The Irish standard., 1897-09-18

a soldier who had seen much service
In the East. At least four Of his sons
distinguished themselves in Indian wars
Or in Indian statecraft Sir John (af-
forwards Lord) Lawrence was perhaps
the most amply rewarded for his SER
vices, but Sir Henry Lawrence has left
a deeper, more indelible impression
upon the history of India.
1t needs hardly be said that Lord
Dufferin was most successful viceroy
though he has rendered even more i'm
portant aid to England in other capaci-
ties Prominently associated with him
as secretary to the Home Government
was another Irishman-Sr Anthony
mcdonnell. The late Earl Of Mayo, a
man of equally high character and am
liable disposition, was one of the best
governors India ever had. Though prob
ably the mildest hammered viceroy who
ever occupied the post, he was unfortun-
ate enough to fall a victim to the weap
on of fanatic while travelling over one
of the Indian provinces AS Lord Mas,
he had occupied several Irish official
posts with credit. or the most recent
viccroyalty of Lord Landsdowne there
is mall occasion to speak. 1t has been
highly praised in some quarters; but
that nobleman does not seem to have
shown any very great or startling ca
pacty. Though this Is not the place to
deal eXhaustively with the careers OF
Irish soldiers who have spent their lives
in building up Or in preserving English
influence in India, it is impossible to
ignore altogether those who may be
fairly considered to have been rulers of
the British Empire. The history of the
Indian Empire is thckly studded with
names of men like Hugh Cough, John
Nicholson. Eyre Coote, Stringer, Law
renee. Charles Napier, Roberts, White,
and others far too numerous to mention,
without whose valoT and capacity for
leadership the brightest jewel in Brit
aims crown would show very dimly and
f1tfully in the history OF English empire
1t Is pleasant. however, to turn to a
continent where more peaceful and more
Creditable methods obtain. In Australia
and New Zealand Irishmen have from
the first more than held their own. To
merely name those who have risen to
fame in those colonies alone a gn~dIy
space would be required. The leading
Australian explorers have been Irish
men, and L noble monument is raised
In f,f
DRY Of Robert O'Hara Burke, Galway
man: John King, an Antrim man; and
Others who. under Burkes guidance. did
admirable but hazardous work in OPEN
ing up portions of that vast continent
Burke persisted in the expedition and
his memory is held in the deepest re-
gard by Australians. The names of Sir
Redmond Barry, Sir Richard Bourko,
and Sir Dominic DAILY. almost naturally
occur first to anyone writing about Aus
tralia. Barry was Cork man, who was
able to give important assistance to his
adopted country in its struggles for
greater control over it's affairs; while
Bourke street, one of the leading streets
held Of Sir Richard Bourke by the Vic
torian people. Sir Dominic Daily, a Gal
way man, was governor Of South Aus
tralia in 1S62-1S63. and was enormously
popular. He held other responsible
positions of a like kind with equal Sue
cess Sir W. w. Cairns, a County Down
man, after acting as governor Of Trina
dad in 1874. became governor of Queen
land; while the present Sir Andrew
Clarke, who filled several notable posi-
lions in Victoria and elsewhere, was
governor of the Straits settlements. He
halls from 'Ould Donegal Another
County Down man, Sir Arthur Kennedy.
occupied successfully the positions OF
governor of Vancouver Island Trinadad,
Fill Queensland, Hong Kong, etc. In
deed. there Is no English colonial pos
session which has not had several Irish
governors The difficulty is to know
where to begin. The late Sir William
Robinson held many such posts. Sir
William Des Voeux, member of an old
Queens county family, was governor of
Trinidad. Fiji, the Bahamas, Hong
Kong, Newfoundland. and so on. The
same may be said of Sir Terence Muir
ray, Sir Terence O'Brien. Sir William
Gregory, Lord Lisgar formerly Sir John
Young. Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Earl of Belmore. Viscount Germans
ton, Sir Henry Blake, Lord Rosmead,
and host Of others. Under present
circumstances such posts are more orna-
mental than anything else. but there
have been times when they have been
something more than that AS these
governors have been appointed by the
English government, however. without
consulting the people whom they were
appointed to rule, the appointments are
less interesting in general than those
which have been made by the coonists
themselves. And here Irishmen have
specially distinguished themselves. Over
and over again have they received the