The Washington herald., 1910-10-13

Ieoi6s no" mas lent 10 Sir Arthur Bigge.
and that that place was theaBcene Of a
successful conspiracy when the late King
occupied il as Prince OF Wales He was
one OF the eonsplrators. the late Mr..
Edgar Bruce was another. and Sir
Francis Burnand was an accessory be-
fore the fact The object OF the con-
spiracy was no less than 20 induce Queen
Victoria 10 witness that which she for
some time had not cared 10 witness. owing
TO her widowhOod-stage entertainment.
Sir Francis had written a play entitled
The Colonel" and Mr.. Bruce was tour
ing the country with the piece. Albert
Edward saw his opportunity.
He entered into a secret arrangement
with Mr.. Bruce. Then he turned some
outbuilding into a theater. And what
was great deal more difficult. he per
suaded his mother 10 be taken 10 this
theater and 20 assist at a performance Of
THE Colonel" Her majesty. as a result
Of a very pleasant evening. forgave the
conspirators and presented them with tes-
tmonials OF her satisfaction.
The Archbishop OF York, Or. William
Maclagan. who died recently at the age
Of eighty-three. affords the solitary in
stance Of an army subaltern who has
risen TO wear the inter. He was the son
OF the chief medical officer at Yelling
ton. and served long enough IN the In
dian army TO be told that for reasons Of
health be must quit. n 1852 he retired as
a Lieutenant 20 become an undergraduate
at Peterhouse, won mathematical honors,
and took holy orders In two London
curacies. Paddington and Marylebone,
and as secretary Of the London diocesan
church building society he made his
mark, and later was successfully curate
OF Enfield, rector Of Newington and vicar
Of Kensington. His election from the
ranks OF the organizing clergy as Bishop
OF Litchfeld in ISIS. on Lord Beacons-
fields recommendation. was amply
earned.
Church militant and discipline must have
appealed strongly TO a man like he was
and the rearing he had had. He never
forgot that he was a soldiers son, his
father having lost his life in the PENN
sula campaigns. Small wonder that he
has beaten his sword into q crosler. AS
bishop he maintained organization and
discipline At so high a standard that no
surprise was felt when Lord Salisbury. in
1891, recommended him for the York arch
bishopric
DR.. Maclagan was what is called an
ecclesiastical Kitchener" So. for in
stance, he decreed that no curate should
preach more than one original sermon
each month but no less.
With genuine respect and fraternal con-
sideration for noncomformists, DR.. Mac
lagan was not the man 10 allow hts
church 10 be wronged educationally at the
hands Of the Lords" and he made many
a valiant hght there. Yet he was one Of
the slguatories to a famous letter 10 the
Pope on Anglican orders. and he was
present at the rites Of the Greek Church
during Easter ceremonies at Petersburg
or the privileges Of an archbishop OF
York at a coronation he was the success
full champion, and by virtue of his Office
II was he who crowned Queen Alexandra
The late arehbishop's hymns, The
Saints Of God, Their Conflict Past" and
BE Still. Ny Soul" are known the world
over and are sung IN almost all Of the
Protestant churches. But it is not so
universally known that DR.. William also
composed the music 10 some very popular
hymns.
DR.. Maciaaan's first wife died after two
years of married life. His second wife,
the Hon Augusta Ann, fourth daughter
Of the sixth Viscount Of Darlington, sur
wives.
1t was of the late archbishop that the
following good story is told: On one oc-
casion he wrote 10 the vicar OF an out
lying parish on the subject OF setting
aside one day in the week as a quiet
day" on which clergy and congregation
should join in prayer amid the turmoil Of
the busy everyday life. This was the vi
cars reply: Dear Bishop. With refer
ence TO your kind and sympathetic letter
may ] Iggest that what the people Of
my parish require most IN their spiritual
life is not quiet day. but an earth
quake.
The familiar Cleopatra's Needle on the
London Embankment appears to be Civ
ing cause for anxiety, and there is talk
OF removing the obelisk 10 the drier eli
mate of South Kensington.
A few years ago the Luxor obelsk, in
the Place de la Coneorde, at Paris, ex-
hibited similar disquieting symptoms The
Of modern Paris appeared TO
disagree with the Egyptian antiquity.