Lord Lawrence died unexpectedly athis residence in London, on the
28th ult. He was only sixty-eight, and although his con- stitution had been much shattered, his death was not expected. Under any other Government, his pre-eminent services—for he preserved the dependency of which Lord Beaconsfield has made her Majesty Empress, would have been recognised by a public funeral; but Lord Lawrence opposed the wretched Afghan war, and the Premier, therefore, has no honour for his memory. No public official notice has been taken of his death, the Court Circular not even recording a message from the Queen, though, of course, one must have been sent ; and in answer to Lord Granville on Monday, Lord Beaconsfield only replied, in a few cold words, that Lord Lawrence would be' honoured and remembered, and that he " understood " he would be buried in Westminster Abbey, an honour paid at the discretion of the Dean. We have endeavoured elsewhere to describe Lord Lawrence's public character, but feel as we read it we have still failed to explain to Englishmen the deep honour felt for his memory by all Anglo- Indians, He saved an empire, and was not uplifted by the feat.
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