The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

Yesterday proved to ben most unfortunate day for the
first exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, which took
place in the inner circle of the Regent's-park. The morn•
i►,g was fine ;but about an hour or two after the gardens
opened heavy clouds overhung the sky, the character c-f
which was soon apparent. The rain came down in tor-
rents, and continued without intnlnission until nearly

7 o'clock. The state of the weather declaring itself thus
early in the day prevented an accumulation of visitors in
the garden', and not more probably than 2,500 or 3,000
individuals were present altogether during the contiliu-
ance of the exhibition. It was unfortunate that the ele-
ments were so adverse upon this occasion, for the show
was a particularly good one, somewhat, it was alleged,
above the average. The company who happened to ar-
rive at the gardens before the weather so cruelly changed
bad no alternative bat to take shelter in the spacious
marquee at the back of the conservatory, where the
flowers were placed, as is now the rule, upon slopes and
Mounds. The bands of the First and Second Life
Guards and Royal Horse Guards Blue were also driven
within the same locality, and there they played briskly
and cheerfully, in spite of the dreary state of things
without.

The following were the awards :
Extra Gold Medal—Mr. May, gardener to H. Collyer,
Esq., Dartford, Kent, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants.
Large Gold Medal—Mr. Dodds, gardener to Sir J.
Cathcart, Bart., Eoglefield•green, for 16 stove and green-
house plants ; Mr. Wolley, gardener to H. B. Kerr,
Esq., Cheshunt, for 20 exotic orchids.
Medium Gold Medal—Mr. Barter, gardener to A.
Basset, Esq., Stamford-hill, for 16 stove and greenhouse
plants ; Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnes, for 12 stove
and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F.
Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch-park, for 10 stove and green-
house plants ; Messrs. Lane, nurserymen, Berkhamp-
stead, for 10 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. Green, gardener
to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, Surrey, for 8 greenhouse
azaleas ; Mr. Carson, Nonsuch•park, for 12 exotic or-
chids Messrs. Lane, nurserymen, Berkhampstead, for
10 roses.

Gold Medal—Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, Layton,
for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Taylor, gar-
dener to G. Coster, Esq., Streatham, for 10 stove and
,reenhouse plants ; Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss
Trail, for 8 Cape heaths ; Mr. Barter, gardener to A.
Basset, 4sq„ Stamford-hill, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ;
Mr. Clark, Hoddesden, for 12 exotic orchids ; Messrs.
Paul, nurserymen, Cheshunt, for 10 roses ; Mr. Turner,
Stowe, for 12 pelargoniums; Mr. Wiggins, gardener to
E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, for 10 pelargoniums.
Large Silver-gilt Medal—Mr. Peed, gardener to T.
Treadwell, Esq., for 16 stove and greenhouse plants;
Mr. Carke, gardener to C. Webb, 'Esq., High Ground,
Hoddesden, Herts, for 10 stove and greenhowe plants ;
Mr. Royer, gardener to G. Bradbury, Rig., Streatham,
for 6 stove and greenouse plants ; Mr. Green, gardener
to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, fur 6 tall cacti ; Messrs.
Gaines, nurserymen, Battersea, for 10 greenhouse aza-
leas; Mr. Royer, gardener, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ;
Mr. Francis, Hertford, fur 10 roses ; Mr. Busby, gar-
dener to G. Crawley, Esq., Stockwell Park, for 6 roses ;
Messrs. Dobson, nurserymen, for 12 pelargoniums ; Mr.
Nye, gardener to E. Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor,
Barks, for 10 pelargoniums ; Mr. Narsen, gardener to
F. G. Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch Park, for 8 greenhouse
azaleas ; Mr. Mylam, gardener to G. Reid, Esq., Burn-
ham, Somerset, for 20 exotic orchids ; Mr. Kalle, gar-
dener to G. Rucker, Esq., Woolwich, for 12 exotic
orchids ; Mr. Dodds, gardener, •Englefield-green, for 6
exotic orchids.

Large Silver Medal—Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss i
Trail, Bromley, Kent, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants;
Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, fa 10 Cape heaths ;
Mr. Roser, gardener to G. Bradbury, Esq., Streatham,
fir 8 Cape heaths ; Mr. May, gardener to H. Colyor,
Esq., Dartford, for 6 Cape heaths; Mr. Taylor, Stratford,
for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. Green, gardener, for 6
exotic orchids ' • Mr. Turner, for 6 fancy pelargoniums ;
Mr. Windsor, fcr 6 fancy pelargoniums.
Silver-gilt Medal—Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. An-
trobus, Olean), Surrey, for 6 stove and greenhouse
plants ; Mr. Grix, gardener to A. Palmer, E3q., Cheatn,
Surrey, for 6 tall cacti ; Messrs. Fraser, Layton, for 10
Cape heaths; Mr. Peed, gardener to F. Tread well, E>q ,
for 8 Cape heaths; Mr. Taylor, gardener to G. Coster, Esq.,
Streatham, for 6 Cape heaths ; Messrs. Fraser, nursery-
men, for 10 greenhouse azaleas (Layton); Mr. Peed, gar-
dener, for 8 greenhouse azaleas; Messrs Iverey, nursery-
men, for 6 greenhouse azaleas; Mr. Rowland, Lewisham,
for 6 roses; Mr. Turner, Slough, for 6 cinerarias; Messrs.
Fraser, for 12 pelargoniums ; Mr. Windsor, gardener to
A. ,Blythe, Esq., Hempstead, for 10 pelargoniums ;
Messrs. Dobson, Isleworth, for 5 fancy pelargoniums ;
Mr. Wier, gardener, the Elms, Hampstead, for fi fancy
pelargoniums ; Mr. Morris, gardener to C. Child, Esq.,
Bromley, for 6 exotic orchids.

M. Oppenheim, banker, at Cologne, is about to pro-
ceed to St. Petersburg, in order to make arrangements
for the participation of the Bank of Darmstadt in the
Credit Institution that is to be founded in Russia.
CAPTURE OF TAE RUNAWAY CONVICTS. —Two of the
three convicts who escaped from the train at Rugby,
while being conveyed from Wakefield to Woolwich, have
been recaptured in Leicestershire, after eommitting a
burglary in Warwickshire. On Saturday night a poor
man, named Garrett, of Wibtoft, Warwickshire, had his
house broken into, and a quantity of wearing apparel
and 3/. 10s. stolen. On Sunday morning police-constable
Carp apprehended, at some limekilns near Hinckley, two
men who gave the names of Field and Murphy. Field
was dressed in the clothes taken from Garrett's house,
while Murphy had on his convict's clothes covered by a
shirt. Field was under sentence for twenty years,
and Murphy for four years. The former said they filed
their chains and escaped at Rugby while the attention of
the keepers was attracted by one of the convicts appa-
rently being in a fit, which was a feitit previously agreed
upon. Field said he had escaped from prison four times.
The prisoners were, at Hinckley petty sessions, Com-
mitted for trial at Warwick Assizes.