, 1873-12-06
SIR HENRY HOLLAND.

I SIR HENRY HOLLAND.
pleaSNnt Anocd0tcn OF II Circuit and
populnr 2iyHiclnn.
From the L8ndon Tints.
6ir Waller Scott rolnlos that, when aonln ono
1yas mentioned III !" tno old mail" to swift,
Ito exclaimed With violence that t!soro waB no
a,fl thing: "ff tho n,an yot speak Of had
olthcr mind or body worth fartlling they
would have worn him out long ago." Vol
tairc, Goothet Drougham, Lyndhurst, Palmer
ston, Moltko, Guizot, Thiera may be cItod In
refutation Of this theory, which, we presume.
has nothing to do with tf1ows, and sinows, OF
stature. ATost Of Claycndon's 'gscat" meu
were lstlo mon. But if VIC wantoh nnotlier cx-
ample Of faculties Of no common urdor, ro,nalu-
Ing ,lnimpatrbd by mind or body ti long pas.
Tho grand clin'Acterio wo might namo Sir Hurry
Holland, wlo diod 1t his l,ouso I'll Brook b.scct,
OH his soth birthday, Monday, tho 27tl, inet.,
having attended, Tho Daznine trial at Versailles on
Friday, tito 24th aud tInol lint aaEo duy at tho
Drittah embassy in parist where ],o wan On
pccinlly remarked as "chearlm aud happy, and
full Of conversation"
When tho Abbo sicycs wns asked what ho Ind
done during tito roign cf terror, ho nado au-
Bwer, "J'ai vecu," and 1t wns no idfo boaa.. Nor
~" ~ hAitiA tllt1 LUZ 3il 4Atit 44bliiltl u UG
ablc to Bay that, dating from tho commencement
Of tho century, he Ind lived III Intelligent md
osnniprcscnt spectator through II Of tho most
exciting and oyulItfu1 yonrs Of tho worlds
history; that ho had sccn tho political
and aoclal aspect Of 1noHt civilized ma
tions In bath hotlisphcres transformed
ti,reo or fonr times oyer, Including tho fall
q two omplros, two nonnrchsos and
three of four ropnsa to say nothing Of pre-
crossed tho Atlantic xixteen or seventeen times
travelled oyor nlUre ihan 10000 miles Of Tho
American continent; made four expeditions to
tho East, throo toura in Russia, two iu Iceland
Isa'y, and Greece; innumerab!o voyagea to tho
Canary isles, the West Indies, Msaeria otc.;
aud, to uso his own words, "othcr oxcur-
sions Which 1t would bo uselcss to cnumer-
atc:" Ho lad aasociated iii every capital
in Europe with all that is: or was, most eminent
for rank, birth, goniuB, wit, learning, and accom-
plissmeut. Ho could Gull every leading statcu-
,alnn Of the United Statca, and every President
for tho laSt half century Ills friend. In Ills pro-
an , hs la % eE aa al so
responsibility Of prescribing for six prin.o Mii-
iptcra Of England, bosidca Chanco';oys Of Tia
E1chcquer, Secretatics Of Slate, Presidents of
the Council, Chinf Justices, and Lord CAau-
ccItorH,
Vehement remonstranccs woso addressed to
him OH tho first appearance Of lis f" Rocol!cc-
tions." lIo was reminded that ho could prola-
bly, account III tho Fimplos manner for what Ina
nna': w aose. !ts. ouo " h
which foil nuong his party like = bomb-sholl;
why another mndo that angry speech which pro-
clpttatod tho dovntall Of his 0ovornment. Was
1t: he was nskod, simply because their "g,ide,
Ia aa II, ,o In LII @ "a oSc n'oo, ~ M
,a, o ~, iato nh ~ ~ ~ % n
and tnakos no sign. Thore are only two or throe
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and ha ~ fa or s0meVg q IT, tst eort
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