Lord Northbrook and His Mission in India; A Lecture. a Lecture (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... in both Houses might congratulate themselves that so responsible a work was placed in his hands. Mr. Cowper-Temple, M. P., responded for the county members. We had, he said, benefited India by our actions and reticence; we had never made it a field of party strife; and we most wisely declined to interfere with the private grievances of native princes. After a few local toasts, and the health of the chairman had been given, the company dispersed.--Home News. ARRIVAL OF LORD NORTHBROOK AT BOMBAY. Amid the thunders of cannon from sea and shore, and the enthusiastic cheers of a vast multitude of people, the Right Honobable Thomas Geobge Baeing, Babon Noethbbook, appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India, landed yesterday evening at Bombay. For days past the arrival of His Lordship has been looked forward to with great interest by all classes, for it was known that the reception would be worthy of the occasion, and that the spectacle of the landing would be one which for brilliance and impressiveness would put in the shade everything of the kind which has been seen here for a long time past. All over the world scarlet coats, gold lace, waving plumes, and the gay dresses of the weaker sex, go far towards making the success of public reception j and yesterday there were all these and more; and the bright beams of a declining tropical sun lit up everything with a glory of its own, and left nothing wanting to complete the the splendour of the scene. East of the Suez Canal, there is perhaps no place more admirably fitted by nature than Bombay for the celebration of an event of this description. One of the loveliest sights in the world meets the eye of the traveller as he enters India by its western gateway. The noble harbour, with its forests of masts, its picturesq...