The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-03 00:00:00

Boy with Banner.

Boy with Flaz. The Band of the Boy with Flag
Stratford-upon-Avon Rifl© Corps.
Banner of the Arms of Stratford-upon• Avon.

Tha Device of Banner of the Arms of The Device o
Shakspere. Shakspere, Shakspere.
carried by two men.

Mr, Ginnett's Band and Carriage, drawn by four cream

coloured 12Ores.
St. George, on horseback, in full armour.

St. George's Banner, borne by his Esquire, on horseback.
Page with Prince Banner of the arms Page with Prince
of Wales' of the Prince of of Wales'
Feather. Wales. Feather.
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse,

In a black draped car, drawn by four black and white horses
with four Furies in pasition on the car.
Banner.
KING LEAR.
Edgar, as Mad Toni.

King Lear.

Banner.
RICHARD THE THIRD.
King Richard the Third, on horseback.
Banner.
MACBETH.

Three Witches, with Cauldron, and many-coloured fires,
Macbeth, General of the King of Scotland.
Banner.
OTHELLO,

Othello. logo.
Banner.
KING JGIIN.
King John, on horseback. Falconbrike, on horseback,
Banner.
HAMLET.
Hamlet. The Ghost.

Banner.
ROMEO AND JULIET.
Page with Romeo and Juliet in a chariot, Page with
flag. drawn by two white ponies, flag.
Friar Lawrence.
Banner.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
In a car drawn by two Ponies abreast,
Banner.

HENRY THE EIGHTH.
Banner of the Ancient Arms of England.
Page with Henry the Eighth on Page with
Flag. Horseback. Flag.
Banner of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Stratford-on-Avon Brass Band.
Boy with Flag. Boy with Flag.
Thalia' the Comic Muse,
On a Car draped with Fantastic Devices, surrounded by
four Harpies, and drawn by four spotted horses.
Banner.
THE TEMPEST.
Prospero. Caliban.
Ariel. Miranda.
Banner.
!WINTER'S TALE.
Shepherd. Autolycus.
Banner.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
Page with Flag. Oberon and Titania, Page with Flag.
in a Fairy Car, drawn by
Two Ponies abreast.
Bottom ye Weaver.
Banner.
MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Shylock. Portia.

Banner.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
Sir John Falstaff,
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page,
Banner.
HENRY THE FIFTH.
King Henry the Fifth on horseback.
Banner of the Ancient Arms of England.
Heralds.
Pistol and Bardolph on two Ponies.
A Grand Triumphal Car,
Decorated with Armorial Bearings and Devises. Shakapero
On an Eminence, surrounded by Desdemona, Ophelia,
Beatrice and Queen Anne, Cardinal Wolsey,
Prince of Wales, Richmond, and Benedic.
" He was a man, take him for all in all,
"I shall not look upon his like again,"
" Hamlet," Act 1, scene 2.
Banner—The Royal Standard of England.
Grand Military Band.

Whether the above was deemed satisfactory by the multi-
tudes who flocked into Stratford at an early hour I cannot
say, but certainly if it was relatively it was not absolutely
magnificent. Tom King, I understand, sat for St. George,
and the rest of the personages belonged to Mr. Ginnett's
company. To me, as a Cockney, the procession was to a
certain extent gratifying. Having witnessed the grand
municipal pageants of Belgium, I had conceived that the
London Lord Mayor's Show was the least brilliant spec-
tacle of the kind that could possibly be achieved. Hence-
forth I shall be able proudly and conscientiously to assert
the contrary. I must, however, do justice to the bold and
original conception of the artist who designed the " Furies"
attendant on Melpomene. He had evidently learnt
that the Greeks were in the habit of calling them " Eu-
menides," or " good-tempered," and this idea ho worked
out to perfection. Their masks resembled the face of
Punch, red breeches and stockings covered their nether
limbs, and on their feet were good thick-soled, clod-hopping
boots.

This evening there is to be a dress ball in tlae pavilion ;

to-morrow and next day will be signalled by theatrical per-
formances, and at reduced prices, and the ascent of a bal-
loon or two is anticipated with curiosity, for—bear it, 0 ye
habitues of Cremorne—there are persons in this island to
whom the ascent of a globe inflated with gas is a wonder.
But I think you have had enough a this supplemental
festival,

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

On Sunday morning the following vessels of the Channel
Fleet arrived, and anchored in the Downs :—The Edgar, 71
guns, Admiral Sydney C. Decree and Capt Geoffrey T. P.
Hornby—the Warrior, 40 guns, Capt the Hon. Arthur A.
Cochrane—the Black Prince, 41 guns, Capt James F. B.
Wainwright—the Hector, 34 guns, Capt G. W. Preedy,
C.B.—the Defence, 16 guns, Capt Augustus Phillinore
the Trinculo, gunboat and tender to the Edgar—and the
Aurora, 35 guns, Capt Sir F. Leopold M'Clinl ock, which
arrived in the Downs on Friday to relieve the Bulldog.
The Austrian gunboat Seehund left the Downs on Thurs-
day for Ramsgate harbour, where she rail against the pier-
head and sustained damage, and was obliged to proceed to
Sheerness for repairs—and the two frigates Schwartzenburg
and Radetski left the Downs and proceeded to the North
on Saturday evening. . _

We are authorized to state that there is no foundation
whatever for the report that Sir F. Grey is about to relieve
Admiral Smart in the Mediterranean command.

The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—J. D. Wiltshire, second master, to the Hector
—J. Stanton, assistant-paymaster in charge, to the Sala-
mis—Marshall Little, master's assistant, to the Salamis—
and Henry B, Lang, midshipman, to the Bombay.
Messrs J. E. C. Goodrich, G. A. G. Grant, J. A. Bed-
ford, and L. H. Morris have been nominated to naval
cadetships.