The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL.

Yesterday a meeting of the committee in the city
of London engaged in raising a fund for a national
memorial of the Prince Consort was held at the
Mansion-house. There were present the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman Salo-
mons, Mr. Charles Hill, Mr. James Spicer, Mr.
William Humphery, Mr. George Godwin, the Rev.
Michael Gibbs, Mr. Goodman, Mr. S. Brown. It
was reported that the fund up to Tuesday evening
amounted to nearly £47,000, of which more than
£1,300 had been received within the last few days.
A letter was read from Lord Lansdowne stating his
readiness to serve on the general committee, His
name was accordingly added to the committee, as
was also that of Mr. Thackeray. A communica-
tion from Mr. Candlish, the Mayor of Sunderland,
was read, to the effect that &public subscription was
about to be set on foot in that town in aid of the
fund. Other letters were read, showing that col-
lections were being made, or about to be made in
various parts of the country. One of these was
rather remarkable in its way, as affording an ex-
ample of what may be done by the subject of the
memorial being mooted among the humbler classes
in a judicious manner and by persons of known
respectability. It was from Mr. Batson,
churchwarden of Monkton Combe, Devon, ad-
dressed to the Lord Mayor, and enclosing
£l7 Bs. 4d., the subscription of 275 of
the inhabitants of that parish. He stated
that Monkton Combe is essentially a poor parish,
the great majority of the people being quarrymen,
earning a somewhat precarious livelihood; that the
chapelwarden and he called at every house in
the parish, explaining the object of their visit,
-and that they were prepared to take subscrip-
tions of one penny and upwards. He believed that
never was any appeal made there with so favour-
able a result. A desire to show their gratitude to
the Queen, a profound respect for the memory of
Prince Consort, and a feeling of regret that they
could not give more, seemed, he said, to pervade all
classes. He added that his colleague and he never
had a more grateful duty to perform, or one im-
pressing them more thoroughly with the real worth
of their poorer neighbours.

1O 11 AL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENTS

PARK,

The fifth spring meeting of this society was held
yesterday, in their garden in the Regent's-park.
The fineness of the day attracted a very large at-
tendance, who appeared highly delighted, not only
with the plants sent by the various nurserymen for
exhibition, but with the dazzling appearance of
the many large beds of early tulips, seen to perfec-
tion under the clear sky and bright sun. The Indian
rhododendrons and Chinese azaleas in the conserva
tory also received their share of admiration. The
best idea of the exhibition itself may be formed
from the following list of principal prizes awarded :
—Six Pelargoniums.—Silver medal to Mr. J. Cross,
gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, St. John's-lodge, Re-
gent's-park; ditto, Mr. Turner, Slough, Bucks;
small silver medal to Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, nur-
serymen, Leyton, Essex. Six British Ferns.—
Bronze medal to Miss Clarkson, 40, Avenue-road,
St. John's-wood ; small bronze medal to Mr. B. S.
Williams, nurseryman, Holloway. 24 Pansies (cut
blooms).—Bronze medal to Mr, J. James, gardener
to Mr. W. F. Watson, Isleworth; small bronze
medal to Mr. W. Bragg, nurseryman, Slough,
Bucks. New and Rare Plants.—First class certifi-
cate of merit to Mr. Everest, Reading, for Genista
Everestiana ; ditto to Mr. J. Standish, Bagshot, for
Polygonatum sps., Japan ; ditto to Mr. W. Bull,
nurseryman, Chelsea, for Woodwardia Orientalis.
Second class certificate to Mr. J. Standish, nursery-
man, Bagshot, for Cyrtomium sps. ; ditto, for Den-
drobium sps, ; ditto to Mr. W. Bull, for Araucaria
Bps. ; ditto, for Agave Filifera ; ditto, for Lomatia
iqegantissima ; ditto, to Mr. J. Walker, Hunsdon,
Rerts,_ for Pomaderis Discolor ; ditto to Messrs.
Carter and Co., for luchsia Meteor. Miscellaneous
medal to Mr. B. S. Williams, for collection
Hona, ilitrieous plants ; bronze to Messrs. E. G.
analdilttof,
trt croanlleaction of ditto;
to mems. yeas. er, for six miscellaneous plants; ditto
bronze to Messrs
Son, Harts, for three boxes of
roses ;
Turner, for 12 5.41.2 rosui in pots; ditto to Mr. C.
eight azaleas; ditu.l.as -
; ditto to Mr. J. Cross, for
12 cinerarias ; ditto 1"; J. Dobson and Son, for
W. Cutbush, for mis-
cellaneous plants. ; smaiils4r_rs•
l to ditto for
15 hyacinths; ditto, for medal
0311-8 -
ditto to Mr. J,
James for 12 auricular.