The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-29 00:00:00

ROYAL yrzy-T TO THE LEVIATHAN.

This great ship received itA crowninr, honour yes-
terday in a visit from het IT.je;:ty and the Prince
Consort, accompanied by the King of the Belgians
and the other imperial and royal guests at present
on a visit at this Court.

The royal pi;rty left Buckingham Pa'ace shortly
before five o'clock, and travelling•byroad, reached
the victualling-yard at Deptford in ha tle more than
half an hour. Here her Majesty was re wised by
Capt. Buckle and • the other officials of the esta-
b.i,htuent, by whom the royal party were conducted
to the lauding jetty, ecars.ely honoured by such an
occu•rimce'silice Queen Elizabeth went to viiiit the
'the ship of Sir Francis Drake, from the same spot.
The royal party thee entered the Admiralty barge,
and dropped down to the ship, the vast proportions
of which evidently struck theni with surprise as
they appreached side. A .comniodious' com-
panion-ladder,- covered with crime in cloth,-.4)kid
beet) rigged opt tot the otcasipe, up which her-Ma-
jes y ascended easily, era as 'ollie. rue, was ac-
customed to shipbotrd.
Mr. Yates, the tettretaty of the clrnpany, and
Captain Harrison, awaited her Majesty at the gang-
way, on reaching mhich she was received by Mr.
H. T. Hope and his. cooiiree'ors, Sir Joseph
Paxtoo, Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P , Mr.
R. J. R. Campbell, M.P., Mr. Samuel Baker,.
Sr. Gent ge Burke. The click of the ship not tieieg
yet l.tid, ou the iron framing a platform had been
constructed for the royal party, ex.euttieg her
full length, along which they 1 r tee of ti,
Yates and Caeteiti n exotaiaing on their
'r• y the % te isoiarrangements acid .construction of
the gigantic.vessel. After making the tour of
the desk, tee Queen, accoutpaniee by the royal
party, returned to the hows °tithe sleip, where a
dais had been elevated, from which the royal patty
had au oppoititnity of surveying ttio who;e extent
of this mighty vessel. On Mr. Yates partially
apologising for the rude, unfinished state in which
the ship appeared, her Majesty was pleased to ex-
press her Great admiration of the first idea 'of its
construction, and her singular pleasure at seeifig.
the -success!ul manner in which the fabric of its
structure had been B'3 successfully brought neatly
to. eompletion). Her Majesty added- with much
geacionsuess that she felt a warm. interest in the
ship as a monum.nt of natioual naval enterprise,
and she hoped that it would ever remain part of
the mercantile navy of the country, an aSpiration
which the diroetors hastened to respond to by an
assurance that as Engliihrnen they would take oue
that a ship so hououre i should never sail -uuder a
foreign flag. He iMajesty then intimated a wish
to inspect the machine .y, but the desnent into, the
engine-room being considered, not sufficiently cent-
modiou3, the royal party we rd invited to view them
from the hatcuway. Froin this point Captain
Harrison explained all the gigantic mechanise) by
which the motion of this vast argosy would be given
and controlled. The royal party appeared very
much intere,ted in this portion of their visit. After
remaining there for mote than a qu titer of an hour,
the royal party were conducted to the principal
saloon in the fore part of the vesel, where :n idea
was conveyed of the abundant accommodatiou
which the ship in its &Aire arrangements will sup-
ply by temporary fittings-up for her Majesty's re-
cept:ou.
The royal party ramaiued on board
.nearly an
hour, evidently iiigh-y gratified, and before leaving
her 1110 j-sty again expressed her soi.se-o:' the gr at-
ness of the enterprise which luid placed this oatien
so far in advance of all others in the important
science of naval at chitzicture.

The King of the Belgians united with h r Ma-
jesty in the compliment to the puldic spirit ..f
the directors, and was pleased to honour wish his
rsptcial notice Mr. Yates', not only as tie prhic pal
mover in this grand und,rt.tking, but a'so pet son-
ally, as having been one of the first Euglirthruen
w!.oin he had met on landing at Dover in
.1816.
The royal party on leaving the ship were rowed
back to the vi ouit'ling yard, experiencing ou their
way the common fate of all who now • navigate the
Thames between Battersea and Gravesend: Her
'Majesty was, p rforce, Ocmpelled to hold her bou-
quet to her and the whole party were evi-
dently pleased when they reached the shore.
Tire visit was strictly. private, and Eeyond the
directors and crew of the vessel no one was
allowed on board, with the. exception of Mr. .1.
W. Sams, the West-end agent,for the exhibition of
the ship.

The airectors, in acknowledgment of the honour
c alferi ed. by the royal wit, have determined to
set aside the pi oceedi of the eihibition of the
ship on Saturday next for the beuefit of the Poplar
_Hospital and the Dreadnought.
The public; will learn wi.h satisfaction that the
directors have also resolved to restore to Ilia ship
the prestige of its former name, and henceforth the
vessel wi!l Le known as the " Great Eastern."

EXTENSIVE PANKSTIPTCT.—A segnestra'ion, we regret
to state, was t..ken out on Saturday in the affairs of the
firm of C. D. Young and Co., Edinburgh, very exten-
sively engaged in the trade of wire-working and iron•
founding, and also known in connection with speculations
in newspapers. Tn.. difficulties of the house have for
some time been pretty notorious, and it was considered
almost certain that a crisia would be brought on by
r• cent events in connection with the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Bank. A meeting of the creditors was held
about a fortnight siLce. and adjourned for a week with-
out coming. to any arrangement—the offer being, we
believe, the pound ; and in the end of last week
the attempt was abandoned. The largest creditor is the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, to which the. firm is
indebted to the enormous amount of 108,0001. The
Erni gave employment to probably nut far short et a
thousand per: ne.—Leaman.