The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

OPEN TO BOTH CLASSES.

For the best single specimen plant (any genus); small
silver Victoria medal— \lessrs. Fairbairn.
For the second best ditto; small silver Linnman. medal
—Messrs. Hunt.
For the third best ditto; small silver Adelaide medal
—Messrs. Hunt.
EXTRA. PRlZES.—Collection of tulips ; small silver
Linnwan medal—Mr. Willmer.

Collection of grapes; small silver Adelaide medal—
Mr. Chapman.
Collection of cucumbers and strawberrie!; small Ade-
laide medal—Mr. /lamp.
SELDLINGs.—TuIips; Mr. Scammell.
Heartsease; Mr. Bragg.

BALLOON ASCENT AT THE ROYAL ►STANDARD
GARDENS.—The ascent which was aknounced to take
place at thcAe gardens, yesterday evening, was carried
out at a quarter to eight o'clock, in a manner that was
satisfactory to the assembled spi ciators and gratifying
in the extreme to the adtoirers of the science of aercwa,..

tion, inasmuch as a , jugular and unprecedt-rated diaplay
of commendable and brotherly feeling manifested itself
between Mr. Gypson, the intrepid aeronaut, and Mr.
Gale. It appears that the latter gentleman's new bal-
loon susta,ned considerable injury in its descent, on
Monday evening, from the Wellington-gardens' at
Bristol, owing to the storm which prevailed, and as it
was impossible for Mr. Gale to repair damages in time
to make his ascent on Wednesday, Mr. G. p.,on gener-
ously proffered the use of his majestic machine, and it
rose accordingly with Mr. Gale in the
.ear, together
with Mr. Gypson and Mr. and Mrs. Brading. Atter a,
pleasant trip, which lasted for more than an hour, a safe
descent was effected near East Barnet, and as the gas was
carefully preserved, and Mr. Gypson's balloon remained
unoccupied, another ascent is promised to take placo
this evening, the ba loon containing the identical gas with.
which it was inflated on Wednesday.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT STEPNEY.—Stepney fair
was yesterday the scene of extraordinary excitement,
consequent en the outbreak of a fire which tor some time
threatened the most disastrous consequences in an ex-
tensive range of rope-grounds, situate on the eastern
side of the Fairfield, and which was only finally extin-
guished after the destruction of a large amount of pro-
perty. From inquiries made on the spot we un erstatd
the tire broke out about halt-past one o'clock in the rope-
works carried on by Mr. darns, which extend from
Fairfield-place over a space of ground measuring nearly
200 feet in depth. The workmen usually employed on
the premn-es were absent at the time at dinner, and the
fire obtained a firm hold before it was observable by any
persons, probably owing to the great excitement prevail-
ing in the neighbourhood, the fair beingjust at mistime
at its height. The work of destruction having once
commenced, however, soon told its own tale, dense
volumes of smoke rising from the building aid flames
bursting forth with frigntful rapidity. The moment the
fact became known, thousands of spectators assembled
from all parts of the fair, and messengers were tr 4..
aid
scantlythe sent off by the police authorities to obtain the
fire brigade. The proximity of several
dancing booths to Mr. Marn's rope walk left no ,:loubt
that the flames must inevitably reach them in the
course of a few minutes, unless active means were
taken to prevent such an extension of the catastrophe,
and, as the only mode of avoiding it, the poles sup-
porting them were torn up and the whole of the erec.
Lions thrown down. The fire meanwhile continued to
spread until the whole of Mr. Marn's rope-works were
enveloped in flames. The adjoining premises also (a
rope-ground in the occupation of Mr. Gray) soon caught
fire, and in a very brief space of time were reduced to
ashes. The inflammable nature of the articles contained
in both warehouses was such as to preclude all hype
from the first moment of saving either. and even rafter
the arrival of the engines the efforts of the firemen were
confined to the salvage of the adjoining property in
Fairfield-place and Arbour-row, the houses in both of
which were several times in great danger of being fired.
The fire literally burnt itself out, after destroying al 1
within its reach. The great sufferers by the catoaatrtopehie
are Mr. Maria and Mr. Gray; but
neighbours are sufferers to a considerable extent by the
damage of their back premises and the removal of their
ia
lte otherarn's
there is reason to believe that the
fire originatedfurniture. linthharnopuigbh'
the carelessness of some person
in throwing a partially a
rignited
rope•ground. matchl into lir
h. l
rty insured;
a_n:s pasufferers, it is stated, are not. The excitement which
, fled during the fire n.ay be more easily
prevailed imagined
than described, and the wonder is, that among so dense
a mass of human beings assembled under such circum-
stances no serious accident occurred. The booth-
holders have been great sufferers b y
the breakage of
lamps, &c.
FARRINGDON GENERAL DISPENSARY.--This \ Rillft•
ble charity held its anniversary festival yesterday
even-
ing at the London CoffeehouseLudgate - hi ll ,
when
ahnui
50 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Mr. L. J. Hansard
occupied the chair, and during the evening subscriptions
to the amount of 1501. were announced by the secretary.
The proceedings were of the usual character on such oc-
casions, and we believe we shall best serve the interests
of the charity by selecting the following facts from the
report of last year us proofs of the benefits conferred by
it:—The number of cases attended by the medical offi-
cers within the year has been 3,280. The physicians
have afforded aid to the poor patients 23.196 times, and
the surgeons have given their advice 5,624 times. Of.
and relieved,
the 2,741 cases admitted, 2,666 were cured
number
treated only two-andsa-half per Pent. of the whole
-deaths nearly a half
were
treated die,,; out of these
children, and of the remainder a large proportion were
cases of pulmonary consumption. In the obstetrical de-
partment there
were 539 cases, 537 single and 2 double-
births; and, of the 541 children, 521 were born alive.
Of the whole number of women confined only two deed.
It appears from the report, that the charity is at pre-
sent in debt, but a confident hope was expressed that
the liberality of the public would relieve it from its em-
barrassments.
Three woodcocks were seen on the margin of Virin•
denims Like yesterday wee}s.