The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

GREAT .NAVAL PREPARATIONS.

Yesterday, inconsequence of the issue of her Majesty's
proclamation to - encourage the entry of seamen and lands-
men-for service in the Royal Navy, and which was posted
during the day at the Admiralty, Horse Guards, the Man-
sion-house, Royal Exchange, and Docks, an immense num-
ber of men and.lads assembled at the Royal Naval Rendez-
vous; Tower-hill, to join the service ; and during the entire
day both entrances to the rendezvous were besieged by an
eager throng anxious to take the bounty and enter the service.
Capt. Greet, of.H.M..'s receiving ship Crocodile, moored off.
the Tower, and the officers under his command, inspected
and passed several hundred first-class men and boys, includ-
ing numerous first-clas s`seam en gunners, the latter in addition
to the bounty being entered to receive additional pay of from
Id. to 4d. per day. So great was the crowd of men and
lads that it was found necessary to obtain the services of
several ofthe H division of police to keep the thoroughfare
open and . preserve order. The applications. were equally
numerous on board the guardship Fisgard, moored off
Woolwich, and. it is calculated that the men required,
10,000, will be raised in a very short period. ..
On Saturday. a large van, drawn by four horses, with a
band of musicians, was engaged for seven days, by order
of the Lords of the Admiralty, to arouse the martial ardour
of the tars willing to serve the Queen and accept the liberal
bounty. —This . novel cavalcade, preceded by .outriders on
horseback, the. roof of the van covered with volunteers,
with the .Union. Jack hoisted above. Ahem, and the in-
terior of • the .van filled with warrant officers from the
Crocodile. receiving-ship off the Tower, made. a successful
cruise on .Saturday. Yesterday, the van, again drawn by
four greys, with a band of music and outriders, paraded
the principal streets in Wapping, St. Georgerin-the-East,
Shadwell, Ratcliff, Stepney, Limehouse, and Blackwell,
picking .up volunteers in all directions. After leaving
them at Wards, and the Tower-hill rendezvous, the van,
with' the band . playing merrily, and the tars .on the roof
cheering loudly at intervals, proceeded over London-bridge,
Southwark, Westminster-bridge, and Parliament-street, to
the Admiralty, returning through Westminster and the
City to the east. At every place where the van stopped
the band. struck up the national air of. "Rule Britannia,"
followed. by ".Hearts of Oak," the "Red, White, and
Blue," and other popular airs.
Mr. Ward, the warrant officers, and others frequently ad-
dressed the people, urging seamen to join the- Royal Navy
and accept the bounty, and calling upon others to bestir
themselves and induce volunteers to serve the Queen and
Old England. - •
At two.o'clock the van drove up to the Star and Garter,
in Arbour-street, Stepney. A halt was made, the Queen's
proclamation was read amidst deafening cheers, the band
struck up." God Save the Queen," and after a stay of about
20 minutes the band struck up the faveurite air of " The
Girl I left behind me," and the van drove away and pro-
ceeded along the Commercial-road, Shadwell High-street,
Ratcliff-highway, and Tower-hill. Numerous volunteers,
both seamen and landsmen, offered themselves and were
Approved. yesterday, and were forwarded to the Crocodile
receiving.ship off the rower, where snug. berths and good
treatment were provided them.
Many. were rejected by the doctors, and it is of no use for
any but men and lads in a sound state of health to attempt
to enter.the Royal Navy. The bounties offered by the
Adniiralty were. conspicuously painted in blue and red let-
ters on white cloth on each side of the navy van, which was
at some periods.of the day most inconveniently overcrowded.
The police have received orders to give.every.facility for the
passage of the van, horses, and colours, through the streets
during the present week. • .
Yesterday orders were issued by the Admiralty for all
the men belonging to the Coast Guard .fit for service, to be
held ready to proceed to sea, and the necessary number
of Royal Marines to be told off for .the first division of
the steam reserve, all the ships composing -which are
having . their .sea .fire-hearths put in; and, pursuant
to Admiralty orders, additional numbers of shipwrights,
riggers, caullrerr, and artisans, were taken on at all the
Royal dockyards, to bring them forward with all expedi-
tion; including the Exitouthi 99, screw, Captain J. Stop-
ford; Asia, 84,. screw Captain Robins.= ; the James Watt,
91, Captain E.. Codd; the Imperieuse, 51, screw ; Mel-
pomene, .50, screw ; Termagant, 25, screw ; Firebrand, 6,
paddle, Captain. Edward Bruce ; Gorgon, 6, paddle ; Gla-
.diator, 6, paddle; and numerous despatch and gunboats.
The Revenge .91, screw, just launched at Pembroke, is
ordered.roundto Sheerness to be fitted with all expedition.
The Hood, 91. guns, to be launched at. Chatham.to-morrow
(Wednesday),.is also to be brought forward immediately,
and the .Reynard, 6, despatch gunboat. The Ajax, 60,
screw, has received orders to be held ready to sail at an
hour's notice from Dublin Bay, and .several gunboats aro
ordered. to proceed to the Channel Islands, and yesterday
orders were issued for her Majesty's troop-ship Urgent to
be held ready to convey ;Captain Garbett's company of the
Royal Artillery, to Jersey. .
In addition to the preparations making for the augmen-
tation of. the Channel fleet, the division of which, under the
command of Sir C. Fremantle, has sailed from Berehaven,
Bantry.Bay, with sealed orders, supposed destination the
Adriatic, the greatest activity prevails in all departments of
the Admiralty.,. and the steamers Britannia; Sidney Hall,
-and Peninsula have been despatched to Gibraltar with
large quantities of shot, shell, and ammunition. The Ad-
miralty. have also just despached several vessels, laden
with heavy guns, to Malta, which are to be mounted on the
fortifications of that island.

The accounts received yesterday by .the Admiralty of the
reception of her Majesty's proclamation at the Northern
and Western. ports were most encouraging. First-class
seamen freely volunteered for the service, and in a few days
an efficiently manned fleet of steam-ships of war, commen-
surate with the power .and dignity. of England, will' be
afloat in the British Channel.

THE. COIIET.—Her Majesty and his.lloyal High-
ness the Prince Consort and the Princess Alice and the
youthful members of the royal family leave 'Windsor Castle
to-morrow for Buckingham Palace; accompanied by the
members of the Court. Her Majesty intends, according to
present arrangements, to remain in town until the 19th or
20th instant, when the Queen and Prince Consort and the
royal family leave for Osborne for a week or ten days
Her Aoyal Highness the Princess Fiederic William of
Prussia is expected to arrive at Osborne on the 21st or 22d
inst., on a visit to her illustrious parents, from Berlin. It
is very probable that the royal consort and infant son of
her royal highness will likewise visit Osborne.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg
will take leave of the Queen and His Royal Highness the
Prince Consort•to-day, and depart from Windsor Castle, on
his retain to Germany.
The Duke .and Duchess of Marichesfer, who have,
during the past week, entertained his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge; the Earl Cowper, Lord and Lady
Ossulit'on, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, and a select
circle, .at Kirabolton Castle, come to. town 'to-morrow, in
order that the Duchess, as Mistress of the Robes, may be in
attendance at Court. • • •

-The•Earl and Countess of Winchelsea are enter-
taining. a select party of friends at
•Eastpll Park, near
Afford; Itent. ,
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Picca-
dilly
yesterday for Brockett Hall; Herts. The noble
viscount and viscountess intend to come to town for her
Majesty's Drawing-room at St. James's P.alace on Satur-
day next. • •
The, Right Hon. Sir J. Pakhigton, Bart., M.P.,:
arrived at his official residence at the Admiralty last even-.
ing, from attending his election at Droitwich.,
The Right Hon. Edward Lucas has arrived at
the Brunswick, Jermyn• street, from Castle Shane, county-

Monaghan..
-Her Royal Highness the • Duchess of Saxe-
Cobuig yesterday honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F.
Hancock, the eminent jeweller of Bruton-street, with a
visit.—Morning Post.
Lord Stanley has returned to town from attend-
..
once at King's Lynn for his re-election. '
Lord Lavensworth and faMily have arrived at
Percy's-cross, Walham-green, for the season.
We regret to announce the • death of the Hon.
Mrs. Leland Noel, which took place at EXtOn, Rutland, on
Monday last. She was the daughter of Mr. J. S. Foljambo,
of Osborton-hall, Notts, and married, in 1824, the Hon. and
Rev. Leland Nocl, brother of the Earl of Gainsborough.
MORETON BAY.—It has been decided to erect into
a colony the district of Moreton Bay, now a portion of the
government of New South Wales. The formation of this
district into a separate colony has been for. the last six years
urgently and repeatedly pressed by.the inhabitants on the
Home Government. A delay in acceding to their petitions
was occasioned by the necessity of, km arrangement for ap-
portioning the public debt as between Sydney and Moreton
Bay—a point now satisfactorily adjusted. The separation
now effected will no doubt lead to a great and rapid dove-
lopemen.t of the colony thus created, which will take the
name of Queensland. The governor selected to preside
over the new colony is Sir Ferguson Bowen, K.C.M.S., at
present Chief Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner of
the lonian Islands, a post he has held for some time to the
approbation of his superiors. Sir George Bowen was for-
merly a fellow of Brasenose, and a first-class man, and has'
obtained considerable distinction in literary as well as in
official circles. His appointment is likely to be popular in
Australia, Sir Benjamin Pine, now Governor of the Gold
Country, has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of St.
Christopher's. It will be seen from the foregoing that Sir
Edward Lytton has adhered to the principle of promotion in
the service as the best means of securing to our colonial
empire the most efficient servants that can be obtained.
The name of the capital of British Columbia is to be New
Westminster.