Let Us Walk In With The "Nobility And
Gentry," And Make Our Best Bow To The Scion Of Royalty.
There, in fall
uniform, you will recognize His Excellency Lord Dorchester, the Governor-
General, one of our most popular
Administrators; next to him, that tall,
athletic military man, is the Deputy Governor-General, Sir Alured Clark.
He looks eager to grasp the reins of office from his superior, who will
set sail for home in a few days. See how thoughtful the Deputy Governor
appears; in order to stand higher with his royal English master he
chuckles before-hand over the policy which gives to many old French
territorial divisions, right English names - Durham, Suffolk, Prince
Edward, York, Granville, Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, Kent. The western
section of Canada will rejoice in the new names of Hesse, Luneberg,
Nassau, Mecklenburg. That Deputy Governor will yet live to win a baton
[216] of Field Marshal under a Hanoverian sovereign. He is now in close
conversation with Chief Justice William Smith, senior. Round there are a
bevy of Judges, Legislative Councillors, Members of Parliament, all done
up to kill, a l'ancienne mode, by Monsigneur Jean Laforme, [217] court
hair-dresser, with powdered periwigs, ruffles and formidable pigtails.
Here is Judge Mabane, Secretary Pownall, Honorable Messrs. Finlay, [218]
Dunn, Harrison, Holland, Collins, Caldwell, Fraser, Lymburner; Messrs.
Lester, Young, Smith junior. Mingled with them you also recognize the
bearers of old historic names - Messrs. de Longueuil, Baby, de Bonne,
Duchesnay, Duniere, Gueroult, de Lotbiniere, Roc de St. Ours, Dambourges,
de Rocheblave, de Rouville, de Boucherville, Le Compte, Dupre, Bellestre,
Taschereau, de Tonnancour, Panet, de Salaberry, and a host of others.
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