The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The committee for the preservation of the Crystal
Palace, determined to show the capabilities to the
fullest extent for the recreation and amusement
of the public, throw it open on Saturday as a
grand promenade. A little before two o'clock
the six bands of the Ilousehod Brigade, and of
the Royal Artillery assembled in -the centre of
the traneept, &c. As the clock struck two the Royal
Artillery struck up one of Streik's marches, and pro-
ceeding down the centre aisle took up its position in the
east gallery; the First Lite Guards' band followed,
teking up its station on the north side of the west nave;
the 2,1 Life Guards and the Scotch Fusiliers proceeded
to the aeuth and nort side of the east nave; the Grenadier
Gnerela to the south side of the western nave, while the
Royal Horse Guards and the Coldstream Guards' bands
remained under the south and north transept,
where, during the remainder of the day they continued
to entertain the assembled multitude with se-
kctions from ravel:rite composers. The building
soon filled -rapidly, and towards four o'clock
it reminded ua of the busiest days of the
five shilling period. The crowd of promenaders in the
centre was as numerous, and of as fashionable an ep-
pearanco, as see ever remember seeing in the building,
while the spec.° under the trausept was so
crowded that loeomo:ien re2s utterly impossible.
Considering that the majority of the bands were placed
on the ground floor, 2n:rounded by dense crowds, and
that no preparation had been turtle to piece them in the
best posit!on, it would be unfair to judge of tho acoustic
preperties of the building from the present experiment
merely.

Among the vast number of distinguished visitors were
the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
the Eul of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the
Marchio.roes of Stafford, the Countess of Hop loun,
Lord Delawarr, Lord No rmanby, Colonel Grey, Lard
Alfred Paget, Sir R. M. Bellew, the Hon. C. Caven-
dish, Admiral Sir George Sartorina, Sir Jofieph Paxton,
General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., the Right non.
Sidney :Herbert, 11LP., Joseph Hume, Ea., M.P., the
Alexander
Right Hon, C. T. D'Eyncourt, m.p,,
Cockburn, MA'., George Moffatt, Esq., M.P., J. Head-
Esq., M.P., E. B. Roche, Eig., Ste.
At a about a quartn to five o'clock a boll was rung,
and the Coldstream Guards band were stopped. The
several bands in succession then marched from their ee-
!mai stations to the centre of the transept, one at a
time, each playing asplendid march. The drums beat
a roll, and upon a signal _being given, the whole seven
bands thus brigaded together struck up " God save the
Queen," and the Evict waa really overpowering. At
the end of each part of the anthem the multitude as-
sembled cheered in the most enthnsiutic manner.

The brightness of the day, the varied hues of costume,
and the wonderful order and quiet which prevailed, all
combined to render it a most splendid entertainment.
It was a gorgeous sight, and the palaoe being emptied
of the rich contents which had made it the admiration
of the world, strangers were more than ever astounded at
the vast dimensions of the building. With reference to
the numbers who formed this 4' goodly meeting," it is
difficult to ascertain that point with strict accuracy, but
we were assured on good authority as we lett that the
numbers were about 80,000. The streams of pedestrians,
and the hosts of vehicles which pursued their way along
reminded one cf the opening days of the Ex-
hibition. The police were oblig,d for a time to compel
the returning vehicles to turn up Park-lane, is order to
remove the obAruction.

Petitions, wo are informed, to both Houses of Parlia-
ment for retaining the palace have been placed on various
tables in the building, and have been signed already by
upwards of 100,000 persons. Similar petitions will be
forwarded to the provinces for signature.

TILE AltilYlY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
BOMBAY COMMAND —Lis rumoured that Lieutenant-
General Auchumv, C. 3, ab )ut to return home on pro-
motion, will be appointed Cornmander•in-Chief of the
troops at B:lmbay, iu auccusion to Lieutenant-General
Sir John Grey, now on his passage to England.
Commander Charles Latch, retired under the Order
in Council of 1830, has been removed to the Senior
Commanders' Retired List, and Lieutenant Henry
Beazeley (1611) has accepted the rank of Commander,
under the Order in Council of 1830.
THE ACTIVE LIST OF LIEUTENANTS.—The Lieute-
nantq on the Active List now amount to 1,221, or 21
more than the number to which it is to be reduced.
however, tho promotions to Commanders on reserved
half pay worn completed, the Lieutenants' List would be
reduced to under 1,200.

Captain Justinian Barrell, a Commander of 1815, has
been promoted to the List cf Retired Captains under the
Order in Council of 1851, vice S. B. Here, deceased.
THE NEW SYSTEM or SHIP'S ACCOUNTS.—We have
already announced that it has been determincd to
make an alteration in the Systemof paying the pursers
of the fleet, nod that they aro to be salaried officers at
certain rates of pay, and that their half-pay is to be
increased. We have also stated that, according to
the new arrangements, the clerks of the navy are to
have a superior tooting to that which they now enjoy
___:!l,,,t, tricy ere to have half-pay when unemployed,
and cleir full pay is to be slightly increased.
With the eliang2s, a new system is to he adopted of
keeping ship's ac ,ounts, and a Board of Officers have as.
sombled nt the Admiralty, consisting of Captain Milne,
ono of the Lords, Mr. Grunt, Comptroller of the Vic-
tualling Board, and three paymasters and pursers, to
take into consideration the best manner of placing
all the different accounts now kept on board a man-of-
war, so as to place there all under the direction of the
Paymaster. Messrs. Bell (of the Royal yacht), J. Grant,
' and Parmeter, are the paymasters.
LIR FRIENDS OF THE NEW ADMIRALTY.—It will
be seen by our appointments that the new Senior Naval
Lord, Rear.
Admixai Hyde Parker, has provided for one
of his old officers, Captain E. a Scott (1838) has been
appointed to Portsmouth Ordinary, in the room of Cap-
tain Yates, who has been allowed to retain the command
for four years. 0
—drain Scott, however, has good
services, bat he h been' and a half years
SS afloat only two
since the year 1824; his last service being with Rear-
Admiral Hyde Parker, as commander of the Rodney,
92, when she obtained so much celebrity for her man-of-
war-like efficiency. But, seeing
that he has never served
yet as a captain, it is hardly fair to older officers to give
to Captain Scott an 120-gun
ship to commence with.
Such an appointment, exce pt as a flag nomination, Is un-
precedented. 1

- STAFF OF SCOTLAND.—We understand that Major"
General Shaw Kennedy has declined the command at
Edinburgh, vaunt by the promotion of Lieutenant-
General Riddell.

Lieutenant-Colonel Magenis, 27th Regiment, is to suc-
ceed Major-General Falconer as Inspecting Field Officer
of the Liverpool Recruiting District.
STAFF.—Lieutenant-Colonel R. Blucher Wood, C. 8.,
has been appointed Assistant-Commandant of the Ca-
valry Depot at Maidstone.
LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS' DISTRICT. Lieutenant..
Colonel Swan, Staff Officer of Pensioners at Notting-
ham, is to succeed Captain Gregg as Staff Officer of
Pensioners at Liverpool, he having been appointed
Commissioner of Police for that place.
RETIRED QUARTER=MASTER.--'The Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury have sanctioned an
increase of 2d. per diem to the present maximum rate of
7s. 10d. per day, as the half or retired pay of Quarter.
masters of the Royal Artillery.
RECRUITING STAFF.—Lieutenant Hughes, 89th Regi-
ment, Lieutenant Westropp, 51st Regiment, and Lieu-
tenant Francis, 64th Regiment,
having been two years
absent from their regiments, but now employed in the
recruiting service, have been ordered to join the detach-
ments under orders for embarkation to India. _ _

CHATRAII GAll.lll5iN.:k new chapel school is to be
built at Chatham, the present one being. ordered to be
fitted up as a model room for the Engineer establish-
ment, and the cooking houses are to be converted into a
laboratory and work,hop for the use of the Engineers.
The barracks at Pontypool, Monmouthshire, have
been given up by the Board of Ordnance, and the stores
forwarded to the Barrackmaster at Newport.
The Cavalry and Infantry Barracks at Windsor aro
ordered by the Board of Ordnance to be lighted with gas.
Inspee:or• General (Local) Henry has relieved In-
spector. General French in Canada. Deputy Inspector-
General Scott, M , has removed from London to Chat-
ham. Deputy Inspector-General Dempster has moved from
Elinburgh to Jamaic3. Stuff-Surgeon Thom, late 86th 11 )-
girnent, is to proceed to the ilauritlw. Stuff Surgeon
bertsou, M-1)., has proceeded to Dublin. Stuff-Surgeon