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Ministers have been reproached, by the Tory ;newspapers, with su-

pineness, in not appointing Lord DURHAM'S successor. T he last on dit on this subject is, that they intend to make Sir JOHN COLBORNE Lord High Commissioner and Governor. General. This would not be a maladroit method of sopping the Tories; and if larger powers were demanded by the Opposition for their Goveanor than they allowed to Lord DURHAM, Ministers would gladly grant them. To be sure, little in the way of political improvement could be expected from Sir Joitat Coanonsta ; but it is clear that for the next year or two—and how much longer, none can specify—Canada is destitted to be kept down by au army, not governed by civil institutions.