The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

While on this subject, we cannot ,refrain from
calling attention. to the present results of what
may be called the experiment now being tiied in
Kensington-gardens. It is hardly necessary to
say that we have no sympathy with those who,
ID the redundant charity of their nature, hold
Forth as their gospel the assertion that the
masses, as a whole, are' governed by brute in-
stincts, and have no taste for the good and beau-
tiful. Excellent judges, doubtless, in their own
case, •we might pass the assertion unques-
tioned if it only related to themselves, and
leave them undisturbed to churn the butter
of appearances for their own worldly use ;
but this not being the case, we have pleasure in
giving the slander refutation on every eligible
opportunity. And what, we ask, has been the
effect of offering good music to the million in the
Royal Gardens at Kensington on Sunday after-
noon ? Have the umbrageous shades, beautiful
'vistas, glorious foliage, and life-inspiring air of
these gardens been desecrated by the orgies of a
rabble rout, offensive to the eye of taste, and,
' alien to civilisation ? Nothing of the sort ; no-
thin., has been witnessed there which the
learned and conscientious divine should take ex-
ception to, or the enlightened and patriotic states-
man contemplate otherwise than with pride and
satisfaction. Instead of disorder and unhallowed
revelry there was to be seen 60,000 individuals
of every class, in respectable attire, now gazing
on the handiwork of a bountiful PROVIDENCE
with an air of tranquil delight, or drinking
in, with kindling eye and eager hush, sounds
that could only fail of .being interpreted
into praise if croaking bad tunes in bad time to
an asthmatic organ or a rheumatic contrabass°
be a necessary element. Such has been, and will
continue to be so long as the weather permits, the
effect Of offering the means of healthy recreation
to the toiling and city-pent masses of the metro-
polis ; and we sincerely trust the experiment may
be continued on a, larger scale, and more nume-
rous, if not varied, inducements be offered to sober
out-door recreation on their only holiday to a
population that, as it whOfe, has proved itself so
worthy of the boons conferred upon it. The
remit will be the: Vest ' answer 'to cavillers, and
will, prove not only that .sueh recreation is con.,
dUcive to health,, but aLso that health is' conducive
to a sturdy. morality.

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun-
tess Bernstorff have left London for the baths of Ems,
in Germany. During his Excellency's absence, Count
Brandenburg is charged with the affairs of the Legation.
The Earl and Countess Granville left town, yesterday
mon ing, for Paris.
The Earl of Stamford and Warrington was married,
yesterday, at Ole wer Church, to Miss Katherine Cocks,
daughter of the late Mr. Henry Cocks.
The Earl and Countess of Chichester, and Lord Pel-
ham, have been paying a visit to Mr, and Lady Susan
Smith, at Watton House, Ware.
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Mr. and Lady Isabella Whitbread are at present
making a tour in the south of France.
BOMBARDENT OF SwEABORG.—It will be recollected
that the Pickle, gun-boat, had the honour of firing the
fiat shell into Sweaborg. Lieutenant G. H. Wriford,
of the Royal Marine Artillery—honourably mentioned
in the idispatchea for the well-directed fire of the Pickle's
mortar, of which that officer had charge—is the son of
our late town mar, Captain Samuel Wriford, MM.—
P, /Rite raPt Mail.
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131PIIIMT ROBBERY.—Yesterday information was re-
ceived that Mrs. Granville, of Elliot Vale Brook, near
Hastings, whilst in the refreshment-room of the Pavi-
lion Hotel, Folkestone, bad been plundered of her purse,
containing a 500 f. note, a 100 f. note, and 151. in gold,
besides silver. The room was instantly closed, but the
thief could not be found.

INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—At the annual meeting of
theuSomerset Arches()logical Association, which extended
ovei three days, it was stated that the remains of a rhi-
noceros andl other extinct animals had lately been dies.;
covered in the neighbourhood of Taunton, in connection
With the trees .of a forest in which they lived. Theis
trees were of existing species, viz., oak, alder, hazel,
&c.,. thus showing that the climate of the country, when
it walk ilahehitedimthe rhinoceros, bear, tiger, elephant;
yate, ttc,, wee Dutch the same as it is COW.' •
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