The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-05 00:00:00

The Hon. Thomas Edward Stonor•

From the Catholic weekly paper, the Tablet, w°
extract the following earnest tribute to the meracl,
of the eldest son of Lord Camoys, so recently 1'
prematurely deceased :
It was a deep and painful shock to a very large 1)01411
of the Catholic community when they heard their prayers
requested last Sunday in all the churches for the rePose
the soul of the Hon. Thomas Edward Stoner, who /364
died during the night after a short illness. We ace%
with reverence the inscrutable decree of Divine Provideee-
which has summoned from our midst, in the fulness of
life and the vigour of manhood, one whose continusne;
amongst us had appeared so valuable, and whose past care();
had warranted such hopes of future usefulness that be W!r
looked on rather as having completed his preparations '°.;
work to come than as having already nearly finished 1;i;
allotted task. There is no death which does not deep
wound some hearts, and we have not to speak in. these
lines of the private grief of those who have to mournt7;
severance of the ties of friendship or of blood. But
Thomas Edward Stonor the Catholic community has w 6,1;::
tamed a loss which it will long have reason to rereeriee i 0
Most were familiar with his name, his appearance, sedilfor
character ; but it is only the smaller circle of those NOI° or
the last fifteen years have had his co-operation wherteiru-a
tho service of the Catholic cause called for it, to whore t

full extent of that loss can be known.
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Had it pleased Almighty God to spare his life until
the course of nature he would have been called to the
honours and duties of the peerage, we not know hc)//:,,,
exaggerate the services to the Catholic cause will-el' n-co
believe he would have rendered by the sterling excel-ire-qt.
of his character, his sound judgment, his manly steatb,,g-
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ness, his capacity for friendship, his nice sense of
and private honour, and his genuine devotion to the re
gion of his forefathers.
We should not feel entitled to speak here of the si°ol,°:;
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piety and goodness of his private life were it not for "ro
combination with the exemplary discharge of h 91

public duties as a Catholic.
In both respects he was an example to all ; but Ivi„ile
there are many whose private virtues equal his, there e';'
indeed, too few Catholics of his rank who mak°
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attempt to discharge with equal zeal and fidelity the
duties which belong to them. More shining abilities st°
of
more varied acquirements fall to the share of many'
men whom we have known, none have possessed Two
huigahlietriesdegree than Thomas Edward Stonor those lisp,
qu
alities which
character—thei ch
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justice,strength
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be long missed and deeply regretted. May he rest i.'
In P„,"013.
In the obituary of the same paper we observe the moo
gentleman's death announced in these terms :---9,,f,OYrosS
charity pray for the repose of the soul of the Ira. -"--died,
Edward Stonor, eldest son of Lord Carney's, wir 28t1i
fortified by the Sacraments of the Church, on We
inst., aged 40 years. R. I. P.
From the Morning Post we learn that until within
cifets:
hours of his demise the hon. gentleman was consider Dig
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be going on favourably, and it was not thought ult. tbaoo
complaint—small-pox—was like to have a fatal res24'
deceased gentleman was born 29th October, 18.
married 22d April, 1863, Catherine, eldest daughter °f the
late Mr. Coulthurst, of Gargrave Hall, Yorkshire' birth
afflicted wife of the deceased is likely shortly to give
to a posthumous issue.
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MR. BERKELEY'S MOTION FOR THE „jai
The following notice of motion stands for Tlielvg.,
week, June 13:—" That as a general election is iraPeretio
and it is notorious that our electoral system is d,,,e.01ca
and corrupt in practice, and as we have no law lifL.;!, it
put down the intimidation of voters nor prevent bril):0'.7;10
is therefore expedient that a trial should be give?l,, and
vote by ballot. Nothing can be more appropreon.rtip
practical than this resolution. The failure of thSayter
Practices Prevention Acts is notorious. Sir Nv. CT.ariably
a very competent authority, admits that they are inv
d elec-
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auriferous and malty shower." The friends of rea
who Fv.Y his
lion will anxiously scan the division list to s desirous that
vote in favour of the resolution is sincerelyexpre
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of public opinion, or, to use a phrase of Mr. C. 1)(: will
rllentlachereecfo;eithite
the coming general election shall bo a genuine°
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means of perverting and distorting public °pluton: _et
tives tO
or requisitions the support of their ropresenta
abse well
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motion.