The Morning •Chronicle having said that Mr. Poulett Thomson ac-
cepted the office of Governor-General of Canada at the request of Mr. Ellice, that gentleman has contradicted the statement, in the following letter published in the Chronicle— Inverness-shire, Gth September 18:;9. "Sir—I have seen, with the utmost astonishment, this morning, in your pa- r of the 3d instant, a statement that Mr. Poulett Thomson had accepted the Government of Canada at ?ay earnest request.
I desire you will contradict that statement on my behalf, from whatever quarter your information may have been derived. 141 am, Sir, your obedient servant, Enisasen Ermrca."
[Mr. Edward Ellice is known to meddle with every Ministerial ar- rangement; and that he had some concern in Mr. Poulett Thomson's appointment nobody doubts. He says that he did not earnestly request Mr. Thomson to accept the Governor-Generalship of Canada : possibly Mr. Thomson did not require pressing; but the main point is, whether he did not promote and encourage the arrangement ? Mr. Ellice will not say " no " to this question, and would not be believed if he did. The fact is, Mr. Ellice, finding that the selection of Mr. Thomson is generally condemned, would thin escape front the responsibility—if such a term may be applied, morally, to the unseen workings of an unofficial, unrecognized meddler, who has no constitutional re-
sponsibility—of having been a party to it : but he cannot. To sa- crifice poor Pow is easy, but the attempt to shield himself must fail. Mr. Ellice ought to have been sure that the Pique had sailed before publishing the shabby attack on his friend. The Morning (Aro- nick is left in an unpleasant position by Mr. Ellice's contradiction ; and has shown extraordinary finthearance and self-denial in postponing its justification to a " future day." That our contemporary spoke at random in the matter, is most unlikely.]
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