17 JANUARY 1846, Page 1
It is rumoured that Lord Cathcart is to be the
new Governor- General of Canada—of course, provisionally, as Sir John Col borne was. A military commander, unknown to politics, cannot be a fit Governor for Canada, whatever his personal qualities and abilities may be. Such a mistake as to intrust him with the post permanently, would be too glaring, even for the greenest novice or the oldest routine-monger in the Colonial Office.
