New-York tribune., 1878-10-24
CANADIAN TOPICS.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.

FROM GOVERN OR-GENERALS DOWN 10 MAhhLllN"'
AND TOUCH AT POLITICS.
lFRoN An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEI
OTTAWA. Oct. 2O.-As soon as it became
known in Canada that Lord Dpfelin would not accept
an extension OF his official term, everybody was curious
TO know who would be sent govern In his stead Con-
seoueutIy IL was in order. when meeting fnend, 10
saw " And so We must part with Lord Duherlh' VINO
comes nextl" or course the friend didn't Know any
better than the inquirer did but IL made conversation
One day last Winter in meeting lady WHO usuhliy
spends her Winters the Capital OF the Dominion the
usual query propOunded' ana Tesditeu III 'Aie 'O"
ing conversation
lido not know, am sure. hear the Duke of Man
chester spoken Of"
"Ab. the Duke of Manchester! That viii be very
nice"
"Not at all nice. think it will he very nasty PRAY
who is the Duchess of Manchester nobody posi-
lively nobody! Simply woman Of great personal
beauy and rather remarkable mental attaInmens but
nbdy" and in her viruOus and respectable wfah sue
consigned the destroyed duchess 10 oblivion, win ho
even a saving vowel.
gut certainly the Princess Louise is somebody, aud
rather an august somebody too. Aud tlhN 'nat IL
fashionable circles just slight remor OF agitation
s felt as TO how accessible Rdcau Hall will be to society
during her residence there. "SocicB wOrsbpped Lod
and Lady Duferin, and they have made 1t hin'ut Oi
their SUCCESSORS. In their time, round Of dinners DS
ai-homcs, thcarcals, concerts and skating parties
managed to gather in society in It's most I'D
eral extent. Indeed, so wide was tho hdsp-
taity OF Rdcau Hall. that some Of the more
excusiv, ompained that the circle surrounding was
rather TOO elastic Bat lie It as il may, whether society
is subdued or encouraged by tho august princess C"h
ada IS deeply grateful ana highly hOuOred ny 'he Hl
pointment of the MARQUIS OF LONE. II has long been
cherished hope that Of the Queens children aou"
be sent to Canada and that that has Dcen renlzed
Canadian loyalty will bubble Great a. j. the gen
,ttrtI nrp
who actually cries for more. - could have wished
he said, "that We might have had tho Duke
OF Edinburgh aud tbat lie might have hesh
made n periuaueut Governor. II that had been ne
case il would have created most delightful to'ia lc
here; noble families might taNe htth lhuu.ct 10 'vl
wea nv and nustocratc families throughout Canada
,,uI have m0yed 10 Ottawa; and o., would also have
come from NcW-YOrk Boston, Baltimore ana an lH'
large American cities 10 enjoy the privilege Of ns~oc
gtinV with ROYALTY etc. etc" Perhaps my republican
training prevented the picture showing sr 70 me u. a.
c1wn cGors rs II showed itsci To hun. for must con
- I could not answer with The sympathetic tone
he evidently expected. On the DINER hhlu one ~
casionaly meets persons who regret the appointment on
these grounds: they fear tn8t the splcndor ana tN-
prnse OF household behtiiuE the RANK OF 'lr haIqsoI
Jonc and the Princess Louise VIII bring j"ut taste l"f
cxtravagut dls play The part Of the people oi Ottawa
which they not the means TO gHhl' Oln"h III I7
social makeup is not unlike small uhlNtflD t"Nh-
tna s the lea iug people poor bat aWiEy respect
able aud nearly all live on salaries "hcu are somt-
thmg hk Mother Gouses son Jack
mot very good, nor yet very bad
Not very good when you want couple Of thousands
more than you have. and not very Dad "h'n
yno,e than nothing but al the same Ottaw, has 10
consider it, ways and means II Is rather a ood com
ciJruce t,Ht 6oth Lord Dufcrn ana the Marquis Oi
Iorne should have been known In advance each hy BIZ
book Of travels though while the former wrote from
frames y" With a gentleman Of well-known htrrar
tastes aud ability and lady whose artistic skill Is
universally acknowledged, hlng the most important
place In Canada Is 10 bc hoped spirit OF culture Will
grow up. truly refined and educated circle form
Nv ainsion to the salaries given by the Government
TO officers reminds To say something about theeA-
~ liyiD no
compared with living I'm Washington Houses are cheap
but fuel Is dear servants m ,i1 is aUs i ~ ","T @ -
"a a month The markets arc excellent, ana DO not
ho" & ~ ,nc FonT il good and CHEAP; frut yeIy
reasonable; butter OF delicious quahtY Is now
given away. For dollar one can take hume
enough TO keep q gOod-sbyd family Tor dayJ
. cents viii buy enormous weteImel"ni =.
large musk1nelon B. two three good heads ot celery;
%. u twelyequart pail OF iresh PlhH mushrooms On
their season they brought To town literally bY n,
wagon lOad tomatoes bushe Tor 30 cent? ana Tor ~
cents pound the choice cuts OF bcei tnchcns are 80
40 cents rar, ana turkeys NeiEhlhg "pOu' ~
pounds 80 cents each, ducks ana geese Drlnglng
abundant, and this Will make me dnli times Tor ciiy
labOTers comparatively easy II Is TOhdeilui TO c To
see upon how little poor family can here live decCuty,
especially among the French Canadians.
At present We are Witnessing curious spectacle ~
Canada-a total reversal Of two governments within
Government. whilst the Dominion, 50 lately strongly
Liberal has gone INTO Conservative hands; aud oddly
enOugh the party which has elected the government
has left its leader out IN the cOd-kngsi,n which Sir
A.
lifetime, having returned Liberal However, Sir John
easily found vacancy 10 be returned from, and Will
once more stand the helm. change Of government
does not here throw OcehUldorniO such wild disnay
az in the United states since the CIVIL Service u
maueut thing for its officers. Stlll deep dlsmay
felt throughout the Dominion the morning aftsr the
general election for II is mOrtiyng to see party
which went out loaded with political disgrace come
into power again In i've ycars-iar too short time iOr
the people forget It's history but quite long enough
seems for its skul and uuscrupOus leaders 10 bury
past They strobe trtumplauty into power this
time. with " Protection " ns their wachword II had
sound with the masses, ana they ODeuieutly fol
lowed Curious and numerous are the stories told
| nv defeated candidates or tho taken
| 10 defeat them aud / fancy even Yankee
| ingenuity might learn few election tricks
by taking lessons from their Canadian nelghbors.