18 JULY 1846, Page 2

The Governmental derangement in Canada seems to continue. The papers

which we have received fail to enlighten us on the subject, and we only recur to it in order to remind Ministers of an unaccomplished duty in that quarter. When Lord Cathcart was appointed Governor-General; it was understood that he was selected on account of the warlikemaspect of affairs, but that his appointment would not outlast the military exigency. That has past ; and Lord Cathcart has more than fulfilled every fear that he possessed no proper qualification for the civil office. The man- agement of the colony, at all times an arduous task, is rendered more so by the immediate necessity of elucidating the advantages which may attend Colonial relations with this country even under a Free-trade regime ;. e, duty for which. Lord Cathcart is peculi arly unsuitable ; but one, on the other hand, for which the Whigs ought to be specially able to find the right man.