The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

ME SERV, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN

surely do it. Even in temperate climates the heat
of summer renders double caution necessary with
respect to ventilation, drainage, food, and
water. Iltw indispensable, then, must vigi-
lance and care be under such a sun as
is now shining in India ! No wonder
that trade and politics should be alike
dull even without the natural reaction from the
Bombay fever of speculation. Calcutta, though
happily exempt from the financial crisis of its rival,
is so dull that the exports and imports of May are
described as less by half a million than in the cor-
responding month of last year. The financial ar-
rangements are not altogether satisfactory, seeing
that the removal of the Income Tax has greatly
reduced the Exchequer without a corresponding
gain. The Home Government objects to a loan, so
that between the rival schemes, the Bhootan war
and the restricted currency, Calcutta has some diffi-
culties to contend with. Happily, the general as-
pect of the country is flourishing, and the resources
of the interior are becoming more and more deve-
loped by the improvement of the means of commu-
nication, the extension of the railway system, and
the general impetus that has been given to Indian
commercial enterprise. The tea plantations of
Assam, Burmah, and the Himalaya valleys
promise to be a fruitful source of na-
tional wealth, as well as offering a field
for industrial occupation which will, we may hope,,
help to reconcile the people to peaceful and regular
occupation. The success of the Exhibition which
was held in Calcutta in 1864 has given rise to a
scheme for another in 1867, and agricultural shows
are also to be held annually in different
parts of Bengal in preparation for the
grand Imperial Exhibition of Asiatic Art, Produce,
and Industry, which is in contemplation four years
hence ! The Anglo-Indians and Asiatics are de-
termined apparently to show the world what they
can do, and certainly these exhibitions give great
encouragement to industry and art, while they
afford a good indication of the progress really
being made by the exhibitors, and of the natural
capacities of the countries represented. All these
signs indicate that our Eastern Empire is rising in
the scale of civilisation and intelligence, and the
more we can succeed in turning the attention of
the people to the cultivation of the arts
of peace the better ; it will be alike good for us
and for them. 'We shall do well to divert the love
of splendour and magnificence, inherent in the
Eastern mind, to the cause of industry and pro-
gress, instead of running altogether counter to it,
and thus putting difficulties in our own way. The
splendour of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE'S Durbar among
the hills was not without its influence on the wild
tribes of the borders, and wise prudent rulers will
,endeavour, as far as they can, to enlist the sym-
pathies of the people under them in their govern-
ment. Viewed in this aspect the Industrial Exhi-
bitions of the East are not without their permanent
and individual value.

THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND THE NEW
PARLIAMENT.—In the new House of Commons the
Corporation of London will be represented,indirectly at least,
by five members,—namely, three of the Court of Aldermen,
and two of its high judicial officers, Mr. Russell Gurney,
the Recorder, and Mr. Chambers, the Common Sergeant.
Numerically, however, it has neither lost nor gained by the
general election, for in the old Parliament five members of
the Court of Aldermen held seats, excert towards its close,
when there were six. Of these, three voluntarily withdrew
altogether from Parliamentary life at the dissolution, viz.,
Sir James Duke, who had represented the City of London
continuously for 16 years, Mr. Alderman Copoland, who
had been a member of the house, with the exception of a
short interval, for more than 30 years, and Mr. Alderman
Sidney, who had sat for Stafford from 1847 to 1852, and
again from 1860. Aldermanßose has lost his seat for South-
ampton, and Alderman James Lawrence the scat for Lam-
beth which he had held only a few weeks before the close
of Parliament. Of the old batch Alderman Salomons
is the only one who has been elected to the new house. The
new aldermen who have gained seats are Aldermen Wm.
Lawrence and Aldermen Lusk. Alderman and Sheriff
Dakin tried to obtain a seat for Thetford against the com-
bined influence of the Duke of Grafton and the Ashbur-
ton family, but was beaten. The corporation, however,
gains another adherent in ex-Sheriff Cave, who has been
returned for Barnstaple. Since the repeated attempts
made in Parliament to reform the Corporation, and
more especially since the attack on their privileges, as
they regarded it, in the matter of the police the city
authorities have been keenly alive to the necessity of
maintaining their Parliamentary influence. It was a
principal consideration with them when they elected Mr.
Chambers to the office of Common-Sergeant that he was
a member of Parliament, though, awkwardly enough for
them, he lost his seat shortly afterwards, and has been
without one ever since until now. Mr. Russell Gurney,
who is a son of the late Baron Gurney, has not heretofore sat
in the House of Commons. Hehas the reputation of being
a man of high character, as well as an able criminal lawyer,
and in him and the Common-Sergeant, both of whom are
thoroughly conversant with the history, interests, and im-
munities of the corporation, the City will have formidable
champions in the event of any of its privileges being assailed
in the new Parliament. It has lost supporters in Mr.
Norris, who sat for Abingdon, and in Mr. Cox for Finsbury,
both of whom are members of the Court of Common Council.
With respect to the Recorder and Common Sergeant, what
will prove a gain to the corporation may result in a loss
to themselves individually, for on an average of years, as
shown by a recent return made to the Court of Common
Council, they have been in the receipt of nearly £6OO a-year
each from the corporation for services rendered as counsel,
in addition to their official salaries, that of the Recorder
being £3,000, and that of the Common-Sergeant £1,500. A
very considerable part of their surplus incomes was de-
rived from practice before parliamentary committees, but
being now precluded from that branch of the profession as
members of the HOUSe of Commons they will be so much
the losers by the change.

THE NEW BLACKFRIARS BRlDGE.—Although a
considerable portion of the old bridge has yet to be
removed, yet so much progress has been made in regard to
the foundation of the new edifice that the coffer-dam on
the Surrey side has so far been completed as to admit of
the foundation stone being laid on Thursday next, as
originally appointed. The ceremony will be similar to
that which took place in June, 1825, at the present London
bridge, when the first stone was laid by Alderman Garrott;
who was then Lord Mayor, accompanied by the usual civic
authorities, &c. His late Royal Highness the Duke of
York and the late Duke of Wellington were present on
that occasion, as also were the Earl Darnley and several
other members of the nobility, with the Bishops of London
and Chester, and the members for London and Southwark.
Upon this occasion, although it is not positive that his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will be present,
yet, in addition to the Bishops of London and Winchester,
and many of the nobility, the whole of the metropolitan
borough representatives will be present, and the City
Volunteers will be the guard of honour. The present
temporary bridge will be entirely closed for ordinary traffic
on the day referred to; and the procession, as well as the
numerous company invited by tickets, for whom 1000 seats
are prepared, will be admitted at an opening made from the
temporary bridge opposite to the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway. From thence steps covered with crimson
cloth, leading to a platform similarly decorated, protected
by awnings, and thence to a grand temporary staircase,
covered and protected in like manner, the officials will
proceed to the stone, which, with the visitors' seats, are
enclosed within a very large marquee.
THE ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The
quarterly meeting of this society, instituted in 1739
for affording relief to officers (being members) of the Royal
Navy, their widows and families, under circumstances of
misfortune and consequent distress, was held yesterday at
Willis's Rooms, St. James's, Admiral Sir Peter Richards
in the chair. The Secretary read the minutes of the last
quarterly meeting, and donations were announced of £1
from Major Rod and Captain Tracey. A letter was road
from General Knollys, addressed to Lord Colchester, as
also his lordship's letter to the secretary thereupon, relating
to the Prince of Wales's acceptance of the office of vice-
patron of the society, which was ordered to be entered on
the minutes. The quarterly account of the receipts and
disbursements from the let of April to the Ist of July
(including £6ll ls. Gd. from the former account),
£696 12s. 3d. ; disbursements, £515 16s. 9d. ; balance in
favour of the society, £lBO 15s. Gd. A memorandum
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per Cent. Consols, £36,916 10s. Bd. ; Exchequer Bills,
£1,400. Fifty-five grants were made, amounting in the
aggregate to £3lO. The proceedings closed with a vote of
thanks to the chairman. The members present, besides
the chairman, were Admiral Goldsmith, Captain Gardiner,
Captain Eyton, and Paymaster Anthony Ellis.

We are informed that the Earl of Stair will have
one of the Vacant Obands of the Girder of the nice.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
(Via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, July 8 (Morning.)

Large number of Federal troops are landing
along the Texas coast and mouth of the Rio
Grande.

Six thousand troops, mostly coloured, have ar-
rived at Brazos. A detachment has been sent up
the river and occupied Eagle Pass.
The correspondent of the New York Herald re-
ports that large quantities of cotton are still in the
interior of South Carolina, the planters holding it
back under the belief that another crop cannot be
raised under the new labour system.
The Herald also states that the Government have
received official information that Spain will sur-
render the Stonewall to the United States.

Payne, Harrold, Atzerott, and Mrs. Surra
were hung yesterday.

The judge of the Supreme Court had previously
served a writ of habeas corpus on General Hancock,
in Mrs. Surratt's case, which by President John-
son's order was not obeyed.

It is stated that Payne, previous to his execution,
exonerated Mrs. Surratt, and that another person
had subscribed to an affidavit impeaching the testi-
mony of an important witness against her.