The New York herald., 1877-11-22
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS.
From tho Whitehall Review, Sept. cal
Henry Fitzaan Howard, who among his other titles
boasts that OF Chief Butler Of England, comes OF
ancient well known and historical race Ho is a
OF frreproachable cnaractercei1 dire, and he
has increasing income OF nearly 81, 800 600, gold,
pcr ADD TO these qualifications that he the
fifteenth Duke OF his name that no is Premier Duke
and Hereditary Earl Marshal OF England and yet
thirty years Of ago, and you cannot wonder that very
many manGuvrng mothers looked upon him the
greatest prize which OF their daughters could
possibly draw In the lottery OF matrmony. To the
world in general the Duko OF Norfolk In re-
spect social difficulty. Ho is a Roman Catholic. lie
has boon called by those who do not know him a
devoteo, bgot. He is thing. His Grace Is,
and has BEEN fortunately for himself a man who
avoids with horror wild living. lie is a sports
in tho best of tho word. He rides
| well to hounds, rides straight and has the pluck
required OF who likes to show tho way In the hunt
ing field Ho Is fond Of sh ooting looks personally
after his own vast estates and loves country lie.
As becomes OF his rank he lives certain portion
OF tho year IN London, and III his princely
| ST. James square royalty entcrtans ns friends But
he does keep horses does not bet play is
not given to lato hours and is a stranger TO other
namccss vices Of which more detailed mention mood
| not DO made
ABUSED FOR CHARiTY's SAKE
| During tho nine years which have elapsed since no
attained his majority no well authenticated OF
| misfortune has been put before MIN without finding
| prompt and generous succour This perhaps is why
no beon in certain cques OF the best abused
| mon In England. Had It been otherwise, had he
squandered vast sums OF money racing lost large
amounts at cards and mortgagcd his estates, he would
| probably have been very popular man. As IL Ia he
content to be admired and respected by those whose
opiuon Is best worth having. And few mon, indeed
OF barely thirty years OF age particularly those
| who have immense and almost unlimited means as
their command, will end their bachelor days with n
cleaner reputation In ovcry way than docs tho Duke
Norfolk.
| DUCHESS
Lady Fora Hastings, to whom His Grace Is about TO
be married. Is, like her future husband ono who has
tho courage of her opinions She is twent -four
years OF age. and about two years ago, very much
against the wish OF her fimily, she received
the Catholic Church On her fathcrs side hor family
was, until about n,ty years ago, among the stanch-
| est adhcrcnts TO what Is tcndery called tho old
| faith Mr. Charles Abney Hastings, who, In 1853
| married Lady Edith Hastings was the third son
! OF Mr. Clifton, oil Lytacm, In Lancashire. on
his marriage he assumed by Act OF Parliament tho
name and arms OF Abnoy Hastings. His father, VINO
died 1851, the first OF his raco who bocame
n.
Clifton, OF Lythcm, who in 1874, married daughter
OF tho Hon. Henry Lowhcr. and who formerly in
the First Lilo Guards, coniormed to the hith OF his
forciathers some seven eight years ago; aud tho
| mass is, as ot yorc, said every Sunday and hol.-
day in tho domestic chapel at Lythom Hail. Lady
Flora Hastings may, therefore, like her uncle, bo said
| to have returned TO the Church. to which, with tho
exception Of one generation, her family has always
lonscd. But bo that as It may, the opposition she
with from her nearest relatives when she detcr-
mined TO be received into the Catholic Church would
have deferred most ladies' OF her age from taking a
step at bold and unpopular. II is however
more than likely that those who blamed her most ior
joining what sho believed to bo the only ruo faith
will DC tho first to sing hymns in her praise as the
| wfc OF the Premier Duke OF England.
/ ARIsrocRAric CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.
Marriages among Catholics Of rank IN England arc
fcw and FAR between and for the best OF all reasons
that there comparatively few families Of title who
belong to that Church. The last wedding this kind
on recent record that OF tho Marquis Of Butte
who in 1872 married Lady Gw.ndolar Howard, daugh-
ter OF Lord Howard OF Glossop. and first cousin 10
the Duke Of Norfolk. The function was performed
At the oratory by Cardinal Manning. assisted by Mgr.
Capel and several OF tho loading Catholic clergy in
1 London, In presence Of tho croam OF London So
| cety-tho Prince aud Princess OF Wales and olhcr
I
matter OF course Lothairs wedding was exceptionally
grand, and the decorations ana ilium nations tho
] 0ratory Church were oil kind seldom seen, save IN
some OF the bost known churches on the Continent.
/ In tho Catholic Church IT IL forbidden TO marry cx.
ccpt for very urgent reasons from the first sunday IN
Advent until the Feast OF tho Epiphany, the 9Th OF
January. Tho Duke and tho Duchess his
mother, have been friends OF some Of the most
| famous members OF tho Oratofy Hts Grace was
educated entirely at Dr. Ncwmans school, at Edgbns.
ton, near Blrmin ham; and, il mistake not, tho
| Duchess (born Protestant, daughter OF the Istc
Admiral Lord Lyons and sistor OF the present
| British Ambassador at Pars) received into the
| Catholic Church by the late. and we'll known Father
Faber who first introduced into England in 15t9 and
established in King William street, Strand, tho order
| OF The Fathers OF the Oratory.
! INCOME
The Duke OF Norfolk is said 10 possess In England
! moro actual acres OF ground than any other land
owner To say nothing Of tho house properly which
ho possesses in London he has land tho counties oil
Sussex, YORKSHIRE Surrey, Norfolk. Derby, sunoik,
Stafford and Nottingham. These estates cover on the
whole $1,000 acres. and In tho Domesday
Book their vauc IS sot down at ST. $50 0o0 god year
When add that the town Of Sheffield belong.
in great part to HIS Grace, and that no inhcr
itcd the acoumulations OF eight yoars' minority,
nwil be sccn that 81 500 900, gold, yoar must be
rather less than above tho actual OF his In.
come. But no matter how great that income may be,
one has ever what he inherited with greater
judgment with greater consideration for tho wants
| OF Others; ana II there was ever = man endowed
| with this worlds wealth who deserves TO be happy
because he has 80 often conferred happiness upon
others, surely tho Premier Duke OF Epgisnd " tha,
| much " be enyiod person.