The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

CONCERTS,

CA NTERB UR Y HALL
THIS EVENING,
C. H. GOIJNOD'S OPERA.
FAUST.
first Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siebel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conduetor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, Is, Hall. (3d.

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Coolie Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. 'T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA. TitOIJPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting. of ELEVEN STAR PERFOMMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 Lill 11 on Sunday Evening.

TIII WEATIIER.—STIN OFFICZ, JUNE 29, NM
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
62—highest since noon yesterday.
51.—lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.88.
WlND—North-Westerly, inclining to West ; fresh and
squally, with fine weather occasionally, interspersed with
flying showers and heavy rolling clouds.
IT A Lr-PAST Os E.—Another heavy shower.

lIIGII WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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THE SUN.
Tzwpf,--:, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 18e0.

Though we differ from Mr. Mau's conclusions,
we must agree with him in maintaining the right
of civilians to exercise their own judgment cn such
a question as the amalgamation of the Indian and
Imperial army, or the retention of a local army, in
our great colony. It is not merely the right of
civilians to judge for themselves, but the state of
the question has constituted them the judges of
final appeal. No one will deny that there is a great
deal to be said for either view ; so much that the
most upright and intelligent men who have studied
the subject may yet come to different conclusions.
It is very observable, too, that such men appear to
be biassed in their diverse opinions by the services
to which they have belonged, a fact which
is no imputation on the motives of either
class ; still with the varied considerations
which must be taken account of, it forms an addi-
tional reason for civilian judges to exercise their
right. Without imputing to gentlemen who have
served respectively in the Company's or in the
QUEEN'S Army the slightest intention to sacrifice
Imperial objects to personal predilections—for the
influence of such partialities we believe to be
wholly unconscious—we must yet, practically, re-
gard these gentlemen as advocates, pleading before
a necessarily impartial judge or jury. And we
must think that after hearing all they have to say,
unprofessional Englishmen are the best judges
of what, on the whole, seems desirable for the Em-
pire at large.

We have =cen nothing in the debate of last nigh
to alter the iropreisions we have received from
former debates. The case is pre-eminently one in
which the decision must rest on a balance of advan-
tages. And, after weighing them, we still think
the preponderance is on the side of one army for
one empire. Indeed the general principle is so
self. obvious, that India could not claim a local
army without making out a special cas3 for it. All
our other colonies, except so far as they have
created or are creating a militia in local defence,
which like our own militia is of course a localized
force, are defended by soldiers of the Royal
army, bound to do service wherever their
QuEvai and their country require it. Many
of these colonies arc in climates as warm as that of
India, and several of them are more unhealthy.
Indeed' ndia is not, generally speaking, unhealthy.
European intemperance—or even European ordi-
nary indulgence in food and beverages of a stimu-
lating kind, may be unhealthy, and it may be diffi-
cult to restrain such habits in private soldiers, but
the climate itself is not dangerous to health. The
diitance and arrangements for necessary changes of
regiments are matter of detail, and are likely to
became every year less difficult to deal with.
The return of the Great Eastern may very
probably point the way.towards an easy
troops backwards and forwards
tra.araihsion of
betAreen US and our remotest dependencies. We
do not share the fears of some that the French
will block up our road via Alexandria ; we could
speak on that question, should it ever arise, from
Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu; but even if M.
LEssEvs' idle dream should ever be realised, we
certainly think it more than probable that Mr.
SCOTT RUSSELL'S magnificent machine will have
tibtwx us, if not literally a shorter route, yet one