The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17 00:00:00

THE NEW VICEROY OF CANADA.

The Canadian and American papers to hand this week con-
tain numerous eoi.gratulatory references to the appoint-
ment, from which it appears that the appointment of the
Marquis of Lorne as Governor-General of Canada has given
great satisfaction in the Dominion :

The Ontario Globe says :—" The appointment of the
Marquis of Lorne to the Governorship of Canada is
one of the surprises in which the Prime Minister of
England delights. We doubt whether any Adminis
tration less enterprising would have conceived the
idea of sending a son-in-law of the Queen to this
country. As a matter of course Lord Lorne's appoint-
ment will be received in Canada with universal joy.
Her Majesty and her councillors have displayed the
utmost goodwill toward the Dominion in the choice
they have made. No selection could have shown
greater confidence in the future of this country, and
none could be more beneficial. It will turn all eyes
in Britain towards Canada; it will bring thousands
of tourists t) admire our natural scenery and study
our material resources, and will secure for us even a
greater share than otherwise we could have had of the
great emigration which must necessarily take place
when active prosperity is again made manifest on this
Continent. We are sure that every inhabitant of
Canada, of whatever origin, will receive with grati-
tude this latest exhibition by the Queen of the kindly
goodwill which she has always shown towards the
Dominion. The Marquis will undoubtedly prove an
excellent Constitutional ruler.

The Mail says :—"The young LDrd who will now,
as head of our Canadian Government, represent the
Queen, has had great advantages. He is son of the
distinguished statesman, the Duke of Argyll; he has
himself been for many years in Parliament; he is a
scholar and an author of some distinction; he is a
personal friend of the Governor General, and he will
have the benefit of Lord Dafferin's experienced advice.
A man himself of attractive qualities, he brings with
him a Princess whose tastes and talents and charms of
mini and person have won for her a high place in the
hearts of the English people. With fine natural gifts,
with more than the ordinary culture of educated men,
with the experience of a politician, with moreover, the
mistakes and successes of many predecessors before
him, Lord Lorne will enter on his Viceregal duties
with the happiest auguries. Nor among these must
be placed at least the fact that he comes among a
people on whom no amiable or brilliant qualiig will
be lost."

The Montreal Star says :—" This is a legitimate out-
come of a Conservative policy towards the colonies as
indicated by Lord Beaconsfield in his speech of expla-
nation the other day. He intimated a desire for a
closer relationship between Great Britain and her
colonies, and it is evident that the course to be pur-
sued toward the colonies is to draw them closer to the
central authority, a portion of which bond, it was to
be presumed, would be in the fact of Canada being
presided over by one who had the closest family rela-
tionship with her Majesty. The news will be gene-
rally hailed with satisfaction."

The Hamilton Times says :—" The appointment will
be a good one, and will give the liveliest satisfaction
to the people of this country. His appointment is a
great compliment, not only to Canada but to Lord
Dufferin, whom no ordinary English nobleman would
be likely to succeed satisfactorily." The article con-
cludes :—" The country at large will be glad of an ap-
pointment which will serve as ah additional link, if
that were needful, to bind Canada more closely to the '
English Throne."

The Quebec Chronicle (Liberal), speaking of the ap-
pointment of the Marquis of Lorne, says :—" The cer-
tainty that is now an assured and established fact that
so great an honour haa been conferred upon the Do-
minion will send a thrill of loyal joy and pride to the
heart of every true Canadian, while mitigating the
pang of deep and general regret felt at the departure
from our midst of our present able and esteemed
Viceroy and his amiable lady."

The Montreal Gazette (Conservative) says :
"Although the Marquis is yet a young man he has
already done something more than give promise of a
successful career. As the husband of the Princess
Louise he is included within the sacred circle of Royalty
itself. With the Queen's daughter at our capital we
ceitainly cannot complain that a low value is set on
Canada's loyalty, either by the Government or the
Throne. We have reason to be glad that Canada has
been of all the foreign possessions of the Crown singled
out for so great a distinction. With a Princess as chief
lady of the Dominion her Royal mother would be as
fully represented as by a Prince, and by all accounts
her Royal Highness is, apart from the considerations
of rank, just the one we should choose for the vacant
position accomplished, intellectual, and amiable.
With such a leader in our Viceregal Court Canada
cannot fail to be benefitted in every way."

The Herald (Liberal) says :—" Loyal Canadians of
all classes will be gratified at knowing they are to have
for the representative of their Sovereign one who is re-
lated to her by close family ties. They will be proud
to have among them the daughter of their Queen, and
will be glad to be thus assured that her Majesty has a
new and personal concern in the welfare of this part
of her dominions. Their affectionate loyalty will be
warmed by this additional bond between her Majesty
and her transatlantic subjects, and they will find
reason to hope that the direct interest which her
Majesty will now have in Canada may contribute to
increase even our material prosperity.

The Witness (Independent) says :—" The Marquis
and his Royal wife will be welcomed by Canadians
with an outburst of that loyalty which is only waiting
to show itself. No occasion for such an expression
could be more auspicious than the compliment paid to
the Canadian people of having a Princess sent out to
live among them, and that almost at their own invita-
tion; tor among the first spoken of by the Canadian
press as a possible and welcome successor of the Earl
of Dufferin was the Marquis. They know him to be a
young man of the greatest promise, descended from a
long line of statesmen who have taken a first place in
the councils of the nation."