New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

viscount Cranborne the heir 10 the marquisate'
is High Church member OF Parliament OF
great force OF character. Lord William Cecil is
the rector Of Bishops Hatfield Lord Robert
Cecil has made a reputation at the BAR Lord
Edward Cecil is a soldier with the rank OF ma
jor. and is fighting at Mafeking under Colonel
Baden-PoweIL Lord Hugh Cecil is one Of the
rising men IN public life. having made his mark
in the Commons by the earnestness and ability
OF his recent speeches and having shown much
OF that sturdy independence OF character which
he inherited from Baron Alderson's daughter.
There are two daughters, one the wife or Lord
Selborne, Under Secretary for the Colonies, and
the other, unmarried, Lady Gwendolin Cecil
who has been the hostess at Arlington-st and
Hatfield House during her mothers protracted
illness. II in this circle Of afectonate chill
dren that the Marchioness OF Salisbury reigned
with supreme power; and II the Prime Minister
has been described as a recluse. with perverse
talent for pottering over chemicals In his labor
atory and marked distaste for the pleasures
OF Mayfair. It was mainly because he had
peaceful and happy home, which was TO him
the dearest spot on earth
Within that household circle OF intellectual
men and sympathetic women the Prime Min
lister has been strongly influenced In more ways
gossip during the last year has been the al
legged divergence OF views between him and the
Secretary for the Colonies respecting South
African policy The caricaturists have alter
natelv depicted Lord Salisbury throwing a
bucket OF cold water over Mr.. Chamberlain. and
the pushful man with the monocie and the
Orchid as dragging the shrinking Prime Minister
by the coat tails to the verge Of the precipice.
In the family counsels at Hatfield House and
Walmer Castle there has been no lack OF either
interest or private information from South
Africa, for Lord Edward Cecil was on the
ground with his wife. and he was a stanch
Britisher in his views OF English policy, as has
been shown by his courage in exposing himself
with Colonel Baden-Powelrs garrison 70 the
eneuv's long range fire at Mafeking; and the
only son-in-law was Lord Selborne, who as
Under Secretary for the Colonies was closely
associated with and powerfully Influenced by
Mr. Chamberlain. Indeed, the divergence be
tween the greatest OF the feudal lords and the
leader OF Tory Democracy and lingo Imperial
ism has been much narrower than mas been
generally supposed Lord Salisbury and Mr..
Chamberlain are excellent friends with many
Intellectual points Of sympathy and contact,
and each is a prime favorite with the queen.
Mr. Chamberlain was one OF the earliest callers
AZ Hatfield House after the prime Minister'S
bereavement.
In another respect the Prime Minister has
haen strongly influenced by the home circle.
This has been in ecclesiastical policy. BY
virtue Of his three terms in Office he has
v,rtuallv appointed a majority Of the Bishops
now on the bench and they have been High
Cburchmen Sir Edward Hall Anderson. Baron
Of the Excheauer was in sympathy with the
1>ractartan movement and promoted the fort
unes OF the High Church party by his action
on the bench. The Marchioness or SALISBURY
shared her fathers religious views, and several
n, her son. have taken a warm interest IN
ecclesiastical polemics. Some of the Low Church
zealots have been in the habit OF concerning
- os q "Papist'' who was bent upon subvert-
,rp the Protestant faith OF the Church or Eng
land. but this was OF course a vagary OF re-
ug,ous bigotry and intolerance. Lady Salisbury
undoubtedly Influenced her husband, who has
never been anything but High Churchmah'
orA he probably consulted her respecting eplsco-
nal anpointrnents as he did about other impor-
tant matters Of State; but the charge frequent
" heard among ultra-Protestants that she was
hacking the episcopal bench with Rtualists
,vas a gross exaggeratlon, both OF her influence
and NJ the status Of the Bishops Mr. Clad
stone appointed the only Ritualist' who Is no"
on the Episcopal Bench OF the House OF Lords;
and Lord Salisburys candidates, while High
Churchmen have not been extremists The
,tarobioness was a sincere. devout and loyal
daughter OF the English church, and was united
18th her husband In religious faith as she was
in intellectual sympathies ana by the ponds OF
domestic affection l. n T.