The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The Orient and the Guy Manneriug, hence ; the
Christiana, from London ; and the Josephine, from
Havre, had arrived at New 'York.

VISIT OF IHE GRAND DUKE OONSTANTIMI
TO TOULON.

A letter from Toulon of the 21st says :—" The
Grand Duke Constantine went to-day to the arse-
nal, which he visit-d iu detail. The Prince, who
was accompanied by the maritime prefect and
General Todtleben, was received by the principal
officers of the establishment. On arriving at the
gates he was saluted by 21 guns from a battery
drawn up for the purpose in the courtyard. The
Prince was conducted through the different parts of
the arsenal. He stopped for a few minutes to ex-
amine the Testa pumps, and had their particular
properties explained to him. On entering the
storehouse where the iron and copper articles for
naval purposes are kept, the Grand Duke measured
the dimensions of some of the pieces with a kind of
metro which he carried in his hand. After going
through the other storehouse., he proceeded to the
artillery depot. On arriving there he examined the
different guns ranged in the yards, and then went to
the armoury, where his attention was much stuck
by the admlrable and picturesque arrangement of the
arms. His Imperial Highness afterwards visited
the Imperatrice Eugenie frigate, which is being
fitted out in one of the docks. He went on board
her and examined every part with the grea'est at-
tention, asking for explanations on every point that
attracted his notice. In the meantime General
Todtleben received very detailed information from
the director of the works on various points con-
nected with the arsenal. The Prince, while in
the frigate, measured several parts of her, as well
as the length of some of her guns, and appealed to
make a calculation as to her strength. After leav-
ing the frigate, the Prince and his suite embarked
and proceeded to the new arsenal of Castignaue
On his leaving, a salute was fired from the French
guard-s ip the Muiron. After completing his
examination of Castignau, which principally con-
sis's of warehouses for stores, provisions, dec.,
his Imperial Highness proceeded to the vessels
in the roadstead, the first being the admiral's
ship, the Bretagne, on. board of
.whicthhheerreewulawinenedt
nearly au hour. During that tnne.
and giving
.es,gterminating them by
through different manoeuvres,
manning the vitt three hearty cheers.
On leaving tee Bretagne the Grand Duke was
saluted by all her guns. The Algesiras, line-of-
battle ship, and the Audacieuse, frigate, were after-
welds visited and examined in every part with the
most minute attention. On the Prince leaving the
last vessel and proceeding towards the shore, a
general salute was fired by the whole squadron;
Notwithstanding the fatigues of the day, the Grand
Duke would not return to the maritime prefecture
until he had made the tour of the ramparts. 11°
wore an undress uniform, consisting of a dark green
frock coat, with gold aiguillettes, white foraging"
cap, and had the cross of St. George at his button
hole. General Todtleben and the staff of the .
wet e also in undress uniform. The Olaf left the
roads last evening, it is said, for Nice, to be at the
disposal of the Empress-Dowager."