The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-22 00:00:00

THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE MAIL.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 22.
The Union'Company's steamship Celt, from the
Cape, has arrived here.

Her dates are, Table Bay, 20th August, St.
Helena, 28th ; Ascension, Ist September.; and Ma-
deira, 15th.

She brings 60 passengees, including -Surveyor-
General Bell ; Staff Surgeon-Major and Mrs•
Powell, and Mr. and Mrs. John Paterson.

Horticultural Exhibition in S mdringba m

Park.

This exhibition, which was held on Thursday
afternoon in the Park at Sandringham, was a great
success, and was attended by at least 3,000 persons ;
indeed so great an assemblage has not been seen in
the neighbourhood of the Prince of Wales's Norfolk
seat since the first arrival of the Princess Alexandra
to her new home immediately after the auspicious
wedding. Not only were there many thousands of
respectable persons permitted to roam through
park, gardens, and grounds, hut the beautiful little
church, and particularly the Royal pew, was visited
and inspected with considerable interest, as was
also the marble monument erected by the Prince of
Wales to the memory of the Rev. George B.
Moxon, his late chaplain. The band of the Ist
Norfolk Rifle Volunteer Battalion played some
excellent pieces. One large marquee, 75 feet
long, contained the cottagers' products of flowers,
fruits, and vegetables ; or, at least, as many as it
would hold, and a bench had to be rigged up out-
side for the remainder. The potatoes are exceedingly
fine, and several extra prizes had to be given. The
prince of exhibitors was the one-legged shoemaker
from Wolferton and Claxton, who, born on the
estate, is quite a character in himself, and performs
the duties of chaplain, gardener, merchant, and cob-
bler for the benefit of his more illiterate neighbours.
All the exhibitions of the cottagers were wonderfully
good, considering that this was the first occasion,
and only about three months' notice had been given.
The great feature of the show was another large tent
75 feet long, which Mr. Carmichael had filled from
the royal gardens to the general admiration of the
visitors. Mr. Edward Mitchell, of Wolferton, con-
tributed some very fine dahlias, and an elegant bou-
quet. The Rev. J. Freeman, of Ashwicker, also
contributed some charming dahlias, and Mr. Allen,
of Saddlebow, sent some very fine roses and dahlias;
there were also some exquisite devices of the Feathers
and the Crown contributed by Mr. L. W. Jarvis, of
Middleton Towers. The beautiful device made by
the children of Sandringham School with the mono-
gram of A. E. A., and a Swiss miniature garden by
Mrs. Sherringham were most admired. The Rev.
slow,i. M.A., the new rector of Sand-
ringham,presentedethe best keptcottage *Prizes given by their Royal
Highnesses irg.hLanekse °n
s
s for the
and garden in
the different parishes. The rev. gentleman, who was
enthusiastically received, congratulated those present
up')n the success which had attended the first show.
It was the wish of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales that all the gardens and grounds should be
open free to the public. The committee thought it
right, however, to charge a nominal fee of admission,
the surplus of which would be devoted to charitable
institutions like the Lynn and West Norfolk Hospi-
tal. The Rev. W. W. Dickinson, M.A., reotor of
Wolferton, the energetic secretary of the society, to
whose endeavours the general success of the day
was mainly flue, then addressed those present. The
object sought by every promoter of the society,
from his Royal Highness to himself, was the
amelioration of the moral condition of the labour-
ing population. The special prizes of the Prince and
second, James Shipley. Wol-
, Princess of Wales for neat cottage and garden were
awarded as follows :--Sandriincum-Babingley—
Lnc;
Matthew Minus ; second, James
ffierrstto,
n_ William
s t,
Hudson. West Newton—first, John Smith ; se-
cond, Matthew Harrod. D ersingham—fi rst, James
Loads ; second, John Mitchell ; N okes honourably
mentioned. By 6 o'clock the park was cleared of
the immense crowds, the gates closed,
and
the pro-
ceedings brought to a successful • •
termination.