The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-08-02 00:00:00

FATHER IGNATITJS AND THE
LLANTHONY MONASTERY.

On Friday 13i:tuning the bearing of the petition in
the case of '' road v. Todd" was again before Vice-
Chancedor Sir IL Melina. I: being further generally
known that the sergeant at-arms of the Court had
bon despatched to Ltenthony Abbey to bring up the
Plant petitioner, spa th t Father Ignatius would 440
probab'y be present, the Court and its approaches
were long before the hour densely crowded.
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The petition h tying been called on,
Mr. Cotton, Q.C. (He II cma DAvey with him) aald he he-
Laved that Mr. Line and the infant were 11.1 stiendance,
whereupon

The Vice.Chanoellor saLL—Let Mr. Lyne come here aud
protinas the by.
Mr. Lyno then came forward accompanied by the young
man and by it v,rel of bin own friends and relatives of both
sexPs. The y milt. who ha good features and wore ordinary
costume, was tonsured.

Ills Honour (to Mr. Line): Is your name Lyn.?
kr. Lyn.: Yee, my Lord.
Ills Fl flour You are aware thst you have been ordered
to preduca this boy before the Co. rc

Mr. Lyhe I ab.ll feel fast ful If I may be el Ared to ex-
plalo f%he chirLe which has been made Maillbt my chaise-
ter ift the 1.4101i0 prihts—a charge of wilfully dlotheying the
order ef the f`ourt

Ilts liouour : You are at liberty to make auy Astern ot
yo r k. to raplar,arlou of your po.itlon. Am Ito nude...land
you did not tutorOw dlsobt y ti e rder of the Court

Sir Lyne : CartaMlT, my lord, I dld not Intend to.do so.
TI I have done no I beg to make r lull and public ap.,logy.
But I was In knurance of the order aa I did not receive the
papers at the time.

Ills Honour: ILO you given orders Co your servants not to
&vie any gapers brought so you?

Mr. Lyme : I told them ',A to bring me any papers rinleart
they came from proper authority, because I have eel, con-
stantly hullied by varione people limply to prevent my doing
things which I believe to be right. But I ahoubl at °Lott
imbinit to any authority coming from the Court. On Trio:why
I received the order, nod immediately utrected the carriage
to be rn.t ready that I might come up to Lond .n. I [pot
Mr Goodbody (the officer of the sergeant at.arma) on the
rood

Mr. C Atom then suggested qua Mr. Lyne oighl te be
isso,n. If Mr. Line tindered himself is. witnem, he would
ask him till., question.. It might become necessary to move

Hos Honour I understand you, Mr. Lyne, to say that
you did not know of the first order. lam satisfied that
as head of your In use all pavers sent to you ought to have
reached you. I made an order which was not obeyed.; you
say it never rescued you. Toe papers, h , ought to
have reached yt 11, C, ming as they did from the buifbest
out .only. It was your duty, as the head of your hot., to
see that they did reach you. The order, moreover, was sent
t., you by post. Y,,ti have by your c, duct gloms the Court a
great deal of trouble, for I WU Iloatly t bilged to order the
aerjeanteat-arms to bring up the boy, simply because you
chose to endeavour to put yourself out of the roach of the
Court Ills lionour then, at Mr. Cotton's gonadic°, asked
Mr. Line,—Wheu did you ti,at know that this boy was a ward
of Court,

Mr. I yne : I heard from Mr. Merriman (the petitioner's
solicitor) by letter that young Mr. Todd had been made •
ward of Court, and I accordingly asked him whether that
was so, and whether he had any property which would make
bier a ward of Court. He said he knew nothing about his
having been made • ward of Court, and that he had no pro-
perty. I tten told him that he could not be • ward of Court,
and that the whole thing was • mere ruse.
Ms Honour: You were utterly wrong in taking such a
course. The Infant could know nothing about the law, and
when you received the letter trem a respectable solicitor, who
Is an officer of Me Court, you should have taken the fact
correct lii were to act strictly, I should mak., you pay the
• °its of the proeeeding• ; Indeed. I khuuld be obliged, if •
motto were made before mo for the purpose, to commit
you for contemi t of Court.
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Jr Lie; I omit show you, my Lord, morally, thst I am
nor urmaittruur a coati-mut of Court I• I did so, I should
he ex Aid; contrary to all the vows and promises 1 have made
for years pa 1.
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Ins Honour : The letter which you wrote this young man
was a most Improper ore. I mean this letter, In widen you
said.' My dear Sun,—l will see you here tomorrow (Su iday)
at 4 p.rn. at my L .ndon iecretary's ro.arse, If you c.cl." You
knew (h., young man was acting in op;andti di to h.o father's
wishea, auil you were encouraging lam to leave his home.
That le Lot right.
Mr. Lyne : Are there not many parents In the world who
are kr enina back their children from a religious Into?

1111 Honour It ls not for you to dictate whet are the
duties of parents towards their children.
Mr. Cotton : I am afraid. Mr. that the very thlit't has
been done whr.th It was the object of this petitiou to pre-
vent.
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Hui Honour: Mr. Dyne, have you administered viws to
this boy?
Mr. Lyne : On Sunday, the 131 h hmt., he solemnly pro.
mined to give himself Co the service cf Go& Our home is
a reliziom home, and in entering it and taking Mid vow. We
only give to God what we have rt ceivfd from him.

Llouour Those are uot the views of the Caurch of
Englund, of which I believe you call yonr.ell a mom It
I. uot for soon I.ko you to Waive w at is or is not Chris-
tla,,ity, or t think that you aro intidea to prey upon weak
minds. Why MS you accelerate the tjay for ailuiluisterlag
thsve vows to this young man?

M. Lyne The vows are takin In the firth week. No
allow.inc3 looms to he mad. he Among convictions ie for
the words of J.sua Christ himself, whore Injunctions we are
(Missing.
Ilia Honour: I cannot agree with mom views, Mr. Lyne.
What would become of this world If all became reonastlcel

Mr. Cotton I oak your Honour to continhe the InJulie-
Mon. If after thia order Mr. Lyne takes the boy Into Isla
house he will he liable to committal.
Ills Honour Mr. Lyng, l must tell you that you arm
mltted • great wrong in inindniatering thoae vows att•r re
relying Lodcc of the boy having been mace a marl of Omni.
You are a gentleman of education, and must have known,
or ha I. Usa mean, of knoalog, that he was made a ward d
Court on the nth of July, and yet you administered the vein
nye days after n noising notice of that fact. In so dolma
you acted In the moat !Apr, per manner. you have come
milted a groat contempt of the authority of the Court. It
you take thi• young man into y or house again, or if you
harbour him In any way. the Court will Imprison you, and
thereby prevent you from getting him or any one else into
your custody. (Appian', Do not imagine you can set Ida
Court at defiance. Toe whole course of your conduct has
been wrong awl meets with my strongeet disapprobation.
There will, therefore be an order againat you restraining you
from harbouring thl; youth. or from inducing him to lead
his father's in are, or from holding any communication
whatever with him.
Mr. Cotton : Though Mr. Tyne has rendered himself lieble
for cos% I do not asis for them sestina him.
ills Honour: Ins learimd 0,411111t1i dose not ask that you
shou d pay the °OAS, Mr Lyne: hut If the extreme right+
were premed *gabs% you I should certainly make you pay
them. You nod, rota:,,! that If you harbour fhb' boy again
you will meet with the punishment I hav, indicated.
The Rev. lether then inquired whether he might explain
his views on the doctrines and practices of the Church of
England, but ii. how or dechued to permit him.
His Honour thou asked the young mao to some up and sit
beside Mtn, and after siring him apparently, a few cords of
kind adnionlflon aud advice, hare told young Mr.
Todd that he owes his first cinty to his p.enta. I trust he
will attend to his father's advice, SIMI therefore to his father
I sow deliver him
The young man then withdrew with his father, and Mr.
Lyne and his friend. were allowed to watt it. hi. Honour'.
-'-ate room ' • cab was fetched, in which Mr. Lyn*

pkrate rout- uotil a t-- ,
moompaalted by one frond, took his departure, amid the
Jeers a d Mime. of • large crowd, who were waiting outtide
to manifest their dimpproval of his proceedings. A police-
man was ii, attendance. Mr. Lytle drOe• o, showering irsOis
from to. cab window.

It win resolved at a meeting of the Amnesty Asso-
ciation, In Dablln, on gabirdny, to make tho retests ot the
Fagan pelsonets.alrramoant guidon on nary keit-
lop at lan emit