The Colonial Office, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Stan-
hope to be Secretary of War, has been filled up by the pro- motion of Sir Henry Holland from the office of Vice-President of the Council, to be Secretary for the Colonies. The choice is a good one. The papers are all saying that Sir Henry Holland has not an enemy in the world ; but if so, there is nothing like high office for supplying a deficiency of that kind. But Sir Henry has more qualifications for the Colonial Office than even is deficiency in the power of making enemies would imply. He was for a long time the legal adviser of the Colonial Office, and knows the difficulties and weak points of our Colonial policy as few men know them. He is a man of excellent sense and great sobriety of judgment. He is not a Tory Democrat, but a true Conservative, with sufficient Liberalism not to defend abuses. And we hope and believe that, in spite of not having an enemy in the world,—which we regard as a very ambiguous qualifi- cation,—he will prove a strong man too.
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