, 1873-12-27


lactnnl!y, TINT he. han lct 70 busy lilo, autl
wnrke, hard in Huch varta.l cltla Of lal,or I1o
iH not very rich; that Is. llo In not nmonC tln
rio!. Dnlcp.. 11ia wealth will not compare With
thnt Of soycrnl otllor Peers; but Ilo is rcl,
enough to maintain tho dignity oi hia stetto,,,
and the lnEoriouB dut:cR which lie undertakes
bring him 10 galn Tint conl lo worth fiB COLI
INDICATION. op tic ,wisolo. Ind apars from iu
pnllti'al nl'ini.n',h nrd Ills general e''ligaton-
mont, ilo IL. think, tho
MOST RE9pEUrAnLE or ALI, ouN nuKts,
moscly 6ochlso Of hiH HtoadY love of work. Tut
whou VIC Md 10 l.is consideration tho fact that
lily political sy,nrathies l,avc nlways Loci, en-
found MI cart,cst advocate III him. think wo
mas co'lsidor that In personal merit llc stands
among otr Dukes lko Saul among liH brothro.l.
Il ts only IN metaphor a,t'l III merit however,
Tint ho titus oycrtora hts brother Dukes. 4
loss imposing figure 1t would nut be cusy to lind
Tho Dixie Of Argyll Is q small man, wifi foeblo
frnne and stumbling walk. Ills fair, fresh
faco IL sur1nol1ntoa by chcrctHry w1lCt. used to
chastonod BY T. tingo of noborizing gray. liz
throws his lead as high IN air rs ho cnrl whi'o ho
walks, and soemB to snifr the broozo like ono Of
t'o stays upon his native mo'lntal,,s. 1lo always
nalcs himself ratl,cr ridiculous by fancying TINT
ho Is OF gigantic atntnro, mud conrorting him
solf accordingly. Ho wnl|is through tho 1othioB
antl corridors of tho Ionse of 1sortln will, his
hands ii hia waiatcoat pockets and Ills Int on
II ho thought llmaof 4 person whom it
would 10 rather dangerous to approach.
Indeed, It is generally boltovcd that tho Duke of
... NOT DEFICIENT 1% HELr-coScEtr.
Wien ho WIS ydung man this quality uanl to
como out ralhar strongly In him. Tho Duke Of
Argyll began lifo very Booli. lie Ia now only to
years OF age, and ho has boon prominent pub
10 man for nearly, thirty years. Of TINT tinsc.
Lord ltougl!ton, in proposing his health at u
otlly that tho Duke ..was, / think, u whom ho
wrote d pamphlet caIlod Advice to tho pecra
and lso has gone on eAvising us ever since"
Pursuing thg cnreor Of !ls friend, lord ITough-
ton wens ops to any, .'suon after TINT ho got
communicated" ! am not sufficiently well ac-
qlalntod with tho history OF tho CONTROVERSY u
which tho Duke Of Argyll engagod 10 curly, Us to
know wlethor lie underwent ut anybody's lamdu
impression was that despite lis youth,
Scotoran', ilo contriyed rather to hodge and to
ovadc tho d!flculsics OH both sidcs. Tho coll
lrosorsy waa
FAMOUS oHE.
It concerned tho freedom Of tho Church ,of Scot
lind from tho legal supremacy Of lnylatronago !;
md it led to tito great secession Of upwards Of
400 ciorgymon and lnrgo body OF tito laity, WHO,
under tue leadership Of DR.. Chnlmors, fonndad
tno elee CAnlcn' 1Hto thib eontfofofBy tho
Duke Of Argyll, thon Marquls Of I4ornc, rushed
with all tho cnorgy Of Scottish youth, but II, 1t
lle maintained himself, thinli. with good deal
Of tho prorcrbial Scottish caution. llo wroto in
1919 (l}oing then 10 yoars old, mud not IT, M
Lord lIougl,ton supposedly, and bis first contri-
Letter to tue Peora, from d poes'a Son, OH tho
Duty and Necoasty OF Inlmotliate Leyis-
lattyo 1nterposition III Do',alt Of tile
cnars et sc0tsnd aa n9teriued by
Tlis letter recommended that lay patron
ago should 10 abolished by legislation. DR..
Chalmers welcomed tho young oo.itroyersialiat
al All important aud ab!o udlierent. But tho
tho great divine md orator nto actual secession.
Tho holrs to Dnkodonls in Great Britain seldom
20 very fnr in tho way Of dissent. Tho marquis
published another pamphlet in tho form Of IA
Ietter to tho ltoy. Yhomas Chalmers OIL tAn
rresont Position OF Church Affaira in Scotland, II
lay-ratfonago priuciplo, ho declined to accept
the doctrine OF Cialnlors that lny patronage mud
the spiritual Independence Of tho Church. worc,
''llke oil and wator+ ilnnlisoibla." Tho Free
qlsis drew back. lie anbaaquently yintlcate1
his course, aud reviewed tho whole question III
al1 ''EBsay On the Ecoo4iastioal History Of
Scotland, "-an able Treatise, %fn.o which, l,ow-
cyer. tho roadors of the Gala1y would hardly
caro- to follow him. Tieao were
: TIE LITERARY DEalSS1Nas
Of the antlor Of the 'Roign Of Law" WHOM
ho published tho Essay on Scottish Eccleaias-
tica! History" l.o WIS 25 yenrs old,
Meanwhile. tho young controycrsallst lad be-
comH Duke Of Argyll Oil tho dnath Of his father,
i'll 1877. Ile inherited scat in tho House Of
Lords, not. however, ns Duke of Argyll, but as
Daron sundrldgo in tho English roorago. a
Scottish Peer does not poaRcsH tho right Of sit
tho beginning q oach Parliament sixteen Peers.
who represent Her in TINT llouHe. ireland sontls
twcnty-eiglt representative roers thore, who,
unlike tluao Of Scotland, are eoctod for life.
But great n,a:sy Scotch and, Irish pcorg lave
English Titles as vol. and by virtuo Ut thoso
Of Argyll III ono Of Those. Nothing ean
seem moro porp!exoa and complicated to d for
cgnor than tho arrangements Of our peasaHe.
Eur example, most Htrnugors aro acquainted
with tho general principle that Peer chi, only
havo sent in tho House Of Lords. aud cannot
hase anything to 10 witi, tho uonso of Con,-
lnonH. So far everything Ia cloar. Bit tho first
limo a foreigner listonH 10 n debnto in tho House
Of Commons, ho hears pcrhapss tho Marquis Of
Harrington make speech: Ho asl;s how this
Gomeb to llass, md l,e is told that tho Marquis
OF Harrington is in fact 1o Marquis ut ull, but
moroy Alr. Spancer Campton CaSondiHt ei1ost
son Of tho Duke OF Davollsliiro, having, accord-
ing to English usaEe, tho title
''ny COURTESY"
Of Marquis, titlo without my legal effect, and
which will not Horye M II description Of itn pos
SCISSOR i'll airy formal document. II the son OF
tho Duke Of Doyonsl,ire hHa to DO described
formally, he js spoken Of aB "tllo lion.
sroreur Campton Caventall, commonly
called Marquis Of Harrington" Flo
therefore nay be elected to sit in tho lIuuao OF
Commons. which House in fact srarma witt,
older a!ld younger sons OF tho nobility, hearing
courtesy tllcs. This much, too, our foreigner
easily understands but ho suddenly remembers
tliat Lord Iaimerston was a mcmbor of tho
House Of Commons up to bis death ut tho ago OF
VI. and lie asks in eonBtornation waH his too
only courtesy tito, aud was Lord Pamorston's
fnther living ut that time It lias to be oxpla,l-
cd 10 him that Lord pnlmeraton was poer with
n genuine titlo Of lliH own; but then ho waB
ONLY AN IRISH PEER,
not outitlotl, unless elected n representative
Peer, to nit in the House of Lords, ni,l therefore
qualified to bo chosen as a member of tho House
Of Commons. Tllon pcrlmpH ha il p,tzzod
about tho Lord Russell, who le knows sat in tho
House Of Commons for long time a1ld now sits
in the House OF Lords, and WHO l,as not
hncoecdoa 10 nny peerago IL tho meantmo, for
tho lloal Of tho House Of Bedford il aiipe aud
woll, nud Lord Russell is far oue Of tho way Of
the succession in any case. But horo comos. in II
new condition Of things. The Quoon conferred
npon Lord Jol,t 1t,.ssoll In 1861 Poorngo Of