11 NOVEMBER 1865, Page 2

Lori Napier will sacceed e-ir E. Denison at Madras—a curious

appointment, the Indian Governorships being seldom filled from the diplomatic service. His Lordship succeeded in St. Petersburg, but his administrative capacity is not known, and he has the repu- tation of being rather given to " views." He will have a heavy task in Madras, where the army is furiously discontented at being placed on the " irregular " footing, the Civil Service so small as to be a clique, and the people but just recovering from the pauper- izing effect of annual settlements of the land tax. His first duty will, we fear, be to ascertain the real temper of the coast army, which, though not so strong as that of Bengal, has behind it the Nizam's army, a fierce Mnasulinan population, and some 14,000 Arabs encamped in the Deccan.