The Government have apparently acceded to an arrangement devised in
Canada of some importance. The Canadian Ministers are desirous that, with such complicated affairs often on hand,— fishery questions, for example, in which the Imperial and Domi- nion Government must act together,—they should be directly represented in London. They have, therefore, appointed Sir A. T. Galt to be "Canadian Minister in London," and the direct intermediary between themselves and the Departments at home. lie will not, it is said, be a member of the Canadian Cabinet, though this was at first reported, but will be treated as if he. were by his own masters, and be received as holding that rank by her Majesty's Government. We can see no objection to this arrangement, though it suggests the practice of foreign States, as the Canadians are constantly sending over deputations to arrange important subjects, the members of which never quite think themselves treated with sufficient respect. A resi- dent Minister will soon understand his exact rights, and will, though in the trying position of an unacknowledged ambas- sador, not be half as irritable as if he had come over for a few weeks, while he will have a much more continuous grasp of the position of Canadian affairs at home.
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