The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-02 00:00:00

POPULATION.

The increase of population in the colony is pro-
ceeding most rapidly. The families of the earlier
emigrants were becoming exceedingly numerous.
The excellent spirits of the Irish, and their habits
of living on the cheapest food, and enduring hard-
ships, qualified them as the first settlers of the bush,
and they have succeeded beyond expectation.

KENSINGTON GARDENS.-These beautiful
Gardens begin to exhibit the effects of the late improve-
ments. The grounds having been turrnd up, and the
couch grass in some degree eradicated, a new smolth sur-
face was prepared for vegetation, and it now presents a
vernal appearance quite different from the rough and une-
qual sod that previously existed. The swamp occasioned
by the collection of fallen leaves for a series of years, and
the dropping, of wet from the trees, has been irrigated ac-
cording to the French plan ; and, in addition to the three
thousand trees lately felled, it has been recommended to
cut down two thousand Inure, to give free circulation to
the air, to keep the soil diy, and to render the Gardens
more healthy. In the ensuing summer, the gay promenades
i❑ Kensington Gardens will be extremely and no
doubt he the favourite resort of the fashionable world.

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On Wednesday morning se, 'might the town
of Bromyard was thrown into great agitation by the news
that Mr. John Harris, landlord of the Drar.on Inn, had
committed suicide, by cutting his throat, which, at the
inquest, presented a most dreadful gash. There was no
motive assigned for the rash act; and Le was suppoaed to
have been in very good circumstances. An inquest was
held on the body on the Friday following, when a verdict
of Temporary Insanity was returned.—Hereford Tints.
The Lord Nelson merchant-vessel, from
Lisbon, has arrived in the river, and the oral report of the
Captain tends strongly to corroborate the account adverted
to yesterday, of another battle near Lisbon on the 1414
in which the Miguelites sustained a total defeat. He
states that the attack commenced at 5 o'clock in tire
morning of that day, and lasted till 9 o'clock, when it
terminated with the result above stated, both sides fight-
ing with great bravery. The circumstance which, ac-
cording to this account, brought the bacle to a sadden
close was that a division of the Miguelite force, having to
advance against the city through au open plain bordering
on the Tagus, were brought within the range of the guns
of one of the ships of Admiral Napier's squadron, there
lying at anchor, which played on them 100 rounds of
grape and cannister shot, making a dreadful slaughter
among them. Such was the ardour of the Queen's troops
in this period of the attack, that they rushed on the
enemy, and it being impossible at the distance to distils-
, guish them, many of them fell also by the fire from
Napier's ship. Of the number of the killed and wounded
on the sid‘... of Miguel nothing was certainly known, as
they were carried off by the troops of their own party,.
whom it was thought not politic to pursue to their posi-
tions. Tile defences of Lisbon had been brought into the
most complete state, and were believed to be impregnable
by any force the Miguelites could bring against them.
One of the regiments of Miguel, that of Lamego, near
(>OO strong, is said to have refused to tike any part in the
'fla:a'detach-
attack of the 14th ; in consequence of which an intimwar,,
was given to them that they might re
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'Change respecting
adopted without further
ing
confirmation.