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Lieutenant-Colonel Burne, now in the Council of India, but formerly

Military Secretary to Lord Mayo, is to accompany Lord Lytton to India as Private Secretary. If that selection has been made by Lord Lytton, it is creditable to his judgment, Colonel Burne deserving much of the credit of Lord Mayo's reign '; but if it has been made by Lord Salisbury, it suggests that he is not quite so confident m the new appointment as the Premier, and thinks an experienced, trustworthy dry-nurse not out of place for a little while. In either case, Lord Lytton will have the benefit of the advice of a singularly competent man, who has the business of the Viceroyalty at his fingers' ends, and will not be embarrassed at first by his own ignorance of persons and details.

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