The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

SOUTH LO.A'DON HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The first flower show of this society took place on
Thursday morning, at the Surrey Zlological Gardens.
The weather was fatal to a large attendance of visitors,
but the show itself was of a very splendid description,
and elicited great admiration from those who were pre-
sent. The following is a list of the prizes:—
CLASS THE FIRST.—PRIVATE GROWERS.—MiSCella-
necus Plants, Messrs. Colo, Bruce, Young, Hamp, and
Hook; Pelargoniums, Messrs. Parker, Foster, and Ro-
binso-i; Cape Heaths, Messrr. Cole, Bruce, and Hemp;
Azaleas, Messrs. Bruce and Cole; Tulips, Roses, Byblo-
men, and Bizarres, Messrs. Lane, Edwards, Wallan,
Venables, Newhall, Nuke, and Hook; Heartsease, Messrs.
Edwards, Lane, Scotcher, and Harris.

CLASS THE SECOND.—NURSERYMEN.—MisceIIaneous
Plants, Messrs. ramplin and Son, and Pawley; Pelargo-
niums, Messrs. Beck and Gains; Cape Heaths, Messrs.
Fairtairn, Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Azaleas,
Messrs. Ivery and Son, Pamplin and Son, and Pawley;
Tulips, Roses, Byblomens, and Bizarres, Messrs. Law-
rence, Norman, Bushell, and Wilmer; Heartsease,
Messrs. C. Turner, Bragg, and Thomson.
OPEN TO BOTH CLASSES.—Orchideous Plants, Messrs.
Beck and Bruce; Specimen Plant (any genus), Messrs.
Fairbairn and Co., Cole, Hart, Harop, Beck, Pamplin,
Gaines, Ivery, Paul and Son, Francis, Ambrose,
llorely, and Wood.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAT.—Mr. Humphrey
Brown, M.P., has, through our columns of to-day, given
notice of his intention to move at the next meeting cer-
tain resolutions. The principal object is to perfect the
system of accounts, to ascertain the original cost and
present value of the rolling stock, and see the amount
of traffic belonging to the main line and that to tle
branches.

JENNY LIND.—FLIGHT OF THE NIGHTINGALE.—
After all the numerous and strange paragraphs which
have found their way into provincial and London news-
papers, the public sill, perhaps, learn with some sur-
prise that our moat cdmired songstress and Swedish
Nightingale has left her residence at Brompton, and de-
parted for Paris, on her way to Stockholm. 11'o mar-
rive in England, we may venture to affirm, will take
place till she has had the advantage of consulting with
her family and friends. What may happen after that,
who can tell? Perhaps the paragraphists who knew
not only about the special license, but the actual wed.
ding at Batb. We shall no doubt have plenty of specu-
lations on the present state of affairs from authorites
quite as well informed.—Literary Gazette.
STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOOLE AND
ROTTERDAM.—A steamer is about to run weekly be-
tween !Gloole and Rotterdam, and Rotterdam and Goole.
She will leave Goole, on her first voyage, tomorrow.
This is an experiment, to ascertain the advantage or
disadvantag: of shipping goods from Goole, from the
West Riding and Lancashire, by the Lancashire and
Yorkshire line, in preference to the Bull and Serby, and
the other lines in connexion with it.-110 Advertiser.

FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday morning a
dread!ul explosion of fire-damp occurred in a pit belong-
ing to James Foster, Esq ,at Shutt-end, Brierley-hill, by
which two men were instantaneously killed, and ten or
twelve others fearfully injured.—Ten Towns Messenger.
NATURAL Gas..in Franklin, county Kentucky,
a vein of gas, highly inflammable, was lately found by
some men boring for water. After penetrating many
feet through a reek, the gas found
.its way in a large
volume to the surface, t:nd when ignited burned bril-
liantly. The discoverers introduced it into their own
house, and think that the rocks will afford sufficient gas
fora 101919 city.