The Marquis of Lorne is to succeed Lord Dufferin as
Viceroy of the Dominion of Canada, but be does not go out till November. We have made some remarks elsewhere on this appointment, which may be either a great success or a great failure, according to the spirit in which the duty is conceived. But unquestionably if it be rightly conceived, the close connection with the Crown which Lord Lorne's marriage has given him, should be a source of great popularity. Only it will not do to expect the popularity without earning it. Lord Dufferin has been all things to Canada, —has addressed the French Canadians in French speeches as good as those of the Paris tribune, and the British back woodsmen in humour as homely and graphic as even the Western States of America could supply. After such a Viceroy, who has gained all hearts, it will hardly do merely to shed pensive though benignant rays of polarised Royalty on the Canadian people. No doubt Lord Lorne would make a mistake in imitating Lord Dufferin's modes and manners of Viceregal government too closely. He must be himself, and not an imitation of Lord Dufferin. Still, if he works as Lord Dufferin worked, and the Princess forgets she is anything but the Viceroy's wife,—which she is quite capable of doing,—the people of Canada certainly will not forget that she is the daughter of the Queen.
