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ceasing effort to deliver them upon any pccuni-
ary terms the guardians choose to iT. Aud
lere. possibly, the Cardinal will show you some
of the details OF this work which hc has so
much At heart lie will take you into room
where hles OF correspondence with the Poor
Law Board and with Boards Of Guardians tell
their own tale; where certificates Of births
marriages, and dcaths, and other documents
necessary for establishing the cases he has to
maintain, arc arranged with precision and
order which would not do diseredit to lawyers
Office. a reverend secretary is In special charge
OF this department Of the diocesan business.
In ncighboring room other secretaries and
clerks arc busily. engaged. The Cardinal and
plain and simple way, and on the right Of the
entrance-h21l is their common room, where they
assemble daily for their 1-o'clock dinner, 1t is
hung around with portraits of the successive
the '.rcstoration Of the hierarchy" Under Cardi-
nal Wlscman;' venerable personagcs who little
thought, one may suppose. Of tho future which
WAS IN store Tor their descendants in this age Of
universal religious federation and Theological
liberty. Archoisnop's House is rich in nlcmon-
ais OF q more troublous time. In the private
chapel is 4 chest half filed with cloths dipped
IN the blood Of The 'tmartyrs'' y who suffered
under the Elizabcthan legislation. Other high
ly-prizcd relics OF this little or4tory are the
nlitrc and manipIc Of St Thomas Beckett,
which stands under glass on the altar, aud au-
Iograph letters OF st. Theresa and St. Francis
&c Sales. 1t is here that the Cardinal says his
daily mass; after which lie not unfrequently adj
ministers the s. Sacrament of CoQ6rna tton u to
adult converts"
Such are the surroundings in which Cardinal
Manaing fluids his present hone,-diIcrcnt, toto
ctzlo. from the scenes in which the earlier years
ol his career were spent. 1t requires an effort
of something more than memory TO tgurc to
oneself this prince Of the Catholic Church-ri1o
seems the embodiment OF all that is as
cctic. hicrnrhical and distinctively Romau-
US Protestant clergyman. And yet 1t is only
thirty years ago that hc WIS very prominently
before the world In that ezan.llity. The llucs
fell to him in pleasant places while he was a
benefited officer Of the Established Church.
1avington, With its coxy rcctory and its pretty
church just rebuilt by nim.-its dark lsanginG
and the long vale through which the Rotner
glides,-could not have been LETT without many
pang.. But even in tlluse DAYS Archdeacon
Manning was Of spirit eccleslastical very fur
removed from tho traditions Of the Church Of
England sciulously maintained by his clerical
neighbors. Old Oxford mcn tell you OF tie
nuttcr which used to Lake place in the University
when 1t WAS known that he was about to colne
up. Every one was on his good behavior. Tbs
influence Of tho born ruler Of men was as
strongly felt iu the oxford Movement as in the
Vatican Council.
But in truth, in the case OF Cardinal Manning,
one is more inclined to dwell upon his present,
or to speculate upon his future, than to go back
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finished and turned down. He is essentially u
mau of action, little inclined to liuger ''a,nong
tho moldcrcd lodges Of tue past" or to lead
Others to linger there: His untiring energy, his
indomitablc courage, his profound ecclesiastical
craftsmanship are amply displayed to men iii
his present position, and arc naturally appre-
ciated more GU the Continent Of Europe than by
his own countrymen: There Is, perhaps, no
other member Of the Sacred College whose great
qualities are SO generally recognized through
out the Catholic world. Is it in store for him to
display those qualities in a still more exalted
station! Are We one day to see him at home ut
tic Vaticans Perhaps the objection which most
readily occurs, that Cardinal Manning is not an
italian, is in truth strong recommendation.
There is a growing feeling among the wisest
and clcarest heads OF the Roman Church that
the local influences which, for the last tnrcc
centuries, have so much narrowed tho choice OF
the electors to the CHAIR of Peter ART intimately
connected with the present misfortuncs Of tue
Papacy, aud that no more emphatic prucla1na-
ton Of its ecumeaieaI character could be nude
than BY the election Of successor to Plus IN,
who could in no sense be claimed as O subject Of
Victor Emmanuel.