The New York herald., 1878-10-22
New Governor Genera
Can ada.

Canada.
We reprint from the Ishmaelitish London
| World lively but malicious article in
tended to pour ridicule on the Marquis of
Lorne, who will soon arrive in Canada to
| replace Lord Dufferin. The contemptuous
heading Of this article, 'McTappertit, !"
suggests the vein in which it is written.
| Tappertit is the we'll known lover
Of Dolly Warden in "Barnaby Ridge"
who is made infinitely droll by the
self-conceit which Dickens has engrafted
on his native littleness. The London
Worlds "McTappertit" simply means a
Scotch Tappertit, which is as contemptu-
| GUS and descriptive a nickname as the in
genuity of malice could have invented for
| the new Governor General. It's resem-
blance, however, is that Of q caricature and
not of portrait. But, like the distorted
caricatures in Punch, it is suggestive.
| We suppose it to be true enough that the
| Marquis of Lorne made his social position
equivocal and awkward by marrying into
the royal family, whose members look
askance upon him as an intruder into their
circle, while the nobility, among whom he is
heir to high position, regard with envious
intolerance his aspiration to outrank all the
other members Of his order. Such an
article as we copy from the London World
is calculated to crafty the spite and resent
ment both of tho royal family against an in
truder and of the nobility against what they
consider as upstart pretensions. But the
ingenious disparagement which suffuses the
article which we copy serves to make more
conspicuous the dexterity and fnesse
Of Lord Beaconsfeld, who lifts the
husband of the Princess Louise out of
the social embarrassments which attend
his position in England and transplants
him to sphere of action where neither the
| jealousy of his order nor the supercilious-
ness of the royal family can annoy or i'm
| pede him. As Governor General of Canada
he will not suffer from the disparagement
Of envious observers, and may securely
count on the favorable and even the partial
| judgment of the people whom he is ap-
pointed to rule. Lord Beaconsfeld has
never exhibited q brighter instance Of his
| wonderful social and political tact than in
giving to the Queens son-in-law an oppor-
tunity to display his talents in q theatre
where envy and jealousy will be powerless
against him.
The ill-natured criticisms Of the London
be sure, the Marquis of Lorne has made no
figure in Parliament, but it is to be remem-
bered that he is only thirty-threc years Of
age At the time of his marriage he was
only twenty-six, and since then he has en-
countered the enyious distractions Incl
dent to his anomalous position. He has
shown as much talent as Lord Dufferin had at
the same age. In 1859, when Lord Dufferin
was Of precisely the same age as the Mar
auis of Lorne is at present, Dufferin made
his yacht voyage to Iceland and gathered
materials for his book, Letters from High
Latitudes," which he published in the fol-
lowing year. He certainly enjoyed less
consideration then than the Marquis of
Lorne possesses at present. Certain it is
that the new Governor General will be re-
ceived in Canada with the heartiest demon
STATIONS of devoted loyalty; that early mis-
takes of ignorance, if he should commit
any. will be generously pardoned; that Sir
John Macdonald, who is the ablest and
most experienced statesman of the Domin-
ion, will give him wise advice; certain, too,
that the opposition will treat him and his
| illustrious consort with rs much respect
and affection as the supporters of the ad-
ministration. He is certain to be very pop
| ular ut first. and to have fair trial under
favorable auspices until he shall have had
time to acquire full knowledge of his new
| duties.
| PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
| Governor Lucius Robinson 10 al the 81. James