The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

purified on a single clay. Let any unprejudiced person
visit Cremorne on a Sunday afternoon, let him wit-
ness the demeanour of the crowded audience, and
honestly and fairly state his impressions, and whether
the opportunity so handsomely afforded must not be
considered as a boon of no ordinary magnitude to the
many who have to earn their daily bread by their daily
labour.

The public will also hear with much satisfaction that
under a new arrangement with the General Omnibus
Company, new, elegant, and commodious three-horse
carriages will run from the Gardens to the Bank, after
the close of the performances, an accommodation
which has been much required, and which re2ects great
credit upon the manage►uent of tho company for their
spirit and liberality. The first was started last night,
and was univerally admired by the visitors. it is
built to carry forty passengers.

BRITISH 112TJSEIIM.—A holiday period like the pre-
sent has never passed by without witnessing a great ac-
cession of visitors to this receptacle of whatever is curious,
time honoured, instructive, or interesting. The scene
yesterday formed no exception to the rule—indicated no
declension of taste on the part of the masses to ahem
the Museum is ordinarily a closed building. Before four
o'.elock about ten thousand persons had
already passed
under the massive petiirnent on their way to inspect the
varied contents of the Museum ; and, despite an inop-
portune and an annoying rain, which commenced about
three and increased in violence as the afternoon ad-
vanced, the influx continued, and did net cease till late
in the day. Every one appeared observant and happy.
It is a curious fact that the founding and gradual exten-
sion of this national museum anticipated, as it were, one
of the greatest improvements in modern systems of in-
struction—namely, teaching by means of objects ; and,
whatever difficulty there may be in obtaining sufficient
I specimens in educational estabiishmer:te, here at least
there is abundant material for illustration and reference.
A walk through some, at least, of the departments, is in
itself a considerable advance in this objective kind of
education ; and this pecu;iarity of the museum app,-ars
to be daly appreciated by the working classes, who con-
stituted the vast majority of the visitors yesterday.
NATIONAL GALLERY.—The dark and rainy weather
was very unfavourable to pictorial exhibitions, and con-
sequently the National Gallery was much less crowded
than usual on holiday occasions. Still, however, a good
number of people were engaged in perambulating the
various rooms while we were there, from twelve to one ;
land doubtless the number of visitors during the day
must have been considerable. They appeared to belong
chiefly to the working classes, and conducted themselves
with the utmost propriety, examining the works of art
with much attention, and showing judgment in choosing
the things most worthy of observation.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.—This
popular establishment as usual attracted great crowds
of visitors from a very early hour in the morninz, the
influx having become pressing on the gate keepers by
11 o'clock. Tne long interval of rest which the winter
season imposes has apparently been turned to the best
account in perfecting the magnificent collection of ani-
mals, for which the Zoolegical Society have a world-wide
reputation. The Carnivore are especially well illustrated
by singularly fine groups of all the principal species. The
liberality with which the system is carried out may be
fairly understood, when we report that the lions and
tigers alone amount to twelve in number. The pair of
Hippopotami are enormously increased in size, and all
the old favourites appear to be in their places. The
Aquarium is in a remarkably brilliant state, the sea
water being in most of the tanks as limpid as crystal.
The wonderful plant-like Zoophytes expand themselves
beautifully in the subdued green light, which has been
applied to the tanks for the purpose of assimilating their
condition, as nearly as possible, to that of nature. Not.
withstanding the rain, which sat in soon after 3 o'clock,
the number of visitors admitted during the day ex-
ceeded 18,000.