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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- BIRMINGHAIkt CATTLE SHOW.—Decembef 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th.—Return Tickets taken on the three last days will be Yailable for the return journey on either day. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money on Loan, to pay off Debentures falling due,and are prepared to accept glanders for the same for a period of 3,5, or 7 years, at 5 per cent. IP sr annum. Application may be made to the undersigned. By order of the Directors. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, 2d November, 1855. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILW COMPANY. The COMMITTEE of INVESTIGATION have to request the st tendance of the Shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway at the ADJOURNED MEETING, on FRIDAY, the 7th d y of De cember next, at the London Tavern, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving. and, if approved, adopting their Report. By order. HORATIO LOVE, Chairman, EishopagateStatlon, 29th November, 1855. HERR BEN - EDICT ROEFS, from the Couervetoire de lisfusigne at Brussels. perrormsdaily on the Pianoforte in the Rotunda of the ROYAL PANOPTICON at 4.45 and 9.45 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet Piston, ?f. Bouleourt. —Doors open at 8. Admission one Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night.` ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. 'lt is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he hes been enabled to announce Mash, and Mystery- for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedirlously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which ttend a belief in the superstitions nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have teen converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Eve , y evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this - public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to h's multitudinous correspondents. lie regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land shou'd have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about th e room , p rove d t o be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 211), an or phan, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believ, in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse went to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated 1 Professor Anderson would believe not but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church o England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and - writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the .41forning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes, In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of anew work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the I d yceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so abort a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, on Saturday, December 8, at 2 o'oleck ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Beeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own rocket B oo k , w ith P uc k hi mse lf w i thin it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very vein tainous from a small volume, in the ext rac ti on o f magn it u d e cut of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and In bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely Nue for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou. !le- In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfer znation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in th e position which would seem the moat inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, ittid suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency 6 f Opacity.' Act 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine itnd Spirit Store. An improvement npoa the inexhaustible uch as the Wizard's bottle will net only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, •Inionl salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, 11 :,! 62 . up or any other wine or spirit required; and finally a,7julg to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, doccupying the whole space when tightly packed. Ofeu--- , -- 11-';IL 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expos 6 of t...7 l 'raPping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and ' — esin of the invisibles. tl io iket • 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor- Les, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become ;.. ns formed into the fl ags o f v i c t ory —th e b an ners of Eng ' l2 d, Prance, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10, The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which ho who e a ts himself w ill b e un d er th e magic spell, and appear t o ti an dienee, under circumstan ces l eas t expec t e d , i n a posi °l; 28 Peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11.. The Myst er y o f th e Ch arme d Ch est ; or, th e 4uc leus of the Ni g ht' s Wooden. To comprehend which the ndience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part 11 1" the even i ng, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) Mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which 211 will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Acute to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of l idding ourselves of a troublesom e friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia - terrestrial passage from the west to the eastern hemisphere. Peers open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8 2.lvvate boxes, 1/. 11s. 6d. and 1/. ls., t o b e o b tained at the . ` )° x - office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s; ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The o° 3f is open daily, from 11 till 5, under th e di rection r Mr. Chatterton, Jun, Grand fashionable Morning Per °!nlance on flaturd&y, December 8, at 2 o'clock. Doors open 11 ' 32414114,1% No. 19,709.] ONT BLANC opens TO-NIGHT, Dec. 3d. Egyptian Hall, Plcudilly. • FAST INDIA COAL COMPANY—Limited.— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That !he I)eed of this Com pany Is now lying at this Office, ready for the signature of Share hold ere. HENRY HAYMAN, Secretary. 132 and 133, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, London, November 30th, 1855. 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Persons willing tocontract may see patterns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be made, and olatain the necessary forms of tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of Correction. sealed tenders are to be delivered before half-past 1 1 o'clock on Fainar. the 14th instant, at the Sesdong House, C'erkenw 11- green ; and the persons tendering, o- some authorised az, nt, 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 tice.; do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any of the ten ders. Dated this Ist day of December, 1855. CHAS. WEIGHT, }Clerks. CHAS. P. ALLEN, TO LOVERS OF FISH.--100 GENUINE YARMOUTH lIL'IATERS for Cs . oackage Included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED, DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on rec-ipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). :end full and plain d , reetion, county, and near-st sta ti m.—Address THOS. 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TRIESEMAR.--On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Cranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitatin; this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by tho Seals of the K ie ook ee Piermacie de Pa r i s, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vnna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation. Spermatorrhcaa, and Exhaustion of th• , ty Item, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by ;he consequences of early errors it is invaluable. 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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 make 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 suns, as they are compelled t o d o 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 _swills, and is- so uneertain in the flight of its projectile that the authorities look back with feelings of discouragenient, 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's 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 were 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 001. 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 in office. Colonel Colquhoun had already cleared away many obstructions to the reform of his department. But all of them must be held to have rendered import ant services to the country; for what is war but a great 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. Mon 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 cha 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 ()na tion, 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 officiat e , and the nu merous congregat i on, native and Itali an , 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 mai n t a i ne d b y th em 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 Majesty and your Reyal House with abundant mercies and heavenly graces." His Majesty returned thanks, and asked several questions about the chapel, its origin, &c. His Majesty 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. es d V -- -es .G-: . .`a -. LA .... 06. 4 -:) -- ..,./ i ; L : • , Ten Chevalier Cigala, Capt. Count de Barone, Capt. ef 611 1 - 7 . '''' es`stiV aa de Robilant, Capt. Count de Persan, the Chevalier Ni is 4 A -..- Lord Byron, Col. the Hon. A. N. ' Hood, Col. the Ili \A greriii,,,‘, J. Macdonald, and Mr. Gibbs. a A '\•`. . e. The Queen's private band attended after dinner in the\.. aa-ss Music-room, and under the direction of Mr..A.ndersost 1 i r‘',l,!'si ‘‘ . :l performed a selection of favourite pieces. The followivj is the programtn. Overture, "Le ()keyed de Bronze" Auber. Solo, Violin, M. Rensenyl, "Le Car naval de Veniee." Andante Cantabile con moto (Sinfonia, No. 1) ......... We dding March (..Ificieurnmer Night's t Mendelssohn Dream) Fantasia Sur des 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.— O, The followi ng are the •rde PORTSM rs issued by the der in.Chief of thi s p or t, Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. o omma Cochr n ane, K.C.8., and Lieutenant-Govern or 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. " ". 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 as his 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 at the dockyard, but to be held in readiness in case of beinea called upon by signal. "3. Each ship in harbour (gun-boats included) is to I 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 keep ing the harbour and Clarence yard creek clear of any impediments to the Royal progress. " 4. Bach ship in harbour is to fire a Royal salute on his Majesty getting into the barge or steamer at Clarence 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 aro 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 On e. ~ "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 csptains, commanders, and com manding officers of her Majesty's ships and ves sels at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbours." LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1855. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This evening, at 8 the Royal Mail steam , ship Asia, Captain G. G. Lott, arrived in the Mer:- sey with the usual mails from the :United States and British North America. She sailed from Bos ton on the 21st ult., and Halifax on the 23d, and has brought, besides the mails, 160 passengers, but no specie. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canads, from hence on the 10th Nov., arrived at Halifax on the 22d. The tone of the American journals is generally pacific. The New York _Herald's correspondent at Wash ington expresses his fears that the troubles with Encland are not yet ended. The Chamber of Commerce at New York has ap pointed a committed 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. A treaty has been ratified with the - Swiss Con . federation. The latest advises from the Havanna are to the 13 t h ult. Molasses are. advancing in' price. The island is very healthy. Almonte, the. Mexican Minister at Washington, has been superseded by Fernando Mangino, formerly Consul at Hamburg. At the steamer's departure the New York money market was easier. Stocks were improving. There was a moderate 4einand for cotton in the market, and prices were firm. The breadstuff market waaactive an* advatielnie Provisions reported unchanged. Freights unchanged. Exchange on London lower, from 1071 to 1081. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal West India Mail packet Magdalena, Captain G. Abbott, Admiralty agent Lieut. James Moin, 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 Magdalena 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. Sales 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 363. and 375. Vessels for freight were much wanted, but, ac cording to Da Cordova, arrivals adequate to the demand were expected. Exchange on London 1i per 3 r o o e n d t a . y p s , t• e 2 m p i e u r m e e ; n 6 t o . p d r a e y m s u c 9 e o n t d . a p y r s e m u m pe ; The Demerara Gazette reports as follows on the agricultural operations : "The weather during the last fortnight has been generally dry. but we have had a few occasional and partial showers. The estates have been bu,ily 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 promiQe 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 Gren a d a o f a b ou t 2 , 0 00 hogsheads- In the ot herl islands the sugar crop was also deficient. The exports from this colony for the past fortnight are— Sugar, 1,514 hogsheads, 106 tierces, 914 barrels • rum, 809 puncheons, 92 h ogs h ea d s, 1 7 barrels; mo lasses, 209 puncheons ; bark, 49 barrels ; greenheart timber, 394 logs ; rice, 750 bags • hides, 1,979. B us i ness among the merch an t s in kVater-street is improving. Freights are on the advance. 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 had not yet been convoked. A scheme for a railroad be tween Conception and Talcahuano had 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 Chiian produce copper in bars is quoted at $20.50 shore, with a prospect of a rise. Salt petre is quoted at $2.124 per quintal at Iquique, and a further rise is anticipated. During the month of September 31,577 quintals were exported to France, 18,889 quintals to England, and 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. The number of vessels at the Chineha 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. Trado was at a stand still. N o 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 on the afternoon of the 29th, being carried off when grazing outside the lines of defence. Letters from Vera Cruz of the 4th ult. report all Mexico to be in a very unsettled state. Solent shipped only about 280,030 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 hne 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 Cru z S pan i sh corvette Ferrobana, 22 guns and Mexican squadron, viz., Iturbide, (s. s.) ; Tamaupos, 3 g uns ; and Vera Cruz 10 guns Cruz, 3 guns. Nov. 7. Left at Havannah Spanish squadron Pesta, 42 guns with the flag of Rear-Admiral Francisco de Asis, 20 guns (s.s.) ; Don Juan de Austria, 5 guns : 3 brigs and 1 s ma ll s t eame r. The Crotis, 32 guns , and the rest of the squadron were cruising off the island. A French brig-of-war of 20 guns was also at Havannah. Movements of her Majesty's Ships.—Boscawen, from Halifax to Bermuda • Imaum, at Jamaica ; Termagant, Commander Kellet, C. 8., and Buz zard, left Jamaica for Bermuda, Nov. 7 ; Arab 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 Halif ax t o Bermuda. The ships were assembling at Bermuda to hold a court-martial on the captain, officers, and • crew of the Wolvereno, lost near Grey Town. The squadron was generally healthy. The Magdalena passed the Glencoe and several other vessels 150 miles west of the Lizard. The New Prussian Gazette contains the follow ing extract of a letter from St. Petersburg :—" It is said that the Ist battalion of Sharpshooters with the Ist corps of Infantry, in the Baltic provinces, has receiv e d or d ers to march to the south. ji this be true, it would appear to be the intention of the Government to assemble at the theatre of war all the best-armed troops of the Empire. It is known that the regiment of Rifles of the Imperial family left St. Petersburg in the middle of Sep tember for the same destination. This regiment is composed of three battalions, which with that of the Ist corps, presents an effective of 5,000 Rifle men, supplied with excellent arms." MALTA, Nov. 25.-0 a Wednesday morning last Lieut. General Sir John Pennefather reviewed the troops in garrison on the Floriana parade-ground. There were present the 51st Regiment Light Infantry, the East Rent Militia, the Royal Malta Fencibles, the principal part of the troops composing the depots of the several di v i s i ons (except th e Hi g hl a nd division), and a company of th e Royal Artillery. Owing to some unforeseen occurrence the fourth division did not arrive on the ground until nearly an hour and a half after the appointed time. Amongst other evolutions gone through was an imitation of the manoeuvres performed by the British previous to the battle of the Alma. The general, we understand, expressed himself highly pleased with the steadiness and soldierly appearance of the troops, who, considering that most of them had but recently enlisted, carried out the', orders of their officers with precision. THE KING OF SARDINIA. The Queen to o k h er royal visitor, the King of Sardinia, on Saturday to see the workshops of the Arsenal at Woolwich and to witness a review of Artillery on the Common. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge accompanied their Majesties, who were attended by a brilliant suite. They proceeded to the Nine Elms station from Windsor by special train, and were thence conveyed in carriages to the Arsenal, where all the heads of departments were 1 waiting to receive them. The'route 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 projectiles ; thence they passed through the engine room and smithery into the great workshop, which, by a curious perversion 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, rockets, &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, &c., arrested their attention for a short time. They then examined various arrangements fur testing the strength of gun-metal, and, in connexion with them, - the fragments . of different descriptions of cannon that had f rom time to tim e b urs t w h en in course of prcitif. - The 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, &c., 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 barra c k s , , w h ere l unc h eon was served in the messrocnn. 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 ono 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 th e p o li ce , un d er C apta i n L a b a lmondiere and Superintendent Mallalieu, who has charge of the distri c t, ma d e amp l e and unexceptionable provi sion for the maintenance of public order. Every where the Q ueen an d Ki ng ware received with en thusiasm. In their progress through the work shops of the Arsenal the people employed kept exemplary steadf as t ness t o t h e i r 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 so forth, that it seems very doubtful whether the good 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 s ee th e 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 estrious guest and ally over works which two short years ago were in a state of ne glect and decay. B u t somehow or other Royal in spections have, in these later days, lost all practical value, and we fail to trace 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, a n d w h at, as involving no novelty or difficulty might have been dismissed with a brief survey Was l e i sure l y scrutinized. No one at all familiar with th e s t a t e of the mechanical arts in this country can b e as t on i s h e d 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 th a t th e use f u l and advantageous applications of that great modern labour-saving power hale 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 O r d nance and its antiquated staff of officials prese n t e d , that upon the whole great, creditable, and successful efforts have been made. The number, excellence, and variety of tools used ' leave no reasonabl e 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 th e v i o l a ti on o f a mechani cal law in the p r i nc i p l e upon which the Lancaster gun is made c ons id era bl y diminishes the satisfac tion with which th a t sp l en did 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., have 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 tho supply of shells, rockets, percussion caps, and Minie bul lets thus produced, an abundance 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 ing an action, and the proportion to the expenditure of small-arms ammunition during protracted mili tary operations like those in the East is probably much greater. The Royal visitors on Saturday did not inspect the department in which the cart ridges are madeand the Minie balls fitted with their iron or wooden cups. Had they done so they would have been much amused by the manual dexterity of the children employed, b u t per h aps it was con sidered that this branch of The laboratory, which is shortly to undergo great improvements, was in its present state unworthy of such high notice. The American machine for turning out percussion caps is open to the objection that, if any one por tion of it becomes deranged, : ill the rest is stopped until that is rectified. In the processes carried on in this department the re is a considerable amount of woodwork, which one would suppose belonged more appropriately' to the di visi on of the Arsenal, over which Ct Tulloch _ as pre sides. But, taken together, C ap t a in Box9rh every reason t o f ee l sat i sf i ed with t h e effective state of the lab ora t ory , an d v ith the in spite immense improvements which he h as limeade d of many difficulties and di secm ragto eents ' in and introducing int o th em. O n their way from the p roo f d epartmen t t heßoyal visitors had seve ra l oppor t un it ies 4sf observing the very ingeniously contrived c es .. urses for the easy transmission of heavy projec Wes which have re. The mass was Beethoven's in C, and was admir ably played and sung by the numerous choir. The 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. Edward 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 in attendance, who kept excellent order among the dense crowd as sembled in front of the chapel to welcome his Ma jesty. WINDSOR, DEC. 2. 1 His Majesty the King of Sardinia, 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 open carriage at a quarter before 10 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 in several carriages to the station. A special train was in readiness, and the royal party started at 10 minutes before 10 for the private station at Vauxhall. The Queen and his Sardinian Majesty, with Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge and the suite, proceeded to Woolwich in royal carriages and four, escorted by D ragoons. Their Majesti es , th e Prince, and the Duke of Cam bridge, insp ec t e d the Royal Arsenal, and then wen t to the review. After the review of the Artillery, the Q uee n inspected a number o f i nvalids recently returned fr om the Crimea, and the Duke and afte rwar d s with the King, the Prince, was of Camb r id ge, partook of luncheon, w hich served in the Royal Artillery mess-room. The roy a l party returned Windsorto the private station at Vauxhall, and afterwards toa special train, arriving at th e C as tl e a t 10 minutes y a b st 6 o'clock. The French Ambassadorand the Countess de Persigny, rkee; Sir re Charles Earl o f the Countess of Granville, t t e Duke of Argyll, Viscous. toss of Clarendon, Lord and tess Palmerston, the Lady John Russell, Minto, Viscount theCo Earl r Lord o o f r d ll P a a r d n In w j u e Harding e, Graham, Lieutenant-General Sir John Wood, James Major General Sir Colin Campbell, ar rivedßurgoySneir, a l visit to the Queen. yesterday and 3 Her Majesty h ° a n d . a dinner party in the evening. 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With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the ativertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " hr. Fiction! to known to English readers by his frequent practi se! contributions to German medical literature. This is the first i'me, he informs us, that lie has addressed himself to the nonsmedi. sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any Aber equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p Aver to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of 'Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book . could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorshom, and to placs.the treat. ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Beller°, 219, Regent-street. THE OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL ON 00T. 17. Her Mjesty's Troops.—Surgeon T. W. Inner, 84th Foot, at Rangoon, on Sept. 13. Capt. (Brevet Major) E. T. Seaward, at sea, on his pasi-age to England, on the 12th July. Capt. E. S. Powys, 614 Foot, at Cash mere, Oct. 2. Bengal—Lieut. C. G. Reid, Artillery, at Deyrah Dhoon, Sept. 25. Surgern Scott, sth Regiment N. 1., at Blrrackpore, Oct. 8. Capt. W. Hickey 32d Regi ment NJ., second in command 15th Irregular Cavalry, Oct. 17. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE DDMISAY MARKET, FROM ocr. 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 some extent. The four per cent. government paper has fallen lj per cent. from our pre- vious quotation ; other stocks remain at about 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 ma) 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. A 3 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 2/. 7s. 6d. to 2/. 10s., and to London 21. 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. 13d. for China and first-cla , •s credit, and 2s. 19-16 d. to 2d.lad. for documents. On Calcutta, we quote Rd. 1i per cent. pm. at sight, and Y per cent. pm. at 60 days' sight. Madras, Rs. 1 per cent. pm. at sight, and per cent. pm. at 30 days' sight ; and on China, Rd. 220 at 60 days' sight. CHINA. DESTRUCTION OF A PIRATICAL FLEET AT SHEI-POO. -- By the Excellent we leant 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 which she destroyed, and killed about 1,200 men. She had 1Q men wounded, and Mr. Turner, her master, was killed on board the Paoushan. The junks having received inforination 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 soma days to get the range. They had also boats laden with cotton and ashes lashed alongside their junks to stop the shot." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SLIA.NGHAI MARKET, OCT. 4. IMPORTS. COTTON.—An unusually small business has been done, most importers holding firmly for advanced rates, and the Chinese dealers are hardly as yet willing to pay them. OPIIIM.—A considerable improvement has taken place, which would have been greater but for the 25th October having been one of the Chine , 3e great settling days. The non-arrival and probable loss of the Audax has also had its effect upon the market. SUGAR.-All kinds have advanced, and the demand has been large, though met by full importations, both by foreign ve, , sels 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 reducti.in of from 2 to 3 taels, the greater one ap plying to the lower grades. Greens : S 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. SILK.—On 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, I when a brisk busineis was transacted. EXCHANGE AND - BumoN.—Transactions have still continued on an extensive scale, at further improved rates for buyers, quotations for Ist class paper having steadily ruled at Gs SAI to 6s 6d during the month. FREIGHTS.—To London, for tea, 41. 10s.; for silk, 51.1®5. To the United States, 15 dole to 16 dole. CANTON MARKET, Om 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 24i for Oonains, leaving in stock 196 chops, chiefly 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 very firm. Scented orange pekoes, settlements large, viz., 20,000 boxes at 22 to 27 taels for fine, up to 34 taels for curious. SILK PIECE GOOD S.—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 BULLION.—On London, 4s. 9id. Oriental Rink Corporation—On London, six months' sight, 4s. 9d. Commercial Bank of India and Mercan tile Bank of India—On freight, 4s. 9id. FREIGHTS.—To England, 4/. per ton. To the United States, 15 dols. 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 voyage 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. "GARRISON ORDERS. 2 "It ha v i ng b een notif i ed that his Majesty ortsmouth the Kin ,. of Sardinia, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, will visit this forti ess, 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 dock yard and Spithead, and probably depart from the Land purt Railway terminus. "A guard of honGur of the Royal Marine Light In fantry, consisting of 1 field officer, 1 captain, 2 subal terns, 4 serjeants, an d 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 h our t h at will be hereafter notified, to pay 1 the usual compliments to his Majesty the King of Sar dinia, w ho 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, four serjeants, and 100 rank and file, with the Queen's colour and band, will be in readiness to attend at the dockyard at the same hour, &c. The commanding-officer and adjutant of the regiment will also attend. " By order. " Jonx 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 COMMANDER IN THE 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, had 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 60 years old, and the circumstance of a man at his time of life taking the field for the first time, and gaining the high est command within 18 months of his first fight, we be lieve to be unexampled in the history 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 son o f Ad miral Codrington, the hero of Navarino, who, in con junction wish Russia and France, as allies of England, destroyed the Turkish fleet. Now the son, in conjunc tion with France and Turkey, as allies of England, is 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 En gland ; 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 Codrington 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 au ama teur, and Lord De Roe being compelled to retire on ac count of ill health, a vacancy which were on the point of embarking from Varna, The Gen. Codrington was appointed by Lord Raglan.an accounts, to was Tett just as to Hi new Commander-in-Chief appears, fs:eal as good luck has be very popular with the army,. a augurysuffer suffered good fortune for the army, which commander. As thus far attended him, his a pp i o c i h nim a n s en h t et i e s immensely for the want of heretofore n ore must confess to a feeling of great satiafac to a close, we Government have at last found a we are most heartily desirou sa of geeing this war brought tion that the Engli sh their forces in the Crimea. having never that Rassia would at last be g capable make peace on terms dictated by the allies, compelled to d afforde us any gratifi t; , ca ion, but quite a it has never fee li ng , to chronicle the disasters which gross doh leaderb t e d foro of their a m contrary brought upon mismanagement of one kind or another t h e E n glish arms.— i4 c m York Tinsess, IMPORTATION OP GUANO . — According to an official document there has been a large increase in the importa tion of guano. In ten months ended the sth November last year, it was 17066 7 tons, and in the same pe r i o d , ended the 31st o f O ctober this year it was 235,723 to n s . THE SUGAR TEADE.—The trade and navigation ac counts just p u bli shed show no decrease d in sugar entered for home co nsumption. There is, however, a decrease , in the importation compared with last year. In the ten months ended the sth November, 1854, the importations w ere 7,786,516 OWL,, and from Janua r y t o O cto b er last, 5,637,437 cwt. THE 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 th e Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth. It i s a n admirable likeness ; it i s placed on a pedestal of gran ite. O n the three sides of the pedestal exposed to viewLs_in o s u l t e a d a ......, Charles James Napier," " Hyderabad,"_ , - , I ? ,tk es . Hill," " Cephalonia," " Scinde."—"coru t ou In the sacred nee," '' Dubba " "Inilia."—" 1782." "Died 29th of August, 1 5 t 3- e h colours of the edifice itself there have been pleecl r Sir Charles, and on Scinde Camel Corps, founded.i by raOtto---" Ready, aye Born r h o a f August, which are inscribed his beneathral i s a plain tablet, on ready ;" and on a pillm'llo wing neat memento :—" The which is inscribed the above fa this tablet are consecrated to standards waving General Sir Charles Jas.Napier, Cr.C.B., the memory of of Scinde, by whose genius ' The Scinde the conqueror _ forms 's. Happier ror Camel C secu orps re was d the affections of the vanquisthan most conque hed by th e he s, t rule of that noble d benevolen t province which wise a° military skill bad won for valour and . his country.— his valorous name animate the hearts of British May h i s i d r in the day of battle.—This tablet is placed by so " ie-s Bruce, commanding the Camel Corps." It is Capfala w i t h great pleasure we notice these tributes to one of the best generals, the bravest soldiers, and wisest admi nistrators—and, we regret to add, one:of the worst-used and most neglected men —this country has ever had. The sculptured effigy of the dearted hero has been p erected lby subscription ; one person alone, under_ have ing given 5001 . The entire cost was anonymous signature of " A F oe t o Opp r ession," h4lre 42001.-0 ' Telegrap4.