The Daily Times.
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to accept the permanent office of Chairman of the Board of
Inland Revenue, it proved to be erroneous. At the
general election of 1857 Mr. Wilson was elected M.P.
for Devonport, and again in 1859. On Lord Palmer-
ston's resumption of office in 1859, he was appointed
Vice-President of the Board of Trade; but was soon after-
wards promoted to the post of Finance Minister of the Su-
preme Council for India, in the discharge of the laborious

duties of which he has now sunk into an untimely grave.
His death at the present moment leaves a void which
can with difficulty be filled up. We have not approved
of all his financial schemes, still less do we believe that
they can be carried out when the mind that planned

them can no more direct their application. But every
one will respect the motive which induced Mr. Wilson
to devote himself to so formidable a task as the re-esta-
blishment of eur Indian finances on a proper footing,
as well as the energy and ability which have character-
ised his labours. We have always maintained that a
proper mastery of this intricate subject is only to be
gained by Indian experience, but we readily admit that
uo other Englishman, unacquainted with native customs
and character, was better calculated to succeed in such a

mission than Mr. Wilson. however, this is scarcely the
proper occasion to enter into any discussion of the bold
measures proposed, and so tar carried into effect, by the
deceased, with the details of which we have from time
to time kept our readers more or less familiar.
He has fallen in the discharge of very onerous duties at
a time when the safety of an empire may be said to have
rested on his shoulders. His end is a painful illustration of
the sacrifices that the service of the country entails upon
public men, but his life is also a remarkable example
of the position which a private individual can carve
out for himself by ability and industry. We have had
frequent occasion to differ from Mr. Wilson's political
views, but his writings in the Economist, as well as his
speeches in Parliament, displayed an amount of infor-
mation and power which rendered his opinions on all
financial questions universally respected, and his loss as
a financial authority will be severely felt in England as
in India.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1860.
One is gradually getting some glimpse, through
the medium of private correspondence from
Naples, of the immediate cause of the fall of the
unhappy young monarch. Letters are now daily
coming to hand filled with details of desertions
and defections which occurred in all ranks and
authorities, from the highest to the lowest. It
appears that the resignation of the ministry was
followed by that of the prefects and the commis-
saries of police ; on which circumstance a French-
man, who writes from Naples on the Ist inst.; re-
marks that " here, such conduct, is considered
as nothing extraordinary, but that with us (the
French) it is called the worship of the rising
sun.' In our country, when a king falls, those
who have taken the oath to him and do not keep
it, are regarded as men without honour. But
ma foi nothing goes down here but 'Viva Gari-
baldi ! " Viva Italie.' " One would have thought
this was rather tender ground for a denizen of a
country which produced a Talleyrand, and which
in the transition from the first Empire to the
Restoration, and back again, has furnished as
many examples of the violation of the code of
honour for which the writer stands up, as any
other community with whose history I happen to
be acquainted. But let that pass. For the
future, in France, there will of course be no
additional examples of dishonourable conduct of
this kind, for is not the Empire " Peace," and is
not the Napoleonic Dynasty eternally established?
Another correspondent recounts another curious
and instructive incident, which occurred at the
Council of General Officers, at which the decision
to fight was carried by a majority. He says
that General Bosco, who, it seems, had never
gone further from Naples than Salerno—being
obliged to return in order to obtain medical
advice respecting an obstinate attack of lumbago
—with which he was troubled, attended the coun-
cil, which otherwie would not have had the
advantage of his counsels. On being asked his
opinion of the state of affairs, he " went right at
it," and stated with great energy " that if the
army was so weak, and so easily seduced from its
allegiance, it was the fault of certain grand
military signors,' who hung up their swords on the
wall, and played whist." Prince Ischitella,- for
whom the hit was intended, let it be known that
the cap fitted, and a violent scene immediately en-
sued, in the course of which the two members of
the council " drew" upon each other, and a duel
between them afterwards was with difficulty pre-
vented. On the following day Ischitella sent in
his resignation to Francis 11., who exclaimed sadly
on receiving it, "It is never I who do wrong,
and yet it is always I who am punished." In
this saying is comprised the moral of the reign
which has just ended—the expiation of the faults,
.or rather perhaps the crimes, of Ferdinand 11.,
his father.
A letter from Rome, dated the 4th, says, "There
is no longer any doubt as to the transmission of a
note by M. de Cavour to the Cardinal-Secretary
of State. It protests against the enrolment of
foreigners, who constitute the worst species of
armed intervention. It is quite explicit upon the
subject of the co-operation of Austria in the
military arrangements of the Holy See, and
insists upon the Pontifical Government dismissing
its army of mercenaries under penalty of an
invasion. Everything, naturally, was referred
by the Court of Rome to Frande, whose reply is now
known. France will defend Rome, its liberties,
and the towns of Civita-Vecchia and Viterbo, but
nothing more; and, as an earnest of its sincerity in
the latter respect, it has reinforced the garrisons
by two regiments. General de Noue has, there-
fore, for his mission, firsf and foremost (avant
tout), the preservation of the life of the Sovereign
Pontiff, and of the before-mentioned portion of
the patrimony of St. Peter, which has a popula-
tion of 472,334 inhabitants, thus divided—
Rome
Civita-Vecchia
Viterbo
But this, as might have been expected, is far
from being satisfactory to the Sacred College.
An army of 25,000 men has been assembled. The
Pope will not do as the King of Naples has done,
yield without a struggle. A war may therefore
soon be expected to break out. Some camps of
Piedmontese troops have been formed at Arezzo
and at Catolica, and it is on that side that the
fortune of arms will be tried.
The St. Peter's penny has produced a sum which
is estimated at seven millions of francs, and the
loan meets with a few pious lenders. From these
two sources six millions in golden ingots arrived
lately from France, but they have not yet been
sent to the Mint to be coined : it has been consi-
dered more prudent to preserve them for extreme
occasions. In Rome itself the St. Peter's penny
has not produced one coin of that value, and this
in spite of the earnest appeal addressed to the
faithful of the city by a committee appointed ex-
pressly to collect the funds, who have intimated
that the smallest donations would be thankfully
received. Unfortunately, the committee itself
does not appear to have set a very good example.
By order of the President, a silver alms-dish was
placed at the door of the apartment in which they
were assembled ; but all that fell into it on the
breaking up of the meeting, was thirty crowns."
The following is an extract from the latest
circular of the committee :—" Rome has given,
as it was its duty to do, the most fervent proofs
of its love for its Pontiff and King, but not that
of offerings ; and your fellow-citizens (1. e., the
committee) did not believe, 0 Romans! that this
would be wanting. We, his sons and subjects—.
we ought all to contribute according to our
means, to this solemn act of love and fidelity;
and in order that all may have an opportunity
of doing so, the committee reduces to the smallest
proportions the offerings, which will be received
monthly, or in a single sum; no gift, however
small, being matter of shame, seeing that it will
be made to the Vicar of Him who praised and
blessed the widow's mite." Alas ! that the only
response to such an appeal should be the ominous
chipe of " thirty pieces of silyei.e
From Turin, the recent correspondence of most
of the different journals unites in representing
that the most perfect solidarity exists betweea
French and Italian interests ; and, as the recent
measures adopted by the Government of Pied-
mont, as well as the bellicose language of the
Opinione, the Government organ, date from the
return of S. Farini from Chambery, the natural
conclusion is that the good understanding which
has thus been established with the French Govern-
ment was the result of the journey of that states-
man. I called particular attention to this inter-
view, if you remember, at the time, and I am now
able to give you very nearly the exact words used
by the Emperor to the Sardinian Envoy in
conveying to him his views "Keep of
(ne touchez pas) Rome and the patrimonY
of St. Peter. For the rest, do whatever You