The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-29

the grounds of his Office, his merits, and his
high birth. A letter was also addressed to
/ James the Fifth of Scotland, almost COM
manding him to give that countenance and
support to the English insurgents which none
could give so effectually as the King of Scot
land. Other letters we're addressed to other
potentates. They all betrayed the primary
object in Poles mind-the utter subiec-
tlon of England to the Papacy. Here follows
an excellent specimen of the authors man
ner of narrating events while he portrays
character
Notwithstanding the remonstrance from
the lords and others of the kings council
Pole was still in high spirits He knew that
fifteen lords had conspired to put down the
Reformation, that among others the Nevilles
had been in the field, and that the western
counties were'as much excited as the north
ern. He expected to be summoned to Eng
land almost as soon as he had entered
France. He little understood the power of
intellect and of will which belonged to the
great prince on whom he had heaped
unmeasured abuse, and whom he had
ventured to lecture as a schoolboy.
At no time in long reign was the vigor of
Henrys policy and character so conspicuous
as 1t was at the present. With a considerable
portion of his ubjects in open insurrection,
with discomfort murmuring in every corner
of the land, with Scotland and all Europe in
arms against him, with scarcely minister
whom he could trust or from whom he could
seek advice, except Cromwell; so quietly, but
so decisively, did Henry overpower all re-
sistance, that until lately when the State
papers were opened to the public, no his
torian, certainly no reader, was aware of
the dangers to which his government was
at this time exposed, OF how near the
insurgents were to success. The calm reso-
luton of Henry, the precaution united with
vigilance which he displayed, the amount of
labor he endured, and the anxiety he could
not always conceal, are worthy of all admira-
ton. The noiseless success is an indication
of genius which, in its proud consciousness
of strength, wished for no display; and the
political wisdom is worthy Of notice, by which
he avoided all appearance of triumph, and so
left the impression on the public mind that
the insurrection, instead of being a subject of
alarm, was simply succession of riots, to be
treated with contempt and easily quelled."
For long and weary period after this, Pole
was a mere conspirator destined to meet only
disappointment. Henry was excommuni-
Gated, Pole was outlawed, and each might
have been assassinated with the eulogy
of the assassins respective employer. In
trigue, agitation knocking at half the royal
gates in Europe, to aid in the overthrow of
England, all came to naught. Pole became
depressed but his spirits rose when he heard
of that cruel Staying of his mother, the Coun-
tess of Salisbury on the scaffold. She per-
ished in her innocent old age, as her little
brother Warwick had perished in his innocent
youth But Pole left it to be understood that
his mother had been murdered because of her
religious opinions, whereas she was sentenced
for REASONABLY, it was said, corresponding
with her son. The execution, however, was
at best judicial murder. When Pole thanked
God for the martyrdom of his mother, ne
was himself a Papist only in discipline; he
believed in justification by faith, and was
something of a Protestant as DR.. Garth was
a Christian, without knowing it. On the
subject of Papal supremacy, Pole was fana-
tic papist, ultramontane, Italian, un-English,
to his fingers ends. 1t is well known that
when justification by faith came before the
Council of Trent, Pole Withdrew; as he had
hitherto believed in it, but he accepted the
opposite conclusions pronounced by the
Council.
He has been roundly abused for Withdrawing,
but Dr. Hook generously, and as we hold,
successfully, defends the Cardinal at this diff
cult juncture.
Reginald had long to wait before that op-
portunity came by which he profted and
briefly triumphed. When he addressed Ed
ward the Sixth, as a royal cousin, he only
met with contempt; and when he missed
being elected as Pope, he lost an oppor-
tunity which, for a moment, was very
menacing to England. When Mary assembled
the throne, he recognized the hour, and felt
what was a mistake-that he was the IRE
sistible and indispensable man. The Pope
and Cardinals, it should not be forgotten,
celebrated the death of the young king as
the gaining of a victory. With all this,
Pole had difficulty in obtaining access 10
England. Many parties wished him absent;
some feared danger to himself by his pre-
sence. At length, intrigues were overcome,
and the Cardinal and Papal Legate, after a
progress which was oriental in splendor, al
though the splendor was kept under lest
susceptibilities should be alarmed, reached
GraYesend:-
'"The royal barge was lying before Gravesend
waiting the legate's command. 1t was splendldly
decorated chair OF state was spread with purple
seated on which his most reverend lordShp mignt
exhibit himself to the people without incurring
unnecessary fatigue. AS Pole ascended the barge
the silver cross OF the egae appeared on its PROV
The passing scene was splendid multitude OF
vessels were waiting for signal to escort the legae
up the river-frOm the ornate barge of the noble
man TO the hackney boat OF the artisan. BY the
rapidity Of the stream and the strength OF the
rowers, the barge had reached the front OF White.
hall before any one aware of its approach. II
had been arranged that Pole, on his passage to
Lambeth, should pay his respects, in passing to
the king and queen at Whitehall; but it had been
calculated that he would not arrive before Dime.
was over; and he had now come when the officials
in the midst or their repast The erOWers ceased
to pull they looked to the egate for orders; but be-
fore he could decide what was to be done, the Lord
High Chancellor was seen at the head OF the pier
Bishop Gardyner Versed in the ways OF courts, and
OF foreign courts received the egate with reverence
making low obesanCe, as If at once to admit his
superior rank. The arrangements had been, unlel
his dlrecGon, so admirably made, that the servants
though taken by SURPRISE Immediately fell into the
places; ana between lane OF hyeried ser