Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-11

HlmNelS anu ING ulOtlltI Vi tlIGC CillluTCU. l1cl
husband, Sir Godfrey Webster, procured a di
yorce from her, and she in time married Fox
She was an heiress in her own right, her maiden
name having been Vassall. Fox, before beeom
ing Lord Holland, assumed by royal license the
name of his paramour, and in the peerage his
name stands as Henry Richard Vassall. Thi,
woman, the adulterous Lady Webster, was the
| Lady Holland of whom Macaulay speaks. Nc
wonder she was in no good repute among reput
able women. Brougham, ias II politician had
to know the Hollands but it happened once
that Lady Holland undertook to call upon
Brougham's mother in Scotland The tough
old lady ordered the outer gate of the court.
| yard to be barred. 81 am" she said, "too old
to be hurt by Lady Holland, Or anybody of her
| kind; but have an unmarried daughter living
with me, and no Lady Holland shall set foot in
my house" So Lady Holland had TO leave,
and Henry, who happened to be at home, had to
invent all sorts of excuses. "On looking back
to this event" he writes, almost half a century
afterwards, 81 apply to it the long-continued
and bitter spite with which | was favored by
| Lady Holland"
As have said, Broushams autobiography
comes down only to the year 1885. The follow
ing anecdote belongs to period twenty years
| later:
AlAmerican travellers of 1855 or Whereabouts,
will remember 'Randall's Commercial board
ing house." in King street. London. Americans
made it their home in those days. Among the
guests at that time was the late Rev. DR.. J. NJ
% n H. IL,
ever lived; but whom everybody who knew
him would call "Mac," in spite of his theolog
cal doctorate. There was also another Amer-
can traveller He had been clergyman, and af-
forwards had very creditably represented in con-
gress a Massachusetts district. shall call him
the Rev. Luke Grafton, although that is not his
name TO a T.
One evening "Mac" said to the Reverend and
Honorable Luke, a had hoped to offer you
treat this evening. There is to be a field night
in the house of peers. | expected three tickets
for the gallery one of which was to be for YOU
Unluckly have only two, and so I can not in
vite you to join our party" "Much obliged"
said the Reverend Luke, "but am going to the
lords this evening"" "Have you an order?"
gallery" 81 am not going into the gallery;
shall go on the floor" Impossible; you can't
go upon the floor except with a special intro
duction by peer; have you an Introduction
NO" cody replied the Reverend Luke, 81 have
not any introduction; but | have Travelled be-
fore, and l never found any difficulty in going
where wished. am going upon the floor of
tbo to- min in 4ba llnryr
you'll see me there. Au recOir."
Night came and after much crowding and
pushing, "Mac" and his friend forced their way
into the gallery of the house of lords. They
were hardly seated when they saw the Reverend
Luke walking up the floor, accompanied by an
elderly gentleman, with the ugliest nose and
the worst-fttng pair of plaid trousers in the
kingdom. Nobody could mistake this man. 1t
was Lord Brougham. All the evening his lord
ship appeared to be much more attentive to his
American friend than 10 the proceedings Of the
house. AT last, long after midnight, Brougham
arose and delivered short but fiery speech. At
the close he shook hands with the Reverend
Luke, who bowed and took his leave.
An hour later, "Mac' found the reverend gen
tleman quietly seated in the coffee room of their
hotel. "Mr. Grafton, said he, eve saw You on
the floor with Lord Brougham l didn't know
that you were acquainted with his lordship."
81 was not; | never saw him until tonight"
"You had letters to him~ mo, nothing of the
kind" "Then how did you manage it?"
DIT was very simple affair" replied Luke
"hardly worth mentioning; but as you seem
rather curious l will tell you about it, though
it is hardly worth while. | walked up to the
peers entrance, where was OF course stopped
by an official. This is the peers entrance" he
said; "you can't pass here; if you have an or
der for the gallery, 90 to the proper door," 81
understand very we'll" said |; 'send in my
card to Lord Broughani.' ITO Lord Brougham
beg your pardon; pass on if You please"
Il was stopped once or twice, continued the
| Reverend Luke; "but just said, My card has
been sent to Lord Rrougham' Nothing more
was wanted. So waited few minutes in the
! ante-room. A gentleman came in reading
card through his Eyeglasses | knew from the
| pictures l had seen that this was Brougham,
and stepped forward to meet bin. The Honor
| able and Reverend Luke Grafton, of America,
presume, said he. Yes, my lord .
l replied and as an American, can ask your
lordship's courtesy. In America, no name is
more highly honored than that of Henry
Brougham. From hey have admired your
| lordship's writings, and now, being III England
could not be satisfied without meeting YOU
/ have been told that this is to be teld-night
in the peers, and take the liberty to ask your
lordship to introduce me upon the floor Of the
| house, | need not say that, should you ever
visit America, shall be happy to recprocate
| the courtesy 4 shall have great pleasure in
doing So said Brougham; and we went in and
had some pleasant talk, Brougham pointing
out to me all the celebrities present.
"At last" continued the reverend Luke,
without even whining as he told the story, 81
saw that the session was drawing 70 close. .
| Pardon me, my lord ! said to Brougham, Il
had understood thar your lordship was to speak
| tonight. hope was not misnlormcG, for if
/ / go back to America without having heard a
| speech from Henry Brougham, shall feel that
| have failed in attaining one great Part Of the
object CT my journey We'll, Mr., Grafton, :
said Brougham, Z had not intended to speak
tonight; but as twill crafty you, viii dc 50
with pleasure
"And so,5' concluded the Reverend Luke,
"Brougham made the speech which you heard.
thought it was pretty good one-may be not
one of his best, but very fair, If it had not
been for me, you would never have heard
Broughap speak"
How far the Reverend Luke was romancing,
| nobody but himself knows. But that he appeared
on the BoGr Of the house. escorted by Brougham,
and that toward morning Rropgham made a
capital speech, is certain.
Brougham has taken up quite as much space
as one letter should. What had purposed to
say of Lanfrey's Napoleon, of Mrs. Mulocl,-
Craik and her novels, and of sundry other
books, must lie over for my next letter.
A. II. @.
SUICIDES SENsATI0NE,--A man in Harris
burg recently attempted to commit suicide hv