The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at, one o'clock on Wed-
nesday the 26th inst.
In the_ proposed reorganization of the corps -of
Royal Artillery, which it is intended shall be formed
into four divisions, the authorities propose to make
the headquarters of one of the divisions at Chatham.
In addition to the reinforcements from the. East
India depots at Chatham, and the other depot bat-
talions now awaiting embarcation for Calcutta,
nearly 1,000 cavalry and infantry have been selected
from various corps, to be held in readiness to em-
bark for India in the ensuing month.

THE NEW GOVERNOR OF MADRAS.

The career of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan
commenced on the 21st of October, 1826, when
ho arrived in Bengal, a writer on the establishment
of that Presidency. He had distinguished himself
at Haileybury, and, amongst other subjects, had
not neglected the Oriental languages. He found
the benefit of this on reaching India. Landing at
Bombay he spent a few weeks there and at Poonah
and then started overland for Madras. This gave
him an opportunity of making himself acquainted
with many parts of the two minor presidencies, for
his route lay through Beejapore, Hydrabad, Bellary,
Ghooty, Cuddapah, Chittoor, Palmaner, and Arcot.
Having passed the requisite examinations at Cal-
cutta he was appointed January 4, 1827, assistant
to the Commissioner at Delhi, Sir C. Metcalfe.
That distinguished man soon recognised the ability
of the young civilian, and a few months after he
had joined entrusted him with a most important
duty in the investigation of a disputed claim to ter-
ritory, on the frontiers of Bikaneer. Having dis-
charged this duty to the satisfaction of his chief,
Mr. Trevelyan was frequently detached on high
political employment. He was for some time in
charge of the Rajah of Bhurtpore, Madhu
very promising youth, who died at an early age.
A short anecdote will illustrate the character of
the Bhurtpore chiefs. Mr. Trevelyan was desirous
that the young Raja's education should be properly
cared for, and was anxious he should learn Persian.
To this the chiefs objected. " We have always been
at feud with the Delhi people," said they, " and
have beaten them often—we do not care for their
language, and would rather our young Raja did
not waste his time upon it." "Well, then," it was
urged, "let him learn English." To this sugges-
tion they assented very readily—" The English,"
said they, " have beaten us, our Raja shall learn
their language."
From Bhurtpore Mr. Trevelyan went to the im-
portant post of Kotah Boondee,being still assistant
to the Resident at Delhi—a post which he filled
under various designations, for five years. He did
not quit Delhi without leaving a lasting memorial
of his labours. The city was increasing in spite of
high prices and deficient supplies, and the lower
classes suffered much from the exorbitant house
rent demanded of them. Mr. Trevelan, in order
to remedy this, applied for 300 beegahs, or acres of
waste land, and sold the leases, on certain building
conditions, at low rates, to the ryots. From his
own funds he contributed enough to secure a fine
broad street through the centre of the new quarter,
and thus, to the great benefit of the inhabitants,
arose Trevelyanpur.
Curiously enough, the erection of this quarter of
Delhi, a benefit in itself, led to one of the greatest
benefits that has been conferred on India. From it
sprang the abolition of the transit duties. Finding
that the trade of the place was strangled by these
vexatious imposts, the founder set on foot a series
of inquiries, which resulted in his appointment by
Lord W. Bentinck to inquire into these obstacles •
to trade, and the appearance of his reports in the
newspapers of Calcutta gave the final blow to a
system which public opinion had already con-
demned.

In Dec., 1831, Mr. Trevelyan was appointed
deputy-secretary to Government in the secret and
political department. In April, 1836, he was no-
minated secretary to the Sudder Board Revenue,
and this office he held till January the 17th, 1838,
when he proceeded to Europe on furlough, and
having obtained a high appointment under the
Crown in England, resigned the Indian service on
Nov. the Ist, 1842. Of his eminent public services
in this country it is less our province, and less re-
quisite for us to speak, as they are here generally
known and appreciated. Though much occupied
with his arduous duties at the Treasury, ho has
always kept up his acquaintance with Indian affairs,
his views on matters connected with India have
bees read by the public with marked attention, and
his present nomination to the important govern-
ment of Madras has already received the accueil of
general approbation.--Homeward

REPRESENTATION OF ENNISKILLEN.—Mr.White-
side, the Attorney-General; retires from the representation
of Enniskillen, having sat for the borough since 1851. Tho
learned gentleman is to be a candidate for the University,
in succession to Mr. George A. Hamilton, and it is con-
sidered probable that ho will be returned without at least
any serious opposition. The Hon. John Cole, ono of the
Enniskillen family, was of course applied to fill up the
vacancy about to bo created by the retirement of Mr. White—
side, but he declined the honour on the score of delicate
health. Two gentlemen connected with the Government
then put in their claims, but they found no favour in the
eyes of the constituency ; in this emergency, Mr. Paul
Dane, a gentleman of great local influence, has been
selected as the choice of the Enniskillen Tories. A Con-
test, however, looms in the distance.

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