"HOME NEWS " EXTRACTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume xvx, Issue 228, 25 September 1880, Page 4

"HOME NEWS " EXTRACTS.

THB NEW GOVERNOR POR THE CAPE. There must have been some difficulty in fipdiner a successor tor Sir Bartle Frere. To the seniors in the proconsular service bf tbe Crown, transfer to the Cape would bring, no very substantial increase.in salary, while the political situation is not such as to make any but a very sanguine or ambitious man eager for the post. Nevertheless an Excellent sei Action has seemingly been made. Sir Hercules bas had much experience of Colonial Government and Colonial government and ColpnjalJ.ife He is thoroughly at hpme, too, in Civil administration, having * graduated in Ireland, where he filled many important offices, his first employment having been in connection with the distribution, of relief during the Irish famine. He married in Ireland, and - well, a lady of the family of Lord Valentis, who has since ably seconded him in tbe difficult task of Colonial entertainment, and his olways proved a charming head to Colonial society. Sir Heroules bas been in succession at various West India Islands, at Hong Kong, in Ceylon, aod lastly in New Zealand. If he can take up the tangled threads of Cape Government, and suoceed in pacifying the Basutos as well as converting the colonists of :the ■" Old Colony" to a true appreciation of the blessings of confederation, be will Ijave accomplished a great work. But it is one which will greatly' tax his .powers. However, he comes first to England to obtain a fuller and closer insight into the state of affairs, and will, at least be able to take out with him the latest, views of the present Cabinet on the whole subject.