The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.

On the i6tl and 29th instant a special express
train will be despatched from the Pimlico Terminus
at a quarter to nine, and from London-bridge at
nine a.m., and on the two intervening days. On
the. Stakes Day, and the Cup Day, special express
trains will leave Pimlico at a quarter to
nine and a quarter to ten, and Lon-
don-bridge at nine land ten, direct to
Drayton and Chichester, returning from Drayton
and Chichester each evening immediately after
the races by any train to Brighton, and thence to
London-bridge and Pimlico by express train, at a
quarter to eight.
Return tickets are available either on the day of
issue or next day.
Cheap trains will also be started on the Stakes
and Cup Days. On each of these days the afore-
said trains will leave Pimlico at a quarter to seven,
and London-bridge at seven, calling at Norwood,
Croydon, and Reigate, and returning from Chiches-
ter each evening at half-past seven.

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.
Lord LYNDHURST said he .wished to ask a question of
the noble duke, but before he did so he wished to make an
observation on a subject personal to himself, in reference
to an attack made upon him by an hon. member in another
place c.ith respect to what had fallen from him in his ob-
servations on our national defences. The hon. member
alluded to had said that there was an old man. or an aged
man, in the House of Peers who said that the opinions
he had advanced were those of 60 years back. This he
emphatically denied. What he said was straightforward,
and to the purpose. He had to remind the Government of the
changes time had produced in the relative strength of the
navies of other countries, and no man but the person who
had attacked him would attempt to deny this. It
was laid down when one cheek was smitten to turn the
othe., but he did not think that that ought to be adopted by
a great and powerful country. What he wished to ask
was, whether it was true that the French on the other side
of the Channel were arming their ships with Sir W. Arm..
strong's rifle cannon.
The Duke of SOMERSET stated, in allusion to the
supposed attack, that he thought the noble and learned
lord might have been more guarded in his observations.
He had heard, too, some rifled cannon had been placed on
board some of their ships, and he admitted that ours would
not be ready for some months to come. He did not think
it would be consistent with his duty to inform the house
what was being done in our arsenals.
Lord LYNDHURST said what he said the other even-
ing was mainly directed to show the state of our national
defences, and not to attack the Emperor of the French.
(Hear, hear.) He had said that he would trust
the safety of our country to none but ourselves, that
they• would not trust to the forbearance of any
power. He would not rely on the Emperor of the French,
because he was so involved that he could scarcely depend
upon himself.

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT (CHINA) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the house
to several petitions that had been presented to their lord-
ships on the subject of national education. The noble and
learned lord took the opportunity of entering at length
into educational appliances during the last few years. Up
to the year 1818 he stated there were 19,000 day schools
and 4,500 Sunday schools, in the former of which there
were 674,000 scholars. In 1853 the day schools advanced
to 39,000 and Sunday schools to 16,400, and the scholars had
increased in a corresponding ratio, and all this was accom-
plished without any assistance from the State. a
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
....

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to, and the bills were read a third
time :—Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway,
Mountsorrel Railway, Somerset Central Railway, Vale of
Llangollen Railway (by opposing party), Wear Navi-
gation and Sunderland Docks, Wirral Water, Lon-
don and North-Western Railway (Denton to Staly-
bridge), Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffey
Branch, &c.), Dublin and Wicklow Railway, Sunderland
Dock (Nc. 2), Eastbourne Water, Midland Great Western
Railway Gf Ireland (Sligo Extension), Tottenham and
Edmonton Gas, and North Staffordshire Railway. _ _

The followirig bills were read a second time-:—Earl of
Kintore's Estate, and Liverpool Sanitary Amendment.

SUPPLY

On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. LAING said he hoped that hon. members who had
motions on the paper would postpone them until the even-
ing: sitting at six o'clock.
In answer to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
would not be necessary to move the second reading of the
Income-tax this evening.
Some hon. members expressed their readiness to accede
to the suggestion of the hon. gentleman the Secretary cf
the Treasury.