The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a C..urt and Privy Council yesterday
afternoon at three o'clock at Buckingham Palace.
At the Court, M. iirouyn de Lhuys, the Preach Am-
baAador, had au atriknee of the 'Queen' end delivered
to her Majesty his letters of recall. His Excellency was
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.13., the Queen's.
principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Cust,
K.C.H., her Majes,y's Master of the Ceremonies.
Sir Edward .Disbrowe, G.C.H., her Majeity's Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Hague. had an audience of the
Queen, and took leave. Sir Edward was presented to
her Majesty by Viscount Palmerston.
Her Majesty's Privy Council was attended by his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Lord President,
the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the
Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of
Control fur the Affairs of India, the President of the
' Board of Trade, the Postmaster-General, the Lord
Steward, tha Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince.
At the Privy Council a proclamation was ordered for
the election of a Scotch representative Peer, in the
roam of the late Viscount Strathallan.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk cf the
Ceurcil in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Sir George Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, and the Marquis of Lansdowre.
tier Majesty was attended by the Treasurer of the
Household, the Earl of Morley,',Lord in Waiting, and
Mr. R. Ormsby Gere, Groom in Waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Marquis of Abereorn, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
and Colonel Bouverie, lett Buckingham Palace at eleven
o'clock yesterday morning for Victoria Park, for the
purpose of laying the foundation stone of the new
building for the City of London Hospital for Diseases of
the Chest.

His Royal Highness and suite returned to Buckingham
Palace at half-past one o'clock.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Keut, on Tuesday
evening, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.
His Majesty visited his Rayal Highness Prince Gus-
tavus of Wasa, yesterday, at Christie 's Hotel.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, and the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, took an airing in an open
carriage and four.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, rode out on horseback yesterday
afternoon.
The Quee❑ had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
his Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant, his Royal
Highness the Count de Flandres; thel Lord Chancellor
and Lady Truro, Lord John Russell, the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland,
his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Breadalbane, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Baroness de Speth, the Earl
of Mansfield, Colonel the Honourable A. Liddell, Co-
lonel de Moerkerke, Count Albert de Briey, and Sir
Robert Carswell.
The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, in the Palace, and played the following
selections— _ .

March of the Ist Life Guards ... The Duchess of Kent.
Overture (Irish Medley)... ... Levey.
Selection " Antigone" ... Mendelssohn.
Waltzer, "Die Heiteren"... Kuhner.
Fantasia on the Scotch air " Wan-

thring Willie" ... Spaeth.
Polka, M 5.... ... Waddell.
The Marquis of Clanric.arde gave a dinner to the
Cabinet Ministers at his residence on Carlton-terrace,
yesterday.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Sergeant Murphy,
M.P., Sir E. Macnaghten, M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P.,
Lord Naas, M.P., Mr. Herbert, M.P., Mr. Keogh, M.P.,
Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Anderson, M.P., Sir W. Ver-
ner, M.P., Mr. Willcox, M.P., Mr. Grogan, UP., Mr.
Scully, Mr. O'Flaherty, M.P., Mr. Gould, M.P., Mr.
George A. Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. French, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yester-
doy, at his official residence, in Downing-street.
A deputation from Preston had an interview with the
General Board of Health, yesterday, at their office,
Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Ascroft,
Limey, G. B. Gregory, and W. Ainsworth (members of
the Local Board of Health for Preston), and of Mr.
Wrigg, C. E., Surveyor to that Board. The deputation
was headed by Mr. John Wilson Patten, M.P., and Mr.
C. Pascoe Greufell, M.P., for Preston.
The Right Honourable Henry Hobhouse had an in-
terview yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home
Office.

The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the
Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L.
Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, and the Rev.
A. I'. Stanley (Secretary).
Sir Matthew Barrington transacted busisess yester-
day with the Railway Commissioners at their office in
the Board of Trade.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday at the Council-office. The Lords present were,
the Lord Chief Baron, the Judge of the Prerogative
Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall and
Sir Edward Ryan. An Appeal from the Admiralty
Court, Cafiero v. Frosdick (the Eugenia), was heard.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The Royal South London Floricultural Society held
their second miscellaneous flower show here yesterday,
and honestly can we congratulate the committee on
having redeemed their pledge of sparing neither pains
❑or expense to render each succeeding show worthy of
the public patronage. The locality certainly is different
from the Chiswick and Regent's-park shows, and that
is all the traceable difference—the same flowers are ex-
hibited at all the three places, and the nurserymen and
amateurs must feel pride in having by their perseverance
and talent brought floriculture to such a pitch of pre-
eminence as we witness at these shows. The weather
was beautiful, and the number of visitors immense; and
here is the grand secret, for we feel certain with•
out such attendances the proprietor could never be
remunerated for his outlay. Let us for a moment
contrast present and past times. Twenty years ago
the charge for seeing the wild beasts at Exeter
Change was 3s. 6d.; now we have a splendid gar-
den, a beautiful zoological collection, a first-rate mili-
tary band, conducted by Jullien, a modelled pano-
rama by Danson, a perfect exhibition in itself, a flower
show equal to the best, and fireworks by Soutbby, which
wo can hardly do justice to; suffice to say, they exceed
any we have ever witnessed here. But we must parti-
cularise one piece introduced here last evening for the
first time. The bills describe it as " forty feet square:"
it represents the Shield of Minerva, having in the centre
the head of Medusa, and surrounded by serpents revolv-
ing and intertwining in every direction. It is singu-
larly beautiful, and wo must pronounce it a chef d'auvre
of the pyrotechnic art. Now what is the expense of
seeing all this? One shilling! Our friend the Dominic
would have exclaimed, "Prodigious!
The following is a list of the prizes awarded, together
with the names cf the successful competitors:—
CLASS I. _

Private Growers not Cultivating Flowers, &c., for Sale.
For the best collection of Miscellaneous Plants, 15
pots (orchideous plants excluded) ; small gold Victoria
medal—Mr. Cole. Second best ditto; gold Albert me-
dal—Mr. Stanley. Third best ditto; large silver Vic-
toria medal—Mr. E. A. Hamp.
For Pelagoriums, in collections of eight varieties, in
B•inch pots; large silver Victoria medal—Mr. J. Robin-
son. Second best ditto; large silver Linnsaan medal—
Mr. C. Lochner.
For Fancy Pelargoniums, in collections of six varie-
ties, in 8-inch pots; large silver LinLsean medal—Mr. J.
Robinson.
For Cape Heaths, in collections of six varieties; large
silver Linnsean medal—Mr. Cole. Second best ditto ;
large silver Albert medal—Mr. Stanley.
For Pinks, in collections of twelve varieties, to be
exhibited in the society's stands, and to be judged off
cards; large silver Albert medal—Mr. Baker. Second
best ditto; large silver Victoria medal—Mr. Holladay.
Third best ditto; small silver Linnasan medal—Mr. J.
Edwards.
For Roses, garden varieties of outdoor culture, in
collections of twelve varieties, in bunches not exceeding
three trusses, to be exhibited in the growers' boxes,
painted green, all others to be excluded; large silver
Albert medal—Mr. Parsons. Second best ditto; small
silver Victoria medal—Mr. A. Rowland. Third best
ditto ; small silver Linnman medal Mr. Stanley.
Fourth best ditto ; small silver Albert medal—Miss
Jackson.
For Ranunculus, in collections of twelve varieties, to
be exhibited in the growers' stands; small silver Vic-
toria medal—Mr. Airzee. Second best ditto ; small
silver Linntcan medal—Mr. G. Reeves. Third best
ditto; small silver Albert medal—Mr. Gurney.
CLASS 11.
Nurserymen and all Persons Growing Flowers, &c.)
for Sale.
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For the best collection of Miscellaneous Plants,
eighteen pots (orchideous plants excluded); gold Albert
medal—Messrs. Fraser. Second best ditto ; large silver
Victoria medal—Messrs. P. amplin and Son. Third best
ditto ; small silver Victoria medal—Mr. nook.
For Pelargoriums, in collections of twelve varieties, in

OPEN TO BOTH CLASSES.

8-inch pots; large silver Victoria
t meadal—
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Second best ditto ; large silver L n m E.
ier. G
Hunt.
For Fancy Pelargoniums, in collections of eight
varieties, in 8-inch pots;
large silver Albert medal In,
Gaines. Second best ditto small silver Victoria medal
—Mr. Ambrose. ;
For Cape
large silver Lilieaths
unmaninmedal—Messrs. Bollinson. Se-
collections of eight varieties.,
coed best ditto; large silver Albert medal—Mr.
Fair-
bairn. Third best ditto; small silver Victoria medal—
Mr. Fraser.
For Roses, for the best collection, in unhell others
to be excluded, not exceeding eight boxes—Messrs.
Paul and Son and Mr. Francis equal.
For Ranunculus, in collections of twenty-four varieties,
to be exhibited in the growers' stands; small Victoria
medal—Mr. Franklin. Second best ditto; small silver
Linnrean medal—Mr. Costar.
For Pinks, in collections of twenty-four varieties, to
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be exhibited in the society's stands, and to be j
off cards; lsrge silver Albert medal—Mr. Norman.c2-ea
Second best ditto; small silver Victoria medal—Mr. H.
Ward. Third best ditto; small silver Linteaan medal-
Mr. Bragg.

For the best six specimens of Orchtdeous Plants, in
flower; large silver Linmein medal—Messrs. RoHinson.
Second best ditto; small silver Victoria medal—Messra.
Stanley.
For the best specimen pint (any genus); small ailve.r