The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-31 00:00:00

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tide. From this y-ee4ar two locks
and one dock acce 'big '''' gestateof the tide.
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The two locks will entblintea, regiring basin of
about 32 acres area, with a depth of water of 30ft.
below high-water mark, spring tides, and in com-
munication with this basin will be four first-class
docks of a similar extent and character to the mag-
nificent dock recently opened by the Minotaur, No.
11. Parallel with the repairing basin will be the
riggers' basin of about 20 acres, and in continuation
of the general plan a fitting out basin of about 14
acres. In immediate communication with the repair-
ir, basin and locks will be erected factory buildings
for the construction and repairs cf machinery and
boilers on a gigantic scale, altogether eclipsing any
buildings of a similar nature in any existingdockyard
here or e6ewhere. At the mouth of the basins de-
scribed there will bean open channel 500 ft. in breadth,
which will afford wharfage space for ships of war and
access for merchant vessels to their wharves on the
foreshore of Portsea Island, and inside the line of the
extension of the Government yard on the harbour
mud lands. To the northward of the basins, docks,
locks, and factory buildings will be the Grand Basin,
of 60 acres, for holding ships of war of all classes
and in various stages of advance for commission.
There will also be connected with this extensive basin
slips for laying up iron ships of moderate tonnage
and despatch vessels high and dry out of the water,
being constantly kept ready for immediate launch-
ing for active service. Such are the principal cha-
racteristics of one of the largest and most compre-
hensive designs for the creation or improvement of
ir et ds
m outou ti
hn
willi ts entirety,
surpass
iiin
a dockyard that has yet ever been designed by
ntlfateaP"oany
nEauvraolpeeastnabPloilvuerle.
magnitude and usefulness of design every other at
present in existence or in course of construction. We
may then add to our boast of being the greatest, or
,rather .oi4e—of-,the grealteeti•-maxitititr ro-wefs - , . ~__;.
Europe that we also- possetivhe readiesplr. .' : '-----,, ,;.;
refitting and repairing onigelt4,- so toen'sa.g/ -
them to keep the sea in any pressing emergwy,
this latter respect we are at 'present
.thldoubteco,
behind some other Powers. .
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After conclUding their inspection ashore, antriub- -
sertuentlypartaking of lUncheon afloat, 'tlietFrench 1 . _
Minister of Marine, Admirals, and 4taff, with the -
'Duke of Somerset and several of the Lords of the:
British Board of Admiralty, embarking onboard -he
.English yacht Enchantress, proceeded to Southamp-
ton -Waterto inspect thelttryalVictoria Military Hos- •
' pits,' at Netley, the Enchantress flying the French.
Minister of Marine's -flag and the English Advirttyl
`statiClard sideAysside at i the main, and'ile flees
• manning yards as the yacht 'steamed through them
westward.

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Rpyor NAyal Collegeftaio-altitisht.i.ties4lnhien'tgi:
The banquet to be given by the Admiralty at the •-.',
-an-Itcl;fweiallt4ire
in - ,the programme
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.given,-as- has !been alreAidy.sjited; in a lareji:e
like-structufe-Which-hai been erected one e'
e
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quandrangles of the college,- and which 'is 165 ft.
long by 55ft. wide and 30ft. high. At this moment
',3t is-all disorder,-but there is not the slightest doubt
~,,,- .„,„.
A,l&`eveiyiliiiii 'about `it wlll be completed just in
.ihe'-iick-Of'tiernr: Urge Lords of the Adiiiilitg.s
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and their guests step into the-- m,cthe last carpenter's
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rtiid'Ciecorativilf° iteisTafe_to roujeciiire;tZve`jilat,
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quittOclit lay,ApethAP.„ doori* Such marvels are`'no
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f.ttlife:rivy, -tzhereall bnt:aleThourabeter ses...,.ene
a heaii-oflonfusion, that one's confidence-in:The
..,-,
iesidti- mirc-ver for-a- moment shaken, if the circum- I -;1--:
-.“.7.7rooftgei so iiiita' -roilial)le. The f.l4,te 4-hrCh ' '
..,..,
.II 1. used-at;the banqnet to-night is that whiciit '--`
...!:' . :2' 641' OgtfAsoutifidinislfeditt the,„chnner
:1-'1..6644,1)Dar- (t114.e _fluke; of-Wellingtim„and with
;EtneketiesAriessaftly can supply, a -great step in the
&Ileum-Awn can without ?much difficulty be '...
. lithat'irrotiTelki in the proceedings of 1 .0% /4).'
.ekveglng ariivesffe*thg proposal of toasts, aria.: 41
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r • 6,Kki thYlielltli:ortif_:r-FAmPeror of the Freiph ~ .44;''.-2,6"
411ThT`-'l‘fictP*.`-thhirileett,lmve been duly give - and ..,-..4zi'' ..0::.
deniik,-.a-rbial.;•aalit.e'""wilL•Lii fired from the rshkile- ''.
_k__,,, lying in iPortsmouth- harbei*and at Spith'W,We
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sigA4 for,which..isillpe"given:by meaw6f',:,:crcor,
,--1-- -7,.. if sent up up from the Victory. • Almost inlit...ti l::''''.,,
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a grand illumination of the two fleets willi-Akt.pliOir ,-.4 .
The town of Portsmouth will also illuminate-e4f.4%,,,,,,f*51,+:::
*pay in honor of Iht• bOtasicon: -: 'Tnlitialitteifi) - -- ''''' ' - '-' ' ' '-'
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- NI, 44)1)644= -t&-be-ittufttrtwice as
crowded to-day, sojourners from the pleasant land
of France contributing largely to swell the numbers,
The preparations for the civic festivities to-morrow
are getting on most satisfactorily, and give fair pro-
mise of being as attractive as anything in the whole,
programme of the entertainment.

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No sooner were the preliminaries arranged for the recep-
tion of the French fleet at Portsmouth, than an order was
issued by the Admiralty to Messrs. Defries and Sons, of
Ifoundsditch, to prepare for an illumination of unprece-
dented brilliancy. A telegram was despatched to their
establishment on Saturday last, with brief instructions fcr
that purpose, and immediately they mustered a staff of 500
men, all of whom, under their personal superintendence,
were forthwith at work hastening the execution of their
contract. Last evening proved that short notice is ho
hindrance to a successful issue where an experienced firm
is engaged. Upwards of 300,000 lamps in every device to
which crystal can be turned, and displaying as many illu-
minations in the national colours of France, the popular
red, white, and blue, gave such an artificial glare to Ports-
mouth as no city or town in England has ever yet revealed,
The effect was, moreover, greatly heightened by the inter-
spersion of innumerable flags, both French and English, by
unmistakeable assurances of a cordiality in thousands of
banners bearing our true Saxon expression of " Welcome,'
Chinese lanterns, and all the auxiliaries which such occa-
sions call into service. Tho outlines of all the public build-
ings and mansions, together with most of the private
t 0 houses,
wer
as many gas lights as would
serveprovincial town for the winter
illuminate e delineated
a
by
season. The streets, walks, and promenades likewise
shared in the same liberality of a supply of gas, with count-
less jets and burners to display its glaring beauty, and
which, with the reflection caused by tricoloured fires,
floods of the marvellous lime light, all intensified in their
effect by corresponding illuminations on board every vessel
in the harbour, have left in Portsmouth such a memento
for congratulation as will make the visit of the French fleet
the most joyous event that the denizens of our maritime
own have ever experienced.

,ntio Telegraph Company.

The respective Boards of the gtic Telegraph Com-
pany and tho Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company, after the most careful investigation into and
deliberation upon all the circumstances attending upon
the recent expedition, and upon the accident which has
postponed the success of the undertaking for the pre-
sent season, have come to the unanimous resolution
to prosecute the undertaking with increased vigour in
the summer of next year, if supported to a very
moderate extent by the existing shareholders and the
public. The Atlantic Telegraph Company has accord-
ingly entered into a contract with the Telegraph Con-
struction Company, whereby the latter company will
again send out the Great Eastern during the summer of
1866, having on board sufficient cable both for the comple-
tion of the existing cable, and for the establishment of a
second cable of the same perfect construction between Ire-
land and Newfoundland.
The first operation will be to lay this latter cable. Having
done which, the Great Eastern will return to the end of the
broken cable, and commence operations for recovery. As
to the success of these operations Capt. Anderson, Mr.
Canning, and all the leaders of the late expedition have the
most hopeful confidence, and all concerned now believe is
the establishment of two working cables during 1866.
To effect this desirable consummation, the shareholders
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company are required to subscribe
a sum of £250,000. The liberality and effective financial
arrangements of the Telegraph Construction Comp!tny,who
ea
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bdeeply h
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oft he
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aens st
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puanndyerttoa k Inc
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advantageous arrangement, although the total cost of the
also to the
rab ei oinreeeseatiTrdeohdtelf tehtpehreTo repairsfieltepgir .
provided
will be £500,000. profit upon the new
enxeiwsticangblcoa,
bolef slcauvbibimilee
cable, if successful, but not otherwise, is to he £lOO,OOO,
old contract—namely, £137,140 in old
Telegraph Company.
Con-
structiontahnedmi f
under
the edceeroxmi
tsiht,
Company
have summoned s,
ung a uar nteed shares of the Atlantie
The Atlantic Telegraph Company
meeting of their shareholders for Thursday, the 14th of
September, for the purpose of creating the necessary crpital,
to which they propose to attach a preferential dividend of 12
per cent. to enable them to carry out tile foregoing arrange-
ments, and they entertain no kink that the small sum required to be subserib;d for -will be readily taken up by tbk
shareholders, seeing ,net for this additional outlay tb.67
will obtain the I,:,ifilinent of their most sanguine exE4eta_
tions, even though one cable only should be permAnently
e stabli.l,llo.

RECOMMENDING A "SOUND THRASHING."—yes_
terday, at the Hampstead Police-court, two boys
were charged with stealing apples from a gentlemen's
garden. The boys were given up to their parents on their-
promising to give them a "sound thrashing." Mr. Gurney
Hoare, the Magistrate, recommended a "good thrashinril
and said if ho had sent them to prison he should
ve ordered thew, tobe "well whipped;