The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

At the first grand floral exhibition at the Boya
Botanic Gardens yesterday, in spite of rather un-
favourable weather, a numerous and fashionable
company thronged the grounds. The show of
flowers was bright and brilliant beyond imagination,
but fortunately in some places graceful ferns, varie-
gated leaved plants, roses, and other-tinted flowers
were artistically grouped, and afforded jar
mense relief to the overtaxed eyes. The exhibition
was indeed very brilliant. This was caused by the
large number and extra size of the azaleas, pelar
goniums an.l calceolarias. They were truly immense
and flowered to perfection ; such very magnificent
Plants arc seldom seen. A few of the Polar;
goniums appeared especially fine—they were name')
Garibaldi, Lord Clyde, Madlle. Patti, Delicaturof
and Empress Eugenie. . The collection of exotic
orchids were also choice—these curious plants, With
their fine odour, were very attractive. The Cat'
tleyas and Cypripediums were particularly , fine'
while Lycaste skinnerii, Odontoglossum phatian°P.
sis, Anguloa clowesii, iErides, &c., were esPe"
cially pretty. The next great feature of attractiovo
or perhaps the greatest, was the tine collection
,
of magnificent roses, such as are seldom seen, well
grown, well flowered, and altogether lovely. Ma°l
of the blooms must have been full six inches across,
and yet not ragged, loose flowers, but perfect
compact roses. We noticed a pretty little fair();
sort of garden near the centre of the grand
marquee, provided by Messrs. Henderson and Son'
of Wellington Nursery, St. John's-wood—a bordeir
of variegated feverfew, an inner border of variegate°
meadow grass, looking like tufts of white feathers'
the interior filled with a prettily arranged collection
of variegated leaved plants, rare and bright plants
in flower, and a graceful palm for the centre. Ther,e
were also very many curious plants. Mr. Waterer 4
American rhododendrons, &c., are now in full
bloom, and form a very attractive feature to the

gardens.
The bands of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue)
and 2d Life Guards were in attendance.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited the gardens at
an early hour, and was received by the manager'
Mr. Marnock, and by the under-secretary, Mr. 1„..
Sowerby, who had the honour of conducting ile'

royal highness round the marquees.

FROM " THE OWL."

It is arranged that his Imperial 111ajest9 "i
Sultan is to visit this country in the month of JtilY"v
His Majesty will bring the suite usually attached t°
crowned heads. The report that an extraordiaari
number of officials will accompany
him is iIICOITCCE.
It is the intention of his Imperial Highness the
Czarewitch, with his bride, to visit London darills
the month or J une.
The King of Greece will also be in London at the
same time.
The Government are, we understand, ag3i/1
going to obtain statistics relative to agriculture,
not only showing the amount of land under cultivv
tion, but a'so giving the number of live stock. 0
Dr. Howson, at present the head of the Collei3,tn
College at Liverpool, and examining chaplain to ti'"
Bishop of Ely, has been appointed _Dean of Chester'
to succeed the late Dean Anson.
Some dissatisfaction having been expressed °6
the
the new arrangement for the day sittings of
House of Commons, a communication has, viel/,n(;
derstand, been forwarded to the Chancellor of t"
Exchequer, offering suggestions for facilitating the
public business by setting some limits to the Y°1,t176..
bility of hon. members. It seems that
.„,1
members have been appointed to serve on se'1"00
committees, of which 25 are now sitting, vibilet
committees on private bills absorb a further numbert
To enable this large body of members to be pre
during the debates on the Reform Bill, it is stibti;
gested that at the expiration of the ensuing r'3°l' t
the ordinary sittings should be resumed ; th. 3
speeches in committee should belimited to five 111.1 e;
utes, and that no hon. member (with the exceptl°a
of the mover of an amendment) should be 511°1"
to speak more than twice. Gov'
Experiments are being made by the French by
eminent upon a system of construction for canne°'
which the interior is made of steel and the exterior
of bronze. This plated cannon is expected to Pa
the greatest amount of wear with the least risi‘'

explosion. tl3°
Mutual concessions are likely to be made 4,i
0
Government and the representatives of Scotlanuo.
respect of the provisions of the Scotch Reform ntv
There are grounds fur believing that the Geer
ineut will yield to the objection as to the re-°r°lls
ing of burghs—the Scotch members acceptingilect
proposition as to the division of counties. One e bcr
of this arrangement would be to reduce the nuril
of new members for Scotland from seven to oil'

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. E. It BAIII3 of
—Yesterday morning there was another gatherigat,
gentlemen connected with art, literature, and sciellee'velt
Kensal-green Cemetery, who were anxious to pay
mark of respect to the memory of the late Jr.l
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Bally, F.R.S. The funeral was private ""tai
c3a hnt adtrhaie,c butntoetritr,hnoi
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the Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, London. Tv
THE THREATENED DISFRANC HISEMENTSt---, of
following petition has been presented to the 11,,.°11t; DI
Commons by Mr. Wyld, M.P., oti behalf of the v°,l. die
Ballot Society :—" The humble petition of the o,ltect-,
committee of the Society for the Adoption of Y
Ballot showeth—That your petitioners hear wither '4lO
that it has been proposed to disfranchise the I°,ose'
of Yarmouth, Totnes, Lancaster, and Reigate it` ,r: in'
(pence of the notorious and flagrant acts of bribery 1010
dividuals desirous of obtaining seats in your 110 the ° satcl
house, or influencing the votes of the electors for 010
boroughs. That your petitioners submit, as of their e. i$
knowledge and conviction, that this state of 01700
mainly or ontiraly dependent on the condition o
law, which makes the returning officer assistant tc; 016
public wrong by causing him to furnish to the bribe been
evidence that the dishonourable work which haswiers,
paid for has been duly performed. That your petitl aof
therefore, pray your honourable house that in't,e3etioti.
disfranchising the innocent with the guilty, the
a'e d
for the said boroughs may hereafter be corvitefoK
the way of ballot, and your petitioners will ever
By order of the committee, J. F. Boutems, 1100. Slicitte"
GIUSI AND MARIO.— A more domes r 6tios
woman than Giulia Grisi never lived. It is au inte:f net
family tableau to see her watching the perforh"lnc;:l of Silo
three daughters. Rita, the eldest, a handsome g"tto tsvi
teen, is seated at the pianoforte, accompanYirig,, side °
on °act; Wi6
younger, Clelia and Cecilia, who etanding
their sister, sing duets admirably, theirs weet lit.
idiootS,
iu perfect tune blending charmingly together. every „bolt!
them with affectionate assiduity, while 3lario
iug
the piano, w
listeningwith evident delight tothe sti"b
,;ii
his childreu.—Once a Week.
AN IMMENSE TROUT.—A fisherman at Sint°llll67tiecie
iu Switzerland, captured, a few days since, log, 6134
Morat, an immense trout, more than three feee',uoooo3;..
weighing over 301bs. It is to be placed in th..2'.-trus, , 6 t`,.
Morat, which already contains an enormous st,t,tt_e, water.:
which in Switzerland is only to be found in the
,"ed 001 Y
It was more than six feet in length, and weigß
2001bs.