The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-14 00:00:00

THE HORTICULTURAL SOC. lET Y.

The t ird aed la t tote for the pres, se .-on of the
Roy a. H ult-nitu al S ,ciety t.,ok Place eq S.onrclay.
The show of fl wars, and exotic pia .ts ‘N.hich wes
of a character of the v, ry highest excellence, tack
as usual, in ihe grounds of the soc+•ty, but. in addri,n
to this, his Grace the Duke of Dev,rn,hiri'. with his
usual urbanity and good feeling, admitted the company
into the grounds of his residence at Chiswick, which
join immediately the Horticultural Society's (:,ardens
at Turnham-green. Thus the fete was celebrated in both
places, and the visitors had an extensive and beautiful
range of promenade. The weather was favourable, al-
though not so bright as we could have wi.hed. The heavy
rains of :est week have been of grew adwaita,:e to the
turf, which is now m .st luxuriantly verdant ; and th,
tres and shrubs exhibit the fill f and uno
said to have arriv d at th,, p-rlection of th,.;r appear
ante. The co'epony consisted of many thons:ods of
people of rank. fashi- in, youth, and beauty, and though
not so numerou, as in the fete of June,
all that clAss who are to I.)t m-t at places of pelic
amusrnent crud fashionah;e resort. The show of fruits
was superb—indeed. such as nothing but the scientific
knowledge and industry of English gardmcrs, hacked
by a lavish yet j udicious expense of money, could produce,
and such a one as can be met with in no other country
than England. _ .

The grapes, pines. pe,:ches, and nectarines were mag-
nificent ; the result of a perfect system of horticulture,
and improved experience in its application. The roses
were very fine, exhibiting every variety of the flower,
and each in the highest perfection. The cape heaths, a
class of flowers, or plants, of comparatively recent intro-
duction into this country, were also admirable. The
clusters of flower, and the delicacy of the tints displayed,
kept the eye unwearied with gazing, and continually pre-
sented fresh beauties. Amongst the rarer plants, for
which medals were given, were some very extra-
ordinary tropical productions, new to this country,
but made deniz"ns of our conservatories by cul-
tivation and strict attention to their physiology.
These rare exotics of the Continent of South America
are of extreme curicsity. Their forms are elegant, their
colours vivid and gorgeous—such as to surpass anything
that we have been accustomed to inspect. Altogether,
this show was one of great interest, and will not be for-
gotten by the lovers of fleeiculture f ‘r• some time.
The fetes this year ha- e been very well managed. Great
praise is due to the Committ-e fA. their arringements ;
to Dr. Lindley, for his attention to the wi.hes ..f the Fel-
lows and the exhibitors ; to the excellent m•inner and
improved principle on a•Lieh the trargnees and tents hive
been erected by Mr. El,-;ntor .0' the Pr.Ju-rh, by which
acommodation and shade has been Given to theusar,cl• of
people, and al' danger from wind and weather prevented;
and to th-se by whom the ,sfrexlr.nents he: n son-
ofied. W, can say with [rut:, Ti,at the fat th 7,
eve he, n bst'er manage.] than in an: fo ro^r c,;.. and
•ve take le ve of :he gardens until neat =tiring with re-
r.-t. We had almost forgotten to rn.:itio!l that the
wands of the Grenadier Go,rds, of dm Coldstream
:nit-Is, end of the Royal Artillery, were :71 at.teedaace,
snd on this ~ee ',ion, as on tite t- , firmer tatea :ions,
ontritatted very materially to the pleasures of the
rneetlng.

REFOIIM IN THE doLsE OF

L' 'RDS.

Al,st persons who have p:id any tiv,entioi, t., priweed-
My:- in the Upper House of Parlianomt must have been
struck wi. h the mole in wi,;ch the:t are von
onducted. Si'.'. Peers speak ten times on the sam,
-object as a matter of c u, se. Their Lurdship, indeed
em to claim eKemption from the getwral rules which
rtguldte ev-ry rely rative asemlilt. from the tiwise ~£
Commons to the lowest debarin•r ,dub in an the h- uge.
A scene occurred last week in the Lord=, whiA will af-
ford a rerroirka,,le proof of the fart. Lord Broml.ham
in a speech on the railway department of the Board or
Trade, had made some allusions to Mr. flud-on,,when

Lord FEVERSFIA.3I said that Mr. HMI on, who was
present. and had heard Lord Brougham's sp,ech, bed
enthori%ed h'm to se' thet it was incorrect to say
that he interfered with the Committee.

Lord BROUGHAM observi.d that the only sovereign
entith-d to he pre,fnt at thcir debates was h-r Mt j:
TI),- railway potentate ha ' r.o riuht to he there.
The Did of nyvoN ohj,,,t,d to the Noble Lord's re-
peatedly speaking on the satn motion. "The Noble and
Learned Lord," said he, "has made six or seven 5,p.-eches
on this subject, which is a larger number than he ought.
to have indulg,,d in. I shill not., however, follow his

Lard BnotrGnem—T beer to tell t!ie Noble Earl that
I shall speak as often as I please, without consider-
ing, the wishes of the Noble Earl, who is not compelled
to listen to me. When he was sitting at this table come
time since (as Clerk of Parliament). he was compelled
to listen ; he is not so cow ; but I shall exercise my
right of speaking whether the Noble Lord chooses to
listen or not.

The Earl of DEVON—My Lords, I shall not comment
❑pon the good taste—(Hear, hear)—and the personal
feeling which have prompted the Noble Lord to make
the observations which yr.ur Lordships have just heard.
I do not know whether it be a well-merited observation,
but as the Noble and Learned Lord has now avowedly
and openly put himself in a position of defiance of this
House, it becomes necessary to consider what are the rules
and orders of the House upon this subject, and I tell
the Noble and Learned Lord that, although he tells us,
in the strong language he is accustomed to use, that he
will speak in this House as often as he likes, when he
does again speak twice or thrice on the same question,
contrary to the rules of this House, I shall call upon
your Lordships to vindicate aid enforce these rules.
Lord BROUGHAM—I hope there will be equitable
justice extended to all, on both sides of the House.--
(Hear, hear.) I never rise frequtntly unless other Noble
Lords do.

We hope this scene will he followed by the lif-st re-
sults, and that the Earl of I), von eni Lorr' nr•tigharn
will lay their heads tote:ether and ~:,!ablibh som;;thirg
like order in their LordAips'

CONTINENTAL RAILROADS.—In few parts of Evrore
does there appear more activity in the const-uction of railroads
than in the Sardinian States. In a very short tiror the !int., which
will run from Genoa to Switzerland, through Lombardy and to
Fr.nce, and that uhich will connect Turin Chambery, will
he finished. The Swiss Government has acquie,ced in the request
of that of Bavaria for permission to continue a railroad across the
cantons of Schaffhausen, Zurich, and Thurgovia, to the Lake of
Constance.

Tll E OLDEST SOLDIER. OF THY: RUSFT (le ARMY
Iwan Saporsschsky died at Kertsch, at the latter end of May; he
was born in 1725, the year of the death of Peter the Great, en..
tered the army in the beginning of the reign of El,zabetlt, served
under the celebrated Russian Generals Rumianzor, Po'emkin, and
Suwarnff; remained 18 years a prisoner sm tg the Turks, and
ultim itely settled in Crimea, where he died.
r. r. .1v - nts o'' ).1, las PJ<. w
find the remarkable announcement that there may be had "
airy bed tones for a g ntleman twenty-two feet long ny fourteen
feet wide." The bed-room ..ught, indeed, to be airy to accommo-
date a gentleman of these dimensions.—Punch.
FIRE IN IVttOD S rft EF,T CITY —0,4 Saturday at
two o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable loss of valuable
property, broke out uron the premises occupied conjointly by V.
Giary and Co., French glove importers; J Bennett, wholesale
milliner; and Banbury and Peters, ribbon manufacturers, situate
in Wood.street, Cheapside, two doors north of Lad-lane. The fire
was got under by three o'clock, but the damage to the premises and
the stock is considerable.

PLYMOUTti, JULY 10. The Yirwoffian corvette
Ornen (Aug Eagle), of 211 guns, Captain Gronn, put into the
Sound yesterday afternoon, being on a cruise from Christiana.
Late in the evening his Danish Majesty's frigate Galatea, of 42
guns, Captain Steinball, put into this pert in consequence of con.
trary winds. She is bound to China, to endeavour to effect a treaty
of commerce with the Celestial Empire. At eight o'clock this
morning an exchange of salutes took place The salute consisted
of a round of 21 guns from each ship, the citadel, and 17 from her
Majesty's ship Caledonia. The report of the guns called out a
great number of persons who imagined that the experimental fleet
had arrived from Spithead_

DINNER To MR. BRITTON, F.S.A.—At a dinner
given on the 7th inst., at Richmond, to the above veteran
antiquary and topographer, the Chairman, in proposing his
health, sail, " Mr. Britton was not ashamed to have it known
that he was of humble origin, and that he had not bad the
advantages of education in his youth ; but he had been
both the builder and the architect of his own for-
tunes, and by unwearied industry and perseverance
he had succeeded, in spite of every disadvantage,
in producing those works which had placed him
in his present position. By a paper which he then held in
his hand, he found that the number of those volumes was
65; besides numerous—almost innumerable—essays; that
they comprised no less than 17,122 pages; and such of them
as had ever attempted to write even 20 pages would be able
to appreciate the labour. The engravings in Mr. Brit-
ton's works were 1,866, and their beauty and accuracy
were well known; and to come to a matter which he, as
a commercial man, might be Supposed to know more about,
the money expended in these productions amounted to the
enormous sum of 50,328/. And all of these, it should be re-
membered, were essentially useful and instructive. That day
was Mr. Britton's birth-day; on that day he entered upon
MI 75th year; and his whole life had been actively and in-
dustriously spent. —The Builder.
MORE BLACK DOINGS ON THE TURP.—The atten-
tion of the Jockey Club is, we understand, next week to be
devoted to an investigation of a charge against a person well
known at Newmarket of having endeavoured by a bribe to
induce a tradesman in aft same town to poison Idas, previous
to that horse starting for the Derby. It would seem that a
certain deleterious poWder was given to the hopeful agent,
which he was to induce a boy in the stable to mix with the
horse's corn before he quitted Newmarket for Epsom. The
agent's heart, however, failed at the last pinch, and he did
not carry out his fell intent ; and now, having quarrelled
with his principal, in consequence of his not paying him at
least a portion of the bribe, has "split," and disclosed some
correspondence bearing on the siihject. The powder was
shown to a respectable innkeeper in the town, but whether
any of it hay been preserved we have nor ascertained. The
circumstances will be rigidly inquired into, end we suppose
we shallhave further " warnings off the Turf."
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Mr. J. Doubleday has
at length completed his labours upon the Portland vase. Mr.
Doubleday has accomplished his undertaking in so masterly a man-
ner, that it would defy even the most critical to discover where
the vase had been Injured. We believe it is the intention of the
authorities of the Museum, in order to preserve the vase from
fu• ure attacks, to keep it in a separate apartment, accessible only
by tickets.
THE IRON TRADE.—It is antirip-ted that no
alteration will be made in the prices of Iron at the ensuing quer.
terly meeting of the trade. It is difficult, in the existing state
of the •iron market, to judge how far prices are likely to remain as
at present. The demand continues very dull, and stocks must be
accumulating. The present price of bar iron is nominally 101. at
the works, but many sales have been effected at much lo.ver
prices. The hopes of the trade rest very much on the demand
which is expected for railway iron. Although it will fall far
short of what was once most sanguinely looked for, and be spread
over a much longer period, we have every reason to believe it will
maintain prices at their present rate. It is very desirable for the
manufacturing interest of this town and neighbourhood that a
steady price should be maintained ; and the present rates, we be.
neve, if fully obtained, would be remunerative to the iron manu-
facturer, and in no degree injurious to the export trade of tide its.
trict. The stocks of pig iron in Scotland are unusually large, and
prices extremely fluctuating, the markets being principally in the
bands of opt Culators.—Birrnmghans Times.