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| CAPTURED CANNON, DUBLIN MUSEUM. -The foregoing picture shows a section of the graceful rotunda of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, sentinelled by classical statuary and guarded, as it were, by the captured cannon of the rugged Anglo-Irish warrior. Hugh, Lord Gough, who, like too many of his countrymen, powerfully assisted in building up the empire that has shown no consideration for the political or social interests of Ireland. However, Gough was simply a soldier, and, as such, he is entitled to the respect of all who admire ability and valor in the field. In a preceding sketch we showed the fine equestrian statue of this general executed by the sculptor, Foley. The cannon shown above are pieces captured by Gough in the Gwalior campaign, 1843, and in the Punjab campaign, at Sobraon, in 1846. They were presented to Lord Gough by the East India Company, when he was leaving Hindostan, and were deposited, on loan, in the Museum by his son and heir, also Lord Gough, who greatly distinguished himself as a General during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and "died in harness" as a Lieutenant-General, quite recently. We may say, en passant, that the long six-pounder, which killed General St. Ruth at Aughrim, in 1691, is still preserved in the armory at Dublin Castle. |
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