*GREY, SIR GEORGE, K.C.B., was born in Ireland, and after receiving a careful education, entered the army, in which he ultimately obtained the rank of captain. In 1836, in conjunction with Lieutenant Lushington, he offered himself to Lord Glenelg, then colonial secre tary, to undertake a journey of discovery in Australia. The proposal was accepted, and the expedition left Plymouth in July 1837. It was occupied in exploring the country in the basin of the Glenelg River, from November iu the same year to April 1833, when he returned to the Mauritius, after the expedition had suffered much hardship, and Mr. Grey had been wounded. lu September of the same year he formed a new expedition to explore the district in the neighbour hood of the Swan River, from which he returned in April 1840. On reaching England, he began to prepare his materials for publication, which was eventually accomplished in 1841, under the title of 'Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia,' but before they appeared he had been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia. lu this situation ha dis tinguished himself by his capacity, firmness, and courtesy. He cul tivated an acquaintance with the natives, and acquired the language so far as to be able to compile a 'Vocabulary of the Dialect of South Western Australia.' Early in 1846 he was removed as Governor to
New Zealand, where he exhibited the same judicious mixture of firinuess and conciliation, which secured him the esteem of the com munity over which he presided. It was even of more importauce in New Zealand than it had been in Australia to gain the confidence and respect of the natives, whose interests had been affected, and whose passions had been roused by some injudicious treatment of the previous governor. Governor Grey paid great attention to this. Ho says himself he found it impossible to conciliate a numerous and turbulent people, to understand their complaints, or to redress their grievances, without acquiring their language. This he did. The immediate result was an effective and popular government ; the collateral results were the publication of a collectiou of New Zealand poems, and of a most curious and highly suggestive work on the Poly nesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race.' This work was not published till 1855, after Sir George had left New Zealand ; he having been appointed in July 1854 Governor and Commandersiu-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope. Sir George was created a Knight-Commander of the Bath in 1848.