The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-20 00:00:00

PUBLIC EDIFICES.

KEw GARDENS.—The renovation of the pa-
goda—for some time past closed on account of dangerous
state—is proceeding rather rapidly;, it is surrounded with
scaffolding; and such circumstance, together with the'recent
attentions paid to Kew Gardens by his Majesty, and the addi-
tions made to the botanic gartiens-,-not forgetting the thriving
branch from Buonaparte's roil/ores, make this ipot, particu-
larly on Sundays, the scene of considerable attractibn and a
good deal of company. Kew had to contend, like Irenailes, with
all the disadvantages of a flat surface, and a swampy and ungrate-
ful soil. It remained for the wealth of a nation to drain and fer-
tilize both. In Kew Gardens now, however, there is mach' diver-
sity of scenery. The pleasure grounds, as most visitors know, are
ornamented with several temples, &c.; one is in the Gothic. ano.
ther is in the Arabesque or Turkish style, and there is-a Vene-
tian temple. But the principal of these is that-which is now
undergoing repair, and which attracts much attention from the
curious cradle-work, scaffolding by which it is. surrounded ; it
is a magnificently-designed pagoda, in imitation of d"Chine.se
building. It is 49 feet in diameter at the base. and 163 feet in
height, and, as may be imagined, is a cepspicuotts.t object in
the purrounang fiat country, the view of it 11ot being intercev tea
by adjacent hills or the adjoining shrubbery. The .esotic gar-
den was established in 1760, by the Princess Dowager. The
pleasure grounds are about T2O acres, in extent ; they were
begun by a late Prince'of Wales, and finished under the eye
the Princess Dowager, who took'great delight in the spot.
BUCKINGHAM HOUSE.—'the workmen are employed in
raising a new back, by which the depth of the structure will
be increased. 'rhe projections in front of the Palace will form
a colonade of Corinthian pillars. No persons, with the exeep.
tion of the workmen and trailmnen employed on the building,
are permitted to enter any of the doors to the high fence which
surround the works. Nothing but the external walls of the.
old Palace are standing.

The grand front erecting at WHITEHALL begins to slaw
the plan of the architect. That part of Parliament-street, near
the Banquetting-house, will soon form a stately avenue to the
British Senate. The building now raising, promises not only
to become ,a :public ornament, but to benefit the nation,
by forming a sufficient number of. Government Offices, in
which the more important duties of' the State will be conve.
niently discharged. The Secretaries ot. State have been for
years packed up, as it were, in Downing.street, with offices
not larger than the room of a Police Magistrate. The great
machinery of public business will work with more facility when
the new arrangements are terminated.. It is intended to pull
down the buildings in Downing-street, and to remove the offices
of the Secretaries of State to Whitehall. Some now in Somerset
House will also be removed to the same hifilding:
Among the handsome new churches built and building, none
seems more admired than the CHURCH of ST. GEORGE, Pim,
lico; new erecting at the end of Grosvenot-street, near the King's,
road. This structure is remarkable for taste and neatness, upon
a very able design. The architecture is in the Grecian style.
The ROYAL NEWS at Pimlico, also form a work which adds
much to the appearance of that neighbourhood.--

CONi'IRMATIOI4.—We understand the Bishop of •this dio.
cese will hold a confirmation in, this town, the ensuing week,
in the following qrder :—on Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, a Saint
Anne's Church, for girls ' • and at 3 o'clock on the same day,
in the Collegiate Church, for boys. On the following Sunday,
at 8 o'clock, at St. Anne's Church, his Lordship will, confirm
the girls who could not conveniently attend on the former ser-
vice; and at 1 o'clock on the same day, at the Collegiate
Church, his Lordship will confirto the boys Similarly circum-
stanced.—(Mauchester CourirN

STIRLING, SEPT. lb.—This-dak the Rev. John Mart hall,
from Swallow-street Chapel, London, was inducted, in the
East Church, to the third charge of this parish. The Rev..
Archibald Bennie,- Minister of the West Church, presided.

TILL LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, Sept. 20,1825.

[THE PUAIC LEDGER.]
According to intelligence received yesterday
by the French mail from Madrid, that city re-
mained a prey to the fiercest distractions ; and
such was the unsparing vengeance with which
the Government prosecuted its alleged enemies,
that Constitutionalists and Serviles were con-
founded without any distinction as to the nature
or period of their offences. The Swiss troops,
who were left there by the French in garrison,
were so completely worn out by their harrassiog
duties, that they were anxious, one and all, to
he relieved from them : and those whose term of
services had expired, could not be induced by
any persuasions to remain. Though they were
continually under arms, they were unequal to
the task required of them; and if it had not
been for the implacable hatred between the two
factions, into which that unfortunate city, as
well as the whole kingdom, is divided, it
is probable that they would fall the vic-
tims of their duty. In the mean time it was
confidently reported that the French would re-
turn in large force, and once more occupy that
capital. A similar report prevailed at Bayonne
about the middle of this month, where the French
troops were kept so much on the alert, that they
could march at a moment's notice. If the French
Government interposes again in the affairs of
that distracted country, it will not commit again
the blunder it made before, of spreading universal
confusion, and organizing a system, of unsparing
vengeance, under the pretence of guarding the
monarchical principle. In the mean time it has
got itself into a pretty dilemma by its insolent
and unprincipled meddling ; and Spain, well
hung like a mill-stone round its neck, paralyzing
all its efforts, unless it adopt promptly the only
honest mode of getting rid of the burden, that of
allaying the troubles it has se wantonly excited.

[TUE TIMM]
A meeting was held at New York on the 19th
of July, having been convened by persons who
styled themselves " friends of Ireland," to pro-
mote, or to discuss rather, the Catholic question,
of which the fate had been decided a few weeks
before in London. What was the real end of
the meeting may be guessed' from the parties who
conducted it—Counsellor Sampson, and Dr. --
now advanced or fallen (we hardly know which)
into " professor"—lNl‘Nevin, who were members
of the Irish Executive Directory darinv, the re-
bellion of 1798, and saved their lives at the
expence of everlasting exile from the domi-
nions of his Majesty. The burden of the
speeches was very naturally—abuse of England,
and lamentation over the country which they had
fail& to bless by their own gentle and disin-
terested sway, with hints of surprise and displea-
sure, that the Americans did not plunge as
heroically into the depths of Irish politics as the
Counsellor and the Doctor would desire. Re-
selutions for raising a rent—" for expressinz
" sympathy"—and for addressing " the free and
" enlightened nations of the earth on Ireland's
44 wrongs ;Ind England's intolerance ;" and also
" for preparing a separate address to the people
" of Ireland," were passed with the accustomed
unanimity.

[MORNING POST.]

The rumours which have been circulated for a
considerable time, respecting a dissolution of
Parliament, begin to assume a more authentic
and definite shape. Never indeed was there a
period at which an Administration might so con.
fidently appeal to the sense of the country as at
present ; when, through the wisdom and li-
berality of its measures and policy, national
prosperity is carried to a height which it had
not yet attained, and which it is scarcely pos-
sible that it should ever exceed. It is under-
stood that the question of an immediate disso-
lution will form the subject of deliberation
in the Privy Council. to-morrow, and should it
be decided in the affirmative, it is supposed
that the measure will be carried into effect the
day after. Nothing, however, can be said to be
yet determined, as to-morrow's Council will be
the first general consultation upon this important
topic. The Efate of Sunday reached us last
night by Express. It contains long extracts from
the Austrian Observer, which, under the head of
Constantinople, of August the 23d, endeavour to
make the best of the events of the present campaign
in Greece, in the sense in which good intelligence
is understood both by the Austrians and the
Turks. From these accounts, however, which
are of course as favourable to the Otto-
mans as it is possible for any partial repre-
sentations to be, it is evident that Ibrahim
Pacha remained shut up at Tripolizza late in
August, without having had it in his power to
open a passage for his army in any direction, or
to 'do any thing -tending to accomplish the con-
quest and subjection of the Morea. He had fixed
his bead-quarters at Tripolizza, we are told, and
concentrated the main body of his army in the
vicinity of that town, " which formed the basis
of his operations." But what were those opera.
lions? Did he besiege any fortress, or even oc-
cupy any new place? No ; " he had undertaken
fresh expeditions in all directions,;" that is to
say, he had made- repeated efforts to extri-
cate himself, and to break the line drawn
around him. But what had been the re-
sult of those expeditions ? Cautiously as
the article is worded, this result reveals
itself -in
,the following admission :—" Several
of the enemy's corps under Colocotroni, Yypsi-
lanti, and other. Chiefs, which attempted to dis-
turb his cantonements, or which threatened his
communiCations, have been constantly repulsed,
with more or fess considerable loss."' Here it is
unguardedly acknowledged that I brahim's boasted
operations terminated in his being reduced to
stand on the defensive in the-midst of a ruined
town and a ravaged country, and that his:triumphs
amounted to nothing more than his having AS yet
been able, to resist the .fierce attacks to. which be
was constantly exposed on every side, and which

he was not sufficiently strong to prevent. Some
" serious actions" are indeed mentioned, but
as no details are given and not even a claim made
to victories, it is but fair to conclude that the
advantage was not with the Egyptians. The
reported death of Ypsilanti is contradicted, but
as a kind of set-off for his life, he is said to have
returned to Napoli di Romania " as a fugitive and
not a conqueror." This is related however not
from the knowledge of his pursuers, but merely
on the 4C assurance of a witness," which makes
it pretty plain that he had no pursuers, and
therefore very doubtful that he was at all a fu-
gitive. It is also clear that Napoli di Romania
was not pressed by the enemy, for had that
been the case, it would have been impossible for
thousands from all parts of the Morea to be en-
camped, as we are told they were, outside the
walls of that city. From all these unintentional
revelations, coupled with the open admission that
the appearance of the Greek fleet had set the
Captain Pacha to flight,and relieved Alissolonghi,
the valour-of whose garrison is even owned by its
enemies, no doubt can be entertained of the close
of the campaign being much more prosperous to
the glorious cause of Greece than its opening.