The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

The Haymarket—A. massive star gas jets.
Princess's—A brilliant illumination,
consisting of the
word " Princess's," with a crown; the whole in jewelled
crystal', and lighted by jets of gas.
Ad phi—The words "New Adelphi," in cut crystals,
and lighted behind by numerous gas jets, and surmounted
by a large bulging crown, surrounded on each side by wreaths
of laurel, a large Brunswick star in gas jets, and underneath

the name of the theatre in jewelled oil lamps, having a
pretty effect.
Astley's—A brilliant crystal star of large proportions.
Drury-Lane—A large gas star.
Olympic—A dazzling star, composed of beautiful cut
crystals lighted by gas.
Surrey, Victoria, Standard, and City of London theatres
also exhibited different devices.
ST. JAMES'S HAIL.
Christy's Minstrels exhibited a. very tasteful display of
natural foliated and floral decoration arranged with flags of
England and the United States of America, enclosing the
royal arms with a star in gas kts. The entire decorated
and arranged by Mr. Montague.
EGYPTIAN' HALL.
A magnificent display of fle ral and artificial decoration,
Chinese lamps being susper.ded along and down the front
with flags, evergreens, &c.
OLD BOND STREET.
Mitchell's Royal Library.--A large gas star, and under-
neath the words ' God save the Queen," in gas.
CURZON-E,TREET, MAYFAIR.
Messrs. Jenkins and Wolmershausen, habit makers and
tailors.—A new and el%,.ant design, all in out drops of vari-
ous coloured crystals, royal shield in centre, stained glass,
surmounted by a crown encircled by a wreath of laurel,
with the initials "V. R." Made and invented by Free-,
man, of Vine-street, Piccadilly.
In consequence of the absence from Woolwich of
Major-General Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp in atten-
dance on her Majesty for the day, the command of
the garrison yesterday devolved on Col. Stransham,
commandant of that division of Royal Marines and
senior officer in succession. Colonel Stransham
yesterday reviewed the troops on Woolwich-com-
mon, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The
troops, consisting of a portion of the siege and field
batteries and the brigade of Royal Horse Artillery,
amounting to about 4,000 men and 750 horses, one
battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, and one
company of Royal Engineers, were drawn up in
double line, facing the staff position. The ground
was kept by about 1,500 of the RoyaLArtillery and-
the Riding-house establishment. At 12 o'clock a
salvo of 21 guns from the saluting battery an-
nounced the commencement of the proceedings,
which were followed by the firing of 12 guns from
the batteries on the ground. At the same time the
Commandant and Staff took up their position under
the flagstaff. The firing was then taken up by the
infantry, who fired three rounds of musketry up
and down the entire line as a feu de joie, which
was performed with extreme regularity and pre-
cision. Immediately afterwards (the rain falling
incessantly during the review) the whole of the
troops uncovered and gave three loud and hearty
cheers for the Queen, and after marching past they
retired to quarters.
The Queen's birthday was celebrated at Ports-
mouth yesterday with the usual loyal demonstra-
tions. The Victory and other ships in the harbour,
with the Hannibal and Doris at Spithead, were
dressed out in bunting from truck to deck. At noon
Royal salutes were fired from the Victory, Hanni-
bal, and Doris, and also from the saluting battery
on the King's Bastion. The troops in the garrison,
comprising a mounted battery of Royal Artillery
of six guns and 82 horses, four- batteries of garrison
artillery, one company of Royal Engineers, Ist
Battalion Rifle Brigade, Royal Wilts Militia, 2d
Royal. Cheshire Militia, Royal Limerick County
Militia, and Suffolk Militia Artillery, nearly 3,000
men of all arms, were paraded on Southsea-common
in heavy marching order. On the arrival of Major-
General Sir James Yorke Scarlett and Staff on the
ground the troops formed in line, with the artillery
on the right, who commenced the Royal salute in
honour of the day with seven guns, when the
infantry followed with a feu de joie, the artillery
again taking up the fire with seven more guns, and
the infantrffollowing, until the whole 21 guns were
fired, three hearty cheers being then given by the
men for the Queen. The troops then broke into
open column, right in front, marching past the
General and his staff in quick time, which closed
the proceedings. A large number of spectators were
present. The day, was observed as a close holiday
in the dockyard and other public establishmedts.,
Yesterday Major-General Eyre, commanding at
Chatham, assembled the whole of the troops at that
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in honour of her Majesty's birthday.
Yesterday being appointed for celebrating her
Majesty's birthday, a Royal salute was fired from
her Majesty's ship Hastings, now lying in the
Mersey, at Liverpool, at noon. The ship was
dressed with flags over all from stem to stern. Her
Majesty's ship Liffey, one of the finest frigates in
the service, arrived in the Mersey during the day,
and joined in the proceedings. The usual holiday
was given at the Custom-house in acknowledgment
of the event, and the public buildings were decorated
with flags.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a State Banquet
in honour of the day to the following party :—His Serene
Highness the Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein, Duke
of Montrose, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos K.G. ; Earl of Donoughmore,
President of the Board of Trade; Lord John Manners,
Chief Commissioner of Works: Lord Lovaine, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade; Lord Adolphus Vane Tem-
pest, M.P.; Lord Colchester, Postmaster-General; the
Hon. S. M. Howard and the Hon. G. A. Gore, Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas
Freemantle, Chairman of the Board of Customs; the Hon.
Stephen Spring Rice, Secretary to the Board of Customs ;
Sir Stafford Northeote, Bart., M.P., and Sir W. Hylton
Jolliffe, Bart., M.P., Secretaries to the Treasury; Sir
Alexander Spearman, Baronet, Secretary to the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt ; Colonel
Taylor, M.P., Mr. Whitmore, M.P., Mr. P. Blackburn,
M.P., the Master of the Mint, the Governor of the Bank of
England, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England,
Mr. Pressly, Chairman of Inland Revenue ; Mr. Herries,
Secretary to the Board of Inland Revenue ; Mr. Rowland
Hill, Mr. Dupre, M.P., Colonel Peers Williams, M.P.,
Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Mr. M. Thackeray, Mr.
Bernard, M.P., Mr. T. G. Smith, M.P., Mr. F. Hume,
M.P., Mr. Romilly, Mr. Ralph Earle, M.P., Mr. F. Grant,
R.A., Mr. Newmarch, Mr. C. Trevor, and Mr. F. Clay.
Mr. Spooner, M.P., and Mr. Hubbard, M.P., were pre-
vented from being present from indisposition.
Yesterday being the day appointed to celebrate Her Ma-
jesty's birthday, the Right Hon. Sir. E. B. Lytton enter-
tained the following distinguished members of the Colonial
service and other gentlemen connected with the colonies
at dinner at Willis's rooms :—The Right Hon. Sir J.
Young, Sir Allan M'Nab, Governor Hamilton of Antigua,
Governor Robinson of Hongkong-, Mr. Justice Haliburton,
Sir B. Pine, Governor Hill of Sierra Leone, Governor
O'Connor of the Gambia, the Bishop of Cape Town, the
Bishop of Graham's Town, Mr. Justice Surtees, Sir Chas.
Clifford, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Burt, Mr. Adams, Mr. Donald-
son, and Mr. Haines. The principal members of the Colo-
nial department were also present. In consequence of the
unavoidable absence of Sir E. B. Lyttoi, the Earl of Car-
narvon presided. _ _

The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., as First Lord
of the Admiralty, had a full-dress dinner last evening at
the Admiralty, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday.
There were present on the occasion :—Vice-Admiral W. F.
Martin, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.B. ;
Rear-Admiral Sir H. Leeke, M.P., K.C.B. and K.H. ; the
Hon. Frederick Lygon, M.P. ; .Vice-Admiral of the Fleet
Sir William H. Gage, G.C.H. • Rear-Admiral of the Fleet
the Earl of Dundonald, ; Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, K.C.B. ; Admiral Sir James Gordon, G.C.8.,
Governorof Greenwich Hospital ; Admiral William Bowles
C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth ; Vice-Admiral
Sir Watkin Owen Pell, K.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral John E.
Walcott, M.P. -, Rear-Admiral W. A. B. Hamilton, Rear-
Admiral Peter Richards. C. 8., a Commissioner of Green-
wich • Hospital ; Rear-Admiral Robert Gordon, Deputy-
Master of the Trinity house ; Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin
W. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy; the Hon .
,Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the Navy; Mr.
Charles Richards, Controller of the Victualling Establish •
meat; Sir John Liddell, Medical Director-General; Colonel
Green, Director of Works; Major-General J. R. Wesley,
Deputy-Adjutant-General of Royal Marines ; Captain
John Washington, the Hydrographer to the Admiralty;
Commodore the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Super
intendent of Woolwich Dockyard; Captain C. H. M.
Buckle, C. 8., Superintendent of Deptford Victualling
Yard ; Colonel A. B. Stmnsham, Royal Marines, com-
manding the Woolwich division of Royal Marines ; Mr.
Herbert Murray, Private Secretary to the First Lord ; Mr.
G. E. Airey, Astronomer Royal ; Mr. W. Romaine. C. 8.,
Second Secretary of the Admiralty; and Mr. George Tier-
ney, a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. Covers were
laid for 30.
The Attorney-General, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, gave a State
dinner last evening in celebration of her Majesty's birth-
day to the Queen's Counsel and the leading members of the
bar at the Albion, Aldersgate street, the exterior of which
was brilliantly illuminated in honour of the occasion.
Covers were laid for 70, and among the company were :
The Queen's Advocate; Messrs. J. Anderson, Q.C. ; R. p.
Amphlett, Q.O ; Dr. Addams, D.C.L., Q.C. • Messrs. H. R.
Bagshaw, Q.C. ; E. Bazalgette, Q.C„_; Sir R. Bethell,
M.P., Q.C. ; Messrs. H. Bliss, Q C. ; G. M. Butt, Q.C.
J. Cambpell, Q.C. •R. P. Collier, M.P., Q.C. ;W. ;
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Coul-
son, Q.C. ; R. D. Craig, Q.C. ; W. T. S. Daniel, Q.C. ;
J. Deane, Q.C.: W. Elmeley, Q.C. W. W. F
J. Greenwood, Q.C.; F. W. Green,. Q.O.°A.syt.a, Q.C.
Q.C.• C. A. 'Hogging, Q.C. ; J. W. Hilliest naQ.C.a
H. Hawkins, .Q.C. ; Edwin James, M.P., Q.C. ;°S; H.
Keating, M.P. ; Messrs. W. Lee, Q.C. •W. Lush,ir S.
K. Macaulay, Q.C._; H. Mainst '
_Q.C.,M.P. ; W.
Matthews, Q.C. ; J. Monk, Q.C. , • J X. Phillimore, Q.C. ;
P. A. Pickering, Q.C. • D p
D. (Aver, • B. B. li. Rod-
well, Q.C.; C. J. Selwyn, Q.C.; A. Q.C.d.Skinner, Q.C.;
F. W. Slade, Q.C. ; 3. G. Teed, Q.C. • S. Temple, Q.C. ;
S. B. Toiler, Q.C. ; Dr. TWiSR, ; Messrs. S. War-
ren. Q.C. ; W. Whately, Q.C. ;
Wordsworth, Q.C. ; Mr. C. Witmosrser,s.Q.C. ;C.
Sergeant Woolch Mr. Sergeant
Goulburn, Mr. Sergeant Murphy Mr. Sergeant Kinglake,
M.P., Mr. Sergeant Piggott,- Messrs.'
W. N. Welsby, W.
Bodkin, E. Beayen, C. Robinson, J. H. Terrell, J. P.
Fearon, J. Thum, M. B. Peacock, F. J. Hamel, H. Wat-
son.

Mr. Secretary Sotheron-Estcourt entertained the follow-
ing yesterday at a banquet at his mansion in Eaton-place to
celebrate her Majesty's birthday :—The Lord Chancellor,
the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir J. Stuart,
Sir C. Cresswell, Sir R. Kindersley, Sir W. Page Wood,
Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr. Baron Channell, Mr. Justice
Hill, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Jus-
tice Willes Mr. Justice Williams, Dr. Lushington, the
Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Sheriff Hale, Sir James
Duke, Baron Rothschild, the Earl of March, Mr. Wad-

ancient military corps assembled at the fine parade.
ground, Finsbury, to go through their customary
drill celebration of her Majesty's birthday, The
weather, unfortunately, was very much against this
display, and operated so injuriously upon the atten-
dance of the members of the corps that very little
more than 100 out of the full strength of 400 officers
and men were on the ground. The companies were
under the command of Major Middleton, and
paraded soon after three o'clock. Twenty-one guns
having been fired by the artillerymen, and a feu de
joie in honour of the day, the companies marched past
at slow and quick time, and afterwards went
through all the evolutions of which so small a body
was capable. Taping everything into consideration,
all the movements were performed exceedingly well
—not perhaps with the quickness or precision of
regular troops, but certainly with steadiness and
good order which came very near it, and which
showed that the drill had been no matter of form,
and that a very little additional practice would
suffice to place the corps on a par with the average
of regiments of the Line. The artillerymen served
their pieces with quite as much rapidity and care as
is displayed by our field batteries, and the firing of
the companies in volley was exact to a second.
There was nothing in this celebration more note-
worthy than in other similar displays which have
always been made on these occasions, and our object
in noticing it is to direct public attention to the
existence of this organised body at a time when the
note of preparation for the establishment of volun-
teer corps is ringing through the land. The Hon.
Artillery Company, notwithstanding that the num-
ber of its members has of late years rather dimi-
nished, is the oldest and at the same time one
of the best volunteer corps of its kind in Eng-
land. The system of drill and training is admi-
rable, and the organisation of the Company,
whether appertaining to efficiency of discipline or
to the management of its own wants and concerns,
is excellent. The corps was established as early as
the commencement of the reign of Henry VIII.,
and the prints and effig;e4 whirlli-yet remain of its
arms and equipments at that time—the men cased
in heavy mail and armed with heavier crossbows,
may well raise a smile among the present members
of the same Company, who wear nothing more de-
fensive than scarlet broadcloth, and who are armed
with the light but deadly Enfield rifle: With the
general introduction of cannon, the companies of
the regiment received pieces of ordnance, and were
trained to use them with such skill and coolness as
to gain the title of Artillery Company for the whole
body. From that hour to the present the Company
has existed with a greater or less number of mem-
bers, and more or less efficiently trained according
as the exigencies of the nation seemed likely or not
to stand in need of such aid in London. During
this long interval the records of the Company have
been carefully kept, and among the names of the
colonels or members, of the corps we find the auto-
graphs of, the most distinguished Sovereigns, war-
riors, and noblemen of the period. The names of
Charles 1., Charles 11., the Duke of York, Rupert,
Monmouth, Ormond, Buckingham, Albemarle,
William 111., George of Denmark, George I. 11.,
and 111., with William IV., the long list concluding
with the sign manual of the Queen, granting new
privileges, and that of the Prince Consort as a mem-
ber and colonel of the corps. The present rules of
the corps admit volunteers of the height of 5 feet
6 inches by ballot among the members. All new
volunteers go at once to the care of the drill ser-
geant, and, that the convenience of every member
may be best consulted, this officer lives near the
parade ground, and recruits can come and go
through their drill whenever it is most suitable
to themselves. The full and undress uniform—
which is precisely similar to that of the Guards,
except that the facings are silver braid instead of
white worsted—is paid for by the member, who has
also to pay a subscription annually to the funds of
the corps of two guineas. The Enfield rifle is pro-
vided by the Company, and, that all the mem-
bers may be perfect in its use, an excellent
shooting gallery, upwards of 100 yards in length,
is erected near the parade, in which members can
come and practise every day, and all day long if
they so please, the Company supplying the car-
tridges. When a volunteer has got over all his drill
difficulties he is attached to a company as an effec-
tive member. A muster is held twice a week in
summer, every Monday and Thursday evening,
from 6 till 8, At these the attendance of members
is, of course, reauested for general drill, but, unless
in case of sickness, the rules only require an atten-
dance on 24 days in the year—a number which
under special circumstances is allowed to be re-
duced to 12. Twelve attendances at muster and
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choose, and that a certain number must. For this
purpose there are four beautiful brass field guns
which belong to the corps, and with these the
members have attained such proficiency in their
me as even to make better practice at the
butt at Woolwich than would be exhibited by
most of our regular field batteries. The 10-feet
targets which have been used and some of which
are hung in the hall of the building at Finsbury,
show unquestionable tokens of great precision in
firing. The whole regiment is now supposed to
consist of three divisions,—one for artillery, one of
companies for ordinary regimental duty, and one
rifle corps. The last, however, exists only in name,
and has been merged into the regimental com-
panies, which now carry rifle practice to the
greatest perfection. Now, however,
that the rifle
corps, movement has commenced, it is wished to
raise a distinct body of riflemen, or to confine the
training entirely to riflemen and artillery drill.
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The screw steamship Revenge, 91, was warped
from the Devonport Dockyard to the sheer hulk to
have her jury-masts taken ont.
The screw steamship Lion, 80, was taken into
Keyham basin, Plymouth, on Wednesday.
The building, of the various ships now in progress
at Pembroke dockyard is carried on with the greatest
energy and despatch. Never during the Russian war
was there more activity shown than now. Not only
are all the shipwrights employed on job and task
work, but they labour from seven o'clock in the
morning until seven at night, with only half an
hour at dinner, instead of the customary time.
Two Norwegian men-of-war (a corvette and a
schooner) were off Falmouth on Wednesday at one
p.m., and had taken pilots for the anchorage.
By a letter yesterdak received at Woolwich
from her Majesty's steam storeship Supply at
Gibraltar it appears that the ship experienced a
stress of most severe weather in the Mediterranean.
She took out a number of boys and provisions for
the navy, to be landed at 'Gibraltar and Malta,
and was to proceed thence to Asia Minor. The
letter states that- the ship rolled so much, and
shipped so much sea, that they were seldom able to
cook a meal. The foremast was bent nearly double
for four days, and on the fifth it broke about eight
feet from the deck, and fell. Fortunately no one
was injured. The repair of damages which the
ship has sustained it is calculated will amount to at
least £2,000.
The- steam storeships Dee and Rhadamanthus,
from the western yards, yesterday arrived at Wool-
wich.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam frigate Fire-
brand, commissioned at Woolwich by Commander
Joseph Dayman, is being masted and preparing
for service. Her armament will consist of four 10

inch 84 cwt. guns, and two 68-pounder 95 cwt.
pivot guns.

Sixty-five volunteers for the Royal Navy were
forwarded from Liverpool to London on Monday,
and 35 on Wednesday. ' The enrolment goes on
steadily at the usual rate of about 20 per day.