A LACHRYMOSE GOVERNOR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 993, 12 July 1883, Page 4

A LACHRYMOSE GOVERNOR.

“JSgles,” in the Austtalisian, nar“"rater the 'following anecdote “ Our former Governor, Sir Gush, had many of the qualifications of the accomplished actor. He had, great power of facial expression, and could;' it is believed, weep at will. It is, indeed, supposed in some quarters that he has succeeded in triOMnitfirig * this capability. And this is borne out by a story told of his departure from Mauritius. When the -reached A certain point, the allegation ts : that he was overheard to say to some oCW family, ‘ Now cry.’ Experience, I ..think* .shows that this disciplining ofi the emotions tends very much: to the production of ; best possible effect. We- have all heard of the emotional and “ clergyman, whose manuscript sermons were found to have' marginal; iidtes, ‘ Cfy here,’ etc. In every well-regulated mind the sympathetic emotions are not destroyed or

imprisoned, but permitted to operate under the guidance of-the reason; So that there is reason to believe that the ‘ cry now ’ of Sir Gush was quite in" accordance with “the maxims of philosophy. Of the powers of this distinguished man in this direction I had a personal experience. He. was about to pay a visit to the Mother Country, and before leaving was entertained at the Melbourhe Town-Hall at a farewell J»-sfeaJ|ing of rejoining his fagftrty, Hben in. Europe, his eyes suffuMLbut the ready cambric arrested the mspSHdinglear 1 -it was very touching. I had a friend to whom to say farewell on board the steamer that day,

and afterwards returned by the postoffice boat from Williamstown to Sandridge. One who had held an important official relation to his Excellency said, ‘Did you observe how the old boy worked the tear-pump after lunch today?’ I said that‘His Excellency’s tenderness of heart did him credit.’ ‘Ah! but,’ said my new acquaintance, * he has done that kind of thing before ; when he left New Zealand he wept copiously. But unfortunately the hardhearted people down there entirely misconceived the thing— they. thought he was drunk!’ ” r 1