Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-21
A NOTED MAN IN CARSON.

ISIS, cElel dlllOuS Nuohh "oio -'A'' ~ "S
W. Field, the original protector and in
spring spirit of the trst-laid Atlantic
cable and Reverend Charles-widely
known as Canon Kingsley of West
minister Abbey, London, arrived here by
the morning train from Reno. OF the
more public history of Mr.. Field, our
| readers are well acquainted. he IS one
Of very distinguished family, David
Dudley Field, famous on both sides OF
the Alta ntic as an eXpounder OF the
science of the law. and Stephen J..
Field, one of the Justices of the SUI
preme Court of the United States and
! one Of its most learned and accomplished
members being his brothers. OF the
Rev. Charles Kingsley less is generally
known. although he is IA very eminent
and noted scholar, clergyman and liter
ateur holding a front rank III these call
inCs. in England and in theological
circles. and amoug scholars everywhere.
He is the author of Alton Locke, a
novel based upon the Chartist excite
ments of nearly forty years ago. West
ward Ho" and other works Of fiction
embracing a moral. besides pamphlets
and lectures almost numberless. This
is not the place for a lengthy account Of
this famous parsonage, but we viii try
and give an IDEA of his appearance and
an outline of his life as sketched by one
of his cleverest countrymen, Justin Nc
Carthy. Describing Mr.. Kingsley first
appearance before Il London audience,
Mccarthy, in his Modern Leaders
speaks Of the reverend gentleman as
lGlr1F oil
awkward, with thin, staggering legs, Il
hatchet face. adorned with scrasgy gray
whiskers, :. faculty Tor falling into the
most unca;nlv attitudes and making the
most Lide0us cOntortlons OF vlsaSe and
france but this rough sketch Is decld
ediv modified to the readers senses by
the further statement that he has
robust and energetic plaln-speaklng
which soon struck home to the heart OF
the meeting and that he won his audi
ence, long before he had finished, by
his bluff AMI blunt earnestness and his
transparent sincerity We are further
informed by this writer, that Mr.. hluSs-
lev, at one time held the chair of pro-
fessor of modern history at the Cnivers-
ity of Cambridge. For sketch OF the
Reverend gentleman ; life We refer fur
ther to McCarthy's brilliant account
of him and quote as follows from the
work whose name is indicated above:
Mr.. Charles Kingsley is man OF ancient
English family, very proud of his de-
scent, and full of the conviction so
ostentatiously paraded by many English
men, that good blood carries with It
warrant for bravery, justice, and truth.
The kingsleys are IA Cheshire family; L
believe they date from before the Con
quest-it does not much matter. L shall
not apply to them John Bright cpl
gram about families which came over
will William the Conqueror and never
did anything else; for the klngsleys
seem to have been always an active race.
They took an energetic part III the civil
war during Charles the first's time, and
stood by the Parliament | am told that
the family have still i'll their possession
a com mission to raise troop OF horse,
given to Kingsley and signed by Oliver
Cromwell One OF the fa.Illy enlisrated
to the New World with the Pilgrim
Fathers, and I believe the Kingsley line
still flourish there like a bay-tree. Ir-
energy, SO far as l know, !
seems to have always been a character |
lev was born near Dartmouth, in Devon
shire; every one who has read his books |
must know how he revels in descriptions |
of the lovely scenery of Devon. He was
for while pupil of the Rev. Derwent
Coleridge, son of the poet, and be finally
studied at Magdalene College, Cam
bridge. Mr.. Kingsley was originally in
tended for the legal profession, but
he changed his mind and went into the
church. He was first curate and soon
after rector of the Hampshire parish Of
Eversley, the name of which has since
been So constantly kept in association
with Lis own. may mention that Mr..
married one OF trio of sisters
the Misses Grenfell-a second of
whom was afterwards married to Mr..
Froude, and is since dead, while the
third became the wife of one of the fore
most English journalists. Mr.. Kingsley
and his fellow tourists returned here
from Virginia City on the 6 O'Clock
train last evening and dined at the
Ormsby House. They went to Reno,
on their way to California last night.