Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-30
RICHMOND wHIG.
ENGLISH EXTRACTS.
A CURIOUS DISH OF ENGLISH SCANDAL.


From Reynoldsb IL 'ndOn) NewpAp ar, Nov 10th,
PROSTITUTION AS A MANS OF ECCLESIASTICAL WEALTH AND
GRNDEUR. -s.
| To the Riitor Of Reyao,d's N;p paper: .a
STR-A too curious iuqrry iGso the origin of great
houses-lsJ cericll-mAy result in the discovery OF
soma very unsasousy subJsnces at the OF their
greatness. In I'll lent aad artoc aic families as In the
family of plIne the finest a,wers aud tbs most beaus
Gus blossoms almost Invariably the produce Of the
most IN odoreus purescence. Il is this great fActit-
self probably the resu; Of eternal law Of nature
which would render tru his of the arstocracy
of ths most disgusting and revolving books which could
proceed from the pan Of man. Fornication adultery
murder rapiGe, frald, robbery insoeuce I'd inhuman
y TO the poor, cri1gng hu nlity, thorough unscrupI
lousness iusome adnlson an creering servilty to-
wards successive crowned tyrants would be found 10 be
the principal producing Of all the titles, dgnities
and privileges which render the British peerage
the envy and the admiration of the whole Of mate
| rialists aud ilnkeys
Il would be dafcnlt to dad m,rs forcibe iIlus,ra-
ton of this great truth than that furnished by tho life
! Of the recently deceased Msrchoness of Gpnynham,
and the splendid fortune Of ber family AMI servants
This lady. who died at the pariIrchsl age Of ninety
tEo was well kuoWn, for many years tn, rips para
mour Of the great Kng-hs late b'essei esty George
~. True, neither Burke, nor Debreu nor Nicholas
makes mention OF this fact; but the more truthful.
though ess coury Carpenter in his "Peersga for the
People" gives sufficiently copous account Of tho mat.
ter Fom this honest aud long volume learn
|
cied the lady who bad then attained the mltue age
of forty aud Who fortunately for her relIons aud de-
pendants eroyed the allerative advantages OF being
at the 'fat and fair" The lady reciproca.ed
the advances Of the Defender Of the Filth Sac and her
husband left Ireland and became residents In the royal
palace at Windsor. "Ths big Sovereign, az CO.. TT
used to call him. delighted 20 shower his honors upon
the noble lord and his child en and to do the gallant
md amiable to his fascinating lady Shortly
Altar She death Of George w, an oucry raised
| %
were said to have been traced into the possession Of
| the Marchoness of ConyI ham. The story, however,
but partly truo. Jswes were lost ald found with
the MarchiOnes, bui thev were no Crown jewels but
Others valued at sbon; 100000, which had been pre-
sen.ed to her by the royal Ado,is at Windsor"
But the most instructive and suggestive resul! Of the
mGrchionesss subserviency to the usul monarch wss
not the titles and showersd upon her family b
the grateful king bat the splendid fortune which accrued
from the Infamous oonnexion to another houSe Of
5umble and plebiau origin T,e Church. no; less than
the State indebted the aduerics OF George Rex aud
Elizabeth Denison for spme of her most esteemed and
oxsled members ald dgnitlres tn, following brief
sketch W. i. make infest About the year 1916 Francis
Nathaniel pgham, eldest o. the marchonss aud
1er spoarent TO the tiles aud gra Of the family
then Young man, travelling with his tutor in SEt
zrfnd Like thousands OF young before and SINCE
he fell in with an humble but pretty girl who gained
30 strong hold his affections that he the headong
and uncsl lang ardou- OF piasol, wanted TO marry
her But Mss-or .demoi elle-Nsuaoir, flor such
the Swiss girs surrane) not the wife please
the prond and polite mother Of the young L. was
therefore, resolyeda at all hszid to prevent the consum
nation OF 80 palpabe amssaiancs fortunately for the
orfjscts of the pa amDur OF the first gentleman in
Europe the tutor Erlncis Nathaniel proved TO be both
prudt and plant gentleman So to fave the house OF
Conynehsm ftom the modification Of beholding its beir
married to poor SWi's girl Mr. Charles Srm1er took
| unto himself his pupils ilme AID transformed Miss
Msunc into Mrs sumner. This was in 1916; and from
that time be dated the rise OF the most fortunate
and exalted family in the Church Of Engltnd The Mar
chioness of Conynghim was grateful aud powerful Her
appreciation Of the service rendered by the accommo
| iaiirg tutor wss equaled by her influence over the
loting aud bosted monarch--'he head Of the Church,
md the defender Of the faith" In 1916 Mr. Slmner
| vas without living. In 1929, he prebendaTY OF
Worcester Cathedral in 1884, he was made deputy
clerk Of the royal closet; in 1896 he was created Bsh-
op Of LAND G; in 1927, he was translated from Llan
DAFT to the richer OF Winchester This bishOpric
now of the richest In Eogland for, owing to some
mysterious or rather undefned lueI &C. lis rey,nu(s
Ec,p ped the clipping shears OF the ecclesiastical CON-
mis- ioaers so that, as an informed the bisiOprls Of
Winchester Is az this present moment worth about S0
OOOL a year.
| But the rewards Of Mr. Cha:6s SINNERS complainant
virtue we're not confined 10 tmsef Close in the wake
ofhis rSp promotion followed the rise OF his brother
John, until at length, the goties Of the once humble
house of Sumner have eliminated in the archbishoprc OF
Canterbury, and primateship of all Engllnd.
Here we have a most striking demonstration Of the
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lates--or the Brothers Sumner things 60, are very
worthy But then Il must be royal and noble pros
ttution For pbeian hsrots there is in the pure and
halowed circes Of British Chslnity neither tolerance
nor forgiveness though there s rot the least objection
the rar of the Church dgntaren living aud uxurat.
ing on the produce Of their positutionas witness the
princey OF the deans and chapters Of Westmn
s.er end Rochester wi ch mainly derived from the
! rents OF most notorious and most filthy brothel'.
EN- that the receipt OF those rents by the said
md cha Ia al that
brothes in question trus. property with the Of
which they have right to interfere. But this
only aggavateS the rank aud reekng offence, for it is
not founded truth it is on the contrary agrant
falsehoOd as ever issued from The lips Of delinquent
priesthood IL is perfectly notorious that the Church
has both the right and the power cxtermiDae these
hideous nusances Which tolerated or no earthly
son but that they contribute largely to the repenishmen
Of the omGiVorOus msws OF the sacerdotal Golfers.
But such Ia the way Of the world and such, seemingly
tn economy Of the universe Strength ID evolved from
weakness sweetness ison bitterness order from chaos
and religion from beasly lusts. ln the holy rad
ance Of these twin consultations
"Great beauty from pollution spyrlg,
As gaudy tulips grow fran dp1g"
II tho late AarrhOness Of COnyngham had not been
fa:lot where would i9and's most pious pTelatcs
he One sLudders TO thr Of the possibilities of the
case therefore dismiss the subj ct and conclude this
letter bv simply suggesting what interesting book
might be composed Of the adventures and achievements
of pous prosutesfrom Mary, the Egyptian, who paid
har passage between Juiea and AxIn1ri by gratifying
the assous of the Mariners to the Marchioness Of CO.
nyuham who paved the path TO the primary OF all EDg
land by the prostitution Of her prson to the pleasure Of
probably the most beastly monarch who ever WELDED
the tcep:re Of the British empire.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
From the London Weekly Tune. ofNOv. 1OGh
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MAN WHO SAVED
TUE QUEENS LIFT
On Saturday night Mr.. b ,dforj, the Westminster
coroner, held inquest at 81. Georges Wotkhousc
Mount street. Grosveaor square, view Of the body Of
John Turner aged ffy foa; im>eeile nml.e Of the
above workhouse who, about three weeks since, acc