The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-03 00:00:00

"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, 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 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. Theo
new Commander-in• Chief appears, from all acco.un.ts,hats
be very popular with the army, and,
luck
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thus far attended him, his appointment 18 ani auguryres
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good fortune for the army, which has heretofore
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or GUANO.—According to an official
do
as been a large increase in the iruporta-
ti.,n of guano. In ten months ended the sth November
let year,
it was 170,667 tons, and in the Fame period
ended the 31st of October this year it was 235,723 toss.
At
Th
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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 cwt. 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 ofo
seer
1782." " Died' 29th of August, 1853." 13
edifice itself there have been placed the
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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 memento :—" The
whose geniusScinde
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ut igißlerntuhecrea,l 9 , "of battle.—This tablet is placed by
commanding the Camel Corps." It is
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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.