The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS.

Yesterday was the last of the exhibitions, which this
year have been five in number, a new feature having
been introduced in the special exhibitions of American
plants, rhododendrons, azaleas, kalmias. pines, &c.
These :latter have given an undoubted impulse to the
horticultural taste of the metropolis, and the amateur of
fifty years ago would no longer recognize his favourite
geraniums, rhododendrons, and roses, in the pelargo-
niums, American plants, and French Bourbons of the
prusent day. Whether we have always changed for the
best may be sometimes questioned, and amid the
thousand varieties of the Hertfordshire rosegrowers the
old cabbage rose and the moss rose are still the fa-
vourites.

The show of flowers attracted many thousands of
visitors. The weather was lowering, but in some
respects, being without rain, was far from unfavourable
to the spectator, as many beautiful effects of light and
shade were produced by the changing skies, and the
bursts of sunshine on the valley and hills to the north,
no less than in the tents and on the flwers. The music
of the three bands of the Life Guards and Blues, which
towards the clese of the afternoon played in concert, en-
livened the scene.

In cons- quence of the heavy weather of late, the show
of flowers was not so large as it usually is, but some classes
were in remarkably good condition, as the roses and pe-
largoniums. The orehidese were few, and none of them
very novel ; the heaths were in very good order. The
collections of stove and greenhouse plants were among
the best features of the exhibition. The fruit shown was
in as great quantity as usual, but the wall-fruit seems to
have suffered. The strawberries were large, fine, and
well-flavoured; the bunches of grapes were of great
weight; the pines were also of great six-, but not
heavy. There were many exotic fruits and spices, so
that altogether the fruit exhibition was of particular in-
terest.
Among the company present were his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, the Dukes of Norfolk and
Beaufort, the Duchess of Beaufort, Prince and Princess
Doria Pamphili, Prince Castelcicala, Marquis of Exeter,
Marchionesses of Exeter, Ailesbury, and Downshire;
Earls Beauchatnp, Mansfield, March, Aboyne, and Pem-
broke; Countesses Aboyne, Cornwallis, and Sefton; the
Bishop of Durham; Lords Emlyn, Massy, Bridport,
and Ranelagh; Baron and Baroness Goldsmid; Ladles
Wenlock Milner, Lygon, Rolle, Hamilton, Clinton,
Rose, Rodd, Farquhar, J. Hamiiton, Evans, Fellows,
Molyneaux, and Vassal Webster; Hon. H. Powys; Sirs
W. Middleten, A. Brook, J. Clark, E. Johnson, R.
Joddrell, W. Guise, W. J. Newton, J. Hamilton, J.
Cockburn, H. Watson, G. Staunton, R. Vyvyan, J.
Wigram, and T. Gage; Messrs. J. P. Westhead, M.P.;
R. Bagshaw, M.P.; W. Ewart, M.P.; B. Botfield, M.P.;
and D. Salomans; Miss Burdett Coutts, &c.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 4.—The Peninsular and Ori-
ental Company'ssteam-ship Jupiter, Captain Francis
Meehan, arrived at Southampton this day, at half-past
five o'clock, and landed mails from the following
places, in charge of Lieutenant Langton, Admiralty
agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, June 25;
Lisbon, June 29; Oporto, June 30; Vigo, July 1;
Cadiz, June 26.
The freight of the Jupiter consists of 4 packages of
specie; oranges, 68,1 boxes; lemons, 20 boxes; apricots,
25 baskets; sundries, 14 packages; and oxen, 10.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Janus was, at Gibraltar.
Ships observed on the Voyage—June 23, between
Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent, passed the Indus packet
from Alexandria, homeward bound. 25. Arrived (in
the evening) the Ripon, with the outward India mail,
leaving Southampton on the 20th instant. July 2. Half-
way across the Bay of Biscay, saw a steamer running to
the southward, supposed to be the Peninsular Company's
ship Euxine.
By this arrival we learn that great sickness prevails
in the Alemtejo, and on the southern shores of the
Tagus a little above Lisbon; it is reported to be the
cholera, but denied by the medical board and Govern-
ment, who do their utmost to keep it secret. The
thunder stortna have been very injurious to the crops in
the south of Portugal.
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The authorities at Gibraltar have imposed a quaran-
tine of three days on all vessels arriving
at that port
from England.