The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA

TO ENGLAND.

WINDSOR, Nov. 30.—The King of Sardinia arrived at
the Castle, on a visit to the Queen, at a quarter past 2
o'clock this afternoon. Her Majesty received her illus-
trious guest on alighting from his carriage at the grand
entrance. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince
,d Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the
. Princess Alice, and was attended by the Duchess of
Sutherland, and the Ladies in Waiting, the officers of
State of her Household, and the Gentlemen in Waiting.
The Duke of Cambridge, Viscount Palmerston, and the
Earl of Clarendon were also at the Grand entrance.
The King wore a Hussar uniform, dark blue, with
silver appointments.
The royal cortege from the railway station to the Castle
comprised several open carriages with outriders in scarlet
liveries, and an escort of the 2d Life Guards, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvy. The band of
the 2d Life Guards was on duty in state uniforms on
the top of the Castle-hill.
The King of Sardinia and her Majesty the Queen
passed up the grand staircase, followed by Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Alice, and the Duke of Cambridge, and
were conducted by the great officers of state to one of
the state rooms, where the Queen and Prince presented
to his Majesty the ladies and gentlemen of their court,
and the King introduced the noblemen and gentlemen
of his suite to the Queen and Prince. His Majesty sub-
sequently proceeded to his apartments, which consist of
the Queen's state drawing-room, the old ball-room, the
Queen's closet, and the King's closet.
In the afternoon the King, with the Queen and Prince
Albert, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Duchess
of Kent at her residence, Frogmore.
At half-past four o'clock the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
of the City of London arrived at the Castle. Alderman
and Sheriff Kennedy and Alderman and Sheriff Rose,
accompanied by the City Remembrancer, had an audi-
ence of the King, to ask on what day his Majesty
would receive an address of congratulation from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London,
in Common Council assembled.
The King was pleased to appoint Tuesday next for the
reception of the address, and accepted the invitation of
the Corporation.
A deputation from the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation of London had an audience of the King, when
the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., read the following
address :
May it please your Majesty—The Young Men's Chris-
tian Association of London, and the Young Men's Socie-
ties' Union of the Presbyterian Church in England, would
desire, in common with other classes of British subjects, to
approach your Majesty with most humble and enthusiastic
greeting on your arrival on English soil as the ally and guest
of their beloved Queen. They welcome your Majesty as the
representative of that land which in their classic halls and
artistic studies they have learned to love and to admire as tho
birthplace of many of the most celebrated masters in the arts
and sciences. They hail you as the bold advocate and uncom-
promising defender of civil and religious liberty in your
realms, the sparks of which will lighten the beneficent
flame of intelligence and progress throughout Italy. The
youth of England recognise in your Majesty the best
friend of Italian youth, assured that under your wise go-
vernment education will progress, religion will flourish,
prosperity will be promoted, and general happiness will
ensue. They have heard with exultation of your noble
resolution to establish and consolidate constitutional
liberty throughout your States. They have heartily ap-
plauded your firmness in vindicating the sovereignty of
states in matters ecclesiastical and civil, and they have
admired the constancy and wisdom shown by your minis-
ters and parliament, as well as the patriotism of your peo-
ple, in appreciating as we do the blessings of freedom,
order, and constitutional rights. They seize this auspici-
ous opportunity of testifying their best wishes for your
Majesty's welfare, and their hope that success may crown
all your efforts tending to the extension of Christian civili-
sation. They reverently commend your person and family
to the protection and blessing of God, and pray that not
the Sardinian States alone, but the whole of Italy, may
experience a great, a true, and a solid progress ; that as
she exercises a magic influence by her classical lore, her
wondrous monuments, and her natural beauties, she may
also be distinguished by the growing nobleness, piety, and
virtues of her people, by all that dignifies a nation and re.
dounds to the advantage of the world.
His Majesty was graciously pleased to return the fol-
lowing answer

Geralomen,—l am very grateful to you for the demon-
stration of sympathy which you have been pleased to give
me on the part of the Christian Association formed by the
young men of London and the Young Men's Societies of
the English Presbyterian Church, with other subjects of
her Britannic Majesty. You have been pleased to allude in
your address to the encouragement which I have bestowed
on the arts and sciences of my country. The development
of the arts and sciences is an essential condition of the
prosperity and moral advancement of a nation, and does
not fail to form one of the most constant and special cares
of my reign. This development can only take place under
the protection of a just liberty and the spirit of civil and
religious freedom. The artistic treasures of Italy render
the task of civil advancement you have imposed on your-
selves more easy for us. The education which you have in
view develops the intellect, and permits it to appreciate at
their true value the marvels of which past centuries have
been so lavish towards us. Such education disperses pre-
judices existing between nations ; and I confidently hope
that our hospitality will never be wanting towards you. I
very sincerely desire the success of the association which
you represent.

- Th.' Q... 0 gave a dinner in the evening in St.
George's Hall.,_The distinguished party included his Ma-
jesty the King of Sardinia, the Duchess of Kent, the
Princess Royal, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis
d'Azeglio, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Spencer,
Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, Miss Barrington, Lady
Isabel Howard, Lady Mary Hood, Colonel the Hon. C.
B. and Mrs. Phipps and Miss Phipps, the Hon. Mrs.
Grey, Colonel Williams, Commanding Officer 2d Life
Guards ; Lieut.-Colonel Lambert, Commanding Officer
Grenadier Guards ; Colonel Boileau, Commanding
Officer 22d Regiment ; Colonel and Lady Emily Sey-
mour, Sir George and Lady Couper, Count de Cavour,
Duke de Pa'qua, Chevalier Nigra, Major-General Count
Morozzo de la Rocca, the Chevalier Maxims d'Azeglio,
Major-General Chevalier Luserna d'Angrogna, Major-
General the Chevalier Carderina, Colonel Chevalier
Cigala, Captain Count de Barone, Captain Count de
Robilant; Captain Count de Persan, Chevalier Riberi,
Lord Byron and Colonel the Hon. N. Hood (in attend-
ance on the King of Sardinia), Lord George Lennox,
Major-General Wylde, Colonel Macdonald, and Mr.
Glover.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the
gallery of the ball during dinner.
After dinner, her Majesty's private band, with several
additional performers, attended in the music gallery,
and, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, performed
the following selection :
Overture- " Der Freischutz" Weber.
Chceur et Danse d'Armide Cluck.
Military Movement, Sinfonia, No. 12 Haydn.
Selection—" La Bayadere"... ..
March—" Le Prophete"

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.
The Port-Admiral and Admiral Superintendent (Vice-
Admiral Sir Thos. Cochrane, K.C.8., arid Rear-Admiral
Martin) are making preparations to do all honour to
the gallant Royal visitors in their several departments.
The former received orders this morning from the Ad-
miralty to augment the squadron at Spitbead, by send-
ing out her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, the steam-fri-
gate andtsioops Sampson, Polpyhemus, and Salamander,
and the three first-named went out of harbour to the ren-
dezvous this afternoon ; the latter will go tomorrow, by
which time it is expected the Albion and the London,
90-gun ships, and the corvette Niger, 15, from the Me-
diterranean, will have made the Channel, when they
will be towed up to augment the Royal squadron of
honour. The Exmouth, 90, the Meander, 44, and the
Hecla, steam-sloop, are also ordered up from Plymouth,
and as large a naval demonstration will be made as
possible on so short a notice. The fleet will comprise
the following, should all join that are under orders and
expected by the time :
Royal George, 121, Captain Codrington, C. 8., from
the Baltic.
Exmouth, 21, Captain W. K. Hall, C.D.
L-ndon, 90, Captain A. L. Kuper, C.B.
Albion, 90, Captain the Hon. J. Drummond, C.B.
Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford.
Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall C.B.
Hawke, 60, Captain Ornmanney.
Russell, 60, Captain Francis Scott,
Ajax, 60, Captvin Warden, C B.
Hastings, 60, Captain E. G. Fanshawe.
Edinburgh, 50, Captain Hewlett, C.D.
Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, C.B.
Meander, 44, Captain Baillie.
Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Hand.
Niger, 14, Commander Hire.
Polyphemus, 6, Commander Warren.
Hecht, 6, Commander Aplin.
Salamander, 6, Commander Mecham.
Urgent steam-troopship, Commander Phillips.
Transit steam-troops hip, Commander C. R. Johnson