The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-22 00:00:00

VISIT OF TEE KING OF PORTUGAL AND TR,
DUKE OF OPORTO TO WOOLTVICH. -

His Majesty the King of Portugal, and his Royal Highness
the Duke of Oporto, with Viscount Carrara, Baron de Sar-
mento, Chevalier de Mello, Lord de Tabley, and Colonel
Wylde, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, at 12 o'clock noon,
in two carriages and four, having passed throng Blackheath
and along the Dover-road to Woolwich-common, where the
Royal Horse Artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield,
and the field batteries, under Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson,
were drawn up in line in light marching order to receive the
Royal visitors. A salute of 21 guns from a 12-pounder field
battery was fired in front of the Repository to announce the
arrival of the King and his Royal brother and the Royal
standard was run up on the garrison flag-staff at the mortar
battery.
The Royal visitors, with the members of their suite, on
alighting from their carriages, immediately mounted horses,
and proceeded, accompanied by the Commandant and staff,
to review the troops and batteries. They were received with
the usual salute, the brass band playing " God save the
Queen."
His Majesty and the Royal Duke rode down the front of
the line and up the centre. The troops then broke into open
columns to the right, and marched past at a walk in columns
of divisions and half-batteries. The Royal Horse Artillery
afterwards passed at a trot, changed front by wheeling about
inwards, returned back at a gallop, then formed line on the
original ground, and went through the evolutions of a field-
day, 40 rounds of ammunition having been previously served
out to each gun. At the conclusion of the review his Majesty
rode up to Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield and expressed his
high opinion of the manner in which the troops went through
the evolutions, and of the celerity of their movements.
His Majesty and the Duke of Oporto then proceeded to
the Royal Military Academy, where the Gentlemen Cadets
were drawn up in liner and received them with presented
arms. The Gentlemen Cadets then entered the College, that
his Majesty might witness the manner in which their studies
were conducted.
On leaving the Royal Military Academy, the Royalvisitors
rode across the common to the Royal Military Repository,
where they were received by Lieutenant-Colonel Harding°,
who conducted them over the Rotunda, and pointed out the
objects of interest in that large depository of ancient and
modern arms and specimens of the munitions of war, With
models of the most celebrated fortifications in the world,
and the means of defending them, as well as the mode of at-
tacking them during warfare. On leaving the Repository,
his Majesty and the Duke of Oporto proceeded to the mess-
room of the officers of the Royal Artillery, where they were
received by a guard of honour consisting of six serjeants, 101
rank and file, with two buglers, under the command of Cap-
tain Marryat, Royal Artillery, with three subalterns. The
Royal party then partook of an elegant ddeuner.
Shortly after 3 o'clock his Majesty and his Royal brother
proceeded, accompanied by a large staff, to the Royal Arsenal,
where they were received by the heads of the various depart-
ments, and Colonel Blanchard, C. 8., Commandant of the
Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners. The illus-
trious visitors alighted at the Dial-square, where the boring
of brass guns and finishing them is carried on. They were
conducted over the department by Colonel Chalmer, Inspector
of Artillery, and witnessed the whole of the processes from
rough casting to the highly finished field-pieces. His Ma-
jesty also visited the foundry department, and witnessed the
moulds laid for casting ten 24-pounder brass guns, which will
require about 114 tons of metal to be melted at one time
to make the casting. From the foundry, his Majesty and
the Duke of Oporto proceeded to the laboratory department,
over which they were conducted by Lieutenant-Colonel
Wilson, director, and Captain Boxer, firemaster. The Royal
visitors appeared much gratified at the rapidity with which
the percussion caps are manufactured, each boy with a die-
press making 10,500 caps per day. After a short inspection
of the mode of making spherical musket balls by compression,
and Minie balls by self-acting machinery, and the fitting of
the fuzee screw to 8-inch shells, his Majesty left the labora-
tory and proceeded to the carriage department, where he was
leceived by Lieutenant-Colonel Tulloh. The King appeared
ghrprised with some of the new machinery, especially a bolt-
making hammer, which strikes 700 blows per minute on the
redhot malleable iron, and enables one man with the aid of
a circular saw, to execute the work of four men. The ma-
chinery was so interesting to his Majesty that he had not
time to go over the whole, and he left the Royal Arsenal for
town, after shaking hands cordially with Colonel Whinyates,
at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock.