Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-04-01

Mrs. Wood, the singer, is reported to have been
couverle ed to ,he Roman Catholic faith. Accord
rng to one account, Mrs. Wood is separated from
her husband because the tene,s OF the Romish
Church do not recognize the English law ot oil
vorce. and Lord William Lenox is stlll alive The
separation is necessary; and Mrs. Wood resides
temporarily in Micklegate Bar Convent, at York,
before retiring to estate purchased tor her by
Mr.. Wood in Yorkshire Another account has II
that she is abou, to take the veil, and is at the
ent To perform her nov,ciaie. Mrs. Wood has
one child by her second marriage.
A Yorkshire ne wspaper, published in the dts
trict where Mrs. Wood and her husband have iiv-
ed Of late years, states that the lady has had a
leaning to Catholicism since 1886, when she firsr
visited America with her present husband, arising
out Of The following circumstances: In that year
she gave her gratuitous services TO relig Ious
Catholic society in Boston, and atterward she had
a small testimonial presented TO her, sipguarly
and beautifully written on tinted paper. The fol-
lowing is q copy: "Madam-This Is but n Sigh
toks en- Of the orphans gratitude-but it is hallow-
cd by the Orphans prayer. Whatever is happ>
earth may II be yours-aRd hen earth 3
iabors doue, may those cxquisi'o and thrilling
tones which have relieved our wants, be blended
with the seraph voices around the throne Of God
in Heaven. Written by orphan.
To tho impression this circumstance made up
on her mind is attributed the change in her rel>
gious views. In reply to certain insinnat,ons as
60 the Of the extraordinary step she has Ia
"
one of tho local papers:
"SiR: Having understood that a rumor has been
circulated in tho neie hborhood Of Wakefield i'm
porting that the i'll treatment of MIR. Wood has
forced me in a convent, I feel il ImperatIvely on
me to give the most unqualfed contradiction to
the report, and to state that Mr.. Woods conduct
TO me has been uniformly kind and indugent.
MARY ANNE WOOD.
Convent, Mickiegate bar, York, Feb. II, lS43. -
The Dublin Evening Post gives the following
statement:
To dispose of all scepticism al Ia the conversion
Of Mrs. Wood 10 the Roman Catholic religion we
are enabled 10 state through the kindness OF n
Protestant gentle Of this city, friend OF ours
that he, after using his utmost endeavors to dis
suade Mrs. Wood from the step she was about ,e
take, accompanied that ladv, on Saturday last
from the residence Of Mr.. Wood to the conven
at York, where she now is-that Mr.. Wood or
their separation, made for her an ample provision
should she either take the veil or return TO live
in the world.
The separation Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wood wa
solely the ground Of the impossibility of he
being received into the Catholic church withou
resolving such separation, as that church doe
not recognise the doctrine Of divorce, and Mrs
Wood felt there could not be any compromise IL
matters that regarded eternity The parting o
Mrs. Wood from Mr.. Wood and their infant sol
was truly affecting. and proved the intensity o
their attachment. the sacrifice they made. ant
the triumph OF religion this world. 1t sp
pears that the decision of Mrs. Wood was no sud
den ebullition. % tho contrary she has been 70
several months in communicating with the zeal
Gus and truly pious Roman Catholic cle-evma,
Of Wakefield, the Rev. Mr. Morris. whom she ha,
selected rs her instructor in the tenets of tina
church, into which she was publicly received o,
Sunday, the 5th of February, in the chapel c
Wakefield, where she made her first communion