The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-21 00:00:00

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Thursday morning.
Wind calm'; tide, four hours ebb ; weather cloudy,
with heavy rain.
Arrived, July 21—Ulysses, and Ocean Wave, from
Caen.
Sailed, July 21—Palestine, for New York ; Panther,
steamer, for Boulogne.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind E.NE., moderate.
Passed—Hem of the Nile, from London for Algo Bay.

Accounts from Malta, dated July 16, state that
the fine screw steamer Powerful, 950 tons register, belong-
ing to the Greek and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
of London! arrived there on the 14th inst., in twelve days,
from Hartlepool, against strong head winds, being one of
the shortest passages on record. This is the fifth steamer
belonging to the same company which has arrived at that
port dunng the month of July. The company's steamer
Scotia, 1,200 tons register, despatched from London by their
enterprising manager, Mr. S. Xenos, with government
stores, was also expected there in a few days.
MAJOR-GENERAL WlNDlTAM.—Yesterday an ad-
dress appeared from Major-General C. A. Windham, who
retired from the representation of East Norfalk at the late
general election, in reference to the circumstanaes which
led to the adoption of that step. In this address, which is
dated "Lahore, May 21," the gallant General observes :
" I have just learnt that a dissolution of Parliament
has taken place, and that my friends have deter-
mined that I should Lot be brought forward again
as a candidate for the eastern division. Much as I natu-
rally regret that my connexion with you (the electors)
this
countryull
should thus be severed, I cannot but feel that, under the
circumstances, no 9ther decision could be come to; and it
now only remains to me to discharge the agreeable duty
of thanking you as I do with the utmost sincerity, for the
confidence which you have placed in me. I should at all
times have been deeply 'sensible of the high honour of re-
presenting
native county in Parliament ; but the
almoste y
all
my native
forbearance which has been shown to
m
parties during my absence on an arduous duty in
is a mark of kindness on your part which I
should be indeed ungrateful if I could ever forget."
ARRIVAL OF AN AUSTRALIAN GOLD SHIP.—
Yesterday morning the Mind ora arrived in tho Mersey, from
Melbourne, which port she left on the 19th of last Arril.
The Mindora brings 4,403 ounces of gold, a fair comple
meat of sojourners at the antipodes, in whose hands there
t
is a large quantity of the precious metal. The
passage of
Mindora has been delayed by light baffling winds and

Betting-7 to 4 agst Fenella-4 to 1 each agst Viatica
and Syringe-100 to 15 agst Herman.
Fenella led to half-way in the distance, when Viatka
headed, and won easily by a length ; four lengths between
the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth.
Selling Handicap of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for all ages.

The winner to be sold for £5O. T.Y.C. -
Mr. Saxon's Vigo, 3 yrs, 6st 7lb (Verraby) 1
Mr. Cliff's Lustre, 3 yrs, 6s (Gardiner) 2
Mr. H. Johnston's Jeannie Deans, 3 yrs, 6st (W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—Alfred and Mountain Dew.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Lustre, Vigo, and Alfred, 4to
1 agst Mountain Dew.

The start was delayed upwards of half an hour, in conse-
quence of the fractiousness of -Vigo, who broke away re-
peatedly; and once ran completely round the course.
Won by a length; half a length between the second and
third ; a head between the third and fourth.
The winner was sold to Mr.' Cocking for 108 guineas.
The Portland Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Winners extra.
One mile and a quarter.
Mr. S. Jacob's Attraction, 3 yrs, Est (Bray) 1
Mr. Wrigley's Emerald, 3 yrs, Est 41b (car Oat 61b)
(Pritchard) 2
Mr. T. Dawson's Gaylass, 3 yrs, 6st 91b....(Grimshaw) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Gaylass.

Won by a length ; a neck between the second and third.
Challoner weighed for Lottery, but the horse was found
,o be lame and did net start.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, three-yr-olds, 7st 71b;
four, 9st; five, 9st 61b; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two

Mr. Thorpe's Jack Spring, 5 yrs, 9st 61b.. (Thorpe) w.o.
The Forest Plate Handicap. One mile.
Awful
Sir Colin
Only these ran. Awful made all the running, and won
by a length.

LATEST BETTING.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken)

100 to 7 agst Blue Jacket (taken)
100 to 7 agst Lord Nelson (taken)

METROPOLITAN .RAILWAY.

A Wharncliffe meeting in reference to the bill which the
company have before Parliament was held on Tuesday at
the offices in the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, Mr. Wil-
kinson in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that before formally moving the
adoption of the bill about to be submitted to them, ho would
offer a few remarks on the present position of the company.
Since their meeting in Februarylast an important arrange-
ment had been made with the Corporation of Londen, who
had bound themselves to take up the company's shares to
an extent representing £200,000 for the purpose of carry-
ing out the undertaking. That subscription had brought
the affairs of the company within so manageable a com-
pass that the directors had resolved to withdraw the
Abandonment Bill and proceed with the works at the earliest
possible moment. They had heard from unquestionable
authority, that contractors of high standing would be will-
ing to take up the remaining shares to an amount that would
place the entire execution of the line within the estimates,
beyond any doubt whatever. The bill before them contained
clauses for enabling the company to carry their line clear
of the prison, to get rid of the Post-office terminus, and to
finish the works at the bottom of Holborn-hill, near Far-
ringdon-street. Another clause sought for further time in
order to complete the railway. The only burden imposed
upon them was the deposit of an additional £5,500, although
they had in the Court of Chancery a sum equal to more than
10 per cent. of the required capital. There were further
clauses empowering the company to reduce their share capi-
tal to £850,000, and repealing the power of the Great North-
ern Company to take sharee in the company. It would be
recollected that the Great Northern obtained powers to sub-
scribe £125,000 towards the construction of the railway,
but the other day they insisted upon that power being re-
pealed, and of course, as it was permissive only, the direc-
tors of the Metropolitan could not object ; but why such a
step should be taken by the Great Northern he could not
understand. He begged to state that the agreement of the
Corporation of London for the subscription o £200,000 was
completed, and that he held it in his hand. (Cheers.) As
they were now free from all contractors, there was little
doubt that the company would be able to make such terms
in respect of the taking up of the unissued shares as would
be satisfactory to the proprietors. He then moved the
adoption of the bill.
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. JAMES BURCHELL, the company's solicitor, read
the marginial notes, after which the resolution was carried
unanimously.
Mr. CHARLES PEARSON congratulated the shareholders
and directors on the position which the company now occu-
pied. He could assure the meeting that the warmest feeling
prevailed amongst the Corporation of London in reference to
the success of this great public improvement, which, indeed,
was strongly manifested by the subscription which they had
made. contrary to their almost universal practice, and in
opposition to several influential members, as regarded such
an application of the corporation funds. Nothing but a deep
sense of the great public usefulness of the railway could, he
believed, have induced them to listen for a single moment to
such an application from any individual ; but, considering
the advantages which its construction would confer upon
large masses of the population, and seeinfr, that the works
could not be carried out without their assistance, they had,
for the first time during 60 years, departed, as he had said,
from their usual practice, and subscribed the amount men-
tioned. Subordinate arrangements had been entered into
by him and ratified by the board of the Metropolitan Com-•
pany, the result of which would be to afford very great ac-
commodation to the industrial portion of the population of
the City, and at the same time yield no inconsiderate profit
to the company. (Hear.) After bearing testimony to the
great zeal, ability, and vigilance which had been shown by
the directors in promoting the interests of the undertaking,
he moved a cordial vote of thanks to the board for the man-
ner in which they had discharged their duties during the
past year.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said they had met
with the greatest possible kindness from the Great Western
board, and that nothing could exceed the cordiality with
which the two companies were working together for the
purpose of carrying out the project to a successful issue.

TIIE EXTENSIVE WARLIKE PREPA-
RATIONS MAKING .13-17 FRANCE.

(From the Paris Correspondent of the Herald.)
From a report of the proceedings in Parliament in the
Homing Post of Saturday—no other London daily paper
having been received—l perceive that Lord John Russell,
in answer to a question from Lord W. Graham, respecting
naval preparations in France, stated that he "had applied
for information to her Majesty's consul at Brest, who was
at present in Paris, and he said he was confident that
there were no extraordinary preparations going on ; and
that being the case, and there being no extraordinary pre-
parations, he certainly had not thought it worth while to
demand explanations from the French Government."
Supposing the report to be correct, two things strike one
in this answer. How can her Majesty's' consul, who
is at upwards of 200 miles from his post know what
is going on at Brest, and by what stretch of logic
is the statement of that functionary tc be taken as
a fact ? Though I have not been at Brest I happen
to know that the greatest activity prevails all along the
coast, not at Brest alone, but from Toulon in the South to
Dunkirk in the North. The Channel coast, in particular,
is being fortified in an extraordinary manner. From Cher-
bourg to Dunkirk earth batteries are being
constructed at
every 3,000 yards. The guns are lying close to th.) ban-
quette, muzzle to muzzle, and the works are so advanced
in many places that nothing remains to be done save to cut
embrasures and mount the guns, which are all heavy
16 pounders, of the old calibre. These batteries are so
skilfully constructed that they cannot be seen from the
sea ; in quiet nooks in the cliff you suddenly see a mound
covered with turf, and behind it naatly constructed plat-
forms, with guns lying close by. I don't know whether
her Majesty's present advisers will consider this fact as
.sufficiently important to ask explanations of the French
Government. I can vouch for the accuracy of what I state,
and I must add, in conclusion, that if her Majesty's consuls
at the seaport towns along the coast made a little more use
of their eyes, her. Majesty's Government would have long
since been Wormed of what is going on.

NEWSVENDORS' ANNUAL DlNNER.—Yesterday
the dinner annually provided by the proprietors of the me-
tropolitan newspaper ptess for newsvendors and their ser-
vants took place at Highbury Barn Tavern, under the
superintendence of Messrs. Alley, Brown, Spilling, and the
stewards. Shortly after two o'clock the boys, numbering
upwards of 300, sat down to a plentiful and sumptuous din-
ner, after which they withdrew to the extensive pleasure-
grounds, and enjoyed themselves in various pastimes. At
six o'clock a sumptuous dinner was sat down to by the men,
their wives and families, to the number of nearly 400. After
the cloth was removed, " The Health of her Majesty and
the Royal Family," "The Proprietors of the Metropolitan
Newspapers," " The Press," and other loyal and patriotic
toasts were severally drunk and heartily responded to. The
company then proceeded to the ball-room, where an excel-
lent quadrille band was in attendance, and dancing con •
tinned in a spirited manner until a late hour, when the com-
pany separated, evidently gratified with the day's enjoy-
ment

The Lords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Argyll, and Lord Monteagle.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The Central Wales Railway Bill wi.s read a second time ;
the Pneumatic Despatch Company, the Merthyr, Tredepr,
and Abergavenny Railway bills were read a third time
and passed. •
COURT OF CHANCERY.
. .

- - -
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition complaining of
the delay arising in the Court of Chancery. This peti-
tionwas in favourof appointing additional judges, but he did
not agree in that prayer.
PRIVATE BILLS.
Lord RE DE SDALE moved that no private bills brought
from the House of Commons shall be read a second time
after Tuesday, the 2d of August.—Agreed to.
DIVORCE COURT BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read-
ing of this bill, which proposed that all the puisne
judges should become members of the court and take it
in turns to sit with the Judge Ordinary, and form what was
termed full courts more frequently, by which means, he
trusted, the arrears of business would be expeditiously dis-
posed of. The bill further proposed that when the learned
judge thought proper the court might sit with closed doors,
as some of the cases that were heard there were totally unfit
for the public, and could only tend to demoralisation.
Another provision was that, where necessary, the assistance
of the Attorney-General should be called in, and thus exer-
cise some control in certain cases.

Lord BROUGHAM supported the bill.
Lord CHELMSFORD was opposed to the bill. He
thought a separate number of new judges should
be appointed, as the time of the judges of the superior
courts was already fully occupied.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Witney Railway (No. 2)
Bill were considered and agreed to.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed :
Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway ; British and Canadian
Telegraph Company; Bury St. Edmund's Gas ; Cleveland
Railway; Dublin and Drogheda Railway; Dundalk and
Enniskillen Railway; Finford Bridge and Banbury Road ;
Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Abandonment ;
Kensington Station and North and South London Junc-
tion Railway; Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lanca-
shire Railway Companies ; Lancaster and Carlisle Rail-
way ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ;
London and North Western Railway (Sutton Coldfield
Branch, changed from " Birmingham, Edrington,
and Sutton Coldfield Railway (Western Line) ;"
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway ; Malltraeth and
Corsddaugau Marsh ; Midland Railway (Erewash Valley);
Mid-Sussex and Midhurat Junction Railway; Newry
and Armagh Railway ; North Eastern and Bedale and Ley-
burn Railway Companies Amalgamation ; North Eastern
Railway (Harrogate Branches); Norwich Corn Exchange ;
Perth, Kinross, and Fife Roads ; South Staffordshire Rail-
way ; South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company ;
Stockton and Darlington Railway; Sunderland Dock (No.
2) ; Ulster Railway ; Victoria Station and Pimlico Rail-
way ; and West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway
(No. 1).