The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-14 00:00:00

RIVAL HORTICULTURAL FETES

MIT Loan DUKE,—For the sake of the British Orphan Asylum (the
children of which will, in the Gardens, show their gratitude to the Viii_
tors at the Cremorne Fete), I contradict a most unfounded report.
It has been said that the Royal Society appointed the 1611 i of June after
the London Horticultural Society had engaged that day. Had this been
true instead of false, there is not an individual supporter of the Royal So-
ciety who would not have shrunk with disgust from any participation in
a fete so appointed.
The Gardeners' Gazette (which reaches the hands of twenty thou.
sand persons interested in Horticulture) of the 6th •of January, an-
nounces the Royal Society's days for nine successive months. It
was not until March, or afterwards, that the Horticultural Society an.
nounced their Show days (appointed later than usual by a week or a
fortnight) and the June one on the day of the Royal Society's Ex.
hibition, to which Exhibitors, who al ways supply more than half the
Chiswick Shows, were engaged, and who much to their honour, have
kept their word.
Under these circumstances, I leave it to the Fellows of the Horticul.
tural Society to chose whether they will countenance the opposition, by
promoting, or attending the June Show, or step forward in behalf of a
noble elm: ity on this occasion, and do as I, and a majority of their most
industrious and successful exhibitors have done, postpone our visits and
exhibitions at Chiswick until July show.
I should not have troubled your Grace with a subject of this nature
had I not observed a disposition to misrepresent facts to the injury of a
Charity : so far as I am individually concerned as a Fellow of the So.
ciety, or as Director of the Exhibitions of the Royal Society of Horticul-
ture, they would have been unworthy of any other notice than could have
been taken in " The Hortucultural Journal, or the Gardeners' Gazette."
No individual Fellow of the Horticultural Society has done more for
the Chiswick Shows than I have, both in the quantity and quality of
plants shown, and this, too, without the expectation of common justice—
even at the last May Show, myself and a few exhibitors engaged to show
at Cremorne House in June—had between thirty and forty of their
medals awarded to us ; and the public will now judge whether absenting
ourselves at the June Show arises from any disposition to oppose the
Society, or from a consistent determination to keep our engagement.
I ani, my Lord, your obedient servant,
GEO. GLENNY, F.H.S.
To his Grace the Duke of Devonshire,
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' The future President of the Horticultural Society of London.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours w
arrive at the Chateau of Es, near Dieppe, on the 19th inst., and on the
`_'lst will, with a magnificent suite, embark at Dieppe, on board the Ge-
neral Steam Navigation Company's packet the Belfast, Captain Chees.
man, where berths have already been secured. It may be expected to
arrive at Brighton by six in the evening, whence the Duke and his suite
will proceed to London, to attend the coronation.
The Directors of the West India Dock Company
have communicated to his Highness Prince of Oude that they will
be happy to show him and his suite their extensive ducks, warehouses,
&c., at Blackwall. The Prince takes great interest in all works of this
description.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and Lady
Anne Loftus were expected to return to their residence in Portman-
square to be present at her Majesty's Court, and for the Marchioness,
to resume her attendance upon her Majesty the Queen Dowager ;
but they are detained in Ireland by the indisposition of the Mar.
chioness. The Marquis is about the purchase of a residence in Bel-
grave.square.
Count Nesselrode was to leave St. Petersburg,li on
the '2.d of this month for Berlin, there to stop a week, and then proceed
to Carlsbad, where he will remain till the Emperor returns from the
South of Germany.
His Excellency Count StrogonofT, Ambassador Ex-
traordinary from the Emperor of Russia to her Majesty on her Corona.
tion, and the Countess and suite arrived yesterday from Rotterdam by
the Netherlands steam-ship Batanier, after a passage of twenty-three
hours. Among the passongers were also Baron Von Walden, Baron
and Baroness Vrunntz, Sir Juhe Gurdon Sinclair, Bert., and family,
Lord Haddo, &c.
AN ARCH G tIESS.—A gentleman having read the
following paragraph in a newspaper—" No fewer than three of her
Majesty's Maids of Honour are, it is said, about to enter the holy state
of matrimony"—a lady instantly remarked, "Oh yes !—to the Grooms
in waiting, I suppose!"
The I3rightonians intend to celebrate the Corona-
tion in the same manner as the Coronation of George the Fourth was
celebrated. There will be a fair on the Level, a bullock roasted whole,
rural sports in Brown's Gardens, and if sufficient funds are raised a
regatta will be got up. The Duke of Devonshire is shortly expected at
his residence in Kemp Town, to remain during the hay season.
FINE NAMES.--A manufacturer of " ginger pop,'
a mounces a species of his beverage tinder the imposing name of
" Zeonektar." How much more pungent must this high-sounding
Greek compound render the " thin potation" to all persons of taste.
UNRIPE Fiturr.—Great caution should be exer-
cised at this period in the use of unripe fruit, and particularly in the
use of new potatoes. The excessive use of this root, and of unripe
fruit, are well known to induce periodically, at this season, English
cholera, and other alarming effects in the stomach and bowels.
REFORM DINNER AT BRIGIITON TO CAPTAIN
eseerian.—A dinner was given to Captain Pechell by his constituents,
at the Old 1,-;;tip Hotel. The number present could not have been less
than five hundred. Major Allen filled the chair, Captain Pechell hold-
ing the seat of honour on has right, whilst on either hand supporting
the Chairman we noticed I. N. WigneY, F. 9., Captain Heaviside, Mr.
Phillpotts, M.P., for Gloucester, William Purner, Esq., Captain Gun-
ning, Dr. Shepherd, and T. Attree, Esq.
ASCOT GOLD COP AND QUEEN'S PLATE,-
Bell's Life in London, of Sunday, June 17, will give Splendid Engray.
logs of t!:efie Cups, together with the fullest and most authentic parti.
culars of the Races.—Tur, CoaoNeetrise—Bell's Life in London of
Sunday, the Ist of July, will contain full parCculars of the Coronation
of her Majesty Queen Victoria, together with a Series of Beautiful En-
gravings illustrative of the most interesting parts of the Ceremony.