The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

THE MARQUIS OF BUTE.

The Times has the following remark a on the report of the
Marquis of Bute having been received into the Catholic
Church _ . .

•
It is not many weeks since whole districts in Wales
aad in &sal:mud were rejoicing at the COllling of age of a
young nobleman whose father had been a kiwi of
Providence to them, awl who, from his wealth and
position, had unusual power to do them torsi, if wit to
do them harm. flw Marquis of Bute, with t.lts 1,(.110
a year, appeared as a kind of sovereign p dentate with
wine but administrative duties to perft.rm. His
property is protected ny law, and his willing subjects
are kept in doe trier anti anbordination by the public
authority. He has simply tun do the best he can with
his vast revenue ; and as he could not, if lie were
reasonable and human, spend it all on himself, he
might be expected to do some good with it to others,
and especally to his own tenants awl subordinates.
The magnitude of such a fact attracted attention and
wonder beyond the limits of Cardiff awl Rote, anel the
'Marquis for the moment became a public institution.
However, there are other noblenuen with large incomes
am! vast influence, and one Marquis more is noon
absorbed into the silent but solid ranks of the Peerage.
The question " What will he do with it?" conld only
be answered by the Marquis himself, gird, if the young
man had possessed any prudence, it would have been
a long time before he quite made nap his mind upon
that question, much more before he let any one else
into the secret.
Si, the Marquis of Bute was again consigne.l to a
comparative oblivion, which was, nrrirlositit, more
agreeable to himself than Iris temporary notoriety,
when an aet with which the would is lad litt.l.• con-
w•rnetl has again sit all tongues talking, and lit.. .light
the Morquis once more into the newspaper. Shortly
after Iris coming of age it was thou.dit worth while to
circulate a contour that he hal joined the 4 ditirch of
Ibune, and, on his part, he thought it worth while to
contradict it. 'the announc-nient, ho sever, was only
prematrirc. It is no longer doubtful that on Christmas.
Eve the Mar.mis seas formally received as Nice into
the Roman Catholic Cloireh. Cominz so SIIOII after
the late provineia I festivities, the 1.,1•11L 5ve.1.5 likely to
be treated andf iin illlpOrts to, than really belongs
to it. $4,111, PnituStalliS will, pet haps see in it
another instance td the awful snlutlety of the Homan ,
Catholic priesthood, and of the rapid advance of the I
Pope towards supreme domination. ire, perhaps, Amon • the viol iiris to the recuhnt lie le-rending ant.
will regret th.n exanifile, and anticipate n 0116011,, feri•ille rivcr calamity- on the Oliio, were :qrs. Comm.-
MStllts. SOllle writ r. gust the ii -s Ilf t.te interest, and doce Thompson, no y„uieg marl i”,l hnly, of New
not a few the hos of the matey. 0:1 a, bow ever, tin-an l. s. on led wiry
I.a.•k to the Cteseeitt 'its, and
will be chiefly o sr.-y for the Mr.o a:i 1.1 s
h•lcoelf, and we ,• I rihiir, irls In „1
h,,p, neut.. r prestimption nor rim •r• ahrtesy utrol the same place a 1,11.er). d•y
ourselves in the hitt, chi,. I.lfillwing the awful a.,•blest the b.slies of
Divesting the fact of the cot airing with which recent bath these ladies Nvcro f iL Sr .1, alai
Wll,lllll+ 11,115 to surrnund it, what is the real taken charge tit by grief-strielp n far inter.
canes of such a pervershia ? We know the .Martpil.s is inent. They were placed in the El•is.s.li d chin•cli at
very rich, but we have tin evidence that lie is either I Alatlison, Indiana, not far from tile scene of the wreck,
very learned or very wise. The presunifitn.n, ishrliaps, and the ladies of the parish very kindly rendered the
is against it. Stich a change of creed is a very unc.d. remains every proper attention, awl prepared them
Min and, at the statue time. serious matter, about which I for the grave. Thi ir fuller:as took plat, at one of
many men have het-itated who are twice the ago of the the cluirelies, Rey. 3a/ilea 1:11114;0, D. I
),, ritlieiatinig,
Marquis. To abandon tire faith in which you have • The graves were pri•li de•l., and the interesting funeral
been brought up, to disturb your friends awl disappoint service was progressed nigh to air 1.1111, when a message
the wiurbl, to 1111.111g1, jar° a lalorynth of new and hand- was received from 4 Thompson, directing
dalsle obligations, are thiogs which it seems more rea- that the lu.slies Of his wile :out Mrs. 4 ;Mini lie fid-
stunable not to d.. at the first available opportunity, and warded to Philad• liririrn for interment there. At the
with respecttolwhich an error on the side of liesitaiion— manic 111,allellt, Mr. NVollf, cousin of irl iss Paiute-
and patience is always an error mall.. rights he, Perhaps stotk, who was ids., bust in the disaster, appeared
it may be said that if a wan is fit to manage tflitO 000 in the church, 1 lil C. 3111 _0 .i. th .10 supposed
a year he is fit to dispose of his faith and his conscience; • body of Mrs. Thompsun as that of his unfortunate
but it would be wiser at first to handle both the money relative. The friends of Mrs. Thompson insisted that
and the conscience with some doubt and caution. the charred corpse belonged to her, and in order to
However, there is no reason to suppose the Marquis prove that they were not mistaken, produced evidence
any wiser than am other young man of twenty-one, to show that their Ileerased friend owned and wore a
and if a r lozen youths of that age were to join the plain gold ring on her finger, with the name "Grace"
Church of Rome tuu-niorrow the world would not attach engraved inside, and it was by this ornament that they
much importance to the event. With the increased hatl succeeded in identifying the body. Mr. Wolff
intercourse which prevaile in the present day between was surprised at this announcement, as it was on just
the members of the two Churches it is not surprising if such is ring if that identical shape, and bearing the
there are oceasitnal exchanges between the two com- very same simple legend r'Grace" tnat lie depended
munions. The boundary hue is less rigidly fixed, and on making 000 d his claim to the corpse as that of Miss
impulsive or unstable people will 11Ceasj4 malty cross the Falun stock'. He had lniisirve knowledge if her own-
frontier from lunth sides. A rich num or a Peer is jast ing awl wearing such in, ring is life, and was doubly
as likely as a poor man or a commoner to feel these assured of the fact by telegrams from Pittsburg,
attractions or temptations, and it is a mere nevi- asserting that while here, just a few days before her
dent that one of the "'verts," as they have been terrible death, the young Ludy had run her finger suell a
called, is a Peer with a large rent-roll. As to the rig- ring. Here was in The friends of Mrs.
nificance of this circumstance, therefore, it means Thompson were equally positive with those of -MSS
nothing but that the Marquis of Bute is a young man Falinestock that the ring banal on the corpse had been
with a natural tendency towards the state of belief worn by her, and beyond doubt fixed identification.
and feeling which belongs to the ROMSTI Catholic After a calm disenssin in, the friends determined to for-
religion. As to the consequences, they an. not likely ward the body to Philadelphia, atul thin-re etalteavour
to be of much hinportance. It may be doubted, as be- to solve the mystery. The two lost ladies were
fore, whether a young num who has changed his religion of about the same size and build, and has the clothing
with this facility is made of the stuff which has much haul been all burnt away, and the featnres horribly
personal infltience over other men ; and since, as we mutilated, the confusion arising filen the remarkable
have seen, his example has no more just weight than coincidence of both having rit I.n their fingers of
that of airy other yoting num, it is hard to see what re- exactly the same kind, alii I • .e 4 the mine legthnd,
mains. Wlithn tin' husband of Queen AMre deserted was tinite nadural, and of en... • -•.relv distn•ssed their
Jain. 11. in his peril, the King observed that "after respeetive friends. 'rile coil, • : level in Philadelpiiii,
all a good tn.'s, worild have !leen a greater loss." alai aS a last resort run the ion of identification,
In the some way the defection of an average curate several gentlemen of the m . profession were
would certainly have said more for the Roman called to bring SeiVII, tO Sid,. • perplexing prololem.
Catholic religion, and might be expected tit lead A post u•icrreau examination r al the fact that the
to more lasting results. But what about the disfigured hotly was not tic., cl a married lady, and
money? l'eople imagine that £300,000 a year the friends of airs. ICIIOIIII., s Illingly acquiesced in
has suddenly been transferred to the Pope. the decision. aud the eon ia is o :men. lered for burial
but of how much of that sum is the Marquie to the relatives of Miss Ifithenstock. The coincidence
really master? Take away the necessary expenditure if the rings was remarkable, anti had both the lost
tin the maintenance of his estat•R Sad his rank, and ladies occupied the same relations in life, the identifies-
how much reniains for the Pope's service. A young tion, perhaps, never could have 1,e1,11 made, unless,
nobleman in sueh a position, and with such an iidam.e, indeed, the is aly of Mrs. Thompson be yet dragged
is not in the least likely to do more than give a liberal from the river, In such preservation as to render the
support to to few charitsble institutions, and to sub- features recognisable.
scribe handsbinely bovvards the buildings and thue clergy
or" diK OrffiCreTrea'ar J 2.43-0,
ROM= CathOliCS, however, are no more in want of
any addition to their wealth than our own Church.
Ihey have enough and to spare for all their needs.
They could have done very well without the Marquis
of Bute, Mat as we shall do very well without hitn.
It is Itut a few thousands a year Mire or less to the
two cuanniuninws, and that is not a matter of much
ousequence to either of them.
But the Marritiis's interest and influence ? Well,
thou result may be is vote or two in Parliament in tile
Roman (lattn. ilie interest, which may lq• may not at
any ninment be the Liberal interest. There may,
taerefore, be no pra.htival change in this respect
whatever. But it is too probable that the chief change
in the Matalitils infloence produeed by his perversion
will be to nm ten lly diminish it. A llonian Catholic
Peer must needs be out of harmony in sottm important
respects with English life, iind 'mist generally hare
less influenee with his countrymen than one nf their
own faith awl standard of feeling. The Martplis'a
tenants and subor.litiates will he Ivy no 111,131 s enill
dispOsed tin f.dlow his lead whm n ic has t.,keli a
leap before them into the It. ini.4l4
Ins Net, whert,,, a few weeks ag., 11,tara that
the Marquis had just etdered upon his hula rid
ance of wealth aml punter, we are disp .seol
to regard the present ileWs.l simply 4441 announcement
that he has this own a considerable portion of his power
away. For this reason, as we have said, we are sin-
cerely sorry foi him, and he appears to us the principal
person for Vilallll it is Beet/S.IW), t... 1 Inc sorry. At all age
and under circumstances when delay would have been
only natural awl becoming, he has taken a step, in
some respects irrevocable, which cuts hini off in streak
measure from his natural rusaociationa, which will pro-
bably throw a shadow, at least for a time, over the
hearty confidence with which he was recently welemmul
Di Ids litve prnicipalit;•, which will, in a word, prey, t
his feeling so much at home as he would have otherwise
felt. We are, therefore, sorry for it, but, havinq said
that, the legs said the better. The Marquis is going to
the Holy Land, where for the time he will be quite

And Captain ritalevesce gallops up to the commander of
the second squadr,ll, aha in his turn bluntly utialilies the
captain as a fool f,thiukinu he ilia not know that, condullin
the poor soldier for Si' weeks'incarcerwion, and then accost
the colonel of the roginotot,
•' 55 hat !" says the colonel ; "it took you ell this time to
guess that I compliment you on your shrewdness. Let the
laDeur ba, put in iriots.''
Tit- lit ws then passe, to the general of the brigade, wdto
condemns the lancer Grit starch to appear before a court-
inertial. The general of the division is alsa indignant at
being told what he proh!ssed to have known before, and
pass, so sentence hy w.dcht the lancer will he ilicarp,rated
ia a csonvuly it ecfr.utoiy soldiers, and then ildtlresSeS
hiniSelf to the Marshal cumin:lll4lllg the luipurial (Want.
The lancer."
u What laucer:"
•• Vail ko.lw. The one the Emperor noticed.
" Ile has not yet received his uniform."
••liii! I tot-sr tb• t a long time ago. Let hint be degrale
maul the mardial approaches the Nth ster of War.
'• Your excelleney, I have just heard that the lancer—
" What lancer?
" The lancer Griespach."
"lii him he sir a.-
" It appears that he had not received his uniform from the
and "
yL,j, sty is osaospie I in cUstribuCng the pr-ices;
ought ina to distuth
•• to ape, kin,- to Its ' .o.sulling. the laileur Gn'ies-
II sly hu exec
The \I Mist,. of 'War rallops to the side of the Enlieror.

,tlll'4 1.1.11 orduri.

Vaatln youwalit
" I would sie ak to tame Nl:tp,ty of the lancer. elriespach."
"llla, very well : let Illdee.a:lte.l."
it is flats that th, laheer, I:rielia,h, native of Celtear,
Finee Litaeo,l of the eLe, the star ef the I.tare,
which he has wr it by gallant and, itel,ett, all the
rest of the army are Janet rae oath3l,f at.

Tea' 'z+ 'd'? DAN A-ND TILE
REV. A. H. MACKONOCHIE.
Dr. Tait has addr,,,,t I..tter to the
Rev. Mr. Maclionoi hie on tile jielguient recently given
reveeting the ritualistic NetVietA at St. Alhan's
Church, I lolborn -
• • • ••- -

sir loar Mr. Ilackomichte,-1 have received from the
liriv'y council Office a eopy of the jtol,milit which has now
antleiri.y e‘piailieil the it., im the Vari.PllB 111,into of
ti i e in the service ai yt. Alton 's, !Milton], re-
sm•ct 11,cro 1,11k,11 0.111,111,i. I eXpet t
F A iliiy iif my +enure of the see of fain-
dun, I 11.11 have I,virt.4l you, at a personalinteri
It: or 141111 me whet is the lie 4 mode of giving
elfeet iii eli li,i,aigi'M in your vet vice as will at "bee bring it
into cont.ffintity with the simplicity enjoined hy the mirk,
and at the tithe time be the I,lSt 411stosterill to it c.ingreme
thin like yomis, which has become itectistetned to a torn of
More ornate than it is now Itiertsitied the law of the
l'ourelt has sane...haled. liefore yen releiVe formal
tio int:stein of .hat is now required 44 its; throtich the
proper officers of the Areliliiii.op's Court I shall
lye ceased to lie yew .lii.ceicin init. I will Like upon
myself, its iny Let Sc in that ~11, wily, tO ;141VISe ptit:lll.l till
0( 1101.8 if It. Landon clue. y who inay how feel themselves
idaceil in a,hihiolilt3 le tithe h ciiiocientionsly, thine:li
I believe unwisely, thimalii I timir dtify hitherto to set
an jut the advice alai juilement lb. neve I may soy, of all
the bishops, in intryinichia tlsivet,onti widiihip, to do
now what I am sure all true chi eels principles must otimest
—viz., to take coumel a ith those directly bet over them in
the Lord ex to the mode in which their services are
henceforth to lie conducted, ill ri-informity with the ascer-
tained law of the Churelt. Some weeks must elapse (tenure
my successor has entered fully on the duties of his office, but
I can have no doubt he will be ready to gins you his best
advice at once, and to approisch the subject of your present
difficulties with that same appreciation of your devotedness
and zeal winch I have ever myself entertained. You are
quite at liberty to Illal:C any use you pleas; of this letter,
which I shell myself make public.-11elieve me to remain,
yolirs faithfully, A. C. LONDON.
key. A. H. Maekonochie.'

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