The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-05 00:00:00

T IIL SUN, LONDON, i RIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1869.

cw almost nothing of either the men who tax us or
way in which they spend their money. Recently one of
he members warned his colleagues that if they went on
much longer as they were then doing there would be a
grand public outcry, which would not be pleasant. A
select committee to inquire into the doings of the Board
would be far more useful than half the commitees that are
appointed.

The Institute of Civil Engineers is up in arms against
the Indian Government because of an advertisement which
was lately published by that department charging
engineers in its service with taking: commissions from
contractors in India. Mr. Gregory, President of the
Institute, has seen the Duke of Argyll on the subject, and
a vigorous correspondence has been waged between Mr.
Gregory, and the Under-Secretary for India, Mr. Grant
Duff. A remonstrance has:also been sent out to Lord
Mayo. The truth is, that while the taking of com-
missions is common enough among architects, loco-
motive superintendents of railways, and others, it would
cause the expulsion of a civil engineer from the Institute.
I may mention that Mr. Foley has finished his
" sketch-model" of the Prince Consort, for the Albert
Memorial in Hyde Park ; and the statues of Edward 1.,
Elizabeth, James 1., and Anne, have been added to the
Houses of Parliament, and there is a talk of gilding
them! that a subscription has been started to purchase
for the British and Foreign Bible Society the picture of
Luther studying the Bible, which Mr. Ward exhibited in the
Royal Academy this year (the price is £l,ooo,and it is proposed
to raise it in penny subscriptions); and that Mr. Sydney
Hodges's picture of the Archbishop of Canterbury is being
engraved by Atkinson, the engraver of Landseer's " Peace"
and " War," and will be published by Graves, of Pall-
Mall.

The Monday Popular Concerts begin next week, and we
are to have an autumn opera season, with Mongini, and Ilma
di Murska among the chief attractions.

The new army control system is now in operation
throughout the whole kingdom and colonies, although the
official warrant has not yet been drawn up, and the addi-
tional pay is not yet received by the officials. The system
is working fairly well, but there has been a hitch or two.
Of Lord Northbrook's Committee nothing further has been
heard, though there are still rumours of great changes
in the War Office. Mr. Childers having seen
some statements in the Western Morning News
respecting the wasteful sacrifice of public property in the
Devonport Dockyard, at once caused an investigation to be
made, and finding the circumstances to be as stated,
directed new arrangements to be made forthwith.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Canon -of "St. Paul's. The reverend gentleman is a
Cambridge man, a student of Corpus College, and an
M.A. of his university. He was ordained deacon in 1821,
and entered full priest's orders in 1822, in each case
by the ministrations of the Bishop of London. He is
the author of the " Widow of Nain," and other
poems, of some tales of scriptural periods, and of
certain other works, sermons, and discourses on reli-
gious subjects.