11 APRIL 1874, Page 2

Sir George Campbell has sailed for England, under compulsion of

his physicians, and Sir R. Temple has taken charge of the Government of Bengal. Sir George Campbell has proved an able, though over-brusque administrator, whose great merit has been to make Government felt in the interior of his enormous dominion, while his great fault has been an over-belief in the effectiveness of a published order. He brings fresh and thorough knowledge of the famine to the aid of the Council of India. It is, however, a pity that he should stop there, as it is in Parlia- ment, where India is so badly represented, that he is most re- qaired. He can advise just as well as a Member, without being buried alive in masses of detailed work.