The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

KENSINGTON GARDENS,

In consequence of the great number of persons at-
tracted to thee gardens by the band on Sunday, the
12th, and the great increase of visitors on Sunday, the
19th, the Chief Commissioner of Works gave crders that
the number of visitors last Sunday should be taken
down, and on entering the gates persons might be seen
actively engaged in this duty. The numbers given are
various, but supposed to be about 60,000. The gardens
in the neighbourhood of the band were densely crowded,'
and the notice requesting gentlemen not to smoke in the
immediate vicinity of the band and the refreshment-room
was very generally attended to, much to the satisfaction
of the ladies, and those who do not indulge in that self-
gratification. In other parts of the gardens vast num-
bers of persons were seen walking and enjoying them -
selves, and the whole spectacle was of a most gratifying
character. There was nothing in the derneaneur of this
vast multitude to offend the fastidi,us eye of even a Sir
Andrew Agnew. A great improvement has also taken
place in the accommodation offered to the public as re-
gards chairs and moveable seats. Until lately, these were
furnished by one person, were sometimes of a very ricketty
character, and the charge was 3d. each. The chairs are
now nearly all new, and provided by different persons ;
and a notice appears on the trees to the effect that the
charge for moveable seats is not to exceed id. Every
chair was let, and hundreds of persons were seated in
little groups upon the grass listening to the music, and
witnessing the gay scene, which was much heightened by
the fineness of the weather. Most of the nobility and
gentry and members of the corps diplomatique remaining
in London appeared to be present, and Sir Benjamin
Hall was seen moving about in the crowd arm in arm
with the Dean of Durham, apparently enjoying the
scene. The following is a correct statement of the
number of persons entering Kensington Gardens at
each gate :-
1. The gate near the Palace, south side 2,039
2. The gate near the Palace-gate 3,640
3. The gate near the Horse Barracks 3,079
4. Mount-gate.
. 5. South-east corner of gardens, south gate 2,671
6. South-east corner of gardens, north gate 7,358
7. The gate on the bridge, south end 2,160
8. The archway under bridge, south end l,OBO
9. The gate on bridge, north end 15,010
10. The archway under Uridge, north end ..
11. Buckdine bill gate (near Victoria-gate) 12,625
12. New gates, Uxbridge-road 2,335
13. Bayswater-gate 7,471

• Total number of persons who entered the
gardens

LORD DUNDON A LD' a S3HEME IN
APRIL, 1809.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—Lord Dundonald again enforces the powers of
his " scheme."
The accompanying extract from the Annual Register,
1809, shows what one of his schemes was, and how it
succeeded. At the present moment it may ir tereet your
readers, as it establishes the success of his plans on a
remarkable occasion, of which many among the public
have only heard the name.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A. C.

August 27.

" The French fleet of eight sail of the line and two
frigates was blocked up in Brost harbour by the British
fleet under Lord Gambier, who was compelled by wea-
ther to quit his station. The French fleet thus effected
their-escape and entered the Basque-roads, where they
were joined by four more sail of the line and two fri-
gates. They finally anchored in Aix-roads, under the
guns of their own torts. Lord Cochrane was app iinted
to attack them. On the 10th of April 1809, a number
of fireships having joined the fleet, preparations were at
once made for the attack.

" His Lordship caused 1,500 barrels of gunpowder to
be started into puncheons, upon the tops of these were
placed about 400 shells charged with fuses, and upon
these about 3,000 hand grenades. The puncheons were
fastened together by cables wound round them and
jammed tight with wedges, and m.)istened sand was
rammed down between the casks to render it as solid as
possible from stem to stern, that the resistance might
render the explosion more violent.

"On this vessel, dreadful to imagine, Lord Cochrane,
with one lieutenant and four seamen, embarked, and fa-
voured by a strong northeily wind and flood tide, bore
down on the enemy, accompanied by Captain Woodridge
with the fireships.
" The French fleet, dismayed, endeavoured to avoid
destruction by cutting their cables and running on shore.
" Lord Cochrane, perceiving they had taken the alarm,
set fire to the fuse, and, with his companions, took to
the boat.

" I❑ consequence of the wind getting high the fuse
burnt too quickly, so that, with desperate exertion, the
heroic little party were six minutes nearer than they had
calculated to be when the most tremendous explosion
that human art, ever contrived took place by the burst-
ing at glade in the air of 400 shells and 3,000 hand gre-
nade'.

"Lord Cochrane no sooner reached his ship than he
proceeded to attack the French ships, thrown into con-
fusion or driven on shore.
" The re.ult of this affair .was, that one ship of 120
buns, five of 74, and.two frigates, were driven on shore,
and either destroyed or rendered totally useless. One
ship of 80 guns, two of 74. and one of 50 guns, and
three frigates, were hnrnt by us or their own crews. In
this hazardous operation our whole loss amounted to 30
men killed and wounded."

THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY.—Sunday last being
the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, Captain-General and Colonel of this an-
cient corps, the regiment mustered at an early hour at
head-quarters, Finsbury, under the command of Major
Barnard, for the purpose of firing a royal salute in
honour of the occasion. At half-past 10 they marched
to the church of St, Cuthbert, Fenchurch, preceded by
their band, where a very appropriate and eloquent ser-
mon was preached by their chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Cox.
On their return the artillery division, under the com-
mand of Captain Robinson, fired the salute, the battalion
forming line in rear of the guns. Since the commence-
ment of the war the household troops have foregone the
luxury of white trousers in the summer months ; nn this
oeca.sion, therefore, the full parade dress and bearskins
forcibly reminded one of the gay and smart appeararce
the Gnarls were wont to exhibit at similar periods in St.
James's-park.-
The letters from Canada with regard to the harvest
state that, although anxiety was caused at one period
by heavy rains, the c incurrent testimony of the agricul-
turists in the great wheat-growing districts of the upper
province is that in no preceding year have the prospects
of large returns been better than at present.
NEW YORK.—The mercantile letters from New York
this week describe little alteration. The stock market
was firm and perhaps more active than usual for the
period' of the year, but no material rise in quotations
was likely to take place until after the arrival of some of
the large supplies of gold expected from California in
consequence of the increased yield of the mines. Mean-
while, however, the New York banks continued to dis-
count freely, and the money market was therefore with-
Out pressure. The importation of manufactured goods
from Europe was large, bat not excessive, and still
showed a reduction as compared with the corresponding
month of last year. The a"counts regarding the pro-
ceedings on the Mexican frontier continued to excite in-
terest, and although they were extremely contradictory,
they left little doubt that the position of Santa Anna
was critical, and that the revolutionists in the northern
part of the Republic were receiying open and extensive
aid frOm large bodies of United States' sympathisers
from Texas, where the principal arrangements of the
iasurrection seem to have been planned.
AUSTRALIA. —The accounts from Sydney yester-
day by the Ocean Chief are only two days later than
those received from Melbourne by the India mail
on the 22d inst. The import mar kets continued to

improve, in consequence of the diminution of arrival.i,
and the impression was that in less than a year the
general state of the mercantile affairs of all the Austra-

an colonies will have returned to a perfectly natural
and hea'thy position. Provisions of all kinds had expe-
rienced a further rise, and would be likely to remain at
high rates for some months, especially as the tide of im-
migration was greater than ever, owing to the accessions
received from other countries besides the United King-
dom. Within the past few days another ship had ar-
rived with 285 Chinese, and a brig had also been re-
ported with 61, settlers from Monte Video, who were to
be followed by, others. The rate of exchange on London
had advanced to 4 premium, and hence the quantity of
gold brought on this occasion is unusually large for a
ship from Sydney direct. The other vessels known to
have sailed are the Duke of Northumberland, with 1,712
ounces, and the Lady Wharncliffe, with 1,634 ounces,
from SYriney ; and the Eagle, with 43,979 ounces, fr,mi
Melbourne, whence also the Essex, Northumberland,
and Boomerang were all on the point of early departure,
most probably with eonsi lerable sums.
BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM,
Monday.—The above festival, for the benefit of the
General Hospital, under the patronage of her most gra-
cious Majesty the Queen, and most of the leading nobi-
lity of the kingdom, commences to-morrow morning,
and promiees to surpass, in point of talent and attraction,
any assembly of the kind: which has taken place here for
some years past. The demand for tickets up to the
present time has been greater than on any previous oc-
casion' and the pecuniary success of the festival is now
Placed beyond a doubt.
INAUGURATION OF THE PEEL STATUE AT BIRMING-
HAM.--Monclav Evening.—To-day not less than 50,000
persona assembled in this town to do honour to the
memory of the above late distinguished statesman, by
the inauguration of a splendid statue, worthy of the man
and the town. .At half-past eleven o'clock, the com-
mittee appointed shortly after the melancholy death of
Sir Robert Peel, to raise a monument to his memory,
the Mayer, Aldermen, and Town Councillors of the
borough, and a large number of other gentlemen as-
sembled in the Waterloo-rooms, and at twelve o'clock
walked in procession to the top of New-street, where a
splendid bronze statue has been raised on an appropriate
pedestal. The concourse of persons in the neighbour-
hood was immense, and the utmost .interest felt by all
present to witness the ceremony. A large platform,
erected in frontA the st +tue, was occupied by the cor-
poraYion and their friends, and every window from
whiql a view could be obtained was occupied by ladies.
Shortly before twelve o'clock the Hon. and Rev, G. M.
Yorke addressed the assembly, and the statue was un-
covered amid enthusiastic cheering. An address was
then read by the Town Clerk, after which the Mayor, J.
Palmer, ESq., eloquently acknOWledged the gift to the
town, and the proceedings terminated with votes of
thanks to the several gentlemen who were chiefly instru-
mental in the inauguration.

LATEST NEWS.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 27.

The Carmel has arrived with accounts from

Constantinople to the 20th. The Sultan has de.

tided that 25 battalions taken from the Turkis

troops in the Crimea and from the Danube shat

be sent to Asia. Omer Pacha, as well as Hussein

Paeha, was to leave on the 21st for Batoum.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffd was about to embark

for the Crimea, where he will present insignia o:
the Order of the Bath to several generals. Ge.

neral Pelissier, in an order of the day of the

congratulates the army of the Tehernaya on hay

ing by its victory of the 16th worthily celebrated

the fete of the Emperor.

The Russians, says

General Pelissier, have lost more than 6,000
men, and have left in the hands of the allies

2,200 wounded and prisoners. Among the officers
who have distinguished themselves the order of

the day mentions Generals Herbillon and de
Failly, as well as Colonel Forgeot, of the artillery,
and adds, that the cavalry under General Morris

were ready to have followed up the pursuit of the

enemy, but that the General in-Chief, who does
not lose sight of the principal object of the great
enterprise in which France is engaged, wished to

spare useless bloodshed, after having once more
proved the superiority of the French infantry over
the vaunted Russian troops.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
We have received the following telegraphic de-

spatch from Triesta

TRIESTE, MONDAY, A UG. 27.

The steamer Calcutta arrived here this morn-
ing at a quarter to ten, in 127 hours from
Alexandria.

The ludia and China, mails left Alexandria cn

the 21st of August, with advices from Calcutta ( f
the 19th of July; Bombay, 30th of July; Can-
ton, July 8 ; Hong Kong, July 10. •
An insurrection had occurred among the San-
tals in Rajmahal, in Bengal.
The American ship Lightfoot, 200 tons, has
been lost of Saugor.
Trade in India was quiet.

The Indigo crop promises a fair average.

Opium is risen.
Exchange at Calcutta, 2.1 g.
The rebels are losing ground in the north of

China.
At Canton there has been much bloodshed.
Exchange at Canton, 4.8 ; Shanghai, 6.4.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY
AT OSBORNE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING.

This morning, at a quarter-past 7, I descried
the Victoria and Albert Royal standard just above
the horizon, about 20 miles beyond the • Nab

light-ship.

At half-past 'T the hull of the Royal yacht be-
came visible, and at 10 minutes past 8 she passed

the Nab.

On passing through Spithead, a few minutes
later, the garrison battery at Portsmouth fired a
Royal salute, announcing the Queen's return.
The Royal yacht arrived off Osborne at about
a quarter to 9.

The Vivid was next, following the Victoria and
Albert, the Osborne followed the Vivid, the dis-
tance between each vessel being about five or six

miles.

Weather beautiful.

FRANCE..

P ARTS, AUGUST 27.
Yesterday, 26th Angus+, being the anniversary
of Prince Albert's birthday, the Emperor conceive :I
the idea of giving his guest a military salute of a
kind unusual in England. All the drummers of
the various corps of the garrison were ordered to
St. Cloud early. They mustered at half-past eight
in front of the bridge, all in full uniform, and
headed by the senior drum major. They then pro-
ceeded to the Cour d'Honneur, and immediately
commenced the salute, with which the Royal party
were i!iuch amused.

We read in the V oniteur :—" The number of
letters addressed to the Queen of England during
her residence at St. Cloud has been so great that it
has been impossible to send immediate answers to
all of them, but they will be replied to hereafter."
The Queen of England has authorised the muni-
cipal authorities to give her name to the new line
of communication opened between the Place de
l'Hotel de Ville and the Place du Chatelet.

The Moniteur says :—" The Earl of Clarendon,
Minister of Foreign Affairs to her Britannic Ma-
jesty, went yesterday to the Hotel of the French
Minister of .Foreign Affairs, and had a long con-
ference with Count Walewski."

The Moniteur publishes a decree authorising a
number of persons to accept and wear foreign
orders. Amongst them is M. Magna, the Minister
of Finance, who has received the Grand Cross of
the Portuguese order of our Lady of the Concep-
tioTnhoef
English
aisVh
isCteasao.ier Robert Lowe left Marseilles
on Saturday with 910 men on board for the E tst.
The steam-frigate Orinoco, and the Zenobie fri-
gate, have also left the same port for the Black Sea
with troops and stores.
The Presse d'Orient says :—" The 2d regiment
of Turkish Cossacks, which is Completely formed,
has received orders to proceed. from Schumla, to
Varna for embarkation. Its destination is at pre-
sent unknown. It has beer already mentioned
that a quay had been re cently constructed at
Varna by the French enQinieers, and a road from
Rassowa to Kustendje. The probable construction
of a pier to defend Kustetidje against the heavy
weather produced by easterly winds is now spoken
of. It will also allow of the, entrance of vessels at
all times into the port, anf 1 form a good shelter.
l'he military authorizes ha ve been for some time
making very large purchasi:s in forage. A great
part of the DobruAcha is filled with mowers work-
ing for them."

A letter from St. Petersl.7.urg, of the 17th, in the
Itioniteur, says :—" The bombardment of Swea-
borg has ceased; the enemy's fleet have returned
to Nargen, and yet, except a few telegraphic de-
spatches, nothing offi.cial has yet been published
on this event. From this silence it is necessarily
concluded that the bombardment has caused great
damage, and that the report to be published on
this subject is undergoing a strict revision. Hence.
there is abundance of conjectures. The fortifica-
tions, that is, the Irarlite walls of Sweaborg, have,
no doubt, suffered but little, but it seems that
whatever could has been destroyed. What, be-
sides, is more important than the tangible damage
done to Sweaborg is the moral impression the
event has produced, for no one now thinks himself
secure behind granite walls."

BOURSE, AUG. 27.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash, fr. e. End of Month.
4i par Cents 95 —95 f. --c.
3 per Cents 66 60 66 60
Credit Mobilier
Credit Fonder — Austrian
Belgian Fives ..... - Spanish Threes
Piedmontese ......... 85 Home Debt
RAILWkI-8-- FOR OA"'
fr. n.
Orleans ........... 1220 -- Reuer.
960
Western ............... 82 75 Strasburg .
701 25
Yette ...... . .......... 735 Havre
700 -
Me.literranean ...... 1330 -"-• _ ortheru ... 915. • Grand Central
710 ........ 1224 50 Austrian Com.

fr. C

AUSTRIA.
The Cologne Gazette contains the following from
Vienna of the 21st :—" The*Turkish Ambassador,
Arif-Effendi, had a long conference with Count
Buol yesterday ; the question of the project formed
by the Weistern Powers to transport the trieatreof

I war to the Danube next spring was the object of
this conference. Austria does not entirely approve
of this project, and has already made it the sub-
ject of representation at Constantinople. It is
said that Arif Effendi has handed to Count . Buol
the reply of his government to that note."

PRUSSIA.
A letter from Beilin of the 22d, in the Augs-
burg Gazette, says :—" The last circular of the
Austrian Cabinet was not intended to be handed
to the German Cabinets, but had rather the
character of instructions addressed to the
representatives of Austria, as to the lan-
guage which they were to hold with regard to the
resolution of the Diet of the 26th July. This ex-
plains why it has been said that it had not been
communicated to the Cabinet of Berlin. This latter
Cabinet has replied in the same manner, by
charging its ambassador at Vienna to make known
to Count Buol the contents of a despatch trans-
mitted to that ambassador. As to the Austrian
despatch the contents of it are as follows Count
de i3uol begins by expressing his satisfaction at the
union which has been arrive 1 at in the Diet as re-
gards form, and attributes that result in the Fede-
ral sentiments which Austria has testified. But as
to the question whether Austria is completely
satisfied with the contents of the resolution of
the 26th July, the Minister declares that to his
great regret he must -reply in the negative. In the
course of the document, Count de Buol observes
that in the last application which it had made, the
Cabinet of Vienna wished to induce the Diet to
formally accept the four points, and that it had re-
lied the more fully on the accomplishment of
that wish, that since the month of December
last the Diet had expressly recognised the four
points as an appropriate basis of peace. To this
the Count adds that in the negotiations between
the Garman courts the necessity of a union of all
Germany on a well-determined programme was
..:everal times mentioned. Never, therefore, has a
better opportunity presented itself for the Diet to
come to a decisive resolution with regaid to the
divergent interests, by unanimously and energeti-
cally joining in the policy of Austria. Count de
Baol concludes by expressing a hope that the ulte-
rior de velopmeut of events will determine the mem-
bers of the Diet, in the well-understood interest of
Garmany, to also adopt on their side the programme
.of the four points, which the allies of the 2d Dec.
still maintain, and on the basis of which Russia
is still disposed to negotiate, and to furnish to Aus-
tria, iu the efforts which she may make to enforce
that programme, a support which will not be sim-
ply theoretical."
Voss's I''azette of Berlin gives the following as
the reply of Prussia to the Austrian communica-
tion :—" The Prussian Government has replied to
the circular despatch from the Cabinet of Vienna,
in which the Imperial Government speaks of the
resolution of the Diet of the 26th July, and ex-
presses a hope that Germany will end by guaran-
teeing the four points. This reply has been trans-
mitted to the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna,
and is to be read by him to Count Buol. The
main point of it is the following is impossible
for the Prussian Government to share in the re-
grets which the resolution of the 26th July causes
to the Cabinet of Vienna ' • on the contrary, it is
very glad not to be bound to the four points, con-
sidering the various chances to which they have
been exposed."