12 MAY 1860, Page 9

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Sir Charles Trevelyan, in his official capacity as Governor of Madras, has thought fit to publish a thoroughgoing denunciation of the financial policy of Mr. Wilson. Sir Charles declares that true policy is opposed to an increase of taxation ; he especially denounces the new taxes as "tremendous," questions Mr. Wilson's calculations, doubts his estimate of the deficit, talks of the policy of a hasty rush upon new imposts as inexcusable, injurious, unnecessary, demands a reduction of expenditure, especially of expenditure on native armies, and says the people of Madras think it hard they should be taxed for a rebellion in which they took no part, but, on the contrary, did all they could to help to put it down. No one can calculate the result of these changes ; but Sir Charles declares he can assign a fixed measure to the results to be obtained by the reduc- tion of military expenditure. This document, supported by minutes from Sir Patrick Grant and two members of Council, has been inten- tionally published in India.

The Government at once recalled Sir Charles Trevelyan, and ap- pointed Sir Henry Ward to be his successor.

The Queen has conferred on Mr. Erskine May, Clerk-Assistant of the House of Commons, the Companionship of the Bath, in acknowledg- ment of his valuable services in the conduct of public business.

Mr. William Doris, now secretary to the British Legation at the Court of Persia, has been appointed secretary to the Legation to the Argentine Confederation. He is succeeded at Teheran by Mr. B. Eastwick.

Wo are glad to see that steps have been taken to establish a Volunteer Artillery Corps for Middlesex. In one of the late Sir William Napier's letters he pointed out how volunteer artillerymen, with light handy far- shooting pieces, might materially assist the infantry extended in skir- mishing ishing order. The old City Artillery Company s a separate body, having little connexion with the volunteers, and, therefore, an artillery corps for Middlesex, desirable in itself, is doubly so, when we remember that the Metropolitan Division has no artillery. The new corps is to be commanded by General Griffin of the Royal Artillery, with Major Stevens of the East India Company's service for adjutant. The secretary :is Mr. J. H. Greatrex, upon whose energy much will depend. The 'bankers are Grindley and Co. of East Indian renown. The subscription will be like other corps, one guinea per annum. The uniform, blue and silver. We trust it will succeed.

The first brigade field day of the Metropolitan corps of Volunteers was held on Wednesday, in the large field lying between Holland House and the Kensington Road. The corps present under arms were the South Middlesex, the Westminster, the West Middlesex, the St. George's, the company of tall Volunteers, and the Engineers. Lord Ranelagh com- manded the brigade. The whole force was about 1800 men. The move- ments of the day were simple, and were very fairly executed. The Queen was present for a short time in the avenue of Holland Park, and the Westminsters, deploying into line, presented arms. [It is to be re- gretted that want of punctuality on the part of the officers prevented all the corps from being on the ground in proper time. They have the consolation of knowing that in consequence her Majesty did not see the whole brigade in line.] The London Rifle Brigade was inspected on Saturday, on the esplanade at the back of the Horse Guards, by their Colonel, the Duke of Cam- bridge. The ground was kept by the Westminster regiment ; but so little do the crowd respect grey uniforms that it required a few red ones to keep them in their places. The brigade mustered some 1200 strong, and went creditably through the manceuvres of the day.

We are authorized to announce that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to accept the honorary Colonelcy of the Civil Service Rifle Corps. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort have been graciously pleased to consider a corps formed of the civil servants of the Crown as an exceptional case, and to approve his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales becoming the honorary Colonel of the corps.— Times.

The Adjutant-General, Sir James Scarlett, has issued a valuable cir- cular to Infantry regiments on the duties of soldiers acting as skirmish- ers. It should be in the hands of all Volunteers as well as Regulars.

It appears probable that the Anglo-Hanoverian treaty relative to the Stade-Dues, will be provisionally prolonged from the 14th of May, for a further period of three months.

The daily journals have been requested to state that the British Com- missioners for the negotiations of the French Tariffahave their office at No. 82, Rue de l'Universite, Paris.

At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Monday, the papers to be read are-1. "On a Possible Passage to the North Pole," 'by Mr. Alderman Hopkins ; 2. "Proposed Telegraphic Communication with America, yid the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland," by Colonel Schaffner, U.S.

The Emperor of the French has been inspecting the Palace of the Insti- tute and the plans for its restoration, the Mazarm Library, and the new stables of the Louvre.

The Prince de Joinville sailed in the Royal Mail steamer Europa, for Boston, on Saturday, under the name of Francois d'Arc. Report says that he is en route to the Brazils.

A. fine portrait of the Queen, the gift of her Majesty to th3 Parliament of Victoria' has recently been received in Melbourne, from England. An ad- dress of thanks to her Majesty from both Houses of Legislature has been passed in recognition of-the gift.

The Nord mentions a rumour that a double union is shortly to be effected between the princely families of Portugal and Hohenzollern. According to the statement the Hereditary Prince Leopold de Hohenzollern Siginaringen aged twenty-five, will marry the youngest sister of the King of Portugal, Donna Antonia (born in 1845) ; and the King, Don Pedro himself, will wed the youngest daughter of the Prince de Hohenzollern, the Princess Marie, i also born n 1845.

Captain Paynter, of the Racoon, has been honoured by the King of Sar- dinia with the Cross of Commander of the Order of St. Maurice and Laza- rus, for having been the first to salute the national flag in the port of Leg- horn on his Majesty's arrival there.

The public will hear with much regret that one of our most heroic naval chiefs, Lord Duudonald, is now lying seriously ill.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Edward Whitty, who once held a position upon our Parliamentary staff, and was afterwards well known as prominently connected with the press both of London and the provinces. His health had been shattered by the hard work of his profession, and he went last year to Melbourne in the hope of regaining strength and finding a new field for his abilities. It was, however, "too late," and in a few months he died of consumption, at the age oetbirty-two.—Tinies.

A Paris letter, in the St. Petersburg Gazette, attributes the following re- mark to M. Guizot, on the subject of the annexation of Savoy :—" The good fortune of Napoleon III. makes one almost doubt even of the genius of Napoleon I." This observation is stated by the correspondent to have created a certain sensation, and was even repeated in the salons of the Tuileries.

Accounts from the Red Sea of a recent date, says the Journal du Havre, state that Captain de Russel, of the French navy, had signed at Gondar with the King of Abyssinia, a treaty of commerce and friendship very ad- vantageous to France.

M. Auguste Marlette, an eminent French archieologist, writes from Egypt that he has discovered the remains of a large palace in granite in the imme- diate vicinity of the Sphinx. He takes this palace to be that of Chephrem, who built the great 'pyramid. No less than seven statues of this prince have been found in the palace.

A general exhibition of clocks, watches, jewellery, and gold-smiths' work will be opened at Besancon on the 1st of June 1860, under the patronage of Prince Napoleon. The object of the exhibition is to prove the rapid pro- gress and excellent quality of the French watches ; foreign makers being in- vited to exhibit their work.

The reception of Abbe Lacordaire at the Academy, which was looked for- ward to with intense interest, has been postponed till next year, the ma- jority of the "40" being of opinion that in the present state of polities it would be difficult for the new member and M. Guizot, who is to reply to him, to compose speeches which would at the same time satisfy their own ideas and meet with toleration from the Government.

The expenditure at Enfield factory during the financial year ending with March last amounted to 215,677/., more than half of which went in wages, about 56,000/. in stores, and 32,0001. in buildings and machinery. During the year there were delivered into store from this factory 87,405 musket rifles complete, of the pattern of 1853.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending Friday May 11th, 1860, including season-ticket-holders, 13,880.