The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

THE RACE.
At the first hignalairexerelierit startrwas effected. Secret
mmediately went to the front, Victoria, well laid up, go.
_ng on second, Melissa third, Comedy fourth, Tyne fifth,
and Mermaid sixth ; Shadovi next. In this order they pro-
ceed to the top of the hill, where Victoria took o, decided
lead, Secret following in her track, Melissa going On third,
and Tyne fourth, Shot at a long interval • bringing
up the rear. • Nearing' the threeenup.reer-mile, post
Secret was passed by Melissa, and Tyne began W drop
off. • At this point the favourite' was seen to 'dear for-
ward, wad hen within a short distance of - Tattenhani
Corner she took fourth place. On entering the straight.
Victoria stilt bald the lead, with Melissa in clotie atten-
dance, Comedy and the favourite being tilled and rourVi
and fair Gerald* next. When near the distance clo-
me.dy dropped h 7" beaten ; and Melissa deprived Vletvia
of the lead, the favourite now being third, the pothers!,
straggling, and evidently quite beaten. Half lay np.7
the distance Victoria was in difficulties, and the falourite
shot past her, ealislit Melissa opposite the Stand, and,
after a very inte ;:. set•to, she achieved the victory
by a neck, the s = beating the tbirdby. three lengths,
same distance betweSe, the third and lowa', Mermaid
was fifth, CoroedysitxtP, Shadow seventh, Secret eighth,
Shot ninth, and Tyne absolutely last.
The Railway Plate (Handicap), of 50 sovs. for all ages ;
any wiener after publication of- the weights 51b. ex-
' tra. New T.Y.C., three quarters of a mile.
Captain Christie's. Kestrel, by Tearaway 3
o rd yeh aa;
m)t 10 +
Ib.
(F 1
Mr. Hobson's Georgium Sidus,'4 yrs, 84t. (Wells) 1- 2
Mr Hadland's Ruth, 2 yrs, ssl. 7113. (Prit3hard) 0 3
The following also ran :—Lizzie, Champagne, Defi-
ance, Mirage, Westminster, m. by Van Tromp—Queen
Mab, Alcyone, Professor Airy, Billinghael, Sabrina,
Nicholas, and Reuben Martin.
Betting-5 to 1 each agst Kestrel and Defiance, 6 to 1
agst Queen Mab mare, 8 to 1 agst Alcyoue, 10 to 1 agst
Georgium Sidus, 10 to 1 agst Professor Airy. Queen
Mab mare led off, but ha I scarcely proceeded 200 yards
when Kestrel, Georgintu Sidus, and Ruth went to the
front. In the last two or three strides Georgium Sidus
caught Kestrel, and the contest ended in a dead heat.
Ruth was a length and a half behind them. Queen Mab
mare was a bad fourth, Defiance fifth. Deciding heat—
ECting-5 to 4 on Kestrel, who won by three•
quarters of a 'length.
The Great Surrey Foal Stakes, of 10 sovs. each with
100 added, for three year old colts, +st. 71b ; fillies Bst
41b. Certain penalties and allowances,. Last mile
of the Derby course. (31 subs.)
Duke 'of B3dford's Tyre, by Tadmor, Bst 7lb
(S. Rogers) 1
Mr. J. Barnard's Sirocco, Bst 7lb (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Illuminator, Bst 71b (Yates) 3

433,55 g, 351 ) 433,558,351
M. MARSIIALL, Chief Ua3Wer.
Dated the 29th day of May, 1856.
•
AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of -Brown.. or Altufcovado Sugar, com-
puted from the relarusnisale in the week ondiug May 27,
1856, exclusive of the Pnties,of Ci-atoms paid or payable
thereon, on the importation therelf Grew Britain :
From the British PosseSsinnii in Ai rico. 2Bs. 3id.
INluscovad9, the produce of, the Ila itius 2f;s. 101 d.
V- 104 d•
.one

Average of the two foregoing

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.,

A general meeting of the members of the Metropolitan
Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council
Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair.
The financial.statement which was presented showed
that the available balance in hand at the Bank of Lon-
don was 3,6421. 28. 3d. ; the amount of the deposit ac-
count, 118,0001. ; the Exchequer Bills amounted to
18,8001. ; and the cash balance at the Bank of England,
to 5,0911. 103. 6d., making a total general balance of
145,5331. 12s. 9d. More than two hours were occupied
in discussing certain recommendations of the Wands-
worth District Board of Works as to compensation of
discharged Lfficers. The decision was deferred.

A discussion ensued as to whether shop fronts should
he brought out in fore-courts, which scarcely needs a
detailed report.
Mr. COLLINSON brought under notice a memorial
from Mr. J. F. Wieland, of Glasgow, relative to his
plan for embanking the River Thames. It was accom-
panied by an elaborate model, showing the elevation of
the working proposed. The memorialist proposed to
erect walls and embankments on both sides of the river,
sufficient to create an equable current, and secure, by
increasing its depth, an adequate tidal scour, affording
additional facilities for wharfage and navigation, pre-
serving the foundations of the bridges, and forming a
handsoine.and uniform line of river frontage. The plan
would, if neces4ary, comprise railway communication
upon the north and south sides of the river. On the
north side he proposed to raise, a roadway esplanade,
partly upon piles nod partly upon pillars and arches, to
he level of the present bridges, and communicating, with
them and their approaches, and als r with the Strand
and St. Paul's-churchyard by new roads. The road
would extend parallel with the river from west to east,
from London-bridge to Charing-cross, and passing
through the upper part of Hungertorclonarket, would
open into the S rand opposite to the electric clook, and
would, therefore, be the nearest real from Chariee-cross
to the City. The width of the road would be 60 feet
from London•hrdge to Southwark-bridge, and 80 feet
from thence to Hungerford, at an altitude of about
40 feet more or less from high-water mark, the river
side bounded by a balustrade overlookine the quay and
river beneath. He suggested the idea of forming under
the esplanade in front of the Temple-gardens a ,inter-
garden, which would be about 700 feet lone by SO feet
wide, and 35 feet high, effected by glazing the openings
of the arches, and if adopted the privacy of the gardens
would be rotained, and the Toni:Oars would still enjoy
their river promenades, besides the covered winter-
garden. Between the Temple-eardene and Somerset-
house, and also adjoining Westminster-bridge, pieces of
ground would be reclaimed from the river, presenting
excellent sites for public buildings. On the south side
of the river, he also proposed that a road be raised to
the level of the bridges, but only 40 feet wide, and
constructed principally of iron, the arches being so
disposed as to admit of three lines of railway
running parallel to the river, and under the road,
midway between it and the quay beneath, and
supported by tubular girders, so that the wharfage
operations would be earned on under the railway, and ,
be perfectly independent of any traffic. By this means
it was proposed to form a junction with the South-
Western Railway, and the groups of railway which had
their termini at London-bridge, which would relieve the
streets of Southwark from much of the heavy goods
traffic. The principle of the buildings would be the
same ; to erect on the seam site three distinct classes of
buildigs ; and above the shops dwelling-houses in flats
could be constructed, economising the valuable ground.
Mr. WIELAND answered several questions put to him
about his plan, but he admitted that he was not an en-
gineer, nor had he madQany estimate as to the probable
cost of his plan and the compensation that would be
required by different wharfingere along the line. His
only object was to get the provisional sanction of this
board to the scheme, and if he obtained that then the
work would be carried out by a company.
On the motion of Mr. COLLINS seconded by Mr.
SAVAGE, the memorial was received.
Mr. C;or,LiNsori then moved that the subject be re-
ferred to the Committee of Works and Improvements.
Major LYON took an objection to this, which would
necessitate its reference to engineers, and the Committee
of Works was already overburdened with business.
The motion was then negatived.
A letter was read from the vestry clerk of St. James's,
Clerkenwell, requesting to borrow 5,000/. for 10 years,
repayable with interest at the rate of 5001. per annum,
for the purpose of paving Pentonville.hill with granite.
The application was granted,
A letter was read from Messts. Harrison and Lewis,
solicitors, with notice of appeal of Mr. T. S. Cundy
against the decision of the vestry of St. George's, Han-
over-square, refusing unanimously to grant him com-
pensation for the loss of his office as surveyor to the
trustees of the Grosvenor district.
The Board awarded the applicant to give a month's
notice of appeal under the act.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON brought forward his motion:—
" That it be referred to the Finance Committee to con-
sider and report to this Board in what way the amount
required for the construction of the Sewage Interception
Works can be most conveniently raised, and report
thereon with as little delay as possible."
Mr. DIFFANGER seconded the motion, which was
carried.
The Board then adjourned until Wednesday next.

The following also ran :—Peter Wilkins, West Lang-
ton, and The Prince.
Batting-5 to 4on West Langton, 4to 1 agst Peter
Wilkin., 100 to 15 agst Sirocco. 7 to 1 apt Tyre, 7 to 1
agst Illuminator, Bto 1 agst The Prince. A fine race
in with Tyre, Sirocco, and Illuminator ended in favour
of Tyre by half a length, the second beating the third
by a head. Peter Wilkins vial a bad fourth. West
Langton and The Prince were quite beaten off.

Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 says each, with 30 added,
for two•yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights.
Half a mile. (17 subs.)
Mr. Howard's Bacon, by Chatham, 2 yrs (501.), sst
51b (carried sst 615) (G. Ford ham) 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's Plausible, 4 yrs (501.), 7st bib
(Snowden) 2
Mr. Samuel's Usurer, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 91b...(Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Stuff and Nonsense, Persia,
Contender, t by Birdcatcher—Sacrifice, Whiteface, The
Unexpected, RDviug Batsy, Little John, Hart Royal, c
by Ratan—Alice, f by Matliwnatieian—Lady Peny-
darea.
Letting-6 to 4 agst Usurer, sto 1 asst Whiteface, 5
to 1 acct 8AC,311, 6 to 1 agst Stuff and Nonsanst., 8 to 1
agstlPlausible, 8 to 1 agst Alice colt, 100 to 8 agst
I PeisL4. Won by a length. Very bad thir(i. Hart
Royal was fourth, Sacrifice filly fifth, and Persia sixth.
The winner was bought in for 210 guineas.

NEWCASTLE:UPON-TYNE RACES, JUNE, 2l.
Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles.
Age st lb Age st lb
Typee 6 8 7 Lily
Lord Alfred .... ..... 4 7 2 Puck
Lady Tattoo 4 7 2 Gaudy
Courtouay 4 7 0 Absolution
Braxey
Cannobie .. 3 6 9 Z st,a
Yorkshire Grey ... 4 6 9 Warlock
Honeysuckle 5 6 9 San Francisco
Whitelock
Artillery
Cossey
Bolton
Freddy . 4 6 2 Villiers
Peter Wilkins
St. Clare 5 6 0 King of Scotland... 3 5 0

AQUATICS.

THAMES SUBSCRIPTION CLUB.

and BAts.
Mr. COX objected to the nomination of
Poto on the grounds, in the first place, that
trittirtr, tife:4l94l,y, wit4oll position M.
Wished by. quoting from. the agreement under
M. Petu stood to the company with regar._ ...is lia
bility to be called-44 Jan t ) execute works to which le
I was pledged when.apiled upon by the directe,tA to,do so.,
and, secondly, that 'Abe tithe -Of the hon. 'hationtt was
already too much oseupitidwith other mattets• he had
,already in hand, to* abler to give much attention to the
laffairs of this company as. a member of the' executive
1 body': • 4 ; . ,
1 Str.'MQRTON PET% in reply to the ,observations of
Mr. Cox, stated that lie had no persona' (lustre to be
elected a director, 'atid he would act as stieli only npin
lithe' wi:hes of. the-,,, ptopriet )rs. With regard •to
[any supposed existing contracts bettiOen the com-
ith
pany and 'the firm he represented,' he could only
Ave tl4at in the event of -his being chosen a dire for
)10 should feel it to be his duty to take care at
Hany 'responsibility that rested upon himself should be
transferred to hantls by whom it would be carried out
f quay, well as if it were executed by himself. With
yegar'd to the second objeCtion stated by Mr. Cox, he
{Sib Mt Peto): would only say that he was not in th©
hit of undertaking more than he felt his ability.to ac•
complish. •
This DRPUTY•CHAIRMAN (Mr. John Parson) stated his
belief that,* M. Pete could not accept the' office of
director un'ess he were released from his existing en,
gattements with the company.. At the same time he
thought, it highly desirable, for their interests, that Sir
M. Peto should be upon the board.; and added that Mr.
Busby, in the event of his being elected, had offered to
retire in favour of Sir M. Pato, when a fitting opportu-
nity occurred for his so doing.
Mr. BIGGAR requested the solicitor of the company to
give his opinion with regard to the eligibility of Sir M.
Peto as a director.
Mr. Bgncant, took it that a contract was in exist-
enos between the conpany.and Sir M. Peto, and, md-CI
those circumstances, he considered he was not qualified
to accept the office of director.
The CHAIRMAN, after some conversation, decided, that
he would put the names of all the candidates proposed
individually or associated in the several lists published.
The result of thc.tibow of hands was as follows :
. • 'Notes. Votes.
Mr. S. Baker i'''' . 29 Mr. J. Mellor •' ' 30
qtr. E. Brawl* 7 6 Mr Pakington 4.4...
Mr. Busby ~,.
~.,. 51 Mr. J. Parson 52
Mr. .T. Cepel
tftr. W. CO'te..:,' '' 3O Colonel Rushout i.. 37.
'Mr. VT. Fepton ~..&,43 Mr. W. G. Taunton ;.. 31.
. -Mr. H. Grisewood ''7" 3 Mr. J. Thorpe... c.. 39,-
Mr. liighlleld;• ' ' 36 Mr. E.• Watkin. ' 33
rMr. lt. W. Johnson...; 44Sir C. Whetham .. 15
Mr. W. L3Wili 4Ol
Mr. Maule, kr. Wilson, and Mr. Ward, wh)o "had
also been notninated stated t...iat their names had been
published without their consent or knowledge. 3
A poll was demanded on the whole 'list, and peruti-
neers were appointed. The poll was 'opened until six
o'clock gesterday,A2je resumed to-day and Monday
next; fi'o4Vniffour . avid the meeting was adjourned
to Wednesday for the :letlaration of numbers, and the
eoneltrrion-of the remaining husirielia ot-the- Lail;-v.-- -
meeting,.

—s—
MIDLAND.I
An extraordinary meeting of this company was held at
Derby yesterday, Mr. Ellis in the chair, for the purpose
of considering a bill to enable the company to raise addi-
tional capital.
The CHAIRMAN observed that, by the bill in question
they proposed to raise 400,0001 in new shares, to borrow
one-third that amount, and to take powers to bring to
life, again those shares which were dead and had become
forfeited. The purposes for which the money was wanted,
were stated in the following clause :—"And whereat, in
consequence of the increased traffic of the Midland Rail-
way, especially in miaerals and goods, it is expedient
that the company should be empowered to raise further
moneys for enlarging the present, and making additional
stations and sidings, buildings and conveniences thereto,
and for improving the works of the Midland Railway,
and making additions to the working stock thereof." If
the increase of traffic continues as it had hitherto done,
they would have to make a proportionate increase in
their working stock, and also in their stations and

sidings.
Mr. CARTER (solicitor) read the preamble of the bill
and also the marginal notes.
Mr. PARSONS, of Bristol, wished to know if any of the
money was intended to go towards the Leicester and
llitchen line.
The CHAIRMAN said, the money raised would be ap-
plied to the various requirements of the company. With
regard to the Leicester and flitchen line, they had plenty
of money for that, and be would repeat that his opinion
was not changed as to the value of that line. (Hear,
hear.)
Mr. PARSONS moved an amendment to the effect that
the question be adjourned until a future meeting.
Atter some further observations from Mr. GEE, who
stated his opinion that the directors would spend the
whole of the money in ten months.
Mr. PARSONS withdrew his amendment, and the
CHAIRMAN put the original resolution, which was carried
unanimouAy, and the proceedings terminated with a vote
of thanks to the Caairman.

LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX
JUNCTION.
The quarterly meeting of this company was held yes.
erday at; Bradford, Mr. W. Walker, presided.
Mr. CAWOOD, secretary, read the report of the direc.

tors.
The CHAIRMAN said, the principal object of the meet-
in-, was to declare the quarterly dividend. There was
one thing with regard tt, the declaration of a dividend
which they had doubtless observed—viz., that it was
necessary, in order to the payment, that 6931. should be
drawn from the reserved fund. It Was always under-
stood that this fund should be so applied when rendered
necessary by the fluctuations in the state of trade and
the quantity of traffic at different periods of the year.
At too present moment the traffic was considerably
more than usual, and he tristed that at the next quar-
terly meeting they would not have to apply to the re-
served fund at all. They were now approaching the
time when the Gilderstone coal branch would b 3
opened, and he looked forward to that period with
very great expectations that the public at large would
be very materially benefittad, while the shareholders
would derive a much increased revenue from that
source. He concluded by moving the adoption of the

report.
Mr. W. PEEL seconded the motion, and it was car-
ried.
A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum
was declared, for the quarter ending March last, on
210,000/. paid up share capital, payable on the Oth of
June.
It wa,l explained that the company were paying in-
terest on 36,000/. of unproductive capital.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro•
ceedings.

As a more appropriate title, the above is substituted
for the "Thames Regatta Club," the inauguration of
which was duly noticed by us a few days ago. This
recherchj gathering of the leading gentlemen of the
River Thames is to be precisely upon the same footing
as the Royal Thames Yacht Club, and the first monthly
meeting of its members will be held at the Freemasons'
Tavern, on Monday evening next, when Mr. R. N.
Phillips, of Christ's College, Cambridge, will. preside.
The officers of the club and its committee are then to
be appointed, and the code of rules prepared for its
governance to be considered. They are 15 in number,
and seem to combine every requisite for a club of gen-
tlemen. The first fairly declares the object of the as-
sociation to be "The encouragement of rowing on the
River Thames, the funds being expended either by offer-
ing prizes of their own, by subscribing to regattas
already established, or by granting pecuniary assist-
ance to poor or deserving watermen, as the members at
a monthly meeting may direct." A "house dinner,"
similar to that of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, will
take place at five o'clock, and precede the meeting.

CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS.

The third of the concerts in connection with the Royal
Italian Opera took place yesterday morning. The at-
tendance was larger than upon either of the two former
occasions, from which it may be inferred that the sale
of tickets especially for the day was accompanied with
advantage. The visitors filled the seats nearly to the
curtains next the transept, while the courts under the
galleries in the immediate vicinity of the orchestra were
crowded. The interest felt in these choice musical re-
unions is evidently on the increase. We need hardly
do more than cite the encores of the day. They were
bestowed upon Gardoni in the romanza from the " Fa-
vorita," Grisi and Mario in the duet from the "Roberto
Devereux," Graziani in the aria from "Don Giovanni,"
Madame Didi6e in that from the "Huguenots," and
Mario—most emphatically—in the serenade from the
ANTICIPATED GRAND SCULLERS' CONTEST. " Pasquale." In fact the whole of the performers were
A challenge is about to appear from Henry Kelly, of well received, for the visitors at these concerts are dis-
Fulhano who defeated John Mackinney, of Richmond, posed to enjoy what is set before them to the utmost ,•
last week, to James Messenger, the champion of the and that they confer their applause with a right good
Thames, to row from Putney to the Ship, at Mortlake, will is unmistakeable. Grisi and Mario were both in
for 1001. a side. It will be remembered that Messen- excellent voice. One of the finest
exploits of the morn-
ger wrested this proud distinction from Thomas Cole in ing was the delivery by
Mae Jenny Ney of the
the autumn of 1854, at which time Kelly was thought great scena from the " Oberon," which she gave with a
but little of as a future candidate for the chain- force and dramatic purpose entitling her to unbounded
pionsbip. People new begin to entertain a very praise. On this occasion Mr. Costa did not conduct the
different opinion, and the fact that he has found backers e orchestra, but his place was most efficiently filled by
for such a trial of his prowess speaks is favour of 1 M. Sainton.