New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-04

Robsart and merriiy doomed poor lady
Catherine Grey to slow torture for no
other sin than having some poisonous drops Of
royal blood In her veins Eizabeth's first reli.
gious persecution was the expstriation OF the
Anabaptists then Procemations went forth
against images and Ronish relics; then came
more amours, and 1t is & remarkable fact that
Henry Of Anjou was the only man who did not
submit to her coquettish wies. Mary of Scotland
was thrown into prison. and for the following
fifteen years, Ehzabeth's ministers pursued a
regular course Of intrigue and treachery, iails
were crowded, Racks cresked, and scaffolds
streamed with blood. In all this period Eliza
beth pursued her revelries with Howard and
Raleigh and Bount, and made merry at the
death of Sidney. Mary was not murdered-the
nrecedent of killing an anointed sovereign might
have been dangerous; but she was hurried from
nrison to prison and endured every cruelty
Elizabeth Iamented that no one would save her
the trouble of dipping her hands in the blood of
her sister Queen, and then she dld sign the war
rant-Mary was executed and Elizabeth won
Rem0rse! She tried to throw the blame on her ad-
yisers, and Dawson, Walsingham and Burlegh
were banished. This execution had no motive but
spleen Mr.. NJ. referred to the war with Spain,
and said that the Armada came too late because
the Liberty of Scotland was gone-sayiors and
NOT avengers are blessed. Even the Catholics of
the realm fought for Elizabeth against France
scatfod. Satiated with Catholic groans, Eliza
beth tuned upon the Puritans She pursued her
coduetries to the very grave, and wreaked her
vengeance on Essex because he was too noble for
her love. Through all her long life she carried
beneath the mask of levity heavy heart, fact
that could no longer be concealed when she slept
not night or day, but sat in the dark and wept for
Essex. The Lecturer said her death-bed scenes
were too terrible to trace; and then he passed to
uarallel Of the two Queens, the spirit OF which
W. express in n line: Mary was incapable OF
revepge-Ehzabeth was incapable Of gratitude.
There Is not page in Marys life that does not
contain some example of nobleness-there
ia not a true anecdote OF Elizabeth which
argues single virtue" Such is the real voice of
history said he yet for centuries we heard moth
ing but Good Queen B ess and Bloody Mary
tile one the pattern Of every virtue, the other the
sample of every sin. And books now in public
schools and private pariors are still educating mil
liens hold firm faith in these exploded talsehoods.
We draw our notions OF Cathollclty from English
History, and that History Is corrupt libel on the
Roman Church. However, there is one comfort.
ENGLAND has ceased to believe her own historians,
and we should follow her example. Unconquered
hv nersecutions in spite oil misrepresentation,
Catholcity has gained more by this very persecu-
tiop than her enemies have by success; and alter
centuries of exile from England, the Cardinals
Hat returns!- Great cheering And BY the OPP
preston OF Ireland the seeds OF faith are scatter
ed by exiled, involuntary missionaries throughout
the world tits probable that England, alarmed
OUT Of her tolerance by the recent action OF the
Pope, may, if not ashamed, repeat her history 1t
is possible that it may be echoed here Il any De
disDosed to credit the Trades that may ensue
hone that they will first examine the comparative
merits of Mary and Elizabeth
When the speaker sat down, another gentleman
announced the next Lecture OF the Course, but we
did not hear what it was to be.