The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-09 00:00:00

THE NEW LORD MAYOR-YESTERDAY.

The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, aldermen, and other members
of the Corporation of the City of London proceeded in
state to the Guildhall for the purpose of taking part in
the ceremony of swearing in Mr. Alderman Dakin as
Lord Mayor of London, and inducting him in his new
office. The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
the Lord Mayor divested himself of his chain of office,
and conferred it upon Mr. Alderman Dakin, who then
took the oaths and made the customary decla-
rations. He received the congratulations of his friends,
and was loudly cheered. As soon as he had been
formally installed, the various members of the Corpora-
tion who held their offices from year to year, approached
the Lord Mayor and gave up the insignia of their respec-
tive offices, which his lordship was pleased to restore to
them. The ceremony attracted many visitors.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Lord, William, Oldham, cotton waste dealer, Nov. 2.

BANKRUPT.
(To Surrender in London.)
Welden, L. E., Cannon-street, City, general merchant,
Nov. 23, at 12.30.

CABINET CouNcth.—Summonses have beon issued
for a Cabinet Council at the First Lord of the Treasury's
official residence, in Downing-street, to-morrow (Thurs-
day) afternoon. _ _ _

A. Cabinet Council was held on Monday iu Down-
ing-street. The Ministers present were the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and
Ripon, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce,
Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon.
E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right
Hon. G. J. Gosohen, the Marquis of Hartington, the
Right Hon. C. Fortescue, and the Right Hon. W. E.
Forster.

THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD OF WOBIES.—It has been arranged that the elec-
tion of a successor to Sir John Thwaites in the chairman-
ship of the Metropolitan Board of Works shall take place
on Friday, the 18th inst., and that it shall be conducted
in the same manner as before. It may be interesting to
recall the circumstances of that election. There was a
large number of candidates on that occasion, of whom
eight went to the poll, viz., Mr. Roebuck, Q.C., M.P.,
Mr. W. Corrie, police magistrate at Bow-street (now City
Remembrancer), Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. T. Turner (a
member of the present board), the Hon. Josceline Percy,
M.P., Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Thwaites, Mr. W.
Hawes, and Mr. Jebb, who had been chairman of the old
Commissioners of Sewers, which the Metropolitan Board
of Works supplanted. The election was by show
of hands, and the seventh division was a trial
of strength between Mr. Thwaites and Deputy
Harrison. The numbers were—Thwaites, 26 ; Harrison,
13. A final and formal show of hands was then taken for
Mr. Thwaites, when 30 were .held up in his favour, and
he was declared duly eleoted chairman of the board. It is
understood that amongst members of the board Mr. P. H.
Le Breton, Mr. Runtz, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Westerton
are candidates, with probably many others. No mamas of
outside candidates are publicly announced. Candidates
may be nominated on the day appointed for the election,
so that in all probability there will be along list for mem-
bers of the board to select from.