13 NOVEMBER 1875, Page 2

It is announced that , General Sir F. Haines will be

the next• Commander-in-Chief in India. 'Probably no man so little known to the• public ever obtained so important a command, but Sir Frederick is evidently trusted by his superiors. He was appointed unexpectedly to Madras, and during his four years of command there seems to have earned a confidence which has secured him the reversion of the greater command, which has very rarely,. perhaps only once, been given to a decidedly inferior man. Lord Gough, who was considered one because he did not know any- thing outside his profession, could get more out of British soldiers than many an abler man, and had a distinct talent for choosing good subordinates.