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THIS tie 1 EVENING, and every evening during the 14., the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC i2IYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great of 7• of the North, in 12 acts, with ever - changing variet y eff ee li ts cide nts, centinuons surprises, novel and extraordinary n The New York Herald's correspondent at Wash ington expresses his fears that the troubles with England are not yet ended. Bar -9 oti to The. Chamber of Commerce at New York has ap pointed a committee to investigate the causes of the seizure of the barque Mary. We have again to report another serious fire which has occurred at Alexandria, by which seven persons were burned. ; ditto .6s 8d; to ioa ; 1s od to 1 2s 6d t 1 is 8d id cash, In post Bvo., sewed, price One Shilling, THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. 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It i s no t a m onologue, for the audience th e m . th ap „ e° Perform their parts with the principal actor, some of f 1 4, 0 n the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, e c ; e „ .m°l lgh everything becomes metamorphosed before the e ii ." 4 ,_ . •f the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any ; but it is a comedy really performed by the Qom pe,L; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unea tha7 denouements; a magnificent spectacle, with 2 ,000 of tip public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ez the V 2 lansa, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond e 'unnds of 'probability. fu r qessor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and eZionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum C tre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he Jt, l arl enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con k-47;14 repetition. He believes that no professor of his art 'benne inerrotiAir ititli. "ot of snocess so: extensive, so decided, and so unusual..• it br o uld attribute that success to three causes; first that 4 4 8 Present entertainment he has placed before his visitors j e eults of a lif e se d u l o usly devoted to the attainment of 14 4 " °e ted skill in one P e culiar art, and to perfect which he 'ravelled th e globe in every clime; secondly, that he has o a - e re '' no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on ef ti :''age in the most elaborate manner, by employment th at ° f irst mechanicians and artists of the day the ; and thirdly, h n ' while endeavouring to provide amusement for those it ;; e " ° nellr him with their presence, he has not forgotten that twit Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor epee T. fil leuld not be neglected of exposing conjuring whore re% " has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by the rteg. to _ the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, keduteasiguing have succeeded in making dupes of the t Til e 9 37 lett ers on th e su bj ec t o f sp i r it- ra ppi n g, which Pro hmo:. Anderson has received, from the time of opening the ler ee re 11 1) to the present date, bear witness to the great in raalT taken o n th e su bj ec t o f thi s s i ngu lar delusion ; whilst st et l,of theth bear melancholy ev idence to the dangers which b ee; ". a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri te-874448." Judgin g s i m ply by the correspondence which has /al e pl e d, Profess or A n d erson 's expose of spirit-rapping and us tration of the so-called table phenomen a, have pro -1461, a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex fer e a mischi evous an d impudent juggle. It is impossible eo,... eref emor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of t he tbalnuinications which reach him on the subject. He regret s 1/1 ) ,; til e anY of these should come from ladies and gentlemen tell Lr oin their position in society and their well-known in h_ectual attainments, he would least have expected to have e4lll co nverts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so ee ea T s usceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every a li b i ing, from th e L yceum s t age , M r . A n d erson ' s o pinions en Ly eatt L a PPing are expressed, and every evening, within the Its how tables can be made to rap is exhibited kihi?iticidated. It is respectfully requested that this e ekid : exposition will be accepted generally as Professor kie ti ll°ll 's only mode of replying at full length to his ktkestudinous correspondents. He regrets that the of the great and learned of the land shou'd v e b f ro , eeti made to figure in the documents emanating tZ t s b e sPirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex ee-31 from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septern. and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri reerit'.elegraple It purports to emanate from an Amerman frehk i ra Per, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster vet )) '3' confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has th eee ess ed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thel'nghly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought tahl`tlhole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the see e , °7l of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, b 0 hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits t i hurelothed themselves for the time, and moved mate cluieets about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tionabofor them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the vph: °, bee recently left England, and the following account of es. - Land what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: ir;; ta , is young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now Wit n I Y: is a remarkable medium for all t he manifestations • P-- apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout ile n glo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.1100 Y er r a per annum if he would perform at his museum in New be b ' Barnum then took it for granted that medium- could ref- ea : i ght- He was somewhat astonished when his offer was k i d • • Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply efte_uotestly remarked, that the money would have been very ii:Ptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20 ), an or ef i n, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid le a Zug his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose 13, 3 ... e • The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. n lequired into the subject ; and now Baru m, one of the eatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is titi a i v ° ' the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer snrPrising to find such a paragraph as this in the >hitorialarticle of an establishe d j ourna l , th e e ditor of whom ip gjt ,, b° supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe tble a,, - ` - `itsrapping does spirit-rapping gain or lose by aecession to its adherents and, with Barnum's end r o k rs i e atoie3it to e it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more e 3 bet a negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not 4,,when he finds that educated clergymen of the C hurch o . 'and have th e temerity to subscribe their names to so gross . ndle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Z,' N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his be lief in it, and hb w "ls a book on .the subject, he considers it t be time for It jel4 e ffected, an d the mischief to which it tends. In the "„ ee i nl Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir iz ;‘' Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, Ithe ce ra PanY with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that spirit, he Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that Pe ep t-ra PPing is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad he, es° s• In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, who ever, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one le a was present when he and Lord Brougham had their ü b l i l_ee with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the a , ° (a largo dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most . " . o e d r4°rc linary manner, and, among other things, a largo u tile toll 'was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's i if h t hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out" With such a statement, printed for the edification of the Most talented men of the day are permitting themselves e ,,,. 1)0 deluded by these juggling spirit - mongers — that the Utest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the h a rt of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, f2fessor A n d erson trusts th a t hi s ex posures of the spiritual beof America, as given by him nightly at the Lyc eum, will teraPts received by the people of Englan as genuine honest at „ege provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual ib ere. , 118 1 ; 1 1 , the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have s him the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, i''ool_.has ever before been assembled within its walls in so r t a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. R, the few Programme being continually changed. Grand 2 ,lanable Day Performance, on Saturday, December 8, at p e ek ; the programme being thus arranged ; "* " 1 . —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical b a Pabilitie e of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by lnagie that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer tbe);ir'id illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in ee Aet 2 . The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power theroducing animated nature from fire and water only, and ee P o ssibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most "utnPlex forms of ornithological existence. p A ct 3 - Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies or, Puck's Own :eket Book, ATAwith Puck himself within it. Typifying the t em — "nge entertainment in the production of the very vein -1)--notis from a amall volume, in the extraction of magnitude f lit of nlinutetess, in developing bulk where no space appears ii o l r its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and , b ringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely Act Nice for to be found. 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trott ,b°. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed- Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation--black into white, and the Di scover y o f ever y Article In the position which would seem the most inappropriate. d.ot 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Creesus. Into nich, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, • suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, Lue Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport j ‘ ,7, l f, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, - ""Khel, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of OPacity. Ae t. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine L,,, Spirit store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible e-a'tles,” inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in "austible but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the ..01.1 of e'eramand, producing soda-water, butter h -milk, -soul salts, Port, Sherry, kov e ,and wed; finally e ee •_ ll, or any other wine or spirit requ brandy, gin, ram, !roving ta be filled with poc k e t handkerchiefs perfectly dry , c ud occupying the whole °e •- s pace when tightly p acked. , w _Act 8. H a lf an H our w ith the Spirits ; o r, an Expose of .. I) te llib•r aPping. Introducing the sp irit -rapping table and "" e s, in of the invisibles. wizard 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of ho wizard's atrons will undergo some strange metamor- Z °B es, and, P amongst others, their handkerchiefs become ielisformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Dig France Turkey, and Sardinia. Act, 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who 'eats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. • Act. 11. Th e M ys t ery o f th e Ch a rmed Chest ; or, the atteleus of the Night's Woolers. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) In mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. 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GUILDHALL, November 29, 1855.—The Com mittee for Letting the City's Linda will meet at Guildhall, on IV r.D • Es' DAY, the 12th December next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive Proposals for Building Leases for 810 years. from Ch-ist mas 1855, of several Plots of Ground on the north side of Worm wood.street, Bishop.gate. Also, to receive proposals for a Lease of a House. No. 54, on the north si +e of Featherstone-street, Finsbury, for 12 y ears (less 3 day.), from Christmas, 1855. Plans of the property may be seen, and further Particulars end forms of, tender obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. GENEE kl", POST-OFFICE, DECEMBER, 1855. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive Tenders for the supply of WAX, COM OSITION, and TAL LOW CANDLES, and OIL and SOAP, for the use of this office, during the year 1556. The Tenders 'nust be delivered at the Secretary's lbepartment of this office, at or before noon, on Saturday, the 22d instant, and they must he enclosed in sealed co are, addressed to " Her Majesty's Postmaster-General," and endorsed, "Tenders for Candles. &c." TVI_IDDLESEX PRISONS.—To Bakers, But chers, Mealmen, Oilmen. Grocers, Brushinakers, Leather ellers, Woolhndrapers, qoapboilers, and others. WANTED, at the House of Correction, at Coldhath-fields and Westminster, and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUP PLIES of the undermentioned ARTICLES viz., about 19 cwt. of Bread daily, in loaves of various weights ; good Ox Beef without bone, consisting of clods and stickings; Ox Heads. weighing on an average 23 lbs. each ; Mutton, consisting of bread-, necks, and ribs; Molasses, Sucar, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap, Oils, Leather, LinendraperN , and Woollen Cloth. Persons willing tocontract may see patterns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary forms of tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of Correction. .... Sealed tenders arc to be delivered before half-past 10 o'clock on FRIDAY. the 14th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenw 11- green ; and the persons tendering, or some authorised agent, must be in attendance there at 11 o'clock precisely on that day, with the names and addresses of two responsible sureties. The Visiting Jus tices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any of the ten ders. Dated this ISt day of December, 1855. CHAS. wRIGHT, CHAS. P. ALLEN, Clerks. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., oack ige included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on rec •Ipi of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). tend full and plain direction, county, and near•st sta tion.—Addre‘s THOS. LETTIS, Jun.. Fish Curer, Ot. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.—J. Brashowe, house steward. Blenheim Palace. - Oct. 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.— A. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Cant, St. James's Palace.—Oct. I, 1855." QIR WM. BIJRNETT'S DISINFECTING 1,:7 FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Sick looms, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when diluted for use. Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon- , treet, City. Gallons, 55. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d.: NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASsAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as frequently t deceive the unwary—they have em p'oyed those eminent artists Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded in producing from steel •• A NEW LABEL;' which cannot be forged , it is composed of a section of an engine-turned circle, repea ted one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white letters, _ "UNDER THE PA , RONAGE OF THE COURTS OF EUROPE," with an embossed profile of her Majesty "THE QUEEN," lately specially taken for the purpose, and which surmounts the words (also in white letters) " ROWLANDS' MAC kSSAR FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN " Under which is the Signature of the ßet Prnprletors in Red Ink, " A:ROWL AND & SONS." rertzu Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and zers. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an II injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual against Joseph ,l'anklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the heals of the Ecole re Paarmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is s remedy for. Relaxation, slpermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion or t. ;y item, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by rite consequences of early errors It is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, • slectually, in the short space of three days, completely and .mtirali aradlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubel3l - so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of th , heait , 3f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, to is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disord ers , whic physician treats with Mer cury , aafortunately the English the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th, sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell And of all nauseating qualities. They may Ue on the toilet tab► without their use being suspected , sold in tin cases at I is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided Inv , oparate doses, as administered ')y Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, kc.,Stc,—Te be had Wholesale and Retail in Londot. Cf Johnston, 68 0 lrnhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street ; R. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, M arket-street, Manchester ; IL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Pr iestl y , chemist, u2, Lard-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, MO-street, arminglaalui CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE The Royal West India Mail packet Magdalena, Captain G. Abbott, Admiralty agent Lieut. James Mom, R.N., arrived yesterday at Southampton with the West India mails. Her dates of sailing are :—Vera Cruz, Nov. 4 ; Tampico, Oct. 30 ; Havana, Nov. 9 ; Greytown, 3 ; Panama, 8 ; Car thagena, 10 ; Jamaica, 11 •, Nassau, Oct. 15 ; Demerara, Carriacon, and Trinidad, Nov. 9 ; St. Thomas, 15 • Tortola, 14. The agdalena brings 59 passengers. The freight on board includes specie to the amount of 876,773 dollars. 12,000 dollars are on account of Mexican dividends. The specie con sists of 527,631 dollars value in silver, and 310,772 dollars in gold. The news from Jamaica is of meagre interest. Some of the districts are suffering from an unusual drought for this season of the year. A few cases of cholera have appeared, but happily it has not as yet assumed an epidemic form. Otherwise the country is not unhealthy. A fair business is doing. ISales of sugar take place at 16s. to 215., according to quality. A lot of Cuba was withdrawn at 17s. in bond. Sales of coffee are made at 365. and 375. Vessels for freight were much wanted, but, ac cording to D® Cordova, arrivals adequate to the demand were expected. Exchange on London -90 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, 1t per cent. premium ; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium. The Demerara [gazette reports as follows on the agricultural operations : "The weather daring the last fortnight has been generally dry, but we have had a few occasional and partial showers. The estates have been busily occupied with operations of cutting and grinding. The yield of saccharine matter has varied much on different estates-- on some it was nearly equal to an average of years, and on others much below it. The growing canes continue to promi.e well for the next year's crop. Our advices from the islands represent the sugar crop as being deficient—in Barbadoes to the extent of 5.000 hogs heads, and in Grenada of about 2,000 hogsheads- In the other islands the sugar crop was also deficient. The exports from this colony for the past fortnight are— Sugar, 1,504 hogsheads, 106 tierces, 914 barrels • rum, 809 puncheons, 92 hogsheads, 17 barrels; rnDlasses, 209 puncheons ; bark, 49 barrels ; greenheart timber, 394 logs ; rice, 750 bags ; hides, 1,979. Business among the merchants in Water-street is improving. Freights are on the advance. OF THE MAIL ON OCT. 17. Her Majesty's Troops.—Surgeon T. W. lnnes, 84th Foot, at Rangoon, on Sept. 13. Capt. (Brevet Major) E. T. Seaward, at sea, on his passage to England, on the 12th July. Capt. E. S. Powys, 614 Foot, at Cash- mere, Oct. 2. Bengal—Lieut. C. G. Reid, Artillery, at Deyrab Dimon, Sept. 25. Surgeon Scott, sth Regiment N. 1., at Barrackpore, Oct. 8. Capt. W. Hickey 32d Regi- ment N. 1., second in command 15th Irregular Cavalry, Oct. 17. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKET, FROM OCT. 17 TO NOV. 1. The Peninsula and Oriental steamer Norna, with the Overland Mail of Sept. 26, reached Bombay on the 23d ult. Our money market has remained quiet during the for - night, and rates of interest at the bank remain un altered, but as specie is now being shipped in large amounts to Calcutta and other quarters will no doubt affect our market to Rome extent. The four per cent. government paper has fallen 14 per cent. front our pre vious quotation ; other stocks remain at Abut former prices. There is no improvement whatever in the state of our import market ; indeed no activity has been manifested in any of our mercantile transactions, and everything has been dull in the extreme. This state_ of matters may change on the termination of the Dewallee holidays, which commence next week. Rain appears to have fallen in abundance all over the country, thus averting the want with which the districts were threatened. At the Presidency itself the monsoon has been a failure, and our cold weather promising to set in we do not expect any more rain. As it regards exports shipments are rather slack, the last accounts from Liverpool having somewhat damped the ardour of speculators, and cotton has declined in value. Tonnage is abundant, but freights are low, and several large ships on the berth for England are loading very slowly. To Liverpool we quote 21. 7s. 6d. to 21. 103., and to London 2/. 15s. to 2/. 17s. 6d. for cotton, with about ss. more for seeds. Exchange on England for the past fortnight ruled a shade lower than reported in our last, and the bulk of business done may be quoted 2s. 1 7-16 d. to 2s. 10. for China and first-cla-s credit, and 2s. 19-16 d. to 25.1 id. for documents. On Calcutta, we quote Its. 11 per cent. pm. at eight, and per cent. pm. at 60 days' sight. Madras, Rs. 1 per cent. pro. at sight, and per cent. pro. at 30 days' sight ; and on China, Its. 220 at 60 days' sight. CHINA. DESTRUCTION OF A PIRATICAL FLEET AT SHEI POO. By the Excellent we leans that the Bittern, in company with the Paoushan, has had a severe 'en counter with pirates at Chapoo Shei-poo). The following is an extract from a letter dated Woo sung, 24th September : "The Lady Mary Wood has arrived. She brings up three men severely wounded from her Majesty's brig Bittern, in charge of the surgeon. The Bittern had an engagement in Chapoo with 23 heavily armed west-coast junks, all of wnich she destroyed, and killed about 1,200 men. She had 19 men wounded, and Mr. Turner, her master, was killed on hoard the PaouThan. The junks having received information from Apak of the intention to attack them, had all their guns pointed at the narrow pass by which the brig entered, and had been practising some days to get the range. They bad also boats laden with cotton and ashes lashed alongside their junks to stop the shot." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SHANGHAI MARKET, OCT. 4. IMPORTS. COTTON.—An unusually small business has been done, most importers bolding firmly for advanced rates, and the Chinese dealers are hardly as yet willing to pay them. OPIUM.— A considerable improvement has taken place, which would have been greater but for the 25th October having been one of the Chinese great settling days. The non-arrival and probable loss of the Audax has also had its effect upon the market. The South Pacific Mail Company's steamer Val divia has brought to Panama advices from Valpa raiso, October 15 ; Callao , 25 ; Paita, 28 ; Guayaquil, 27. The extra session of Congress in Chili bad not yet been convoked. A scheme for a railroad „be tween Conception and Talcahuano bad been made public, and a capital of $104,000 subscribed by 22 capitalists. A dockyard and arsenal is proposed to be built at Valparaiso by the government. The prospect for next year's crops is good, but it is yet premature to speak with certainty. Reports from the agricultural districts state !that more rain is wanted. Business during the previous fortnight had been unusually dull. In cottons, woollens, and linens the stocks are large, and sales very slow ; metals are all in abundance ; liquors in small de mand. Of Chilian produce copper in bars is quoted at $20.50 shore, with a prospect of a rise. Salt petre is quoted at $2.12 3 / 4 por quintal at Iquique, and a further rise is anticipated. During the month of September 31,577 quintals were exported to France, 18,889 quintal s t o E ng l an d , an d 12,952 quintals to Hamburg ; total, 63,418 quintals. In Peru the law relative to religion has been passed, and religious liberty is no longer permitted there. SuGAR.-LAll kinds have advanced, and the demand has been large, though met by full importations, both by foreign vessels and junks. EXPORTS. TEAS.—Black : In Congous we have again to report inactive business, holders having to some extent met the views of buyers ; about 80 chops have changed hands, at a reduction of from 2 to 3 taels, the greater one ap plying to the lower grades. Greens : &des estimated at 75,000 packages, two-thirds of which are for Ame rica, the demand running upon the finer kinds ; rates have -advanced nearly 1 tael—stock 90,000 packages, comprising one-half Of Pingsuey and Fychow Country. SILX.-0a the 7th ult. settlements were stated at 14,000 bales, since when we have to report farther sales of 6,000 bales. During the early portion of last month, prices were steady, with an upward tendency, sufficient to check extensive operations fora considerable interval, when some descriptions relapsed to rates previously cur rent; still but little was done, and buyers appear to have hesitated until lower prices were submitted to, l when a brisk business was transacted. EXCHANGE AND BULLlON.—Transactions have still continued on an extensive scale, at further improved rates for buyers, quotations for let elass paper having steadily ruled at 6s sid to 6s 6d during the month. FREIGHTS.—To London, for tea, 4/. 108.; for silk, 51• lie. To the United St a te s , 15 d o l e t o 16 dole. CANTON MARKET, OCT. 13. IMPORTS. Cotton continues high, stocks being light. Sales of Bombay 7,000. Rice has again declined, but within the last few days prices are rather firmer. EXPORTS. TEAS.—Congou : 10 chops old have changed hands at 15 to 16 taels for Hohow and Sinchune, and 17 to The number of vessels at the Chincha islands is smaller than it has been for any time during the year. On the 29th of October, Tampico was closely blockaded, and short of provisions. Trade was at a stand still. No specie had been shipped for the last two months, and vessels lying off the Bar could not get discharged. The besieged lost nearly all their mules and cattle ou the afternoon of the 29th, being carried off when grazing outside the lines of defence. 244 for Oonains, leaving in stock 196 chops, clnefi• Oonams. Of the new crop, 38 chops have arrived. The prices paid for the new crops must be considered 20 per cent, in advance of previous seasons, and the teamen are ver, firm. Scented orange pekoes, settlements large, viz., 20,000 boxes at 22 to 27 taels for fine, up to 34 taels for curious. _ Letters from Vera Cruz of the 4th ult. report all Mexico to be in a very unsettled state. Solent shipped only about 280,000 dollars. A conductor on the road with 3,000,000 dollars not expected before the 6th or 7th. Another was to leave Mexico on the 10th with about two millions more. Dollars scarce and dear at Vera Cruz. They were landing several tine guns-32 pounders—with large quantities of shell and shot, from Liege, part of an order executed for Santa Anna. Trade was in general dull. Movements of Foreign Ships, drc.—Nov. 4. Left at Vera Cruz Spanish corvette Ferrobana, 22 guns and Mexican squadron, viz., Iturbide, 10 guns (s.s.) ' • Tamaupos, 3 gu ns ; an d V era C r uz, 3 guns. Nov. 7. Left at Ilavanzah Spanish squadron Pesta, 42 guns with th e fl ag o f R e ar-Admiral Francisco de Asis, 20 guns ( s . s .) ; D o n Juan de Austria, 5 guns : 3 brig s an d 1 small steamer. The Crotis, 32 guns, and th e r est of the squadron were cruising off the island. A French brig-of-war of 2 0 guns was also at Havannah. Movements of her Majesty's Ships.—Boscawen, _ SILK PIECE Goons.—None in stock, and manufactu rers require a much longer time for the completion of contracts than formerly, the workmen having left Can ton during the trouble, and not yet returned. EXCHANGE AND BIILLION.—On London, 4s. 9d. Oriental Bank Corporation—On London, six months' sight, 4s. 9d. Commercial Bank of India and Mercan tile Bank of India—On freight, 4s. 91d. FREIGHTS.—To England, 4/. per ton. To the United States, 15 dole. from Halifax to Bermuda ; Imaum - , at Jamaica l't:lrm g l e a f n t t , a Cad m o a m i c m a n fo r e r B it e r e m l 1 e u t d , a C , B. , Nov. a nd 7; Arabßuz zard, left Jamaica, Nov. 7, for Grey Town, to relieve Eurydice ; Eurydice on her way to Bermuda ; Espiegle at Grey Town Nov. 4 ; Daring cruising off Cuba ; Mariner at La GUayra ; Vestal ditto ; Medea at St. Thomas, Nov. 15, from Tortola and Jamaica ; Scorpion left St. Thomas, Nov. 13, for Santa Cruz ; Argus on her way from Halifax to Bermuda. The ships were assembling at Bermuda to hold a court-martial on the captain, officers, and crew of the Wolverene, lost near Grey Town. The squadron was generally healthy. The Magdalena passed the Glencoe and several other vessels 15ff miles west of the Lizard. A VESSEL DESTROYED EY FIRE.— Advices received at Lloyd's on Saturday mention the total destruction by fire at sea of the brig Prince, while on her ♦oyage from London to Algoa Bay. The burning vessel was fortu. nately discovered by the ship Albatross, Captain Knowles, on her voyage from London to Calcutta, which imme• diately bore down towards the Prince, and was the means of saving the whole of the crew and passengers from total destruction. The Albatross arrived at Cal cutta on the 22d of October, and landed them at that port. The Queen took her royal visitor, the King of Sardinia:, on Saturclifto see the workshops of the Arsenal at Woolwich- and to witness a review of Artillery on the. Comnien. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and .his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge accompanied tl-eir Majesties, who were attended bra brilliant suite. They proceeded to the Nine Erns station from Windsor by special train, and wets thence conveyed in carriages to the Arsenal, whdte all the beads of departments were waiting to receive them. Theytoute which they fol lowed in the course of their inspection took them first to the shop for boring and turning brass cannon, next to the foundry for casting this description of ordnance, then to that for casting shells and other I projectiles ; thence they passed through the engine room and smithery into the great workshop, which, by a curioussperversion of the word in its ordinary signification, is called "The Laboratory," and in which a variety of processes connected with the manufacture of shells, Minie bullets, percussion caps, rockefs, &c., are carried on. Proceeding along the river quay of the Arsenal, the Royal visitors had a good opportunity of observing the enormous scale upon which the demand for war materiel (shells especially) is being met in this esta blishment. -Close to .the ":proof" department, the inspection of- some interesting Russian trophies, including field artillery and medical store carts, Ste., arrested their attention fora short time. They then 'examined various arrangements for testing the strength of gun-metal, and, in connexion with thew: the fraginents of different descriptions of ,g non that had' frOni time to time burst when Jllo4o=o of-proof. net:. Lancaster shell factory was also visited, but was, from some cause or other, not examined with that degree of care which the grandeur of the mechanical processes exhibited there might have been expected to excite. Cross ing the artillery park, which is everywhere covered with enormous supplies of materiel , including guns of all kinds and sizes, mortars, platforms, waggons, (tc., the Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, pro ceeded in her carriage to the Royal Artillery Bar racks, while the King of Sardinia, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and the suite took a rapid survey of the carriage department. They then mounted on horseback and rejoined her Majesty at the barracks, where luncheon was served in the messroom. The Royal party. then reviewed a troop of Horse Artillery and a field. battery on the common, after which they returned to the Bar racks, and her Majesty, in the presence of her illustrious guest and ally, had a number of wounded Sappers and Artillerymen from the East brought into her presence. The ceremony took place in the library, each of the poor fellows bearing a card which set forth his name, the length of his service, and where he was wounded. To all her Majesty addressed words of sympathy, rendered all the more precious by an earnestness of manner which in one case was manifested even by tears. At the close of this affecting reception the Royal party re entered the carriages, and returning to Nine-elms station by the same route as they had followed in the morning, were safely conveyed thence by special train to Windsor. It is almost unnecessary to add to this brief resume of their Majesties' visit to Wool wich on Saturday that all the customary ceremo nial observances on such occasions were duly at tended to ; that the cortege had an escort of Horse Artillery ; that at the Arsenal, at the Barracks and on the Common, Guards of Honour were drawn up, and that the police, under Captain Labalmondiere and Superintendent Mallalieu, who has charge of the district, made ample and unexceptionable provi sion for the maintenance of public order. Every where the Queen and King wore received with en thusiasm. In their progress through the work shops of the Arsenal the people employed kept exemplary steadfastness to their respective ma chines, but in the laboratory, just as the Royal party was leaving, they could not resist the temp- tation of giving three hearty cheers. The King seemed to be more at home on horseback and re viewing Horse and Foot Artillery than in studying the mechanical appliances of the Arsenal. He is a bold and graceful horseman, and in that respect contrasts favourably with the Prince Consort, who, however, probably had the advantage of him in the intelligent inspection of the machinery. Royal visits like that to Woolwich are nowadays such preconcerted things—so fenced round by cere monial observances, engagements as to time and "Flo - forth, that it seems very doubtful whether the g6od they may indirectly effect counterbalances the interruption which they cause to the great pressure of business in such vast establishments. It may be very interesting to see the processes by which some of the more important items in the munitions requisite for the prosecution of a great war are pre pared, and it certainly must be satisfactory to the nation to know that the Queen can with confi dence take her ill ustrious guest and ally over works which two short years ago were in a state of ne glect and decay. But somehow or other Royal in spections have, in these later days, lost all practical value, and we fail to traco in them the indications of anything beyond the gratification of a common place curosity. Thus, what it was really of con sequence to examine carefully was passed over in a hurry, and what, as involving no novelty or difficulty might have been dismissed with a brief survey was leisurely scrutinized. No one at all familiar with the state of the mechanical arts in this country can be astonished at the extent to which machinery has at length been brought to hear upon the manufacture of war materiel at Woolwich. A very cursory view of the departments will convince him that the useful and advantageous applications of that great modern labour-saving power lia7e by no means reached their limits, and that much still remains to be done. Yet it must be conceded, remembering the deplorable condition of these establishments up to very recent date, re membering, too, the impediments to progress which the old Board of Ordnance and its antiquated staff of officials presented, that upon the whole great, creditable, and successful efforts have been made. Tho number, excellence, and variety of tools used leave no reasonable ground for complaint. Novel combinations, such as the American percussion cap machine, are not wanting, and the organisa tion and fittings of the different workshops are upon the most advanced and modern plans. Of this the suceessive processes in the manufacture of wooden fuses for land and of brass for sea service shells, are good illustration ; also, the Lancaster shell factory, although there the violation of a mechani cal law in the principle upon which the Lancaster gun is made considerably diminishes the satisfac tion with which that splendid sequence of mechani cal appliances is surveyed. The machines for boring and turning brass cannon were well shown on Sa turday, each performing its own share of the work. The foundries for casting this kind of artillery, and for shells, grape, &c., hate been very much im proved, and to the former it is probable that the authorities will shortly seek the permission of Parliament to add the means for casting iron ordnance as well as brass. Of the laboratory, which contains the largest workshop in the Arsenal, it is worthy of temark that if the hands only take out of the machinery therein collected the amount of duty of which it is capable, the British army and navy will have, in the supply of shells, rockets, percussion caps, and Minie bul lets thus produced, an abandance more than suffi cient for any conceivable quantity of fighting that they may be called on to undertake. Anderson's bullet machines, which are said to be at work day and night and to turn out every 24 hours some half-million bullets, give little hope of safety to the rest of the human family when our soldiers are taught to shoot as accurately as an average sports. man. At present it is calculated that not more than one in a thousand shots hits in the field dur shßa Pet ersbur g arp lt s i Sharpshooters o p rovinces, The New Prussian Gazett e contains the follo w - in g an action, and the proportion to t h e e x pe n diture ing the :—" It of small-arms ammunition during protracted mili s s with tary operations like those in the East is probably t r e o r vinces, much grea t er . The Roy a l visitors on Sat ur d a y s ali dst that extract corps ot the e of as lnfantry, t letterbattalion t t from a ioi: St. o th e has received orders to march to the south. If did not inspect the department in which the cart this be true, it would appear to be the intention of ridges are made and the Minie balls fitted with their the Government to assemble at the theatre of war iron or wooden cups. Had they done so they would all the best-armed troops of the Empire. It is have been much amused by the manual dexterity known that the regiment of Rifles of the Imperial of the children employed, but perhaps it was con family left St. Petersburg in the middle of Sep- sidered that this branch of the laboratory, which tember for the same destination. This regiment is shortly to undergo great improvements, was in is composed of three battalions, which with that of its present state unworthy of such high notice. the Ist corps, presents an effective of 5,000 Rifle- The American machine for turning out percussion men, supplied with excellent arms." caps is open to the objection that, if any one por- MALTA, Nov. 25.—0 a Wednesday morning last Lieut. tion of it becomes deranged, all the rest is stopped General Sir John Pennefather reviewed d. the troops in until that is rectified. In the processes carried garrison on the Floriana paradgroun There were on in this department there is a considerable present the 51st RegimentLiehbties Infantry, the the .. East Kent amount of woodwork, which one would suppose Militia, the Royal Malta Fencibles, principal part of belonged more appropriately to . the division of the troops coreposieg the depots of the several di v i s i ons the Arsenal, over which Colonel Tulloch pre and a company (except the Highland d ivision ),of the sides. But, taken t og ether, Captain Boxer h as Royal Artillery. Owing to some unforeseen occurrence the fourth division did not arrive on the ground until with the effective every reason to feel satisfied nearly an hour and a half after the appointed time, state of the laboratory, and with the immense . Amongst other evolutions go ne throu g h was an imitation im p r ov e me n ts wh i ch he has succeeded, an spite ts,in of the manceuvres performe d b y the Bri tish previous to of many difficulties and discourage men the battle of the Alma. Th e g eneral, we understand, introducing into them. On their w ay to and expressed himself h i g hly pleased with the steadiness and from the proof department the Ro y al visitors soldierly appearance of the troo p s , w ho , considering that had several opportunities of - observing the most of them had but recently enlisted, carried out the w very ingeniously contrived courses for the easy . orders of their officers with precision. transmission of hotiy projedil" whiQ 13.6" cently been constructed. These must save a con siderable amount of labour. Among other con spicuous objects in the arsenal' some enormous shells were observable, cast for a monster mortar, designed by Mallet, of Dublin, and which is now in hand at Mare's yard near Blackwall. At pre sent the proof department has an engrossing in terest, from the number of important problems in artillery science which its enlightened chief, Col. Wilmot, has been engaged for some time past in endeavouring to solve. First, there is the question of the feasibility of wrought iron ordnance, which since the bursting of Walker's and Dundas's guns and the failure of Nasmyth's seems almost to have been decided in the negative. Krupp's steel gun was another attempt in the same direction, and has proved equally successful. Next, there is the demand for a good rifled cannon, or, if not rifled, one that by the character of its bore shall mako projectiles rotate properly upon their axis. This is also a result which is of the utmost consequence to attain, and which cannot yet be considered to have been satisfactorily secured. Lastly, there remains to be obtained that great desideratum, for heavy ordnance especially, a good breech-loading arrange ment, by which artillerymen may be spared expos ing themselves at the muzzles of their guns, as they are compelled to do at present. It is not too much to expect that at no distant date we shall find the means for getting rifled breech-loading cannon strong enough to stand any reasonable proof,.and capable of being used with a precision of aim and destructiveness unknown to our present artillery practice. But in the meantime gunpowder has the best of it with the inventors, and demolishes their best-contrived schemes. Even the Lancaster gun bursts so frequently in service and is so uncertain in the flight of its projectile that the authorities look back with feelings of discouragement, almost amounting to disgust, at the enormous sums ex pended in the vain endeavour to control its caprices. First, the gun is made too strong for the shell, and then the latter is strengthened till the gun gives way, the real truth being that an iron missile will not adapt itself to the increasing pitch of the oval bore. It gets jammed in rushing out, and in the struggle which ensues one or other must give way. To the credit of Government it should be recorded that a most liberal spirit has latterly been evinced in endeavouring to attain the objects above enume rated, and though they have thus far been baffled, we have no doubt that, with a litte more perseve rance, success will crown their efforts. The royal party made a very cursory inspection of this deeply interesting and important department of the Arse nal, the magnificent processes of the Lancaster shell factory failing to arrest their attention for more than a few moments. The carriage department, under Colonel Tulloch's care, with its fine collec tion of wood machinery, chiefly American, was examined in an equally hasty manner. But the truth is that there was really too much to see in one morning'ii visit. In looking at the present state of the Arsenal establishments it is perhaps not to be regretted that up to the commencement of the present war they wore in so neglected and defective a state, for other wise the modern appliances with which they are now furnished would in all probability have been deemed unnecessary, and such officers as Captain Boxer and Col. Wilmot would have in vain strug gled against the dead weight of incompetence and prejudice by which at the commencement of their labours they found themselves oppressed. Colonel Tulloch was so far in a more fortunate position than his able and lamented predecessor iu office. Colonel Colquhoun had already cleared away many obstructions to the reform of his department. But all of them must be held to hare rendered import ant services to the country ; for what is war but a groat game, the issues of which depend upon the quality and abundance of the materials with which it is carried on ? England ought to have the most powerful and best served artillery in the world. In former times her pre-eminence in that arm was conspicuously maintained ; and, as far as an opinion may be formed from the present state of Woolwich Arsenal, she will soon be in a position to re-assert her old supremacy. Sir Hew D. Ross, General Cator, and Mr. Mou sell were in attendance upon the Royal party during their inspection. The evolutions of Horse and Foot Artillery in the review on the common excited general admi ration from the precision and rapidity which clia, racterised. them. His Majesty attended Divine service yesterday at the Royal Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's-inn-fields, accompanied by his numerous suite and several persons of distinction. His Majesty arrived pre cisely at 11 o'clock, and was received at the entrance of the chapel by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman and the chaplains of the Embassy. His Eminence delivered the following address in Italian : " Sire, Permit me to take advantage of this occa sion, the first of its kind that will be enrolled in the annals of this Royal Sardinian Chapel, to convey to your Majesty the sincere and humble homage of the clergy who officiate, and the numerous congregation, native and Italian, who frequent it, and derive from it so many blessings. " It is the most ancient of our chapels or churches. Founded by the piety and zeal of your Majesty's ances tors, entirely maintained by them during centuries of peril and affliction, generously endowed by your Ma jesty, it has been one of the principal supports of our holy religion in this metropolis. " And if your Majesty should find it but insignificant and poor, not the less fervent on that account are the prayers daily offered up in it to the Almighty, to beg of Him to enrich your Itnjesty and your [teyal House with abundant mercies and heavenly graces." His Majesty returned thanks, and asked several questions about the chapel, its origin, &c. His Mjesty was then conducted by the Cardinal and clergy in procession to the throne erected for him in the chapel. The altar and sanctuary were as handsomely decorated as the very limited time allowed. The mass was Beethoven's in C, and was admir ably played and sung by the numerous choir. Tile organ was lately built by Bishop, and is of extra ordinary richness and beauty of tone. The celebrant was the Rev. William O'Connor, Senior Chaplain, assisted by the Rev. Ed ward Price, as Deacon, the Rev. John Doherty, as Sub deacon, the Rev. Dr. Faa di Bruno, and the Rev. Sebastian Faenza, as assistant priests. A large body of police were iu attendance, who kept excellent order among the dense crowd as sembled iu front of the chapel to welcome his Ma jesty. WINDSOR, DEC. 2. "11. Salutes in harbour to commence when the Vic tory shall have fired her second gun, and those at Spit head when the senior officer's ship there shall have fired her second gun. " THOMAS COCHRANE, " Vice-Admiral and Commander-in• Chief. " To the respective captains, commanders, and com manding officers of her Majesty's ships and ♦ea sels at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbours." His Majesty the King of Sar , linia went yesterday to vist the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard at Wool wich. The King, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Cambridge left the Castle in an ope❑ carriage at a quarter before le o'clock, for the station of the South-Western Railway at Windsor. The Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, the Count de Cavour, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Major• General Wylde, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Captain Du Plat, Chevalier Nigra, Chevalier Luserna d'Angrogna, Count de Barone, and Count de Robilant, followed iu several carriages to the station. _ _ A special train was in readiness, and the royal party 'carted at 10 minutes before 10 for the private station at Vauxhall. The Queen and his Sardinian Majesty, with Prince Albert and the Duke of Carabridge and the suite, proceeded to Woolwich in royal carriages and four, escorted by Dragoons. Their Majesties, the Prince, and the Duke of Cam bridge, inspected the Royal Arsenal, and then went to the review. After the review of the Artillery, the Queen a number of invalids recently returned from the the Duke and afterwards with the King, the Prince, and served ein_Temict_ead, of Cambridge, partook of luncheon, which was V the Royal Artillery mess-room. The royal party returned to the ecial train, dsor by a sp Vauxhall, and afterwards to Win private station at arriving at the Castle at 10 minutes pastt s s ° ' de l ° P c e k re i g n y , The French Ambassador and the Colin e of Clarendon, Lord and the Countess of Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscoun tess Palmerston, the Counter 0f 0 ardwicke, the Earl of Lady John Russell, the E rSaiirsCirh John Minto, Viscount Harding_ea,LrLieourtdonPaanntre.Gueriele, Wood, Sir James Graham, General Burgoyne, and Majorneral Sir Colin Campbell, ar rived yesterday " av isit to the Queen. Her Majesty a dinner party in the evening. The co mpany included his Majesty the Kicg of Sardi n i a, h er ythale D Royal Highness the Duchess R ef o K ya e l n H t, ig h h er ne ß ss o High ness the Duchesslcetshseßoal, of Sutherland, the French of Cambridge, Ambassador and the Countess of Persigny, the Countess the Duke of Argyll, the Duk e o f Welling ton,of Grtrevßilleel, Belgian Minister and Madam e V an d e Weyer, th e Sardinian Minister, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Spencer, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Minto, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady Fanny Howard, Caroline Barring ton, Baroness de Speth, Lady Isabel Howard, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Hardinge, Lord Panmure, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Hon. and Rev. W. and Mrs. Moore, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, the Provost of Etou, Lieut.-General Sir John Burgoyne, Major' General Sir Colin Campbell, Miss Codrington, Misses Maria and Emma Codringt on , Chev a lier Canna, Count Corte, Count de C avour, Due Pasqua, Chevalier Majx line d'Azeglio, M a j or -G eneral C ount M oro xz) de a i Rocco, Major- Gen. Chevalier Luserna cr4ng i .. ° g,-, na i ' •ohe 1 Major-Cien. Chevalie r C a ,baker Thiheri • w rderira, 0111 -- -- ____ ~~;.`. ~. v. tiVSPAPER T . ,,,,5 - 7 , Chevalier Cigala, Capt. Count de Barone, Capt. Count - iz....::-I , 3pya 1 de Robilant, Capt. Count de Persan, the Chevalier l!figra,,, ~ . ..,,,-k Lord Byron, Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood, Co14144,4011„-.. „ - Rr' . - --pil":. J. Macdonald, and Mr. Gibbs. --)• -sii:: ilcti' l afi The Queen's private band attended after dinriersio - ti e .f 4 . ...,c,r s j Music-room, and under the direction of Mr. A_ndersar g - ft -- performed a selection of favourite pieces. The followipg - - is the programme' s -4• iie. sS - Overture, " Le Chevel de Bronze" Auber. Solo, Violin. M. Remenyl, "Le Car- ' .... 5 : - s naval de Venise.s Andante Cantabile con moto (Sinfonia, - - ' No. 1) Wedding March (Midsummer ..Nigh,t's IMendelgsolln . .. Dream) f Bartholdy. A Fantasia stir dos Themes Nationaux. His Majesty the King of Sardinia left Windsor by a special train of the Great Western Railway at 10 o'clock this morning, attended by the Sardinian Minister and the gentlemen of his suite, and proceeded to London for the purpose of attending Divine service at the Sardinian Chapel, in Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY: — The following are the erders issued by the Commanders in-Chief of this port, Vice-Admiral si. !hos. Cochrane, K.C.8., and Lieutenant-Governor of the garrison, Major-General Breton, relative to the reception of his Majesty to-morrow : " Victory, at Portsmouth, Dec. 1. " 1. His Majesty the King of Sardinia intending t o visit this port on Monday next, it is my direction that the ships in the harbour and at Spithead be prepared to dress, man yards, and fire salutes ; and the respective captains and commanding officers will take care that the whole of their officers and crews are on board on that day. " 2. At the hour which will be indicated by signal, the captains and commanders in command of ships in the harbour are to assemble in their respective barges and boats on each side of the Clarence-yard creek to await the King's arrival. Officers and crews to stand up and cheer aerhis Majesty passes. Flag-officers' barges to be nearest the steps. On his Majesty passing through the line the Commander-in-Chief's barge will follow and take up a position on the starboard quarter of the Royal barge, and the Rear-Admiral will be on the port quarter, the other barges and boats to follow the Commander-in- Chief and the Rear-Admiral, according to seniority, to escort his Majesty across the harbour. Barges and boats are to return to their respective ships when the King has landed as the dockyard, but to be held in readiness in case of being called upon by signal. " 3. Each ship in harbour (gun-boats included) is to send a cutter, with a lieutenant, to be under the orders of Commander Johnson, of the Transit (in the Bee), to act in conjunction with the Coast Guard boats in keeps log the harbour and Clarence yard creek clear of any impediments to the Royal progress. " 4. Each ship in harbour is to fire a Royal salute on his Majestygetting into the barge or steamer at Clarenoe yard ; the yards are to be manned, and the men are to cheer as his Majesty approaches. "5. Should the King visit Spithead, the ships at that anchorage are to fire a Royal salute as his Majesty approaches, the yards are to be manned, and the men are to cheer as the King passes. On the King leaving the fleet another salute is to be fired. The ships in harbour are to salute as his Majesty passes Blockhouse Fort on his return from Spithead. " 6. Captains and commanders of ships at Spithead are to remain on board until either the King shall re turn from Spithead, or the signal shall be made that his Majesty does not intend going there. " 7. Vessels of fewer than 10 guns are not to salute. "8. Men on the yards are not to let go the life-lines to touch their hats while cheering. " 9. Officers concerned herein to be in full dress ; men in blue frocks and white troasers. "10. On dressing ship the Sardinian standard or en sign is to be hoisted at the main by those ships having one. "GARRISON ORDERS. " Portsmouth, Dec. 2. "It having been notified that his Majesty the Bing of Sardinia, accompanied by his Royal highness Prince Al bert, will visit this fortress, and that they are expected to arrive about 11 o'clock a.m. to-morrow ; therefore the Royal Artillery will hoist the Royal standard and fire the usual salutes on the arrival and departure of the above-named personages. They will also visit the dook yard ar,d Spithead, and probably depart from the Land port Railway terminus. "A guard of honcur of the Royal Marine Light In fantry, consisting of 1 field officer, 1 captain, 2 subal terns, 4 serjeants, and 100 rank and file, with the Queen's colour and band, will be in readiness to attend at the Royal Clarence-yard, Gosport, to-morrow morn ing, at an hour that will be hereafter notified, to pay the usual compliments to his Majesty the King of Sar dinia., who will visit that establishment in company with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The commandin officer and adjutant of the corps will attend. " A guard of honour of the 80th Regiment, consisting of one field officer, one captain, two subalterns, lour serjeante, and 100 rank and file, with the Queen's colour and band, will be in readiness tl attend at the dockyard at the same hour, &c. The commanding-officer and adjutant of the regiment will also attend. " By order. " JOHN BRETON, Captain, Town Major." The Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth will at ' tend at such place and time as his Majesty may be pleased to appoint, to present him with an address from the inhabitants. The Port-Admiral will have the honour of entertain ing the King and Prince Albert at a dejeuner at the Admiralty-house. THE NEW BRITISH 0011?1lfaNDER TIIE CRIMEA. It is a rather remarkable circumstance that the new Commander-in-Chief of the English forces in the Crimea, Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Codrington, bad never seen any military service, except of a holiday kind, until he went out to the Crimea as an amateur ; his first encounter with an enemy being the battle of the Alma, in which he distinguished himself. Since then he has been in constant service and has distinguished himself on every occasion when an opportunity offered. He is 50 years old, and the circumstance of a wan at his time of life taking the field for the first Gibe, and gaining the high est command within 13 months of his first tight, we be lieve to be unexampled in the hicory of wars. The fact that he should be raised to the supreme command over the heads of all the experienced generals of the British army does not " speak volumes" in favour of their effi ciency. The new Commander-in-Chief is a sou of Ad miral Codrington, the hero of Navarino, who, in con junction with Russia and France , a s allies of England,. destroyed the Turkish fleet. Now the son, in conjunc tion with France and Turkey , as allies of England, i s in command of an army operating against Russia. The next combination of these Powers may be against Eng land herself. France, Turkey, and Russia, against Eng land ; or Turkey, Russia, and England against France. Nothing seemed so improbable five years ago as the pre sent alliance, and there may be some more improbable ones five years hence. General Codringtou had been 33 years in the Coldstream Guards without having had a day's experience of war service ; he passed through all the regular grades until he was breveted a Major-Gene ral last year, and being without a command when the English army went to the East he followed it as an ama teur, and Lord De Ros being cornpellei to retire on se eouet of ill health, a vacancy was left just as the allies were on the point of embarking from Varna, to which Gen. Codrington was appointed by Lord Raglan. The o new Commander-in• Chief appears, from all a cco . un . ts, ha t s be very popular with the army, and, luck of thus far attended him, his appointment 18 an i augury res uflered good fortune for the army, which has heretofore As immensely for the want of an effleientrvet, as . good k ; great satisfac to a close, we must confess to a fee In h l / 2 ave at last found a we are most heartily desirous of see , in,„ohfmins war brought tion that the English Governmentttsehraln the Crimea. Having at s E ,al iscst i aate would t a ti t e l a a l s i t ie b s e r o b u u g t ht qu ite capable leader of their for ce h e o e t v n e p r e d l l o e u d b i t o ed m f a n k r ea peaceua nr ie o n n t o n r y_ o g ir r 7a a nn t l i co fi st c .h a e t r i o n b , chro n i c le the disasters which gross contrary feeling, to kind it niis h i a u s a n na e g v e e: eaDfftorodfeosdneus upon the _English arms.— ez Y or GUANO.—Accordi ng t o an official do as been a large i ncrease i n the iruporta- ti.,n of gu ano. In ten months end e d t h e sth November let year, it was 170,667 tons, an d i n the Fame perio d en ded the 31 st of October this yea r it was 2 3 5 , 723 toss. A t T h r e ° r N e r h Tss SuGAR TRADE —The trade and navigation ac counts just published show no decrease in sugar entered for home consumption. There is, however, a decrease in the importation compared with last year. In the ten months ended the sth November, 1854, the importations were 7,786,516 cwt., 5,637,437 cw t . and from January to October last, DIE LATE GENERAL SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER.— A. very excellently executed full-length statue of the above gallant officer has been placed in the churchyard of the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth. It is an admirable lateness • it is placed on a pedestal of granite. On the three tides of the pedestal exposed to view is inscribed —" Charles James Napier," " Hyderabad," " Bo , tyP,.t_e: Hill," " Ceplialonia," " Scinde."—" Corunna," Ille gA 0 11 , nee," " Dubba " "India."—" Born 10th o f o seer 1782." " Died ' 29th of August, 1853." 13 edifice itself there have been placed the _c a j o r i joeus,rsanodf t o h: Scinde Camel Corps, founded by Sir b plain tablet, on which are inscribed his family motto —"a ready ;" and on a pillar beneath which is inscribed the following e are consecrated to standards waving above tabletthis Charles Jas.Napier, G.C.8., the memory of General Sirneat m emento :—" The whose genius Scinde Ready, aye tchaelaCeoln Corps' llero r w of as Sci la ir d e,d- formed• by H a ppier than most conque. e t f t::rryfttedskill ha his country.— e e c affections stbodaf that the tol vanquishednoble Province b which the h icll animate the hearts of British r w o i r s s e , i h m e d s secured benevolent C soldiers ap t s i ut i g i ß l ern t u h ecrea,l 9 , " o f battle.—This tablet is placed by commanding the Camel Corps." It is h m is ay va b lo is u v r a a jo n er d od m uasyhame tr a i n bu d t w es ise t s o t oneof thepleasure we w re e gr n et ot t i o ce a d d, bravest the bas t soldi ers ,the seone o f the worst•used admi nistrators —and, and most neglected men—this country has ever had. with great The sculptured effigy of the departed hero has been erected Iby subscription ; one person alone, under the anonymous signature of " A Foe to Oppression," have ing given 5001. The entire cost was 1,2001.—H ski" niegrap4.