We will simply call him a governor, not troubling ourselves with his qualifications, as of course they have not been considered at the Colonial Office.

He may be an upright, clear-headed, indefatigable man, in the prime of life, or he may be old, crotchety, pigheaded, and mentally and physically incapable.

He may be either; it does not much matter, as he can only remain for five years, at which time his term expires.
We will suppose that the crotchety old gentleman arrives first.

The public will be in a delightful perplexity as to what the new governor will do--whether he will carry out the views of his predecessor, or whether he will upset everything that has been done in the past five years; all is uncertainty.

The only thing known positively is, that, good or bad, he will pocket seven thousand a year![1] His term of government will be chequered by many disappointments to the public, and, if he has any feeling at all, by many heartburnings to himself.