The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-11
From tho London Register.I

From che London RegisterI sa
An English gentleman, Of good birth and of
ortune, Of fair abilities, cultivated to the Ct
tmost, with n elk gown and seat in {"
Parliament. may be called a lucky man. Fl
dr w. G.. G. v. Vernon Harcourt-we II
lumbly beg his pardon if, while this sheet =
9 going through the press he shall have fl
become Sir William us all this ana n
Queen, and the cousin-in-law of the Royal il
family. His luck it all the greater in that t
it is believed by some (doubtless enviousl
persons that he owes most OF these things {
less to merit than to favor. Ihat, however,
lie not his own opinion. ~,
Mr.. Vernon Harcourt is certainly an aoie
man, 1t may be his fault rather than ais
misfortune that during his career at the
Bar he has seldom been asked to take any
clients caae in hand. 1t Will ee remen
bered by many that, not long after he as
sumed the professional horse hair, he con-
ducted the defence of Lieutenant Perry
before q court martial at windsor. IL Is
also known to most that during the Anne
rican Civil War, he treated OF various Gus
questions of international law arising out
of the events of the time, in letters to the
| Times, bearing the signature of " Hlstorl-
cus.n Perhaps those productions, when
collected in the form of a volume, founo 30
large and remunerative sale as to com
pensate for the loss OF the fees that might
have been earned while he was engaged
upon them. The work is still procurao1e
at the publishers, or the pastry cooks we
will not undertake to say it had anything
, to do with creating or aggravating Inc
, Alabama difficulty. 1t was for the ,iac.er
! sort of service according to Sir. Colman
, O'Loghlen), that Lord Ripon was made
. Marquis. We hesitate to offer any opinion
. as to why Mr.. Harcourt was made "a =, 49, ".
8 who have preceded him in the Office OF
Solicitor G eneral. One of those inferior
. persona, however, who is now Master OF
d the Rolls, bore witness, this very year, IN
n the House of Commons, to the ample lei
sure which Mr.. Harcourt enjoyed probably
n beyond any lawyer there, for applying HE
10 (" superior abilities" to questions OF La"
s. Reform.
- In this view Of the case it is not little
ID arkable that Mr.. Harcourt should have
reminded his constituents at Oxford thl
10 week of his services in the work of re
r. trenchment. He was speaking OF his la
OF bors on the com mittee charged with revis
IL ing the Civil Service Estimates, and b
IL said :-"I don't profess that we accom-
be credit for this-that the first department
nd We tackled was that Of the lawyers
ut and that we set going q commission whlct
es trust without detriment to the law, WI
lin substantially relieve the Taxpayers" In
vs. nav and eznoluments of the Law Officers c
no the Crown are now on a reduced scale; bu
w it ia understood that the salary of tn
,ns Solicitor General is still large enough I
he remunerate q man of high standing an
m large practice at the Bar for undertakln
nd the duties. 1t is not apparent, withot
ing more explanation than Mr.. Harcourt cor
i'm, descended to afford, that it should be
no source of consolation to the Taxpayers
md see the Office and the salary bestowed upc
ms, q man of little or no practice, and there1o
ow enormously over paid. MIR. Harcourt a
l of but proclaims that the prizes OF the leg
70 profession are not the ultimate objects
ing his ambition. He claims to be a statesm'
ter rather than lawyer-which is our on
3nG reason for occupying ourselves with hi
as here. Now, a Member of Parliament, @
ha tering upon a career of practical state
,sn mapship in o subordinate Office, would
, of we'll content with one or two Thousand
in year. Mr.. Harcourt is competent TO
red such an Office and receive such salar
aok His appointment to a legal office, with
non salary immensely beyond his desel
;nle. is6, 600 year,, may perhaps be justin
hem on other grounds (of which we nave u
,noe heard), but, on grounds of economy
tho simply indefensable.
ght. FLAW is not Mr.. Harcourt's strong poiE
NJ a. Sir George Jessel and the attorne
Io~t seem to opine, neither, it seems to us,
logic. 1t is unnecessary to go back TO
iury speeches in Parliament for instances
en- support of our opinion. His speech at y
e in ford this week offered more than one.
7io- favoring the audience with his views
: he education, he said -" have always he
u TO the opinion that the essence OF rellgl
at
rtful ooes noU couetsT Vi 49, 49,. - urartb
less, such as it is, it is mine" We Ia
and never met any one who held that "
from essence of religion g does" consist
oath. dopman Our own notion ia that it incline
Cal three things-worship, belief, and practti
have have: Matters of belief, which are summoned
'l a1n' by Mr.. Harcourt land by Mr.. Matth
aud Arnold) as dogma" are of the essence
this rrellgon, put not inc Whoie VI ~:
l the belief, again, that supplies the moViSe w
for worship and for the fuliment of mo
table would deny is, that dogma is of the
to call sehce Oh reiS.ou avn. A -; =
They Els neAhinS, llonA Uuie W
+ very OPINION Win Che soneAo, St - oo1
ich 10 49, kueioio.o, VI ono 'o1 ,:. DSt 81
worry IN france lnuepehuouO nioA 60. ~ 80 ~
und Of Ee cothes' d tiSGIe ioUo5 - 49,, ~ AZ
mont. the CnurCh Oh EnSouu' w 80 20 -
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