Lord Dufferin made his final speech in Canada on the
5th haat., and devoted it to smoothing the path of the future Viceroy. The literary and artistic tastes of Lord Lorne, his wide travels, and his experience of the House of Commons would make him " in- telligently sympathetic with every phase of life in Canada," while in his wife the humblest settler in Canada would find a friend. It was true, said Lord Dufferin, with perhaps a trace of serious- ness under his banter, that Lord Lorne had one great drawback, he was not an Irishman. That was not his fault, and he had done the best for himself he could in being born a Celtic High- lander ; but still he was not Irish, and Irishmen, like Lord Palmerston, Lord Monck, and Lord Mayo, made the best Governors. Even the French had found that out, and had raised Marshal MacMahon to the Presidency. Still the Scotch were entitled to their turn, and even those poor English might come in by-and-by. The audience seem to have been delighted with this humorous fooling, and after all, it has an element of troth. Irishmen like Lord Dufferin do make good Governors for dependencies, because Colonists demand, before all things, sym- pathy, which Englishmen either cannot give them, or giving it, cannot make the gift appreciable. We trust that the rumour is true which assigns to Lord Dufferin—who, it should be remem- bered, has a streak in him of the " diamond heart," and can hang if needful—a prominent function in the East.
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