, 1874-07-01

thousand, and, ~ tho paragraphs which hhva
Gss'a sss % s S:o sss.s edsa Ill., L
would load mo too for atleld wore I to doscant
upou ths causns Of this, but thoy may bo
roughly eketohod, as fol'owsl sinoe 1870 q
amount Of attention to DO directed toward
The lsnmau Church. Tho proclamation Of tho
lnfnllibility Of Tho Pope challenged tho aktotl-
tion Of tho whole world; tim Invasion of
home, md tito abolition Of tho tomporal povor.
Europe, and especially hi uornlnny, continued
to oxelto It; tho spectacle OF tho Church Do
spoiled and prosecuted, hut bold and uno01nplo-
missing, commanded admiration and engepdornl
else, tho conviction that tho Church roprcauntol
tho only principles Of true conservatism and all-
ti-lovolutiontam nctotl strongly upon the 1nlntls
OF that large oasa Of EnElielfncM who aro con-
cd tho, moral effect Of tho dop!orablo die son-
BlonB III thoro own Established Church,
spectacle Of QUO party tloren declaring tnat
they wore "Ca!holio" :" and teaching every l,o-
s,nptemacy; Of auothor party. hcadcd by
the Bishops, asserting TINT their Church wns
" Protestant" md that tho doctrines taught by
their brotllron wero tdoatrona; mud Of q third
doctrines lllat coull scarcely 10 tllsstineuIahod
from rhtlUAaliau1, and throwing doubt OH the
inspiration Of tho Bible, tho APOSTOLIC succession,
md tho ofllcacy OF tho sacramonts. These
things, and otllora need not stop to e',,.mornto.
tl,oy haye drlvon many into inIltloty they have
led others to Homo. There is reason to bclievo
that tho stampede in tho latter direction will con
Time and buuomo roatly formidable. But now
for tho particulars concerning tho notable COLI
versions aboye mentioned.
Tho Is son and heir " Of tho "noblo family "
roeoutly moved to tue hghcst grade In tho Peer.
nge, "Who becomes convert TO- tho Church OF
1io.re." IL Earl GroBvonor, tho el1cat son Of tho
Marquis Of Westminster a1arquls, az you
will rcnlo1nbcr, having becn made Duke a fow
months ago. Earl .lrosvonor IL q years. old.
At his baptism III 1858 tho Qucon horsolf etood
Hpo,aor for lim iu person. uo was oducatea ut
briefly and elevation Of mind, characteristics
which no hns since manifested In a romnrk-
able dcgroo. At Oxford his most intimate
lriona, and asHooiato was young Roman
bly, gnyo to bis thoughts tho Hsst bent In the d.
reotiol thcy hayo since taken. Lis father is
sill comparatively youpg-he ia in Lis 50th
year-and rs oil tho world knows. ho Is tho
vnst az IL now Is, will bo almost doubled III tho
courso OF tho next twontv yoars. Ho OWNS
nearly tho whole Of Westminster, aud as tho
long leaHos on which much OF tho property il
hold will fall ln before tho end OF tho present
century, tho income arising therofrom will bo
greatly Increased. So fur 40 weal:h, station, and
influence 10, no mau in all England would bo Of
greater valuo to tho Church Of Home than this
Young nobieman.
The Duke, who Is also about to "9o ovor,"
is none othor than his qrace George Godol-
ihiu Osboruo, eighth Duke OF Lcotls, and Bar
onet. 1 Prince Of tho Holy Roman Empire"
Tho Duko in 72 yeurs old, and IL widower, but
for nil that ho Is about to embrace D now re-
who diod not long ago, and OF whom need
say nothing to American readers. WAS the wife
Of his cousin, whom no succeeded. on
his death, without children, in 1859. She,
all Inv Atonr fn1,,
3 Catholic, aud tho present Duke, who
became a wtdowor twenty-five yoRra ago, was
always rather prepossessed in favor Of tho old
( religion. But no serious thoughts concerning
until, few mouths ago, 10 met aud fell vloieut-
y III love with tho e1dcnt daughter Of Sir r yera
Mostyn, Daronet Of Flintsllire. Many OF tho
| English Baroness arc able to trace longer and
and this Daronet il ono Of these. His ancestral
troe has ftB roots in Tudor Trovor, the fou1ldo1
Of the Royal houAo OF Tudor, aud lie aud his
forofatliers havo boon magnatos Of Wales from
time, immemorial: Dat, unlike their, great
their religion, but through thic9 and thin have
| remained Catholics. Wisen the Duke Of L Gods
proposed to Sir pyers Mostyn for tho hand o. h'e
daughter, tho worthy Baronot naade very is.,raot
answer. In such an affair ho said, he wonltl not
attempt to conasra!n his daughter's uo1inati onH;
au alliance with 70 great a uoblo would l5e an
honor; but he was strongly opposed to mixed
mnrriages,; he thought they were nevor ha ppy,
However, tho Duke lad botter speak to the
young lady herself The Duko did sponh, aud
tho young lady plainly told him that she would
neyor marry q Protestant. "but," aaia the
know that am Protestant, aAvo in namo.
never hayo thought much about 1t. Give me
your PROMISE that you will wait for mo until
look into the matter" The young lady die
promise; tho Duko came up to town mud put
himself under the Instruction Of Father Dal
! gaiuus, of the Oratory, who had boon the
confosbor Of the late Duchess, and to whom, b,
tho way, sho left as q legacy q largo sum ol
timo. and in perfect sincerity, the Dukc fount
himself ready to embrace the Catholic faith; hi
made Ills first confession, was baptized, and ro
coiycd his first communion. No ohstaclo nov
exists to his wedding; and that evcnt, aq43 told
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