We hope Lord Granville will be careful in the distribution
of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. It was a good idea to revive it for colonial dignitaries, who will value the handle to their wives' names exceedingly, but we do not understand the principle of the first creations. The three Governors of Guiana, the Bahamas, and Nova Scotia, we dare say, deserve the Order,— Mr. Hincks certainly does,—and so does Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, and Sir H. Robinson, though the Ceylon settlers will not admit that; but what is it given to Colonial Attorney-Generals for ? Why does no Canadian get it, and no New Zealander, and what is the special fancy for Ceylon, that it should have three all at once? We dare say there are reasons for each nomination, but it will be well if the Secretary of State keePs the distribution pretty much in his own hands.
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