Lord Dufferin made a very eloquent and most graceful speech
in Belfast on Wednesday, in answer to the congratulations which Ulster offered him on his new dignity of Viceroy of India. Nothing could be better than his description of the tasks which are set the Viceroys of India, or than his own ideal of a prosperous Viceroyalty, which consists in this, that his name should hardly be heard in the United Kingdom between the time of his leaving it and the time of his return. This does not mean that he would wish in any way to evade great and arduous duties ; but that he wishes to deal with duties of a kind on which an appeal to England is hardly possible, and that he wishes his Administration to be one of peace. He reminded his audience of the number of Ulster men who had made their mark in India, of the Duke of Wellington, of Lord Wellesley, Lord Mayo, Lord Lawrence, Sir Robert Montgomery. And we sincerely hope that none of these will prove to have left a more benignant mark on India than that which still remains to be impressed by the genius of Lord Dufferin.
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