The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

THE LORD 31AY0It'S VISIT TO
THE ARSENAL AT WOOLWICH.

Monday last the Lord Mayor left London-
at Two o'Clock, attended by the Water Bailiff,
:',our Masters, and other officers connected with
.•odservancy of the Thames, for the purpose of in-
Fpcoting the state of the colliers in the Pool, and the
sailors in various parts of the river. The space re-
quired by the new bye laws was most completely main-
tained ; the colliers were regularly berthed, and such
order was preserved as drew forth the highest appro-
bation of the able discharge of the duties of the Har-
bour Master from his Lordship. After the in-
spection, his Lordship visited the Arsenal at Woolwich,
where he was received in the most respectful and
hospitable manner by Lord Bloomfield, the Com-
mandant, and other officers of the garrison, and con-
ducted over the different stores, in which he viewed
the raoid process of manufacturing and filling car-
tridges, and other works connected with the science
of war. Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and the Lord
Mayor, proceeded in a carriage followed by other
carriages ordered by the Commandant, in which the
Lord Mayor's party were accommodated, to Plum-
stead Common, where they witnessed the magnificent
firing of Congreve rockets, which were discharged
against a bank at the distance of 600 yards. One of
the rockets entered part of the side of a ship placed be-
fore the bank as a target, to the depth of upwards of eight
inches. The havoc which sued cniues uffiestruetion must
makt!in a field of battle pow: fully reprci,nted by the
seourin; wijeh thirty of rr,.ll,a(ious missiles g.0.-e
the grounds, and the frightful force with which they
penetrated the mound of earth against. which they
were discharged.
Upon leaving the Common the Lord Mayor went to
view the Repository ; at 7 o'clock the Lady Mayoress
and her son joined the party at theresidence of
Lord Bloomfield, who valet' a most spiAidid dinner on
the occasion, and ;n tilt, evening opened his house to
many of the officers and the ladies of the surrounding
neighbourhood.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

The fine collection of wild beasts and the fiery per-
foi m7.aces in the evening, including the eruption of
M.)unt Hecla, the sky rockets and the " Koniaphos-
tic" ( Anglo-Greek for " lime light") continue to at-
tract great crowds to this innocent and instructive
place of amusement. Last evening notwithstanding
the dubious state of the weather, the crowd was :con-
sider ible, and on Tuesday evening there could not have
been fewer than from 3,000 to 4,000 persons present. The
effect of the intense and beautiful light on the vast and
varied multitude, on the trees, the water, and the
.•nowy crags, and glaciers of the artificial mountain, was
justly admired and elicited general marks of approba-
tion. The working of the volcano is perhaps of all the
performances the only one liable to objection. The
various lights, blue, green, yellow, red, and whit• which
it successively emits, have too much the appearance of
artifice, and the throes of the labouring mountain fol-
low each other more rapidly than those produced by the
first artist, Nature. The great conflagration ,however, at
the close, with the magnificent display of rockets and
fireworks shot up from the centre of a hillock in violent
combustion on the plain, makes ample amends and bids
fair to take the " shine," out of a neighbouring and
rival establishment. It has this advantage too over
Vauxhall, that all the performances are over before ten
o'clock.