The sun., 1892-01-15
Cardinal Manning.

In HENRY EDWARD MANNING the Church
OF Rome loses the last OF the three prelates
who have most powerfully contributed to
the contemporary revival Of Catholicism in
England, aud whose remarkable services
have in each instance been rewarded with
the red hat. For some three centuries after
the death OF Cardinal POLE no English Cath
oiic dwelling in England had been raised to
tho rank OF Cardinal. Yet in our day we have
seen tho dignity OF Prince OF the Church
conferred successfully on WISEMAN. MAN.
SIHG. and NEWMAN. O; the three. each did
much in his own way TO rchabiIitate and ad-
vance the ClUcch o. Rome in his native
country: but the different abilities Of WISE
MAN and NEWMAN were 20 a large extent
united in him who has just died. for he was
at onco vigorous administrator and a
potent controversia!ist.
HENRY EDWARD MANNING was. like New
MAN. a peculiarly desirable convert, for he
exemplified by birth and education one OF
the most admirable types Of English gen.
tlemen. The son OF a member o. Parlia-
nent, he was sent to school at Harrow,
which divides with Eton the favor OF the
aristocracy. and thence proceeded to Baliol.
which. although then perhaps eclipsed by
Oriel. has since become the most distin-
guished college in Oxford from an academ-
ical point OF view. He gained frst-class
At the age OF twenty-five In 1880. year be-
fore Mr.. GLADSTONE carried off the same
honors: and he obtained q fellowship at
Merton. one Of the grea. prizes OF an Oxo-
nian career. After taking priests orders
he was made one o, the so-called Sc
hn M
was evidently marked out for high
prefermsnt in the Church OF England.
becoming Archdeacon OF Chichester at
the age OF 81 He was in hearty SYM
pathy with the Puseyite movement. which
presently broke out in England. and which
eliminated in the publication OF Tract 81
and in the secession Of JOHN HENRY NEW
MAN from the Anglican Communion. It was
In lSA5 that NEWMAN. seven years older than
AASNISo. joined the Church OF Rome. but
It was not until 1851 that the Archdeacon OF
Chichester followed his example by throw
Ing up his Anglican dlgnities and emol-
uments, and avowips himself con-
vert to Catholicism. just as NEWMAN
had founded an oratory at Birmins.
ham. so in 1857 MANNING organized an
ecclesiastical congregation at Bayswater
andAr the name OF the Ob!ates OF Saint
CHARLES BoRRoAEo. The promotion Of
NKvMAN In the Church OF Rome was less
rapid than that OF MANNING. owing perhaps
to an impression. ultimately corrected, that
the former WAS disinc!ined to accept the
doctrine Of Pspal infallibillty. MANNING. on
The other hand. not long after he entered
me priesthood. was made Provost OF the
Catholic Archdiocese at Westminster. and
In that Office gave such proof Of administra-
tive capacity that on the death Of Cardinal
WHKMAS In 1865 he succeeded that prelate
as Archbishop. He was created Cardinal
by Pope PIUs TX. in 1875. four years before
the same dignity was bestowed on DR..
NEWMAN by LEO XIII.
In the thirty years that have elapsed
since he has been connected with the Arch
diocese OF Westminster. he has been even
more indefatigable than NEWMAN in the
championship Of his adopted faith. Among
his iunumerasle lectures and sermons may
10 mentioned those on the temporal soyer-