The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-01 00:00:00

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ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE.
TIIE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA
DEMY i 4 istO.W OPEN:
Admission (from o'clock tr„,,,, 6ne Shilling.
Catalon-,V0.0%it
1:111NRY HOWARD, R. A., SP'.

IDDL SE X COAL ASSOCIATION
£200,000, in 20,000 Shares, at £lO per Share.
Deposit, ;CI per Share. -
Applications for the remaining Shares to be addressed to the tern.
porary Office of the Company, 7, Old Broad-street.
FREDERICK BASIAFORD, Secretary pro. tem.

HORTICULTURAL, SOCIETY OF
LONDON,
Without giving an opinion of our ostn Upon the subject of a dis-
pute which, unless speedily adjusted, Will do much mischief, NSe quote from the " HortieUltttral Journal" tor' the ~presant ,ramith
several lassages in Letters to Dr. llcuilersdn and Dr. Lirklley, and
leave our hortiotural friends to form their own judgment.
TO DR: HENDERSON.
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My complaint, Sir, is, that the paltry savings effected in the
Horticultural Society, are effected by the loss of honour, credit,
and importance; and that, unless cheeked, .it 'will' end in utter
ruin. I complain, that there is a list of prizes for which exhibiters
are invited to competd; that exhibit': Fs do compete for them, at
great expense; and that, when these prizes are fairly won, they
are withheld, contrary to' everyprinciple of honour and honesty,
and contrary to,the interests of the exhibitions, which depend lot
their attraction entirely on the persons tlnis deceived and defrauded.
I complain, that the Saving effected for the Society, by these ex-
ceedingly dishonourable tenons, is not sufficiently important to
make amends for the opinion;
loss of one exhibiter's good and I
will endeavour to prove
The rece!.pts front risiters cannot average much less than 8001.
or 900?.. per show. Tim Society values its medals at consider-
abl7 moo,' than theyee'll ; Lot at its own valuation, the prizes
awarded at the first sqlow did not exceed about 1401. Prizes were
most unjustly and dithonourably withheld from several exhibitcrs.
The saving to the Society, by this unparalleled act of duplicity,
did not exceed 50/: Now, Sir; I put it to any man of ordinary
calculation, whether it was worthy of the Horticultural Society
of London to effect a saving of fifty pounds, by deceiving and dis-
appointing several liberal and enterprising exhibiters, who, after
accepting the invitation to compete, found themselves unjustly
deprived of their promised rewards ?
But, Sir, if your own feelings of honour did not convince you of
the necessity .of keepi faith, you have now had the opportunity
of eatli ':,:•riencing the effecia of deceiving the persons on whom you
deepend for your ;Awes. Look at the contents of your booths, at
the first show; 1 do not pretend that they were so rich as they
would have been, had the exhibiters not been deceived last season,
and puzzled by a foolish circular ; but they were good enough to
show, that many wbo had been deceived hoped for better fare, and
had partly forgotten their wrongs, among the fresh promises held
out. Ido not sar they were as rich as they would have been,
if the decision of merit had depended on honest, experienced, and
uninfluenced judges; but they were good enough to satisfy the
visiters in a most untoward season, and afforded the Council an op-
portunity of establishing, by their honesty, if not by their libe-
rality, sufficient confidence to insure improvement. Two gold
medals and several silver ones were most fairly won by the terms
of your own invitation, but were withheld.
Look, Sir, at the effect of your savings on the second show ;
the tables were not bare, it is true, for all the evergreens in the
Society's garden-pots seemed to be dragged forth, to fill up, as far
as they would go, the vacant space. There Were scarcely more
than half the number of plants exhibited in May, and those barely
half so good-will not this open your eyes? The Society had bet-
ter have expended bOl. muse than what was promised, than 501.
less, at the first show. They had better have doubled the expense,
than have allowed the exhibition to suffer from the worst of all
causes--a want. of confidence in the honour of the council, and the
honesty of the award.

Sir, to persons unacquainted with the facts, these assertions would
seem gross libels on a soLiety, whose professed objects were the
promotion of horticultural skill and enterprize ; but, as they are
facts known to hundreds, they are recorded instances of profound
ignorance or gross partiality ; and I leave you to pronounce which,
while I content myself by saying they are a disgrace to the parties
with whom the responsibility rests.
As a Follow of the Society, I feel in common with many hun-
dreds, that every pound saved by deceiving an exhibiter is a loss of
character and consequence; and that, although you and others of
your colleagues may probably feel some gratification at the oppor-
tunities of serving favourites, or requiting opponents, the public
will demand that justice shall be administered by impartial and dis-
interested persons.

Sir, the exhibiters, though individually disinclined to speak out,
demand that the persons appointed to judge the productions shall
go in uncontrolled by At council ; and they regret that any gar-
dener has consented to set, where they are trammelled and con-
trolled by others. The:: have no confidence in any decision come
to in the presence of persons who know the productions. They be-
lieve that the only proper way to tender the medal marks of dis-
tinction, is to employ experienced judges, who shall go in un-
shackled, and whose award shall be final. They have no objection
to the Council controlling all recommendations for prizes, which
are not in the list.of pritaisec,--hecause all persons who bring pro-
ductions not in the /iv know the consequence, and have no right
to complain if they ree.aive none ; but they demand (and though
they cannot enforce their demand, they can withhold their produc-
tions till it is complied with) that all the prizes promised shall be
awarded; and he assortd, until they have some evidence that it will
be so, the exhibitions will continue to fall off.
I am, your obedient Servant,
A SUCCESSFUL. EXHIBITER, AND F. H. S.

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