The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13


there were two gentlemen waiting in N.
other room to see me. To my supris-
one OF them introduced the other a. IL
Grown Prince Of Denmark But | haI
scarcely got him into my hands a. puuu
when he was snasched away by the sc~ss
wig. Holstein war.
My excellent friend DR.. Acland. the rtn.
fessor Of medicine. in whose house many
pleasant evening" was passed. went
with the Prince Of Wales afterward -
Canada. He was very affable and not
very guarded At Q ball at Quebec he sas
sccosted by q stranger OF gectiemarlv
manner Who drew him into convsrsAtic,
about the Prince. He said that the Primo.
was extremely amiable but had not he
brains OF his brother. the Duke OF r.r..
bursh When tho stranger went assv
some one asked Acland whether he kuss
20 whom he had been taking. AclAnd
said that he did not. That was the cor.
respondent OF tho New York Hs,1id'
day or two aftsrward tho Prince came
down TO breakfast douriahing in his hand
a copy OF the New York Herald and say.
ing. sAciand. I eco that you think am
very amiabls but I have not the brains
OF nv brother Edinburgh" This sho.-
his good nature.
In Canada Oronyatskha. the Grea, thai
was to be. was introduced TO Acland as
decided proof Of Indian capacity. Ac'and.
always kind and apt to he gushing told
Oronyatekha that they must have him at
Oxford. Some time aftssward. thanks.
I believe. to the hberality OF the Primes
when Acland was at Oxford. OronyatekhA
appeared. Acland entered him at what
was then Masdaieu Hall and ID now Her'-
ford College. It WAS not likely tina,
academical studies or college rules would
,uit the aspiring Indian. He at all events
left MaRdalen Hall for . more practical
field without taking . degree Such was
the version Of the Ssory which heard at
the time Another version introduces the
Prince OF Wales.
James I. had kindly but unwiseIv
Riven the university representation in Pa
Lament which involved II in politics. We
had some force fights owing to the gradual
approximation Of Gladstone to the Liberals
and his consequent estrangement from
his Tory friends. who sought angrily 10
uneeat him as an apostate In thos~
days I was q fervent adherent OF Glad
stone and an active member OF his CON-
mittee Our difficulty was in holding
together the two sections OF his support
ers: the High Churchmen. who chung To
him for the sake OF his religious opinions
hoping that he would influence Church
appointments: and the Liberals. Who vel
coined his political advances toward their
side Pslmerston. in whose Ministry
Gladstone was Chancellor Of the FL.
cheauer. was fishing. through Lord
Shaftesbury. for tho Evangelical vote.
and allowed shaftssbury to appoint Low
Church Bishops. This brought our
difficulty to . head. was Instructed TO
see Gladstone and explain to him that un-
less his infiuence was soon seen in Church
appointments. tho High Church section
would bolt. and his seat for tho Uni
versity would be Lost. He began a. usual
by combating the fact. This was his
way and could only let it pasa. Presently
he came round and asked whom they
wanted made Bishop. Probably he adj
dressed the question to himself. rather
than TO me; the answer at all events vas
not in my instructions. The upshot Of
this and probably other Representations
Of the same kind from different quarters
was the appointment Of Thomson. Provost
OF Queens. to the Bishopric OF Peters
borough. from which he soon afterward
mounted to the Archbiahopric OF York.
The Tories made a grand mistake in
ejecting Gladstone from his seat FOR the
university. They thereby. a. he himself
said, -unmuzxled- him. II curiousy
happened that on the day Of his defeat
the Bible fell from the hand OF the statue
OF James I. in the quadrangle OF the
Bodleian. II was an omen OF the separa
ton OF the Church from the State toward
which Gladstone's abolition OF the State
Church Of Ireland was an important
STEP and toward which he would have
taken another important step had he
carried out his pledge Of disesta blishmen'
for Wales. I suspected. however. that OF
that pledge he repented. and that biz
unwillingness TO fulfil il was partly tho
cause OF his final retirement from power
He remained to the last a High Church
man To the last High Chnrchmen were
his bosom friends. and they chung to
him in spite OF his political changes.
They might bear with equanimity the
disestab lishment OF the Irish Church.
which was separate from the Church Of
England and. from anita gonism to the
Irish Roman Catholics. Low Church in i's
doctrine. But the disestablishment ~
the Church OF Wales. an integral part n
the Church Of England. would have cir
them to the heart.
The university reform bill and Oxford
University elections brought me a good
deal into confess 9Th Gladstone.
followed him Eealosisev till he suddenly
embraced the policy which he had himself
described a. -wadinR through rapins ~
Then. not being able
on the spur Of the moment to inver' nv
notions either Of rapine or dismember-
mept. was constrained not only 70 leav.
him but to do my hest in aid OF the op-
ponents Of his Home Rule