New-York tribune., 1896-10-18
from the Government. and at least $4,000 more

from the Government and at least $4,000 more
in the shape of allowances of one KIND ana
another, and likewise enjoys the use OF no less
than. three magnificent residences, two OF WHICH
are country-seats. while the third Is pai'17
on the banks OF the Thames, in the very heaIt
of London 1t bears the rame of Lampeth al
ace, and has been the metropolitan residence
Of the Archbishop of Canterbury ever since the
twelfth century. the only interruption pc'hs oui-
ing the protectorate Of Oliver Cromwell, WheA
the chapel was converted into a dancing nan
and the remainder of the palace hired out |"
shopkeepers and merchants. 1t is a picturesque
old pile situated on the Surrey side of the
river. almost opposite the Houses OF farha-
ment at Westminster has large grounds. and IS
redolent Of historic associations OF all hihu9'
many tragedies OF sombre character ha'!ns
taken place within its crennelated walls.
Here the Archbishop of Canterbury resides IN
great state throughout the London season, MS
household being maintained on princely scale
with gcntlemen-in-w atinG, chapains, secre-
taries purse-bearcrs and chamberiains his
entertainments are very impressive a1lallS' lht
at least three nights week there are sraho
dinners and evening parties at the palace, which
invariably excite the ire of that pious states
man, Henry Labouchere NJ. p who never 1alls
in his weekly newspaper TO draw comparisons
between the lavish expenditure ana spiehoot ., y,
the Primate, and the poverty and absence OF an
OStentatiOn that distinguished the louiueio Va
the Christian Church.
Every now and again the palace is the scene
OF some ecclesiastical trial. A feW years dso
the Bishop of Lincoln was tried for rituahsm Isl % o..
a character prohibited by the canon law OF tilc
Church of England. the Archbishop OF Cahter
bury presiding over the tribunal TO decide tne
case and nearly twenty YEARS eaTsr nsrop II nT. Dp
Colenso, likewise tried before the Primate
of the day on the charge OF heresy.
WIVES OF THE PRELATEs
Seldom has Lambeth Palace had a more
gracious mistress than Mrs. Benson. who pre-
sided over her husbands hospitalties with
tact and charm that caused her guests 10 lose
sight of her peculiar social status. one OF the
anomalies of the English episcopacy IS the III
de6ned positions of the wives of the arch-
bishops and bishops ladies who can under y"
circumstances claim to be regarded as tne
better half. They are entirely ignored, oinclauS
speaking a survival probably or the pr
Reformation times, and they are debarred from
any participation whatsoever in the Ianh -
precedence of their husbands. Thus Whle tne
Archbshops of Canterbury and YORK outfahk
every peer of the realm and are addressed as
Your Grace" IN the same manner as dukes,
whom they precede their wives are compeiled
TO yield precedence to the spouse OF every new
lv knighted grocer London draper, and are
addressed merely as Mrs The wives or the
Bishops of London and Durham, ana III 1act u
every other prelate of the Church OF Elslanu'
are in the same curious position. IL Is SUI
prising that this somewhat paradoXicai s'ale oi
affairs to which Queen Elizabeth is recorded III
history to have called the attention OF her az,
visers should have been permitted to remain
unchanged down to the present Day
An impression appears TO prevail III 'his cpun-
trv that the choice of a successor TO Archbishop
Benson will liz with Lord SALISBURY. ms y a
mistake. 1t is the Queen herself VINO lhVaIiapS
disposes Of and determines nominations Oh 'h,s
kind and it is one Of the preroSatNes OF VIII n
she Is most Jealous Thus the proinotlon "i ~.
Wfberforce to the archbishopric OF Can'erpulS
and of York urged upon the Queen py no no
less than three Of her Prime Ministers, ana Hct
she declined. not because she opJect,u 10 ,nu
ecclesiastical views of the senal ana PopItin,
nrnlate b,,t solely and entirely because he liau
on one occasion given offence 10 the irlnce 'oI- on
sort by some witty remark Whlch III. ,, ti
Queens husband in an altoeetner unespeo'''
manner In a particularly Nuincrapie sPo. -.
In This connection it Is worthy to noie trat
the ecclesiastical powers OF pishop ahe o. 49, %
archbishop begin not from the t'lHe w rv',
consccration and enthronement as such' ~.
only from the moment Of their performing tIicI
homage and kissing the hand Of the socereIs,n
in her quality Of supreme head OF 'he OHu''"
Of England
DIR. BENsONS SUCCESSOR.
While II is difficult to speak with any ccr-
tainty upon the subjec-, it is pronao'e '"a' '"e
Primacv will be conferred by Her Majesty upon
DR.. Manden Creighton, al present biShop o'
Peterborough Dr. Creighton, an eloquent
hroad-mnded man. with the same tendency toW-
ard rtualisTn Of the mild type that dis.i's ST.
DR. Benson and possessed of a sta'ci! pr,
ence Is a great favOrite with the queen anu
likewise a frequent visitor at Sahdrlhshai'i,
where he has on several occasions injured a. a.
the fellow-guest OF Joseph ChamnerI"n,in IN va
the regard in which he is held by her MuJ'sS
no stronger illustration need be gwen IMAM ,'e
fact that If was he whom she selected 70 repre-
sent the Church OF England az the coroha'i"h
Of the Car at Moscow last spring. ,
Fortunately he is a rich man, otherWlse ~
might be deferred from accepting pTciciiic't
In consequence OF the enormous lees WhIcn he
will be called upon 10 pay To all klnds OF "VN
ernment ecclesiastical and court ofhciais. i'eHcs
of a bygone age these iees an,oumS an1pmno ' Ia ID com,
of an archbishop to nearly Sloooo. ana con-
misc among other extraordinary items sum
Of 5000 for gloves to the members OF tne 'haP-
ter of the Cathedral of Canterbury. S.,o Tor the
sovereiens gentlemen-oi-tne -tne-cciar ~ 49, 70 W.
sovereiens chief cook and SO to the "sover-
epn's barber" When it is only hishop IN
stoad of an archbishop who is appointed the
titular barber of the sovereign contents MINI
self with a fee Of merely 81. What Is so IRE
soroe about these fees is that they are mostly
ovtorted in the shape Of small sums, which gives
Tho unfortunate preate the impression that ne
tas paid even more than has really Deeh tne
case and it is not astonishing that uhd.r the
circumstance when the late Dr. MaGce
was consecrated Archbishop or orr ~ ",5 ,oon
a text for the first sermon when ne pieachsu
as an archbishop in the Minister or YORK the
verge of the New Testament when descripes
how "a certain man went down IRON JcIusaien.
IN Jericho and fell among thieves. ~ was thls
came Archbishop Of York who on being recclFid
IN audience by the Queen TO pay his homage
remarked TO Her Majesty. Ma am, you're the
only off rial person ! have seen since my nom
ination who has not asked me for fee.
EX-ATTACHE.
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WAX SPRING.