New-York tribune., 1907-03-24

wrote to the melancholy father in Rome:
The very morning after writ you my last l
had the happiness of meeting with my dearest
brother. He did not know me at first slght' out
sure knew him very Wet lot ne Is no.
in the least altered since / saw him. except
grown somewhat broader and fatter. which IL
! incOmprehensible after all the fatigues ne mas
undergone. Your majesty may conceive btttrI
than can express in writing the tenderness OF =
our first meeting Those that were present S4lu
thev never saw the like in their lives; and, in
deed / defy the whole world to show another
brother 50 kind and loving as he is TO me For
my part / safely say that all my endeaVorS
tend To no other end but that of deserving 50
much goodness he has for me. The
Prince sees and will scarce see anybody bur my
self for a few days that he may have little
I time to- rest before he is plagued by all the
world as to be sure ne will when once he sees
company. l go every day to dine with him.
/ Alas that all this brOtherIy affection should be
suddenly cast to the winds. The young Duke %
York had no sooner returned to Rome than he
\ took the step which the author believes he had
/ long been meditating-he took the red hat and
Joined the Roman priesthood King James. in a
letter 10 his elder son. argues that he could
not in conscience forbid the younger To folio"
his vocation and deity suggests satisfactioA II
seeing him thus provided for II is not to be
wondered at that Prince Charles Edward ~
| turning, sore and disheartened from his luck IS
1 campaign famed into wrath. for none knew
| better than he the temper at that time OF the
| English people regarded the Roman Chur.'-
/ .I-nder more favorable conditions the effects "t
CuHoden might yet have been wiped out, out
| this definite and official connection OF the SUI
arts with the Papacy could not fail 70 nix Their
/ fate in Protestant England. Whilst. therefore.
| saws Mr. Vaughan. I'VE condemn and dePi'7'
Charles's bitter rancor toward his brother ann
his heartIesS neglect of his father. We cannot
DENY that he had a genuine cause of srieV'n. '
| against both for their total upsettins OF A5
| cherished schemes, He never saw his iil'.'
| again. and for eighteen years thereafter ''-
| brothers were as strangers To one another
The Cardinal Duke Of York took up his pri.s
| " work in all sinsIeness of miad, and y"
| through the greater part of his life, one %. re
| most excellent as he was one OF the most ..--
tinguished and wealthy princes Of the chur
Many posts were bestowed upon him. aa"-
Them the Vice ChanceIIorship of the Holy -
an office which carried with it the occupauoy {
| the beautiful palace oT the Cance!laTta IAr.'
| for forty years. he lived when in Rome, tut IS
! Bishop of Frascati most Of his days We're 81. .t
IN the medieval castle of that fdsciuating am !
| beloved Tuscuum OF old. Full of enljshteH't
benefcence was his life in the little city. ann
| there is only blot upon the memory ~ H'5
episcOpate. II is sad 70 record that this c.-
tivated prince pulled down the famous ruiu
Monte Cavo. supposed to have been built -
Tarquin in honor Of the Latin Jove- Gut of .,s
splendid materials WAS erected "a coHn'np...'
tchur, Ia church which might easily have teeo
placed eIseShere without GeSpoiiiuE tine Sre1t
temple of ancient Rome. 1t is plr3Ssntrr t' r'-
member the story told by his bi'sIapher of JhH
noble fashion in which he brought civilization
and comfort 70 the savage. neglected half
starved outcaSts of the MolaTa settlement
| II was natural that Charles EiwaTlS
death the Cardinal should have claimed his
right of succession to the British throne 4F
Henry the Ninth" That claim WAS pliei-.y
made and disturbed nobody The royal crown
| replaced the ducal cOTOneJ his belongings,
his household knew that he must be spoken ~
Us Majesty and he had a medal struck in honor
! of his shadowy accession. He undertook
| To touch with medals scrOfulouS people who 2P-
Piled to him for cure in accordance with
ancient tradition of the SOyereignS he1H
power. II is said. tOO. that one aE thc, pEinee5
of the HanoveTial line Of England au,e yisits
F'rascati "On purpose To be touched by the yea
resentative of Edward the Confessor, in whose
person alone rested the true virtue of heaIinI.
The author notes that with Henry StuaTCs
death touching for the Kings Evil disappears
completely from English history, Ia such Jta-
IeventfuI ways the Cardinals life passed until the
French Revolution brought upheaVal in Itl-y
as elsewhere With other high ecclesiIStics The