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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 69, 3 July 1863, Page 3

i The Goveenor-General op India. - —At Benares, recently, Lord Elgin dined with one hundred gentlemen. He cited his American experience of cheap railways, and urged their introduction into India. His allusion to his r two predecessors, who successively presided on similar occasions at the opening or extension of the line, was sad : — " Both of these distinguished men were my contemporaries; both, I believe I may without presumption say, my intimate friends. It is a singular coincidence that three successive Governors- . General of India have stood towards each other in this relationship of "large and intimacy. One consequence., is, that the burden of governing India has devolved upon us respectively at dif- , ferent periods of our lives. Lord Dali housie, when named to the government of India was, I believe, the youngest man who had ever been appointed to a - situation of such high responsibility and; x. trust; Lord Canning was in^the prime v^> of life ; and I, if I am'not already on the decline, am at least nearer to the^^ verge of it than either ofJn^gM^^H poraries who have prec^^^^^^^^^H deed, when h was lea^^^^^^^^^^^^H India, LdtdEllea^^^^^^^^^H alas ! the onh^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H General °^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| not a v £j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| you vgj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H maD^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J