Mr. Disraeli is evidently anxious to do all in his
power to obliterate the bad impression caused by appointing so incapable a man as Lord Mayo to govern India, by showing great prudence in his more recent recommendations. Since selecting for Canada Sir John Young,—who, by the way, though a Liberal himself, has a very powerful family connection among the Tories,—he has appointed Colonel Wilson Patten,—the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,—Irish Secretary in Lord Mayo's place. Colonel Wilson Patten is the most respected, the most sensible, and the most -conciliatory of the Conservative party,—an unequalled man of business, and a universal favourite. The Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster has not yet been filled up. It was stated that Lord Henry Lennox, at present the Secretary to the Admiralty, was to have it, but the rumour seems to have been premature.
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