, for the

season.

The Earl and Countess Spencer returned yester-
day from Clifton, near Bristol, and for the present are
staying at Viscount Clifden's villa at Roehampton,
The Earl of Westmoreland has arrived at the
Bedford Hotel, Brighton.

The Earl or Ebsex was married yesterday at
Trinity Church, Chelsea. to Lady Louisa Boyle, the eldest
daughter of the Viscountess Dungarvan. The earl had been
previcu-ly married, having espoused, in 1825, Lady Caro •
line Capel, daughter of the eighth duke of St. Albans, but
was left a widower in 1862.

The Countess Apponyi will have a ball at Chan
dos House on Tuesday nest, the 9th inst.
Viscount Marshatn, the eldest son of the Earl o
Romney, is about to be mar-ied to Lady Constance Ha.lt
ings, the youngest daughter of the late Marquis of Hash
ings, and of Barbara, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.

Lady Eiith Abney Hastings has arrived in town
from the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover.

Lady Bailey has left her Mansion in Belgra.ve
square for her country seat in South Wales.

Lady Catherine Alien's ball is fixed for the 23d
of June.

The Count and Countess Coudenhove have ar
rived at Claridge's Hotel, from Pari,4.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

The society's second grand fete and flower show,
or what may be termed the first summer exhibition,
was held yesterday in their picturesque gardens i❑
the Regent's-park, and was truly a glorious summer
display of Flora's favourites. In the vast amphi-
theatrical marquee, arranged on grassy banks, were
splendid roses, dazzling azaleas, curious and beauti-
ful orchids, gorgeous pelargoniums and cinerarias,
and many beautiful and rare plants too numerous
to mention. The roses were very fine and well
grown. Among them were some varieties called
Auguste Mu, Paul Perras, and Lm:i?., all delicate
coloured and very fine ; a pretty little white noisette
called Miss Gleg ; and among the tea-scented, Ma-
dame Villennor and The President. There were
also some very beautifully variegated petunias,
some fine large flowered gloxinias, and curiously
marked mimulus, bizarre pansies, very fine verbenas,
a dwarf peach tree, full of fruit, a fine specimen of
the lattire plant with leaves like skeletons or lattice
work; splendid grapes, good cherries, strawberries,
&c., and many more beauties and curiosities.
The American plants exhibited by Mr. Waterer
are now in full bloom, and form quite an exhibition
of themselves, rivaling the general display.
The bands of the Ist and 2d Life and the Royal
Horse Guards(Blue) were in attendance, and played
numerous selections.

The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of
Cambridge honoured the garden with their presence.
Subjoined is the list of prizes :
EXTRA GOLD MEDAL— 16 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Mr R. Peed, gardener to Mrs Treadwell, St. John's Lodge,
Norwood. 30 Exotic Orchids 7 Mr G. Baker, gardener to
E. Bassett, Esq., Stamford-hill.
LARGE GOLD MEaA.L —l6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Mr J. Green, gardener to Liir E. Antrobus, Bart., Lower
Cheam, Surrey. 20 Exotic Orchids : Mr W. Mitford,
gardener to E. M. Morland, Esq.
MEDIUM GOLD MEDAL-16 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr R Baxendine, gardener to 11. Smallpiere,
Esq., Guildford, Surrey. 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Messrs Fraser, nurserymen, L'-yton, Essex. 10 Stove and
Greenhouse Plants : Mr H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs
Smith, Ashtead, Ep om. 10 Roses, in pots: Mr W. Paul,
Waltham-cross. 20 Exotic Orchids : Mr E Peed. 12
Exotic Orchids : Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs,
Esq., Regent's-park.

GOLD MEDAL —lO Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr 0.
Rhodes, Sydenhara, Kent 10 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr Wheeler, gardener to J. Philpot, Esq , Stam-
ford-hill. 10 Cape Heaths : Messrs Jackson and Son,
Kingston. 8 Cape Heaths : Mr B. Peed. 10 Roses, in
pots: Messrs Lane and Son, Boikhampsteed. 8 Exotic
Orchids: Mr S. Mosley, Cheshunt, Herts. 12 Exotic Or-
chids : Mr T. Page. 12 Pelargoniums : Mr C. Turner.
12 Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey, gardener to T. Drake,
Esq., Amersham.

LARGE SILVER-GILT MEDAL-10 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants Mr W. Cutbush, B ,rnet, Herts. 10 Stove and
Greenhouse Plants : Mr Wm. Kailo, gardener to Earl
Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey. 6 Steve and Greenhouse Rants:
Mr T. Page, gardener to W, Leaf, Esq. 10 Cape Heaths .
Mr 0. Rhodes. S Cape Heaths : Mr T. Page. 6 Roses,
in pots : Mr T. Terry, gardener to C. W. Puller, Esq. 6
Azaleas: Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H Gibbs, Esq 6
Azaleas : Mr C. Turner, nurseryman. 12 Exotic Orchids :
Mr Green, gardener to Sir E, Autrobus. 6 Exotic Or-
chids : Mr J. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Eeq., Morton
Cottage, Oak Lodge, Clapham-park, Isleworth. 6 Fuchsias:
Mr Gardner, gardener to J. Stoller, Esq. 12 Pelargonium, :
Messrs J. and J. Fraser. 10 Pelargoniums: Mr J.
Shrimpton, gardener to A. T. Doxath, Esq., Putney-
heath.

LARGE SILVER MEDAL-- 6 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro, Roehamp-
ton, Surrey. 6 Cape Heaths : Mr H. Chilman. 6 Exotic
Orchids : Mr G. Smith, gardener to the Duke of Northum-
berland, Sion House. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr C.
Turner. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey.
Above 15,000 tickets were sold.
THE SOTTRCE OF THE NILE.

Discovered at last by Captain Speke and

Captain Grant.

Both Mr. Punch and Mr. Wyld are " up to time"
nearly as soon as Sir Roderick Murchison himself.
Scarcely is the extraordinary announcement made
public in this country—that at last the fountain
head, or heads (for the old river god turns out to be
somewhat Hydra-like or Cerberus-ian in that parti-
cular at least): scarcely do we learn here in Eng-
land that the sources of the Nile have at length
been brought to light, when Mr. Punch's artist,
ready pencil in kind, is there instanter upon the
spot cracking hie itpropos joke upon the discovery !
While the member for Boomin has issued from the
press with all that marvellous rapidity to which he
was so long accustomed us, one of those happily-
timed maps, that make clear, at a glance, the
obscurest intricacies of the travelling geographer.
Here, in Mr. Wyld's new map of Africa, is
exactly a case in point, In it we follow
out with the utmost possible ease, The routes taken
by Captains Speke and Grant, in 1861 and 1863
the one from the coast of Z sEzibar, in a north-
easterly direction to the shorts of Lake Victoria
Nyanza, hence!orth to be known as the headwater
of the Nile! The other, from its emptying itself
into the Mediterranean, due south, up the Bahr el
Abiad, orWhite Nile, to the same point—the object
of search now for 3,0 :)0 years,and at length reached
by British determination. The routes taken by
former explorers are here also carefully traced out,
viz., those of It-bmann and Krapf, 1847'49 ; of
Livingstone, Oswell, and Murry, 1849-50 ; An-
derson and Galton, 1850-51 ; Anderson, 1853;
Livingstone, 1853-56; Moffatt, 1856 ; Burton and
Speke, 1857-59; Du Chaillu, 1856-59; and finally,
in bright red, those of the succeessful discoverers
For this wonderfully well-timed map we have
especial cause to thank her Majesty's geographer.

THE CROPS IN THE NORTII.—The month of
May has been generally dry and rather culd, but,
upon the whole, not unfavourable to the growing crops.
The dry weather, moreover, has enabled farmers to get the
turnip land prepared in first-me condition, although the
hay crops ma) have euffetcd a little from the absence of
rain. Oats and barley are said to be looking well, and the
early-planted potatoes in many places are coming up
healthy and etrong.—Gletsgoto