The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-23 00:00:00

No. V:

Roses in pots, distinct varieties, amateurs twelve, nursery-
men twenty-five.—Silver gilt, Mr. J. Dobson; nursery gold
Banksian, Mr. Lane; nursery silver gilt, Mr. Paul; nursery
large gold, Mr. R. Laing. . .

NIo;s Roses, in loose— bundles, twelve varieties.—Nursery
silver Knightian, Mr. Cobbett ; nursery silver Banksian, Mr.
Paul.

Other Roses, fifty varieties.—Large silver, Mr. Betteridge ;
silver Knightian, Mr. Parsons; silver Banksian, Mr. Williams,
gardener to A. Rowlands, Esq. ; nursery large silver, Mr.
Laing; nursery silver Knightian, Mr. Cobbett ; nursery silver
Banksian, Mr. Rivers.

Cape Heaths, twenty distinct varieties.—Gold Knightian,
Mr. J. Robertson, gardener te Mrs. Lawrence; nursery gold
Knightian, Mr. Fairbairn ; nursery silver gilt, Mr. Rollisson.
Cape Heaths, single specimens.—Large silver, Mr. May;
nursery silver Banksian, Mr. J. Dawson.
Pelargoniums, six species.—Silver Knightian, Mr. G.
Stanley, gardener to H. Berens, Esq.
No. VI.

New or Rare Ornamental Plants.—Silver gilt, Mr. Glen-
dinning; large silver, Messrs. E. Jack and Eyley ; silver
Knightian, Messrs. Eyley and Veitch ; silver Bankaian, Mr.
Veitch and Mr. J. Elliott, gardener to J. B. Boothby, Esq. ;
certificate, Mr. Rollisson.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Anna Thillon's engage-
ment positively ends in seven more nights, and, with her en.
gagement, closes the longest season Drury-Lane has ever made.
The house is sure to be full each night, for the attraction of this
charming singer increases every time she performs.
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—On dit that the South

Wales Railway is yet likely to be submitted to vtheC;m:
mittee, inasmuch as the objections of the Admiralty to bridg-
ing over the Severn have been met by a proposal to tunnel
under it.

Sir Robert Peel has appointed the youngest son of
the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, to a junior clerkship in the Treasury.— Observer.
MR. OXBERRY'S BENEFlT.—Oxberry being the
quaintest of mortals—little Oxberry—great little Oxberry takes
his benefit at the Princess's on Wednesday. The whole talent of
the company is to be put into requisition on the occasion ; and
as Oxberry, in the various characters of author, actor, and
manager, has won " golden opinions from all sorts of people,"
we hope that they will mint their opinions into coin, and give
him a bumper.
MISS STRICKLAND'S IaIVES OF THE QUEENS OF
ENGLAND, VOL. Viii.—Besides the deeply interesting life of
Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles 1., the new volume of this
valuable work comprises the life of Catherine of Braganza. It
is full of costume and pageantry, and sparkling with the whim
and frolic of the Merry Monarch and his pleasure loving Court.
The particulars of the early life and closing years of Catherine
are derived from unedited Portuguese records and memorials
hitherto unknown to English readers, and even to English his-
torians, who, in sketching the annals of the times have not put
themselves to the trouble of searching the archives of the Bra-
ganza family. The knowledge of these curious facts has
enabled Miss Strickland to enter into the secret chain of cir-
cumstances which led to the implication of this Queen's name
with the mysterious accusation connected with the Popish plot,
and which will be read with no common interest at this period
of national excitement. Tha death of Charles If., of which so
many contradictory statements have been written, is related
from the testimony left by an eye-witness, from beginning to
end, with careful accuracy, and it is one of the most striking
passages in the memoir. The archives of France have also'
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given up their long-hidden mysteries to supply some of the
fresh information contained in this volume. The widowhood
of Catherine, and the triumphant sunset of her days as Queen
Regent of Portugal, will be read with pleasure, as affording an
unexpectedly bright termination to the trials and mortifications
of the virtuous and neglected consort of the reckless Charles 11.
THE BRUNSWICK PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.—An
excursion from London to Brighton and back in one day, by
special trains engaged for the purpose, took place on Tuesday
last, in aid of the funds of the above Society. This excellent
Charity was formed in 1840, and ranks high amongst the
numerous charities which exist for the alleviation of the dis-
tresses of the necessitous and deserving poor, during the in-
clemency of the winter season. Its object is the relief of poor
persons and their families who in the winter, from want of em-
ployment and other casualties, experience the greatest priva-
tions, by supplying them with bread and coals. At nine o'clock
the trains left the London terminus with nearly 2,000 persons,
reaching Brighton, after a pleasant trip, in two hours.
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THE GAME-LAWS IN FRANCE. —" We are tempted,"
says the Presse, "to ask, do we live in a civilised country, when
facts are passing round us such as we are about to relate ? A ship
arrived lately at Havre from the Spanish Main, having on board a
stag, intended for a merchant at Bordeaux, but as the vessel was
not bound to Bordeaux, it was necessary to land the animal at
Havre. A serious difficulty, however, arose. Tha new game-law
declares that no game shall be suffered to be conveyed by sea or
land at a period prohibited. What, then, was to be done with
the stag ? Throw him into the sea. But the stag might swim to
shore, and the vessel would become liable to seizure for smuggling.
The case appeared so difficult of solution to the custom-house
authorities at Havre, that they referred it to the authorities at
Paris, and the case has nct yet been decided. Certainly, since the
memorable deliberation of Dornitian's Senate, relative to the pro.
per, sauce for a turbot, never was so serious a matter submitted to
the consideration of a public administration. We are curious to
ascertain how the custom-house authorities will extricate them-
selves horn the formidable difficulties occasioned by the arrival in
France of an 4Jnericen stag at a mason prohibited by law.!