The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-11 00:00:00

General Garibaldi,

Oa Saturday the Chamberlain of the City of London (Mr.
Scott) proceeded to the Isle of Wight to inform General
Garibaldi that the Court of Common Council had passed a
resolution conferring upon him the honorary freedom of the
city, and to learn from him the day which wool be most
convenient to him to appear at Guildhall to receive the
compliment. The result of the interview has not yet tran-
spired, but as impression obtains among the civic authori-
ties that the ceremony will take place towards the end of
the present week—it may be on Thursday.
The presentation would beyond doubt have taken place in
the Guildhall itself, as being by far the most appropriate
for the occasion, in consideration of the large number of
people it is capable of accommodating in comparison with
the Council Chamber ;but at present the hall is undergoing

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a thorough repair, and its whole interior is occupied with
scaffolding, so that it cannot be used for the purpose. The
Council Chamber will not hold more than about 350 or 400

People at the utmost, and, as there are upwards of 200 Cora-
3nou Councilmen, all of whom are sure to be present, and
each will probably bring a lady on the occasion, it is 6ear
that but few or none of the general public can be present

at the ceremony. Ordinarily, the Common Council so far
xecognises the privilege of strangers to be present at their
deliberations as to provide for their accommodation in a
gallery at one end of the chamber, but it only holds about
49 or 50 people. That being so, the necessities of the
case point to the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house
as the proper place for holding the ceremony, next to
Guildhall itself, both because it is capable of holding
about 1,000 people, and of its being easier of access than
Gaildhall on an occasion of a public pageant, and
when crowds of people will probably throng the streets
through which the procession will pass. It rests, however,
with the Lord Mayor to say whether he will, under the
ercumstancss, allow that part of his official residence to be
reed for the ceremony. On the occasion when M. Kossuth
walt to Guildhall to receive the freedom so dense was the
crowd which had collected in the open space in front of the
entrance to the building that it was only with the greatest
difficulty, a:td at some risk to life and limb, that a passage
could be made ;:tito the hall for the distinguished visitor and
his suite. Assuming the use of the Egyptian-hall to be
granted, the narrow gone of the Poultry—a place always
of great peril to a crowd—would have to be traversed by the
pageant before it could reach the Mansion-house, and there
aright also be a repetition of the tumultuous gathering in
front of the official residence of the Lord Mayor, from which
so much danger was apprehended on the entry into London
of the Princess Alexandra, unless, indeed, Colonel Fraser,
the City Commissioner of Police, could make arrangements

for lessening the pressure.
Her Majesty's paddle steamer Fire Queen, Staff Com-
mander Paul, the steam yacht of the Naval Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
js.c.B., was despatched from the harbour early on Saturday
morning to Cowes, in charge of Captain Scott, Aide-de-
Camp to the Queen, and Flag Captain to Sir Michael Sey-
mour, in order to convey General Garibaldi, his sons, and
suite across to Portsmouth on a visit to the dockyard and
shipping.. The Fire Queen returned to Portsmouth from
Cowes at 10 45 a.m., and the General, accompanied by his
sons, Mr. Seeley, M,P. (of Brook-house, Isle of Wight),
Colonel Chambers, and other gentlemen, disembarked from
the Fire Queen in the Admiral's barge, which was in wait-
ing for the purpose, under charge of Flag-Lieutenant Sey •
mour, and landed at the King's-stairs of the dockyard,
-where he was received in a semi-official, but most cordial,
manner by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour and Major
General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., attended by Captain Cald-
well, commanding the steam reserve and acting second in
command, in the abssnce of Rear-Admiral Superintendent
G. Elliott; Captain Key, C. 8., her Majesty's ship Excel-
lent ; Captain J. Seccombe, her Majesty's ship Duke of
Wellington ; Captain St. Johrf Paulet, aide de camp to
Major-General Lord Paulet; and other officers, military
and naval, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen. As
Garibaldi and his friends stepped on shore there was no
difficulty of reoognition, for, independent of the well-known
noble features, while all in his suite wore plain morning
dress, the hero himself geed among the group conspicuous
in his famous red shirt and white capoot, and at once became
the observed of all observers. Returning the kindly salu-
tations of Lord Paulet and Sir Michael Seymour, and also
that of the other officers and the crowd of ladies and gen-
tlemen at the landing place, Garibaldi, accompanied by the
admiral and general, with their staffs, moved forward
through the crowd with a quiet dignity that for a few
moments chained the tongues of all present. It was only
far a very few moments, however, that this respectful, but
almost oppressive silence lasted. A half quavering exclama-
tion from some of the ladies present was caught up by the
gentlemen, and, communicating like an electric shock to the
crowds of mechanics and others employed in the yard, who
had now collected in large numbers round the place of de-
barcation, hearty, ringing cheers told again and again of the
welcome accorded to the hero of Italy. As the visit could
but be, under the circumstances, a very short one, it was
only the chief objects of interest that could be hurriedly
ikispected, and the steps of the party were at once directed,
under Admiral Seymour's guidance, to the Royal Sovereign
turret ship, lying alongside the dockyard jetty and within
some 50ft, of the Victoria three-decker, fitting out as flag-
ship for the Mediterranean, the first a mere long, low raft
upon the water, carrying cylindrical turrets, pilot-house,
and smoke-tunnel along its naked deck—a thing of ugliness
to the eye under ordinary circumstances, but no doubt of
marvellous beauty for purposes of war ; the second the very
beau ideal of a three-decked screw steamship, towering in
all its magnificent beauty, but remarkably suitable far pur-
poses of cmtlaistion, or as the grave for a thousand seamen
under the influence of an enemy's shells. In crossing the
caisson of No. 1 dock, on his way to the Royal Sovereign,
General Garibaldi exhibited considerable interest on having
laer Majesty's yachts, the Fairy and Rfin, then lying in
dock under repair, pointed out to him. Like all other ves-
sels under repair in dock, there was nothing very interest-
ing in their appearance ; but it was the fact that they were
and had been for so long a time the favourite yachts of the
Queen of England that evidently excited the General's at-
tention. The Royal Sovereign attracted a good deal of
attention from the General and his friends by the novelty
of her turret arrangements and general equipment, and
Garibaldi himself exhibited great interest in the endeavour
to make himself conversant with everything brought under
his.notice, and especially with the method of revolving the
turrets and of working the large guns, with which they
will be armed, the latter being shown with the 10.5-inch,

or 150-pounder smooth-bore gun, mounted in the foremos
turret. From the Royal Sovereign the party proceeded to
Ihe block manufactory, where the beautFul machinery de-
!lamed and erected by Mr. Brunel many years ago may
still be seen at work, and still astonishes every one by the
marvellous beauty and rapidity of its work. A cursory
view was next taken of the smithery and steam factory,
the steam basin and docks, and of her .lajesty's
paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, uedergoing re-
pairs in the basin. The general and suite, with Admiral
Seymour and Lord W. Paulet and suites, next emb irked
on beard the gunnery ship Excellent, Captain A. C. Key,
C. 8., where the crew were beat to quarters in the ordinary
manner, and a broadside of shot fired at a target at 1,000
yards distance, and the target knocked over, and then a
broadside of shell at 1,250 yards, with, of course, the same
result to the target,. The Armstrong 110-pounder rifled
breech-loading gun was then brought into play, and fired
independently at a target at 2,600 yards distance with shot,
-with equally satisfactory results. The 12-ton smoothbore
gun, one of the guns intended for the Royal Sovereign, was
nest manned with a crew of 21 men, and was handled with
wonderful steadiness and ease, considering its great weight,
and excellent practice was made with it. The average time
between the firing of each round was only two minutes.
The firing concluded with practice from the 7-inch Arm-
strong shunt gun, which has been termed on several occa-
sions " Admiral Frederick's gun," but with no other reason
-than that the gallant Admiral has taken a great interest in
this particular gun, believing it to be well suited for naval
purposes, and has suggested certain improvements in its
equipment, which have been carried into effect. Shot
weighing 981 b were thrown from it with 201 b powder at a
target at 2,600 yards distance, and the practice was beau-
tiful. General Garibaldi had displayed the keenest interest
and admiration of the drill and practice made with the guns
throughout, and his enthusiasm, expressed more than once
in the warmest terms, reached its culminating point on wit-
teeming the practice made with the last mentioned weapon.
The General, having expressed his thanks to Captain Key
and the officers of the ship, prepared to return to the shore,
—ars matter of no small difficult y, for the Excellent had by
ties time been boarded by enthusiastic hundreds in boats
from the shore, who were determined that, come what might
132 it, they would shake hands with, speak to, or shout for
the man they had come to see.
The Admirers barge was at length reached by Garibaldi,
his sons, and f •
nends, and the officers accompanying them and
-who had received them on landing, and, proceeding to the
ydmiralty-bons©, the
whole party were entertained at lun-
cheon by Sir Michael Seymour. After luncheon Garibaldi
re-embarked on board the Admiral's bargo and proceeded
to Southsea new pier, Where he landed, and entering Sir
Nichael Seymour's carriage, which had been sent round for
the purpose, was driven off to visit the widow of an old
friend with whom he was on
,terms of intimate friendship
in Portsmouth some years since—Mr.:Thomas White, of
the patent slipway, who was accidentally killed a few
plc nths since while superintending the execution of some
pub: is works under contract with the Portuguese Govern-
ment. This tribute of private friendship paid, Garibaldi,
his sane, and his friends re-embarked on board the Fire
Queen, at four p.m., and left for Cowes and Brook-house.
It we be many years before Garibaldi's visit of Satur-
dip will fle forgotten at Portsmouth.
We and erstand that General Garibaldi, accompanied by
his sons and a very limited suite, will arrive at Stafford-
house, St. James s, between half-past three and four o'clock
to. day, and during his sejour in the metropolis he will be
the guest 01 the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. lWe are
informed that the General will stay a week at Stafford-
house. To-morrow the General will go with the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland and a select company to lunch with
the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Chiswick.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland give a grand an-
t( rtairament on Wednesday evening at Stafford• house.llA
illiant evening assembly will follow the banquet. Via-
col vat and Viscountess Palmerston, the Earl and Countess

of Derby, Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess of Cla-
rendon, the Duko and Duchess of Argyll, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, and above 40 per-
sonages of the highest rank, without distinctiou cf party,
are invited to meet tho gallant General.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

The Star Department transports Bcmarstmd and Petrol
sailed from the Ordnance wharf, Chatham, on Saturday,
for Folly Point, with the remainder of the shot and shell
and the lower deck guns for the line of battle screw steamer
Bombay, 400 horse power, Capt. C. J. Campbell, now being
prepared for sea. In addition to her 32 pounder and other
maindeck guns, the Bombay, on Saturday, shipped 11 of
the 10 inch 95cwt guns, for throwing hollow shot, and 12
of the 68 pounder naval smoothbore guns, together with
two 110 pounder and eight of the 40 pounder rifled Arm-
strong guns. She also received on board 60 tons of 10 inch
hollow shot, and 8 inch and 32 pounder solid shot from the
Gun-wharf.

On Saturday the first portion of the iron-clad frigate
Bellerophon was laid in No, 2 dock at Chatham dockyard,
under the superintendence of the officials connected with
the master shipwright's department. Nothwithstanding
the delay experienced in laying the keel of the Bellerophon,
consequent on the dock not having been ready earlier and
the new iron caisson at the entrance not fixed in its place
until a few days,since the preparation of the keel plates and
the iron frames for the frigate has been in progress at
Chatham dockyard for some months past, and, with the
exeeption of fitting, a considerable portion of the keel of the
iron frigate may be said to be completed. In the construc-
tion of the Bellerophon an entirely new system, introduced
by Mr Stansfeld, is to be carried out, whereby the exact
cost of every portion of the vessel will be ascertained, sepa-
rating the actual cost of materials from the amount paid
fer labour and workmanship. In order to ascertain the
value of the materials used every single piece of iron re-
quired for the ship is ordered to be weighed before it is sent
down into the dock, and an accurate account kept of its
weight and cost. To facilitate this operation, which unless
properly managed will entail considerable loss of time,
us it already throws an additional amount of responsibility
bn the junior officers employed in superintending the
construction of the frigate, two enormous steelyards have
been erected on each side of the dock, and these, being
worked by steam power, will enable every single piece of
iron, from the smallest keel-plate up to B.ton armour plates,
to be expeditiously and accurately weighed. A number of
additional mechanics will be placed on the Bellerophon this
morming, but the bulk of the workmen who will ultimately
be employed in building that frigate are detained on board
the iron frigate Achilles completing that vessel for sea. '
The Nile, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Barnard, the
late flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K,C.8,,
sailed from Spithead en Saturday afternoon for Devonport,
where she is ordered to be dismantled and paid out of com-
mission. Sir Alexander Milne's flag was hauled down at
sunset on the previous day.
The following appointments were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :---Rear-Admiral the Hon. Charles G. J. B.
Elliot, C. 8., to be commander in chief on the south-east
coast of America, vice Rear Admiral Warren, whose period
of service has experied ; Lieut. Henry Land, to the Hima-
laya; Sub-Lieut. Edward F. Keppel, to the Bombay,
Augustus Brecklebank and W. M. C. Maturin, nominated
to naval cadetships.