News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-10-18
.TATTON SYKES CHURCHES.
AFTER BUILDING SIXTEEN PROTEST.
ANT HE DONATES THE SEVEN
TENTH TO THE CATHOLICS.

AFTER BUILDING SIXTEEN PROTEST.
ANT HE DONATES THE SEVEN |
TENTH TO THE CATHOLICS.
a Modern CrOesus Whose Church ArchI-
tccturnI Fnncies Led Him to Make n
PrinCeIy GIFT.
Mgr. Capel, says the Philadelphia
Press, tells a story in regard to the man.
ner in which funds were obtained for
the building of n Catholic Cathedral in
London. The British metropolis is the
seat of the primate of the Roman hier-
archy in England The Cardinal
Archbishop of Westminster, DIR. Man.
ming, has palatiaI residence, magnifi-
cent school buildings, an army of highly
intellectual clergy at his command, many
handsome churches in his diocese, but
not single edifce worthy of being
called a cathedral, or shetering the
canOpied throne appertaining to the
archiepiscOpal see. For thirty years and
more the present and late cardinals have
cast their eyes in every direction in hopes
of meeting with a generous son of the
church, whose donations would Mt least
pay for the foundation walls of the de-
sired fame; but although whispers, and
rumors of intentions on the part of GER
tain very wealthy nOblemen have, from
time to time, famed the wings of hope,
the see of Westminster remained with
nothing better to represent its purple
and scarlet dignity than a prO-cathedral,
a pretty little church hidden up an alley
way off one of the main thOrOughfareS
of KensingtOn.
Within recent years, however, q suit
able piece of land near the cathedral
became the vested property of Cardinal
Manning and it would not have been a
very difficult undertaking for the Duke
of Norfolk, the Marquis of Butte and the
Marquis of Ripon to have contributed
the five hundred thousand dollars needed
and set the builders at work. But his
grace Of Norfolk preferred spending his
money on a private cathedral of his own
on his estate Mt Arundel, while the Mar
quiscs of Butte and Ripon where each
making their many shelels roll with
their particular hObbies-Bute on the
improvements of his docks near Cardiff,
and RipOn on vice-regal inequalities to
native princes of India. To the reproach
of the Pope's faithful it was reserved for
a Protestant to fifty clothe the dignity of
the English Catholic primate.
Sir Tatton Sykes is a very wealthy
barOnet, whose ideas have a peculiarly
pronounced direction. They all flow to-
ward church architecture. He is a Prot
estant so far as his religious belief is
concerned, and has hitherto shown his
devotion to the established faith of which
Queen Victoria is hereditary defender
by building handsome churches in vari-
GUS portions of London. Every style of
architecture is represented in his
churches, for a new fancy i'll the way of
a grOined roof or a square steeple on the
part of the baronet usually led to the
conception being realized in stones, NOR
tar, conservation, a new rector, and a
hard working curate. Finally, it be-
came a joke with Archbishop Taft of
Canterbury, that his particular duty was
to cOnsecrate Sir Tatton Sykes's new
| churches.
The building of the sixteenth church,
however, exhausted the worthy baronet's
church fancies. He in
cluded in his collection splendid speci-
mems of Gothic, ROmanesque, Tudor,
Renaissance, Old Saxon, Norman, By
zantine, and had rung the changes on
| perpendicular, Gothic, ObliQue Tudor
and other little whims, but he was not
happy. He still had an ample slice of
income to devote to houses of God. The
cost of the other shrines of Heaven had
only been a bagatelle-some hundred
and fifty thousand pounds or so; but for
! the life of him he could not discover any
novelty of idea in the many plans of
| Il,
| dozen or more of architects who daily
sought his audience. SO the baronet
| determined to travel; and travel he did
through many lands, in search of an idea
for church which should eclipse his
! previous efforts, and, if it ruined his for
tune, remain perpetual monument to
Tatton Sykes forever.
In Vienna he came across his ideal OF
the church he desired. 1t was one OF
the recently erected magnificent Catholic
editices for which the Austrian capital is
famous, and built in combination OF
many STYLES of architecture hitherto I'M
known to Sir Tatton. At once he sought
the architect and inquired the cost of
such a fame.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand OF
your pounds sterling" was the reply.
"Thank you; l will take one of those,
was the calm reply of the baronet
Cropsus.
Zone of which ?" questioned the archi-
tect.
81 wish you to build me in Eng
land a church, similar to that one, fOI
which [ will pay you two hundred and
fifty thousand pounds" quietly reiter-
ated Sir TattOn, pointing to the church,
which directly faced the windows of his
lodgings in the kaiserstadt.
For a Protestant or a Catholic
church ?" asked the architect.
protestant, of course.
''Then, sir" was the answer which
fell on the astOnished Englishman' 5 ears
you must get somebody else to draw
your plans and build your church, for
will not defIe my knowledge by aiding
in the erection of place of worship fol
nOn-believers."
The baronet argued, the architect was
obdurate, when suddenly an idea crossed
the mind of the former. The Catholics
in London were longing for a cathedral;
why should they not be the recipients 0
his seventeenth church? With the con
tributiOn which would undoubtedly bt
added to his Sykes s. very large dona
ton magnificent structure would IN
deed be the result. AS to the little diff
ference of worship church is a churcl
under all circumstances, and so thu
baronet turned to the architect and said
"Well make the plans; the churcl
shall belong to the Catholics"
Cardinal Manning, i'll due course, re
ceived Sir Tatton Sykes's offer, anc
gratefully accepted the magnificent gift
and since its public announcement
money has been flowing in on all side
for the fitting and decoration of tn,
cathedral. Nevertheless it Wi Away
owe its foundation to Protestant Episco
pal money.
MILLIONS OF SWALLOWS.