480 LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. 



Engine," probably tlie tract presented to Brougham. Congreve 

 lived from 1772 to 1828, Brougham from 1778 to 1868. It will 

 seem curious to Canadians to see Brougham's name associated in 

 any way with the first Governor of Upper Canada; but in his 

 Autobiography Brougham tells us that in 1806 he was sent by the 

 Government of the day to Lisbon, in company with Lieut.-General 

 Simcoe and others, to support the Court of Lisbon against the 

 machinations of Napoleon. Brougham gives us the following note : 

 "Downing Street, August 12th, 1806. Sir, I am directed by Mr. 

 Secretary Fox to inform you that His Majesty having been pleased 

 to appomt the Earl of E,osslyn, the Earl of St. Vincent, and Lieut. - 

 Gen. Simcoe, to proceed on a special mission to the Coiirt of Lisbon, 

 you have been selected to accompany them as Secretary to the said 

 mission, etc. — Ben. Tucker." Brotigham then says, " Gen. Simcoe 

 was taken ill on his passage out, and grew so much worse after his 

 arrival in Lisbon that he was compelled to retiu-n to England, and 

 shortly after died." And afterwards, " The three Commanders were 

 as well selected as possible for this difficult and delicate service. The 

 Admiral's name, renowned all over the world, was peculiarly an 

 object of veneration in these countries wliich had witnessed his great 

 exploits ; of the Generals, Lord Rosslyn had served in the country, 

 and was distinguished by his great knowledge and talent for business, 

 and the third was Gen. Simcoe, son of the officer who had been sent 

 to Lisbon at the time of the Great Earthquake, with the liberal grant 

 of money given to relieve the distresses which it had occasioned." 



I now ofier relics of foiu' modern historians, — Hallam, Grote, 

 Macaulay and Buckle. Few remarks will be needed in respect to 

 them. Hallam's happens to be a response to a lady's application for 

 his autograph, couched in terms worthy of the ingenious politesse of an ' 

 old French courtier. "69 Wimpole Street, Jan. 8th, 1834. Dear 

 Lady Juliana, — Like a true collector, I perceive you disdain not to 

 fly at small game. How maiay times a day I write my unimportant 

 name without thinking about it ! But honoiu-ed as I now am by. 

 your request, it is with pride that I subscribe myself, Your very 

 faithful and obliged Henry Hallam." — -Grote's has reference to some 

 point of literary or historical research. "12 Savile Row, London, 

 Dec. 26, 1857. Dear Sir: I am favoured this morning with your 

 letter of the 24th, and I have to thank you for the Pamphlet which 

 you have been good enough to send me. I will certainly read it at 



