, 1873-12-28

1ootually, that ho. Inns lod so busy d lie, and
worked hard IL auol, yartoti ileids of labor. Ho
y r., not yory rich; that a, 10 ls not among tho
TINT Of tho Duho Of Dovonshlro or indood with
that Of Hovcra1 otllor Peora but lio is rioh
enough to mntntain tho. dignity Of his station,
aud tiio laborions duttca which In undortalsoi
bring him no gain thet could bo worth his con-
'Bitleration. On tho whole, aud apart from Ills
political opinions nnl hin general onlightou-
mont, ho Ii, think, tl,e
MOST rEsrEoTAnLE OF ALL OUR DuKEs,
morcly because Of his steady love Of work. But
whom NO add to this consideration tho fact that
hts political RympathieB hnvo always boon on
llghtoned, md that almost every good cause has
found IN aurnest ndyooato In 1itln. think wo
among our Dnkcs liko Saul among lis brethren.
It Is only III metaphor and in MORT, however.
That ho thua oSertopn Ills brother Dukes. A
1SHs imposing nguro It would not DO easy to find.
frame and stumbling walk. LIS fair, fresh
faco ia a1unountod by q cheueIuro which used to
10 Of bright rcd tint, but now Is bocomingIy
ehsstonod by tingo Of soborsing gray. Ho
walks, aud sooms to snilr tho breeze like ono Of
tho stags upon his nativo mouutains, He always
giyos one tho impression OF d little man WHO
mnkes himsolf rather ridiculous by fanoying TINT
aolt acoordingly. Ho wallis through the fobbios
and corridors Of the House Of Lords with Ills
hands In hiB waistcoat pooltotn and his hat on
the back Of his head, and looks aa
would 30 father dangerous TO approach.
Indeed, 1t is generally believed that tho Duke Of
Argyll is
NOT DEFICIENT In hELF-coNogIT.
Whom he was young man THIS quality used to
Argyll began life very BOON. 1Io is now only co.
.yoars Of ngo, and ho has beon prominent pub
liz man for nearly thirty yoars Of that tln,o.
Lord. LORD Aoughton. IN proposing hi5 hoalth at q
edly that tho Duke twas, I think, II whom no
wrote n pamphlet called 'Advico to tho poers.'
and ho has gone on advising us ever .giuce."
Pursuing tho caroer Of his friend, Lord Hough-
mixed up WITH sce!esiastical affairs and was g. e.
communicated" am not sufficiently well ao-
qua,ntcd with the history Of tho controversy in
which the Duko Of Argyll ongagod so early, as to
know whethor he underwent at anybodys hands
impression, was TINT despite his, youth,
ScotorMra, ho contrivod rather to hedge and to
evnde the difficulties on both sides. Tho con-
troversy was
It concerned tho freedom Of tho Church Of Scot
land from tho logal supremacy Of lay patronage; {;
md It lod to tho great secession OF upwards OF
400 olergymen and large body Of tho 1aity, who,
tho Froo Church. Into this controversy tho
Duke Of Argyll, thon Marquis OF Lorne, ruahod
with oil tile energy OF Scottish youth, but in 1t
ho maintained iimaolf, think. with good deal
Of tue proyerb1ai Scottish caution. llo wroto in
Lord HougLton supposedly, md his first contri-
6nnon to tho controversy vas entitled, "a
Lotter to tho pcors,, from o Peers Son, Oh tho
oyy, PITY and oesday nesGSey S m%oaate naho - legs
Church OF Scotland, aB Determined by
Gonsidetat'onn OF Constitutional Law. u
Th1B lettor recommended TINT lny patron
ago should bo abolished by legislation. Pr,
Chalmers Welcomed tho young controyersial!st
Marquis Of Lorne, was not prepared to follow
the great divine md oTltor into actual secession.
Tho hoirs to Dnkcao1ns in Great Britain seldom
go very far III tho way OF digaont. Tho Marquis
icttcr 70 tho Roy. Thomas Cha1mers on the
Pregent Position Of Church Affairs in Scotland, "
in Which, while retaining his own views on the
lay-patronago principle, lo declined to accept
the spiritual Independence OF tho Church wore,
s1lko oil md wator, immlEcbe:" Tho FREQ
Church novonont went on, and tho young Mar
quis drow hack. Ho subsequently, vindicated
lis conrao, aud reviewed tho whole question ii.
an "Essay on the Ecclesiastical History OF
Scotland, "--an able trcatlAe, into which, how
ever. tse e;n renders M OF tns ualaSy would hardly
caro- to FOLLOW Linn. ihese Wofo
TIE LITERARY IT. A: nEa1Ss1Eos , ,n,
Of tue 1nshor o. tho ~ NolGn OF Lnw; Wnoh
ticnl History" 10 was 70 yoars Old.
Moanwhllo, tho young controyUfalnHt had bo-
come Duke Of Argyll on tho death OF his father,
III 1917. Ho inherited goat IN tue Mopso or
Lords, not howoyor. ~ Duke of Argyll. but aa
Baron snndridgo IN tho English Poerage. a
scottish pcer docs nos poEsoss tlo right OF SIT.
ting IN tho Houao OF Lords. Scotland elects At
| the beginning ol each tarllament siateen Pcora,
who represent her in that honse. ireland sonds
tWenty.otght representative roera thore who,
unlike those Of SCOTLAND, ar9 elected for lie.
l1ut great many seotch ana irish Poers nave
English tltloa aa woA' nnG ~ Srtuo OF thoao
1ltIea BIZ IN tue Houso OF LordH anu Ino uuRo
OF Argyll IL ono OF thoae. Nothing can
seem mora porplexed and complicated to fer-
elenor than tho arrangements OF our PeeIago;
FOR example, molt strangers gro acquainted
with tho general principle th9t roer can only
have scat IN tho House or Lords. aud cannot
have anything to 90 wlth INC honao OF COM
time foreigner llstons to debate in the House
Of Commons, he hears perlapa tho MarQuia Of