The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-26 00:00:00

LOANS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.

The city seal was attached to a duplicate deed of
covenant between the Corporation and the Bank of
England for continuing a loan of £40,000, raised
for the purposes of the Metropolitan Cattle-mar-
ket ; and to 288 bonds to the Chamberlain for
securing various sums of money amounting to
£200,000, raised under the powers of the Holborn-
valley Improvement Act, 1864.

IMPROVED DWELLINGS FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.

Deputy Fur, chairman of the Improvement Com-
mittee, brought up a report from them on this sub-
ject. The report stated that the Common Council
having on the 21st of April, 1861, accepted the ten-
der of Messrs. Browne and Robinson for the erec-
tion of dwellings for the labouring poor at a cost of
X 37,043, the necessary contract was executed and
t:le works had proceeded under the supervision of
the architect and surveyor. The committee had
approved a sufficient number of tenants to occupy
the entire building, and, as each block was now
completed, occupation was as far as possible given
according to priority of application. At present the
improved dwellings in Ray-stres4 and Crawford-
passage were with few exceptions completed and
occupied, as were also two of the four blocks in
Farringdon-street. When the buildings shall have
been some time occupied, and the shops connected
with them completed and let, it would be the duty
of the committee to present a further report, in
which the financial question would be specially
treated, but iu the meantime they had the satisfac-
tion to state that in their opinion the buildings
would be self-supporting.
The report was ordered to be printed.
CITY OF LONDON SCLIOOL.

The LORD MAYOR, as chairman of the Managing
Committee of the City of London School, presented
a report from them, with a certificate of the Pro-
fessors of King's College and University College of
the approved candidates for the office of headmaster
of the school, which had become vacant by the re-
tirement of the Rev. Dr. Mortimer. The approved
candidates were :—the Rev. Edwin Abbott Abbott,
M.A., formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, late composition master in Birmingham
Grammar School, now second mast& in Clifton
College, near Bristol ; the Rev. Joseph Bickersteth
Mayor, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of St. John's
College, Cambridge, head master of Kensington
Proprietary Grammar School, and Mr. Francis
Cuthbertson, M.A., late Fellow of Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge, second master of the City of
London School. Before proceeding to the elec.,
tion, the Lord Mayor, in reply to Mr. Rudkin,
stated in effect that the salary of the head master
was to a certain extent dependent on the number of
boys in the school, and that at present it was about
£B5O a year. An amendment by Mr. Rudkin for
reviewing the salary was negatived on a show of
hands. While the court was sitting a letter was re-
ceived from the Rev. Mr. Mayor, one of the three
candidates, by the Lord Mayor, andread to the meet-
ing by the Town Clerk. The rev. gentleman stated
reasons which had induced him to withdraw from
the contest, and he took occasion to recommend for
election, of the two remaining candidates, the Rev.
Mr. Abbott, from the high opinion he entertained of
him.

Mr. lIOPGOOD submitted that it was improper for
a candidate, while himself resigning, to dictate to
the Court whom they should elect.
The LORD MAYOR said he thought so too.

The election then proceeded, and after an inter-
val of an hour, the time appointed for the dura-
tion of the poll, the scrutineers (Mr. Lawley and
Deputy Obbard) reported that the election to
the office of Head Master had fallen on Mr.
Abbott by a majority of 96 votes in a court of 160
members.

Mr. Abbott, the successful candidate, who is but
27 or 28 years of age, was educated at the City of
London School, and went thence to the University
of Cambridge with the Carpenter Scholarship and
the David Salomons Scholarship. At the University
lie was the Senior Classic of his year, and First
Chancellor's Medallist, besides taking mathematical
honours. -
The LORD MAYOR said the duties which attached
to the office of head master of that noble insti-
tution, the City of London School, would tax
all the abilities of Mr. Abbott, but he was confi-
fient, from what he knew of him, that the Corpo-
ration would not be disappointed in the choice they
had made. Mr. Abbott received his education at
the school, and is bile there showed that he pos-
sessed three qualities in an eminent degree--high
moral character, submission to authority, and great
diligence in his scholastic studies. Ile then passed
with great credit to the University of Cambridge,
where he had a brilliant career, having been first in
Classics and Senior Chancellor's Medallist, the two
highest classical honours which that University had
to bestow. It was also remarkable. that Mr. Aldis,
who went with Mr. Abbott from the City of Lon-
don School to the University of Cambridge, became
Senior Wrangler and Smith's Frizeman in the same